The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-30

bin designed to obtainf an honest APP
praisernent of property for taxation
by removing assessors sfrom all local
influences. Under this. bill they are
to be appointed byElthe state tax
Republicans have opposed the
-Langdoii tax till byspifowing out the
false impression that 1t extends the
terms or the present state TAX com
amission g, years; they show Aey fa-
vor the dominance OF the oiii6. public
schools by book trust, WHEN they
tisit the .Yount state text book COM
mission, and also are attempting to
the incoming Demetratic
school commissioner by forcing him
to accept hostile high school in
spector. ~ gsrs
M & f'rTg,sased $4,000
state Printer Crawford, p in line
with the work Of all ,ethet Demo-
cratic state officers who have filed
annual reports this year. reports
saving Of nearly. $4,000 In the .operat-
ing expenses OF his department last
year. This was brought about not
withstanding the demand of state de-
partments for printing was unusually
heavy, 1t has long been theory
that economy Is a Democratic policy.
Crawford and other Democratic Off
GERS demonstrated that is true.
The efforts of Republicans to handi
cap the incoming Democratic State
School Commissioner Frank w. Mil
Ter by giving him hostile high
school inspector will undoubtedly fail
The house has passed the Browder
bill designed to enable Miller to Sc
lect his own high school inspector.
and the senate win undoubtedly, act
favorably on the bill.
Travelling Expenses, ~ Million.
The travelling expense of govern
ment officers and employees last
year amounted To $l2,0O0,000 while
thousands were starving Business
men. because of the financTar de-
preston, found 1t almost Impossible
to collect money on accounts within
the usual business period. Why per-
NIT this extravaganza on the part of
federal employees when all other cit
liens are compelled to economize?
When railroad officials complain
that existing rates are not sufficient
to operate their corporations profit
ably they go down to Washington and
ask the Commerce Commission to
permit an increase in freight rates.
When other business men and citi-
zens who do not happen to be allied
with a trust discover their income
is not sufficient they begin to econo-
mize and always get along. Here is
a suggestion. Let the railroads get
together; let that same impressive
galaxy of presidents and lawyers
that lately appeared before the Com
merce Commission go once more to
Washington. Let them walk to the
end OF PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, to the
northeast corner OF the house Office
building. There they Will find four
teen men, the Democratic Ways a.
Means committee, duly chosen and
properly authorized by the people OF
the nation to revise the tariff. Let
the railroads give the voice OF their
weight and authority TO formal
plea for removal Of the tariff on
every product sold by the steel trust
from iron, ore to rail splices. The end
will be, for themselves, more money
In the railroad treasures than thew
asked for in the increased freight
rates; and, for the nation. the re-
storation of competition and the des
truction of monopoly
What the railroad officers need is
an injection of the Harmon economy
virus.