The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-12-05
REDUCING THE TAXES.


ca and besides stating that many people who complain about
high taxes CONSTANT their complaints and their
actions in the management of their private affairs,
went show detail just what meant We at
tempted show that people demand many things OF their Of
cers state county, municipal and educational and then make
an awful fuss about when they receive the bill for them
that u.s. their tax notice That many people who complain
bitterly about high taxes people who have lived beyond
their throughout the year. and after bankuptng them
selves by this means they their feelings beratng
body who is no way responsible for their inability pay
their taxes. There many others who complain with a
view of learning just why taxes getting higher each year,
and with sincere wish that Mistakes they being made
may be discovered and avoided in the future We mention
ed briefly the four departments of state government educa
tona fish and game, pure food and sanitary inspection and
bank examining but without going into details to the extent
which these subjects deserve. In this issue we 60 on enumer
atng the various departments of state government going
to detail with those have studied closest with
those think deserving of the most thoughtful inquiry
Protecting Animal Industry.
board of veterinary examiners created by the last
legislature regulate the practice of horse docorng the
members of the board receiving actual for the time
employed but the veterinarian receives salary One
of the duties of the commission to stamp out contagious dis
eases among animals and another is to prevent persons who
are qualified practice from imposing upon people Be-
fore stock be shipped must be Inspected and as pas
ses through other states the inspection continues
Horticulture.
The department of horticultural inspection for the pur
disease
of disease by the sale and shipment of diseased and woy
fruit to prevent the importation of diseased trees and shrubs
and to prevent the propagation of injurious insects by spray
ing destroy them in the early stages of existence One
complaint against the department that the repeated mspec
ton of nursery goods coming into going out of the state,
makes expenses and delays that destroy the business The
inspectors claim they work for almost nothing and frequently
at loss to themselves in order to make shipment possible
Public Utilities Commission
public utilities commission created, consisting of three
MEMBERS each receiving salary of $4,000 year and they
may employ clerical assistance such salaries they de-
eide upon The commission designed to regulate the rates
and practices of railroads. telegraph and telephone lines, ell
ecc plants, gas plants pipe lines irrigation companies,
warehouse companies steamboats, dining cars and other pub
lie utilities protect the public from abuses by the utilities
and to protect the utilities from useless and damaging compe
ton The commission has added very great expense -
the government and up the present time has not
made favorable showing to the peoples advantage In
this particular locality has increased the cost OF electric
power the it has not improved the lighting SER
vice. the telephone have not been reduced and the
vice has not been improved These of the things
that were much talked of before the commission created
and may be early expect results but have the bill
for the increased expenses part of the tax notice
Wafer Commissioners
The various of the state receive each
salary of So year and expenses when on duty ne
last legislature made provision for them receive salary
y when actually duty They and their deputies
pected attend the distribution of the waters of the
streams for irrigation according the rights acquired by the
respective owners of water.
Scale Inspectors
The department of weights and is for the pur
pose of testing scales and measuring devices that deal
take advantage of customers Deputies travel
their respective districts investigating these matters
Yards of the State
State institutions we'll known the general public the
two aylums for insane, the peneentia the reform school,
school for the deaf and blind soldiers home schools for
higher educaon all supported by appropriations of public
money and the orphans home supported by state appropra
on by county appropriations from each county and by sub
scrptons and donations being levied constantly upon pupils
of the public Schools the Sunday Schools the churches the
general public the business houses professional men and poll
ticians.
Incon1gibies and Orphans
The reform school receives chiefly those of the criminal
class or those who be controlled by ordinary
The orphans home takes children left without homes by
son of death of the parents where relatives the
responsibility those that living in homes that unfit
and immoral from homes that broken by drunkenness
or poverty divorce issue of trial marriages; llegmates