The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-10-31
Frazier Fears
Doyle

van o6o Frazier. then cm@
easee !or govesnor. promised the poo.
20 ~ NORTH Dakota that the program
OF economic reform, which Wa them
being advocated by him and hi. -
soc1ates would BIO taken up n at a
tlme moving cautiously and slowly
Oecaus many eyes were LOOKING on
many interests were involved. but
no sooner did tho legislature convene
than he threw his promise to the
WINDS and urged by special message
sn At tho legislature pass the now In
not only every ono Of the planks Of
economic reform that he promised
would be taken up one al a time, but
a complete constitution for the estab-
hshment OF q SocialistS PARADISE
which a nsver even been suggest
cd to the voters Of the state before.
Frazier promised economy but thseU
administration costing $4,000 moeo
thai any previous administration fuR
the Same period Of time. There was
less ash In the treasury On July Lid,
than there has been for nine years.
and there has been paid out Of ~
general fund Of tho state almost .
million dollars moro In each Of 1871
Frazier pomi.ed DO estab1.hm.k
Of a terminal e3svstnr and yet be
vetoed tho BIN providing for It end
thus delayed even the preliminary
work though there vas . 100000
in the treasury that could be used for
no other purpoea The dour mill
in sufficient time 10 add the mfll 10
the drst elovatue. Why compel u %
either opeu tho w for statewide
Socialism o. gOW4<toUt any 0cuoomD
LET sRoa<ua PaoMtsEs TEACH
a LESSON.
1or thaoe bFunen promtsD a1d III
playing Of peanut politics ytax1G
should b ~ropudtatod and thus every
candidate for Once be taught that fo
Ia democracy candidates 6ur ofsoe
must not get the habit Of making
siittsrtns promises before election and
straiShtaway forget them Afterwards
THE eG 2xvE ToL SHOULD
Tho dovern6r should hsvD noUa.
amendments whose adoption he u ~.
vocahng provide Tor unlimited iso0-
ing and guazantoetng Of certain bonds
although the amendmentD were ad-
vertised as providing for sstr3cttE
limited indebtedneaA"
He should have old tho people 6h0e
with this constitutional amendmmt
adopted, It would be possible for
owners OF insofvent business CORPORA
lions to sell them to the state at
par and receive state bonds in pay.
meot which would DO good as goA
because both interest and principal
would eventually b paid by taxes @
the people.
And he shou3d have told tho peo-
pie that designing politicians might
arrange to have the state guarantees
bonds for private corporations, both
tangible and Intangible such as the
League Exchange, Kimbau-Hastings
Investment Co, and Federal Devel-
opment' Co.
The Governor should have known, If
he didn't that the amendment provid-
ing Tor exemption Of personal prop
terty and permanent improvements
from taxation, was in fact an at
tempt to have North Dakota voters
adopt q single tax without knowing 1t
-a system Of taxation that has been
opposed BY farmers everywhere in the
world and was showed under in Mis-
souri, BY q vote Of 5oS.137 to S6.647.
Who knows just what FrazisTs
program is2 The people would like
to know Whist q candidate for Gov
ernor stands tor and have him ell Il
open and above board and live up b
1t after he has told it
NORTH DAKOTA NEEDS DOYLE