The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
SOME THINGS COP. DOES
NOT NINETION

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ory:
The Standpat Republicans who have
raised the cry about machine building
against the state administration are the
very fellows who were applicants for
places and lost out. For every place TO
be filled by a minority appointments
there were 10 Republican applicants, so
there must not have been so many new
places created or there would not be so
many disappointed Republican Office
seekers after places.
Here is just an instance of the kind of
machine building which the Democratic
state administration has done:
Abolished BY Governor Cox.
State Board of Agriculture, 10 mem
bers.
Board of Control, Ohio Agricultural
Experiment Station, FIVE members.
Fish and Game Commission, five mem-
bers.
Dairy and Food Commissioner.
State Board of Public Works, three
members.
State Liability Board of Awards, three
members.
Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
Ghlet inspector OF Mines.
Chief Inspector of Workshops and
Factories.
Chief Examiner of Steam Engineers.
Board of Boiler Rules, five members.
State Board of Arbitration and Concili-
alton, three members.
In addition 1000 taxing jobs were abol-
ished.
created BY Governor Cox.
Agricultural Commission, three men,
bers.
Industrial Commission, three members.
Superintendent of Public Works.
Civil Service Commission, three men,
bers.
Liquor License Commission, three
members.
The civil service and. liquor license
commissions were created i'll response to
a mandate from the people; the latter
has produced 5000 600 of new revenue.
The score stands: Thirty-nine offices
abolished by Governor Cox and thirteen
created, not including the four thousand
taxing jobs abolished in the different
counties.
For the first time in the history of the
State, the agricultural industry will have
adequate representation in the taxing
force of the State. The Warnes tax law,
which has been so bitterly fought by the
city millionaires, makes that possible.
Upon the suggestion of Governor Cox,
the members of the State Tax Commis-
sion have announced that there will be a
representative of the agricultural indus
trv, and a representative of the business
interests on every county board of COM
plants of three members. The third
member will be selected from some other
walk in life.
In the small counties, where the agri-
cultural industry predominates and there
is no large city, there will likely be two
representatives of the agricultural indus
trv on the boards of complaints, while in
the large counties, like Cuyahoga and
Hamilton, there will be two representa-
tive business men, and one from the ag-
ricultural industry.
This decision was made to give the two
industries which go to make the major
portion of the tax duplicate i'll each
county voices in the equalization OF re-
turns of property for taxation. A farmer
and business man will thus be able to re-
view assessments of property i'll their re-
spective industries and to correct what
injustices may have crept into them.
Appointments to the Boards OF COM
plants are to be made by the State Tax
Commission, subject to the approval of
the Governor. No consideration will be
given to these selections until the middle
oflMay.
For the expenses of the Boards of
Complaints in 1914, an allowance of S7O,-
900 has been made by the State Tax Com
mission. These bodies will replace the
county boards of equalization and city
Boards of Review, which operated under
the old plan at an annual expense OF
$3.50, 900.