Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-03-09
Businessmen Protest Against
Establishment of City
Employment Office
is A NEEDLESS EXPENSE
Citizens Urge Repeal Of Ord
nance Creating Bureau For
Reasons Of Economy

last evening, w. B. Mack, J. A. Hood
c. A. Lille and others made vig6r
GUS protests against the ordinance en-
acted at the last session, providing
for city employment bureau. Mr.
Mack spoke at some length, and was
loudly applauded by the spectators
saying, in part:
81 believe it is simply the beginning
0f considerable expense and | wan
to say that the expenses of this city
are as high now as they should be
l believe you gentlemen should critic
Use every outlay of money very close
ay.
without wishing to be called a
.knocker' or calamity bowler, wish
to say that we pretty nearly bust
ed community. There are more fol
sale signs on houses than l have
seen here in 21 years. The industry
that l represent is not making any
money, our taxes are high and it is
a burden to bear.
at is absolutely without feeling
that ! ask here as a taxpayer that
you do not go into any unknown and
untried thing.
"Your principal industries are the
mills and l do not believe one out
of 90 men are hired by them through
an employment agency So far as
logging camps are concerend, it would
not be patronzed by loggers.
"You are going to start in with an
expense of 800 month. That is only
the beginning. 1t will grow and grow
and grow. / know it is mighty easy
to put new man on the job but II
is hard to get rid of him.
For Heavens sake get down to bust
ness. Look at Everett trying to re
duce her expenses $4,000. If you
go along up and up and up, you are
going to reach a point where you will
toboggan.
Ninety dollars a month does moi
seem much but it will run into ovel
$4,000 a year. You know you would
not get out of that scheme for less
than that"
He was followed by j. A. Hood, who
declared that taxes were much high
er than last year and that the valua
ton on land had also increased.
Ninety dollars is not going to be
the limit" said Mr. Hood. There
will be requests for stationery. stamps
and shortly for q typewriter; per
haps for desks and other equipment
with maybe an Office down town and
it will be costing this city 5000 q
month or close to 1t.
I'VE have got to stop spending mon.
ey. There are whole lot of things
! would like to criucise about the
spending of the city's money.
There was the cost Of purchasing
and installing the police patrol.
have stood on Heron street for twen-
ty minutes and heard the bell ringing
on the corner for a patrolman and
not one in sight. We were told that
the system would tend to decrease
the number OF policemen needed but
it serves to increase.
"In the interests of the tax payer
/ appeal to you to cut down expenses" "
The matter of reconsidering the or
dinance was referred to the judiciary
committee.
The monthly bills, amounting to
nearly $4,000 were allowed.
Mayor Benn appointed w. w. Hart,
Fred Wylie and c. C. Quackenbush a
committee, to appraise valuations in
the city, to work in conjunction with
the Chamber of Commerce and county
assessor.
An ordinance for the improvement
of King and Rogers streets was pass
ed, as was an ordinance to improve
the alley in Block 5, Town of Wish
kah.
An ordinance for the vacation of the
south half of Bryan street was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
The bill board ordinance, fixing the
license at $25 year. was passed.