The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-18

SO the 'wrcckiug" Of the city
wouldn1 have been much % a JOB
Before the election seidel had
said that he hoped to work out a
city Ice plant. lighting plant.
slaughter house. street railway.
freight railway and heating plant.
and 70 encourage the people 10 use
the school houses and school yards
FOR social purposes
Underlying ail this vas the prom.
iae That Milwaukee should be made
q better place to live in, whefe thc
cost % LIVING should be reduced.
working hours shortened and wages
Increased. while the poorest child
tn Milwaukee should be Insured the
right % ssnahlue. fresh alf. decent
food, q place % play. a place 20 b.
taught che three MS" and On edu
cation for a useful life.
Dreamsf
oh. yes. the Socialists cheerful
y respond. they arc dreams al
right An plans are dreams tiil
they are realized nut We won't
wreck Milwaukee Why. we have 20
live here. and our children will live
here after as We would no more
wreck this city than We would cut
OF our fingers OF burn our own
houses"
But the ''wrccklng" question does
not arise In milwaukee,
Civic Clubs Back a.
The present Socialist adminlstra.
ton has the full sympathy Of the
Federated Civic Clubs. said Henry
G. Campbell. president ~ the FEEDER.
alton. As far as civil social gov.
eminent goes. We are In hearty sym.
pathy with Mayor Seidel aud his
party We don't call the measures
the administration stands for 40.
ciallsm. We call Il good govern.
mcnt"
There are "a Of these civic clubs.
The votes Of their Republican and
Democratic members went far to
ward electlng the present admin
lstration.
We don't care what the Repub.
llcans and Democrats call this.
says Mayor Seidel. smiling. 1--WE
know Il Is socialism
Milwaukee Is city Of 400. 900
population II il a beautiful city
IN many ways. The buildings are
up.todate. and OF pleasing de
sign. Both the business sections
and the residence portions show
that It Is n city OF wealth II
doesn't look like the home OF
bankrupts But that is what the
Socialists found Il TO be.
The discovery was made quick.
~. Mayor seidel and his party
stand for experts In all depart
ments. no matter what their poll.
tics They argue that the way
great business corporation saves
time and material Is by hiring
trained men 10 take charge Of their
work. so one of the first moves
vas TO engage an expert account.
ant. Leslie $. Eyerts. as deputy un-
der Comptroller Carl Deitz. Eyerts
IL not a Socialist
4 careful going over accounts
showed that the general malute-
nance expense fund was over
t2i6. 900 short Deputy Everts ex.
planned that the condition IL like
that which every other American
city Is confronting, condition
under which the Increased cost Of
improvements and their main.
tenanee cannot be met by the
present system Of taxation The
streets are Increasing In mileage.
but the taxes do not increase In
proportion.
Some Of the Reasons.
other reasons that Eyerts gave
for the big deficit we're:
The issuing Of bonds that do
not ~ the life Of the improve
ment for which they were Issued.
Delinquent personal taxes.
The countersigning Of warrants
for pending appropriations when
there was no money In the treas-
ury.
Paving bonds. for instance"
said Eyerts. have been issued for
20 years. But the paving was so
poor that II wore out about every
seven years, while the bonds went
on and accumulated.
Delinquent personal taxes do
not make a big part OF the deficit.
They amount 20 but $4,000"
Aside from the deficit In the
treasury. the Socialists have found