The Greeley tribune., 1912-09-05

total increase Of &03. 1922 in the
tlat tax department alone.
Another revenue-raising law.
framed and passed under the direc-
tion OF Pearcc, was the fee bill for
foreign corporations. Many Of
those foreign companies, taking adj
vantage Of = decision Of the United
states supreme court, had not paid
fling fees on their authorized caP1-
tal. Under the PearCe Law they all
pay now.
Last February the state treas
ury was enriched by over sd, ,thSO.
This was the direct result Of = Law
requiring corporations to file An.
u,,aI reports Of their condition or
else he liable to . fine Of - 1000.
Pearce WAS also the father Of this
law and enforred 1t with 10 mssch
success tlnt the unprecedented sum
OF $4,000 was turned into the
state Treasury. And apart from the
financial phase Of the Law, 1t has
TIN. additional advantage Of dis
closing to persons interested. the
tNACu NNb1uNtbttNbu Oh CSs<su W. tsNPs e>ss~'.s
at the time the report was filed.
Thousands Of corporations which
had I,ssss<l out Of active existence
were recorded on the intlices Of the
secretary Of states Office when
Pearce took hold. Many were Of the
wild cat variety. while many had
failed honestly. PeArce had . Law
pax..etl. leRalizinx those inactive
~ dead. through adver.
tisen,ent in tho Official state paper.
In this way the inillces were relieve>,
nj the cumbersome accumulation Os
nasnss. and innoreat stockholders
nAved from defending liability In
defunct for years.
The corporation lawx Of the state
were compiled by Secretary Pearce,
1t greatly reduced cost. This COM
riIatioa Ii necessary ~ certain In
tervals. One thousand copies of the
laws compiled by Pearce's presSece~-
.pr. in paper, containing 215 pages.
ro~t 81 .OS apiece, wlsle the sarne
number Of copies Of 7OS pages each,
hound In cloth, cost hut 20 cents
zach. the result Of . specific con-
tract made with the state printers.
and making . profit Of 91.4OO for
the state.
The present state auditing hoart
In alsO traceable to the activity Of
Secretary Of State Pearce. His
for it's creation
was enacted into Law by the legisla-
ture.
Another innovation which the
a6Iopted waA the abolish
~ &ua tkHo HAR>
tory insysectiOA department. and the
sub~titution Of an annual apprp
instead. Through this law
there II NO danger Of abuse and tine
work Of tlse department II carried
On with moro satisfaction.
Secretary Pearce was the author
n n number OF Recommendations
which, had they been Incorporated
into the statutes, would not alone
have greatl facilitated the work oS
his ofKce, bat would have saved tie
s3atc many tlsolsands Of dollars,
anonx those were that assessOrs he
REQUIRED to reIpost the names Of cor
operating In their respec-
taye counties; the establishment OF
: state printing concern to eCono-
m,ix< the cost Of all state printing,
and the additional cost Of Laws
enacted under the initiative and ref
the material reduction Of
supplies for members Of
the legislature and ON the statutory
number of session laws and revised
statutes; provision In the election
Laws providing for direct election
RETURNS to the secretary Of state.
thus obviatin& errors and protlibit-
ing iIlegnlities In any Of the Outiy-
suI sxysentte~, ~ well rs partisan
r,,litical action in the canvass Of the
votes.
III. observations on organized
c.uital and organized Labor niain-
taine<l Il to l,e the duty Of the state
eoverunsent to have n proper Labor
6es,artn,eat which should be = clear-
tn9 lpossse for al petty grievances
.1d where tlse public Official can
1rtne t0>eetf,er contemdin9 parties
~ keep tho slate clean.
Improsed sanitation and modern
.afety sppalances in hazardous Occts-
patioss wcro also strong recommen-
daeiOas.
IN the report Of the governor of
,,as olYicial visit to the northern
coal nelds during the ~sai miners
strike, r. pointed out that. under
TIN. prenemt industrial system, with
.flve or six natiOnalitie~ represented
IN tlse nniners' nscml,ership. II was
ne,t intesded tlsey should he enligft-
coed. .For," said he. ''rhOald they
arrive ~ . fail understanding Of
their rtehta. coal mine~ would cea.e
70 bo Isunaaa SlanGhter houses ana
tl,ose who nOw rich and faat~n OA
Of cheap foreign Labor would be