The Irish standard., 1908-10-03

liberal support to state institutions,
and thereby have increased taxes, let
him be fair enough to explain to the
taxpayers of the eighty-one agricul-
tural counties. that three years of
Democratic administration added only
$50 to their total taxable valuation, as
against 97T additional laid upon the
counties rich in the special privilege
of iron ore, lumber, franchises and
royalties.
Let him also explain, that. whereas
this Democratic administration has
expended literally for roads and
bridges, forestry, drainage. schools and
the various state institutions by tax
ing the special interests. the custom
has been during the former political
regime. when all branches of state
government were vested in one polit-
ical organizations to increase public
revenue by levying the major portion
of the assessment increase upon prop
erty in the agricultural counties.
Is the Policy to be Niggardly or
Liberal.
Two great and vital issues of state
policy arc here raised:
First, do you stand for a liberal
or niggardly policy for the support
! of roads. forestry, drainage, schools,
! and other state institutions and public
improvements?
Second. if you stand for the liberal
policy of state development, there
must be adequate revenue, and will
you raise this revenue by increasing
the burden upon the farms, homes,
and business houses which always
pay their share. or will you raise your
increased revenue from iron ore, lum-
ber, franchises. royalties and inherit
ances, which in the past have shared
+; taxation the least while able to bear
, taxes the most?
Give the People the Worth Of Their
Money.
| The policy for which | stand, as
! shown by over three years Of public
administration, is to give liberal sup
port for all state institutions and public
improvements, and to derive the neces-
sary liberal volume of revenue from the
| taxation Of special interests which SO
liberal support of state institutions
puUllC improvement 10 OpPOoCu
by Mr.. Jacobson as extravaganza" /"
as intimated in his Belshazzar speech
at Duluth, and if the progress of the
past three years in deriving increased
revenue from the taxation of special
interests is attacked by him under
the general indictment of increasing
, taxes" the issue is broad and plain,
and on that issue appeal to the in
telligent and progressive electorate Of
this state.
Every account has two sides, a debit
and credit side. an expenditure and
an income side. Mr.. Jacobson has
dwelt at length upon the debit or ex-
penditurc side; but that is only a
half-sided presentation. You are en-
titled to know the other side. namely,
what you got for your money.
commeneation For the Attorney General.
Before taking up the departments and
institutions subject to my control as gov
ernor, desire III passing to make refer
ence to another coordinate executive de-
pnrtment. that OF attorney general to
whose efficiency and cooperation my adj
ministration is greatly indebted AttOr-
ney General Young is one of the leading
republicans of this state. but were he a
democrat he could not have done more
yeonan service in enforcing legislation
and lending legal counsel to aid the work
of my administration and all departments