The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-09-03
COLONEL ROLAND III. HARTLEY
AND HIS BUSINESS PLATFORM


of Governor The COone platform brief and to the point "a Bu
Administration by a Business Man"
The Colonel quite frank about his in running for office
administration exclusively in the interest
business generally but the interest of the lumber business
ticulary
great many people why Col Hartley afford
in his campaign for the office
salary position comparatively
doing this should be made plain 1t estimated by
those in position already expended approx
mae $4,000 present that before the
pagn this will have increased to somewhere between
the salary allowed by the constitution of
for the office of Governor $500 The constitution
also limits the time that can serve as Governor of our State
to two terms of four years EACH making the maximum total of eight
This means that Hartley
provided by would
altogether the State the of 100000 This would mean
Hartley the period possible for
him less than half the amount that had cost
Now, in would that the Colonel is not
good the face of it, that this
business would naturally have
that the Colonel capable of carrying the business platform he
of his busne sagacy.
contrary really profitable
business Hartley represents expend
double the already enumerated and still make
profit the office of Governor Col Hartley representing directly
the big powerful lumber interests of the state and is with them that
the Colonel will undoubtedly give the state demonstration of his
business ability
Many years ago. when the basis of taxation of property our state
the best timber lands
then listed inaccessible 1t timber that located great noun
plateaus, places regarded that
wholly inaccessible This has been taxed the basis of
with the of the skyline the aerial tram and many
other modern inventions there no longer such thing inaccessible
this Weyaeusr other lumber
have logged off themselves thousands of this timber land
have subleased it other interests rates ranging
This logged off land
has been sold by them ranging from $40 $25 Yet the
able collect taxation this the basis
There still thousands of of this
listed and the real value of which from $3.50 to
have already saved millions of dollars through
the losing this
make the deficiency in its rolls by increasing the
of the smaller Millions of dollars will be saved
the lumber interests by continuance of this basis of taxation In add
timber lands the Olympia
Peninsula owned by Independent and small who unable to
them by having control of the timber situation between the property of
the independent holder and the railroad controlled by the large interests
legislature make
the small railroads operated by the large lumber interests
the independent could begin operations and have their
logs transported railroad
All this connection have failed due to the
power This has the
the the big and has compelled them
sell generally dictated by the large
deal of to the big lumber interests to continue both of the
Millions involved continuance of
conditions and the Colonel their direct representative truth
running on strictly business pat0m-a business platform directly in
of the lumber interests, but platform destructive of
the business and other interest of the state and the people
The Colonel has been trying in recent weeks to paeate his
this campaign every anunion aborhateing interest in the
He being openly supported by the forces who the
3ist of December, 1919, bulletin advising employ
to rope they did at Cenrala in dealing with any
Washington, should either Louie Hart Roland H. Hartley be
elected governor ,n,,, >ou,s
m @ P o1sts washington nny this 1 & the Interests o of
n great many of n Washington
Buck visited several sections the sde organizing his
of the National committee that
Unions Renton Junction last Sunday and again addressed monster
the Labor Temple Seattle, Monday President
Short spoke with him at the picnic Sunday at Renton Junction
campaign conducted the steel districts and pointing the almost
concluded
address by that despite the surface indications of defeat the work
would that olgarchy,
had been compelled the steel workers
grail of the American Labor Movement.
great Party
Grays County memberships
week.
Short has addressed meetings the
in scheduled
of
scheduled
meeting there in the early future
African Typographical Laborers
formulating of
the printers if
him
RADIO, u. s. A. Federation of Federal Employees