The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-11
REDUCING THE TAXES
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REDUCING l7E IAAEo
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much they were but there nothing to indicate who was INC III
dvidual whom the money went for what purpose he
bills should be listed separately to bring out these matters anu
less that done it useless publish anything about them On
of the with which such bills get through ana the lack
of information that has gotten to the public as TO wna w
meant has become the through which the re"u oeS
have passing their questionable transactions We 40 not mean
that all assigned questionable but we have found th
of the questionable assigned and we nave SHOWN
the reasons for it in different chapters.
The People Want Knov
The publication of commissioners proceedings has become
equal consideration the This solution OF the
problem
The County Publishing
Let the commissioners make contract with newspaper
the county the type and publish their paper two times
to satisfy the law requiring two publications Require the county
clerk furnish the copy the publisher by Friday of the week
during which the quarterly meeting held Let the publisher set
type and furnish it in supplement form each of the other
papers the county time for them it their regular
editions the week after the meeting This enables all of them to
give the public the week If there less than page of
the record the firm furnishing the supplement furnishes reading
matter complete the page with nonpoca nonsectarian mat
ter either matter of current interest agrcu
horticulture storasng something that would be
ceptabe any home IF there is than page of the
port he fill pages of reading the supple
would be maable under the postal laws part of the
paper to which it is sent
The Rate of Pay
The of all this service all the papers the county
will reach all the people who take county paper will be
about the same as costing under the present administration
paper having circulation of only few hundred mostly
around Bacoot and reaching very few people in the extreme
ends of the county.
Pay the paper for setting the type the following basis
For straight eadg) matter So per column for figure work
assed and half 81 per column and any sset
classes double rate Sc per column but advise emitting
that class Let the publisher insert the matter in his paper
without pay from the county, week and
him reasonable advertising space for the second week. fifteen
inch being commercial rate for Let the
pay him Is per hundred copies for the supplements
printed for the other newspapers onepage $125 hund
red if topage size; he pack them for delivery shipment
and the consgnees and circulate them free of the
county On this basis nobody would make any money out of
except he might by building up his newspaper make profit
able institution by of its usefulness to the community
Woud the Publishers do h9
1t may be said that the newspaper would accept the
offered in view of the fact that they could not make
pnses and that may be but outlining the solution
of this problem have kept within the bounds would be
willing accept ourselves and assigned to the hardest part or
the load would be willing sign contract furnish bond
for the faithful performance of part of for the
If any newspaper in the county did 60 the
pense of circulating the supplement for the information of its
readers the board would be justified dsegardg that locality
on the ground that had newspaper with sufficient enterprise
serve them would the county much to offer to them
and supply it, and thing they would all accept and agree
that the board had all the papers on the same level ana treated
them all alike The public would be the benomed they have
ever county business and the would be low
has been for the poorest service have ever had
| Make Honest Dealing automatic
If the county publishing highly profitable to the press,
then there will be strife among the publishers and
sequeny strife get their personal friends elected regard
LESS of their qualifications and ability for the positions they seek
If corrupt bunch chose to start newspaper and get themselves
elected Office and then give the very profitable business to their
newspaper would follow that the paper would defend them
in any questionable transactions and keep the people mnomed
or deceived as long possible.
The practice of removing this publicity from the plane of
profmakng would the temptation from officials and pub
feet and would always hold temptation gamble upon the