Charlevoix county herald., 1916-08-25
Fred II. White for Representative

In an interview with Fred II. White,
candidate for the nomination of repres-
entative in the CharlevoiX District, he
has the following to say regarding the
big issues that must be faced by the
new house and senate the coming term:
"The question of taxation has dis
turbed the minds of our greatest men
for centuries. Politicians and seekers
after office during all time have been
promising less taxes but every year
the figures on the tax receipt have
shown larger denominations. State
taxes in Michigan have shown an
enormous increase in the last few
years. The causes seem TO be many
but to my mind the principal cause is
the system of handling the appropria-
tons. The semi-annual appropriation
bill passed by the legislature is the
pork barrel OF the state. Every senator
and member of the house OF represen-
tatives who happens to have public
institution in his district considers it
great achievement to get large slice
of this appropriation for his home in
stitution. All the fellows who want
something get together, then the log
rolling begins and they put it over.
The taxpayer holds the bag and pays
the bills. The finance committee is
helpless, the governor is helpless for
the reason that the 'porkers have the
votes.
'In my opinion the only way to break
up the pork barrel legislation is to
change the system of appropriations.
In my opinion central board of control
will simply add another lot OF saaried
officers to the now over-burdened state
tl,,N
might bring about would be spent many
times over in additional expenses. am
in favor OF the state budget system.
The best minds of the state favor it,
the great newspapers favor it, the bust
ness men and farmer organizations
platform favors it and | am sure that
| thousands of dollars in useless expense
| may be saved to the taxpayer and the
sessions of the legislature materially
shortened if this system were adopted.
"The state of Michigan has constant
ly growing family. Each year finds us
the guardians of more unfortunates
and | would be the last man in the state
to deny these less fortunate brothers,
sisters and children of ours the slightest
comfort, but on the other hand there
are thousands of our citizens who are
struggling TO support and educate their
families and who are finding the burden
heavier than they can bear and unless
some change is made in our present
system of taxation ruin will stare these
members and their families in the face.
81 stand for the square deal for
everybody, the farmer, the merchant,
the banker, the small business man,
the laborer and the humbest citizen
wherever he may be, and upon this
platform | want not only to be elected,
but to also stand after elected, and
promise the voters of CharlevoiX Dis
trict the very best service am capable
of giving during my term of office
| and my only ambition is to serve them
faithfully and we'll"
Mr. White has resided on farm near
lronton for the past ten years. Prior
to coming to CharlevoiX he lived in
Monroe county, where he served three
years in the United States mail service.
While a resident there he was a men,
Der of Co. q, 4th regiment, and upon
his departure received an honorable
discharge. He is well acquainted in
the county, has always been republi-
can, and if elected will serve the dis
trict to the best of his ability.