The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-10
High Cost of Government.

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 High Cost of Government.
 The Nations greatest problem today k t4&atian. cur own state iS burdened with too much public expense. Cities .aud towns are grappling with the prob lem of funds. l say to you. that it is he supreme duty of citizens and public officials to look to the instituting of more efficient methods of government in public improvements. There should be a reduction of these expenses. The continued rule of the politicians prom iSeS no relief.
 Useless Offices and Commissions
 There k a great deal of difference between theory and practice. The the orie> of students of political science do not always work out It is not neceS- Sary to question the motives of all of those who wosld make of our state government laboratory of experiment tation but it K Il glaring fact that some of the offices and commissions spring ing from this hotbed of cXperimenta- ton are worse than useless
 I favor the aboliShment of the Cor poration Commission. The people have never asked for such q function.
 favor the aboliShment of the Board of Control of State Charitable lnStitu- tons which costs many thousands of dollars Il year Nobody doubts that this board is up to it's eyes in politics, and obstruetS, rather than promotes the efficient operation of the state char itablc institutions 1 favor an honor ary board one member from each Con greSSional district. Women should be represented on this board. It's members should he appointed because of their sympathicS and Ii mess for the work
 The management of eur. penitcntiary iS failure under the present commis- sion system The Tucker farm, of 4,441 heres and the CumminS farm. of S.093 acres, are worth a round million dol lars About 500 conyictS are used on these farms Al the Walls there is an average of about 10 men. and at the road camps there are 50 to 6O con yietS The Walls should he disposed of, and the eonyiets there and in the road camps should be sent to the farms
 The reformatory and correctional in stu, ions should he under the same general management. but l strongly favor the abolishmens of the present commission statute, suppanting it with an honorary commissions Each of these two great farms should he in charge of a capable manager. and those managers should not be politicians. but practical farmers and business men They should be placed under bond, thus fixing res possibility for application of funds and opera ton of labor.
 The present commissions are very busy politicians now. but under the system that exists no relief can be ex- pccted, and it k no indictment of these individuals to point out the fact of their political activity. AS long as our penitcntiary K managed by men who receive their appointments because of political activity, just So long will poli- ties reign and business methods be ignored there.
 l would ask the Legislature to abol- iSh the office of Inheritance Tax At forney, and require that this work be done by the Attorney General. The Attorney General should be provided with aid in the performance of his en- larged duties If k estimated that S1o0W.o0 have been paid in special fees under the present administration to lawyers as special counsel ill mat ters which should be attended to by the Attorney Generals office.
 As to the newly created Auditorial Department, the work of the Comp troller should be attached to the Audi tor of State, and I am in favor of this being done, It was contemplated by the Constitution that constitutional of fees should take care of all such neces. sary work
 Likewise, I would favor abolishment of the Tax Commission as at present constituted, and its attachment to the office of Auditor of State.
 Roads and Highways.
 l cannot believe that any sane man