New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-24
GO BRNOR shift Is
BUDGET !! VISION
BURNoUlsT PROPOSES TO LET
LEGISLATORS PRIME DOWN
REQUESTS.
SOLONS CHARGE EXECUTIVE
WITH @sIDE-sTEPPlNc' IN
DUTY.

Members Of the legislature are accus-
ing Governor Burnquist with side
stepping on the question of the revi-
sion OF the budget, as specified in the
law passed by the 1915 legislature The
governor has intimated that he will
pass the task Of pairing the estimates of
the various state officers, over the legis-
lature. Fl Il.
The budget Of requests totals So ,00O,-
OOO,s or about s13,OO0,OOO more than
that of two years ago, and the job Of
pairing is not considered an easy one;
either by the governor nor the members
Of the legislature. No. a single item
has been revised by the chief executive
Of the state The governor claims the
law does not give him ample time to
do agood job Of pairing
Heretofore each department has sub
mitted its requests to the appropriation
committee in the House, and to the
Senate finance committee. The only
thing gained this year will be the ;tabu-
lations on previous. expenditures and
moneys in sight, members Of the House
claim. y
Budget Law Plain
The state budget law specifically
provides that the governor revise the
requests for appropriations. Section s.
of the law says:
It shall be the duty OF the governor
not later than December 81, immedi-
ately preceding each regular session of
the legislature, to assemble all estimates
so prepared and in consultation with the
chief executive officers, to make final
revision Of such estimates, having in,
new total expenditu res, total re-
venues and the tax levy !.
The law also provides that the budget
when prepared shall be printed and
copies sent to the members Of the legis-
lature not later than February 1. The
budget is now in the hands of the prin-
ter. Not one figure in all the requests.
have been changed. That is up to. the
legislature, according to governors the
present intention.
There promises to be merry time
down at the capitol over the appro-
priations at the best The state officers
are clamering for more money with
which to run their departments, and
the governor and legislature would like
to give to them, but both want to shift
the blame onto the other. They all
know there is another election coming,
and the average tax payer is not overly
enthusiastic over these increased app
preparations.
All Want More Money
AS an indication Of about how the
various state departments want to flipinto
the treasury it is noted that the banking
department wants an dditional SIG, 900,
while the forest service would like haul
Of $4,000 instead Of the paltry $4,000
it is now receiving.
ST the governor believes we should
appropriate the SOL ,O00, 900 asked, =
said one legislature, .He should. come
out and say so, and not try to shift the
spoDsibility onto the legislature. If
he doesn't feel that way he should point
out where the different items should be
cut down. :
It was expected that the governor
would send message to The legislature
early this week on the subject. 81
Tax Commission Reports. IL
The annual report Of the state Tax
Commission, just out, has the following
recommendations as to taxation, which
will be carried out in legislative measures
without a doubt:
We belive that property now EN-
braced in Class 2, household goods and
the furnishings and adornnlents Of the
home, is a type that should be exempted
from taxation.
The tools and implements of industry
are types Of property that might well he
/ placed in a favored tax class. They
constitute the instruments with which
wealth is produced. Apart from any
economic question involved in the pro-
position, good common sense would
suggest that the tools Of prod uction
should not be subject to q burdensome
tax.
We are therefore Of opinion that it
would be in the interest Of the public
good to place farm tools and live stock
used in agricultural pursuits, and the
tools and machinery Of mechanics and
anuiacturers. in q separate class and