Little Falls herald., 1908-10-23

who. went down south q project ttsI
union. Gov. johnson stated that the
charge Of extravagance had never been
made during his four years service as
governor not until j. 7. jacobson,
republican candidate for governor,
made the charge.
He said that it cost $50, 600 year
for the tax commission, which was
created to equalize the burden of tax
alton, saying that the farmer, the
laborer and the merchant always bore
his portion of taxation, but the big
corporations escaped from paying
their share of 1T. He said that the
northern part of the state turned out
more iron ore than the entire output
of gold IN the United States and
Alaska, and fully one-fourth Of the
world s output Of-lron ore That the
United States Steel corporation owned
practically the entire output. He said
that he could see why this corporation
did not want any more of divided
responsibility. During republican
administration the assessed valuation
Of the mines were raised from $16, :
OO0, 600 to $26, 600, 000 On his entering
Office this was raised to$42, 600, 600 and
then to SO, 900, O00 He stated that G..
E. Vasaly while on the board Of
equalization asked that the assessed
valuation of the min 81 be
raised to 800, 900, 600. At that time,
the governor stated, he thought that
that was a little high, but later be
found that even this was not high
enough, and in 1907 it was raised tc
81 80, O0O, 900.
During ten years of undivided re.
sponsibility only $425, 600 was turned
into the state treasury from these iror
ore deposits; but during just one veal
of divided responsibility $610, 600 wa.
turned IN to the state.
In the face of this, the speaker said
Frank Eddy has the nerve to say that
Gov. johnson has accomplished
nothing.
They raised the taxes on farm
$118. 900, 900, under my administration
only s., 600, 900, a difference of $115,
900, 900. The governor stated that i
you owned stock in the Steel trust, ii
Pullman Palace Car Co. or big corpora
tions, then lie raised your taxes, other
wise he did not. No person or firm
who had been paying right tax, nov
pays more. The Pullman Palace Ca
corporation had escaped paying an,
taxes at all. Now they pay thousand
of dollars.
i When he took his Office as governo
he found that much money was being
squandered by insurance companies
:, The Insurance commissioner offic
was given raise in salary from
81, 900 to 1000, but a,law was ais.
passed with it by which the fees
1. which were charged, are now turned
into the treasury, which amounted t
$40, 900, The old insurance com
panies were cleaned up. More was spen
for bank examiners, but during tn
past four years not single state banl
was forced to quit business.
!! $500, 900 was appropriated fo
drainage. -
Two years ago the republican I
slogan was ''state development, - i
is extravaganza now. Dralnag'
that had been done before was done Il
a great extent ON railroad lands
When Gov. Johnson took the reins O.
the state government he asked tina
state lands be drained, and NOR,
drainage was done and land reclaimed
in the last two years then during th,
entire prior history of Minnesota. 3zS rs
The speaker asked, ''What wa
Jacobson's s record on drainage?'
Every effort made in the legislature O
the development, drainage and I'M
provement of northern Minnesota ha
been always met by jacobson
constant opposition.
The speaker stated that Mr. Edo
and Senator Moses Clapp were askin
, what he has done during his term
and that if Moses Clapp had been in hi
:! seat where he should have been,
when President Roosevelt's letter wa
read, he would have noticed how th
II president thanked Gov, Johnson an
Commissioner O'Brien for the fin
work they had done in relation t
5 insurance reforms.
; When Jacobson was on the board {
control he stated the capacity of th
twlne plant at the prison, tha
nj