Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-10-28
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
October 10Th, 1920.


form of government and it's effect
upon taxation. want to give you a
few of the facts of record that may
be found in the State House by any,
one who takes the trouble to investi'
gate.
The Cabinet form of government
has not increased State taxes. 1t has
reduced them. 1t has cut 100000
from our State taxes this year. By
better efficiency it has saved money
and increased revenues at the same
time 1t will do for Idaho what it
has done for Illinois-reduce taxes
every year.
The Cabinet system is running on
appropriations made for the old sys.
tenn The amounts to be appropriated
were determined by the Legislature
according to the needs of each de-
partment, institution or industry.
without reference to any particular
form of government. The $25, 900
appropriation for tubercular cattle
cattle was not given to the Depart
ment of Agriculture because OF the
Cabinet system, but because the Leg
islature believed that the owners of
cattle destroyed by the State should
be compensated. All appropriations
were considered upon their merits
The Cabinet form of government
neither increased nor decreased the
appropriation for any department
What it has done has been to enable
every department to make a record
of service and economy that has not
been equalled in the history of the
State.
The Department of Agriculture
has done great work in standardiz.
ing wheat, hay, potatoes and fruit
and in enforcing the standards adopt
ed. This has opened the markets of
the country to the farmer and his
products are now sold in grades es
tablished at home The farmer is now
paid when his car leaves the shipping
station. Formerly he was not paid
until his car arrived at destination
and the grades made there often rob.
bed him of the fruits of his labor.
The Department of Commerce and
industry has increased receipts 649I
pei cent, while operating expenses
haze Increased only 265 per cent.
The Department of Finance and
Budget has saved many times its cost
to the State. by the Inauguration of
. q uniform system of bookkeeping.
When the Legislature. meets it will
have before it a budget showing the
cost and needs of every department,
which is something our Legislature
has never had, and will be of i'm,
mense benefit in cutting out unnec
essary appropriations.
The Department of Law Enforce.
ment will turn back one-half of its
appropriation. 1t has already brot
into the treasury more money than
1t has cost the State.
The Department of Public Invest,
ments has reduced delinquent loans
from half million dollars to seven
ty-five thousand dollars, and earn,
ings on loans and investments have
been increased more than a quarter
OF million dollars a year. Since
April l, 1919, loans and investments
have been increased from S9,938,OOO
to S13,590,000
The State Land Department added
sixteen times as much to the States
endowment funds the first year OF
the Cabinet form of government as
was added in 1918. Earnings from !
this increase were $141,3S3 as com. |
pared to $500 for 1918. Thess |
earnings were more than four times |
the total cost of the department for !
the year.
The Bureau of Highways has done |
SS per cent of all the work done |
since the department was organized |
Ia 1913. 1t has reduced the cost of |
preliminary engineering on Federal
Ald projects from AS per cent to 2.7 ,
per cent and secured Federal AID |
Tor three hundred miles of highs /
ways as against one hundred miles |
before that time.
The Department of Reclamation
mas settled every Carey Act trouble
thst was before the old land board.
ana Ior more than year no new
matter has been before the board
ior longer period than two weeks
before being finally settled Re.
celpts OF the department are al
ready AZ per cent greater than thew
We're for all of 1917 and 1918, and |
less.
The increased receipts of the de,
partments have been a factor in
reducing this years tax levy Con.
Iary TO general belief, the receipts
OF the departments are not added
TO their appropriations and expend,
ec. With the exception that the De-
paftment of Agriculture uses it's in !
spection fees to pay the costs of in.
5pections, and the Department of /
Law Enforcement uses the occupa. $
ION registration fees to pay the ;
cost OF registering professional men 7
1ther 1ees are deposited with the $
state Treasurer. Il
me following are facts from the b
When the present admins.
ration came into power, these are 1
'ome OF the things they found: War
ants outstanding, $476,11S: claims {
outstanding other than deficiency
! $3.50; deficiency and relief
.ialms, $1S7,185; interest on claims
1851; insurance collected and
p2snt, which had to be made good +,
- I 9'So8; ponds which fell due in t,
017 for which no sinking FIND bad y
'een provided, $4,000 making 7
20,911. '''"'' u