The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-30

the communities themselves, and
not retarding any proper, legitimate
development of enterprises in the
communities.
The total taxes collected in the
county each year for state. county,
municipal and school purposes at
the present time aggregate in the
neighborhood of six and one-half
million dollars. 1t is not necessarily
a criticism of any particular COM
munity or public body to say that
there is no question but that in a
great many cases considerable
part of these funds has been in
judiciously expended, and that a
great deal of money has been ex-
travagently and in some instances
wastefully used. 1t is believed that
this is due in large measure in a
great many cases simply to want of
accurate business information and
data upon which to act with
reference to any proposed expendi-
ture. In many cases municipalities
and school districts simply have
seemed to be vying with each other
as to which could put up the largest
and most imposing public buildings
and Improvements, but without any
serious regard to the actual needs
of the community, or the best
method of accomplishing the desired
results. Distinctly, it is not the
purpose of this association to de-
prive any community of any needed
legitimate improvement, nor to at
tempt to have them practice parsi-
mony in expenditure. The as
ISOLATION intends to encourage the
making of needed improvements as
we'll as discourage those that are
not needed.
1t is proposed that when public
improvement are contemplated the
association will offer its services to
assist in getting the right kind of
improvements at reasonable cost,
and to see that value received is
obtained for the money expended.
The association hopes and expects
to act in friendly way with public
bodies having charge of the levying
and expenditure of public funds,
and will invite bodies that are
planning public improvements to
let the association cooperate with
them to obtain the best and most
substatial results.
1t is planned that as the associa-
ton develops it will collect and
classify information with reference
to the erection of public buildings
and other public improvements,
and will attempt to collect and
preserve information which may be
of assistance in enabling public
bodies charged with the expendi-
ture of public funds to obtain the
most satisfactory results for the
money which they are to expend,
and it is hoped that as time goes
on the Offices of the association will
become a bureau of information
which will be of great assistance to
such public bodies, and freely will
be made use of by the various
officers.
1t is planned further, that as the
work develops, and if occasion re-
quires, the association may employ
experts to assist in devising the best
method of working out general
plans for public Improvements so
that such Improvements when once
made will be of a permanent and
lasting character, and sufficient to
answer not only temporary but
future needs of the community.
The primary purpose of the as
ISOLATION will not be to fight or
contest taxes, or to assist any one
in avoiding or attempting to avoid
any just public burden of taxation,
but it will be to assist in friendly
and cooperative way the various
public bodies is effecting a saving
by the economical and judicious
expenditure of public funds, but
without undertaking to object to or
discourage any needed, legitimate
public Improvement.
Such associations have proved of
great advantage in other com
munities, notably in Cleveland,
where such an organization has been
in existence for great many years,
backed by the ablest and most SUBJ
stantial business men, and where it
has proven of such great benefit
that it is said that all the public
bodies when about to enter upon
the construction of some public i'm
provement consult the association
for assistance in working out plans
and devising the best method OF
accomplishing results.
The following companies and in
dividuals, given in alphabetical
order, amongst others, are interest
ed in the present association:
Biwabik Iron Mining Company.
Bennett & Longyear.
Cavour Mining Company.
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company.
c. A. Congdon.
Commodore Mining Company.
Corrigan Mckinney & Company