Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-06-02
WILLIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Ohioans Should Take Note Of the Nu-
merous Economic Cuts Made BY
Administration.


plishments in the administration of
Governor Willis which stand out so
prominently and present such a con
trast in comparison with those of the
former administration that they should
be given careful study by the public
at large.
By the elimination of useless jobs
and the reduction Of salaries alone
savings annually have been effected
as follows: Public Utilities Commits
sion, $25,310; State Highway Depart
ment, $55,451; State Banking Depart
ment, $4,000; Department of Public
Works, S,640; Tax Commission, ST.
800; Board of Agriculture, 2,200.
These items are samples only Of SAL
ary savings thus far effected. The
State Tax Commission saved in max
ing assessments 800, ,G00
The spirit of retrenchment has been
extended to practically every depart
ment of the state government. The
elective officers chosen in 1914 are
making excellent records for economy
The attorney general, Edward c. Tur-
ner, alone has saved in overhead ex-
/ penses $5S,265 Sc. State Treasurer
Archer has done thirty-five per cent
more work in his department than was
ever done before without a penny of
additional expense or the creation Of
a single additional Office. Secretary
of State Hildebrant has effected large
economies in the administration of his
department, saving in one bureau
alone $1,000 out of the $4,000 ex
pended by his predecessor.
This administration has assumed
and paid over s2,OOO,09O of lebts and
increased burdens placed upon it by
its predecessor for the support of the
Highway Department, the public
schools and the unfortunate wards in
the various state institutions.
This administration has not only
effected these economies, but it has
also curbed the tendency toward mul
tiplication of Offices and commissions
and increase Of salaries which was sc
prominent a characteristic of its pre-
decessor.
This administration has inauguratet
: and successfully carried forward the
policy of reducing rentals and remov
ing state departments into the capito
building where such reductions ant
removals were not prevented by lon!
longtime contracts made with politica
favorites by the last administration
This administration has enacted leg
: islation effecting important reforms Il
the state:
The rrett-Whittemore Tax law, ar
proved by the National Tax Associa
ton, abolishes salary-copsumin Ia
on $200,000,000 of property and re
stores to the people the right to eIec
local taxing officials. which the Dre
ceding administration had taken ava
and then repealed the Warnes Ia
law
The Smith-Mallow Agricultural 'la7
abolishing high salaried Agriculture
:, Commission and placing the Agrtcu
tural Department under the control c
practical farmers.
Specific appropriations makes impot
; sible salary and expense juggling.
More legislation for the preserv;
= ton of the public health than any pr,
ceding administration.
At the beginning of this administr;
I ton over 700 inmates of state institl
tions were sleeping in Railways, in a
: tics-anywhere they could be put. D
Shepherd stated to the legislativ
finance committee that the inmate
: were compelled to wear summe
= clothes in winter, because there wei
no funds to buy them needed war
u clothing: that there was not sufficiel
money to buy them proper food; thi
$4,000 had to be Immediately appr
priated to relieve distressing cond
tions.
All this because the former a
- ministration had endeavored to ''mal
a financial showing" at the expense
~ the $4,000 unfortunate wards of IL
state.
The Republican administration
" once put stop to such methods. TT
states unfortunate wards were n
made the football of politics Ohio
too big state to play politics with 1
= unfortunates.
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