Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-09
COMMISSIONER HOWE IS INGENIOUS.

IS INGENIOUS.
 Tax Commissioner chas. R Howe sends an article for publication to thei Review which is ingenious in its at tempt to shift the responsibility for the enormous amount of money levied this year as state tax to the county governments. MT. Howe attempts to correct some statements Of the Re view regarding the state tax levy and would make 1t appear that the bulk of the money required is for expenditure, fro the benefit of the schools, roads and state institutions and therefore is not ehargeable to the state admin. istration.
 However, the fact remains, what the Review said is true The Re view stated that the state tax levy would take out of the pockets of the tax payers, approximately two mil lion dollars. MT. Howe gives the amount as si,S56. .250,oO, after allowing for exemptions. The people of Ari- soua well understand that the state  provides for the state institutions and that charge has always been met by tn the state tax levy. So far as that is concerned there is no difference this year from former ones.
 The people Of Arizona understand that in the past as well as now the state tax levy has always provided d certain part of the school monies. They are well informed as to the, free. text book cost and have no regrets on that account, but these books arc provided by the state just the same. So with the roads
 After deducung more than a million of the total state levy for items which he says the counties get the benefits Mir Howe then has balanca of ss59,9lSGO which he says rcprc- sents the total cost Of the state gov  arnmcnt. This amount covers the sal aries being consumed by the army oL commissions, boards. secretariesr clerks. assistants, etc. that swarm in the state house and covers expense accounts the like Of which were never before known in Arizona.
 If the tax commissioner had desired to give the people a chance to iudg2 as between past years and this h. shcald have included in his figures tho amount 1sised by the state in 1911. il 1912 and in 1913 for school purposes for road purposes and for the erection of additional buildings for the variou state institutions. There has not bees state legislature in twenty years which has act appropriated money fo: additions to our state institutions. In recent years a new state prison was built at Florence and a new pioneer home was created at Prescott and be sides shis every two years additional buildings have been provided for al the ivavsrs:ty and at the normal soAoolss
 If there has been extravasan! amounts provided for the institutions this year it only proves the charge of the Review when it said that grosi evtravagance was apparent in oui state government and proved its as zertjon by showing that the tax payer. arc called or for six hundred lnolasi ii' dollars more for the support ot th' state government than for last year
 County ohicials are not clothed wiu he power to fix tax rate for tn state school fund, for the state roa' -pns soE. fsy 4F9ading buildings 10 sists institGtioas. 1a~t IS ''te i0''ss.'''s Of the state So far as cochise com tvis concerned the tax payers will b called on to pay less tax money Una last year. but this cannot be said r'
 garding the amount of money the