Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-10-28

for 1919, $661,G0) increases for
state educational, charitable and
penal institutions, necessary for
their upkeep and growth, increased
costs of labor and supplies, increases
in counties aud cities, and the cause
of higher taxes is made clear. State
taxes are lower this year than they
were in 1919.
Some of oar opponents are laying
stress upon the fact that during the
four years OF the Alexander admin
| istrations the total State taxes levied
were only $2,S93,6S6. They forget to
mention outstanding warrants and
unpaid claims which turned appar'
ent assets of 1899, 597 into a deficit.
! of $25S,795. There was not a single
year of the Alexander administration
when the State board of equalization
levied a sufficient amount to take
care of the actual appropriations
made and spent during. each of said
years. After all warrants, claims, aG
counts and DEFICIENCIES were paid,
the Haines administration left a
net balance of S673,4S0. Alexander
left a deficit of $25S,795, showing
that his levies were $992,275 less
than should have been levied. State
levies for 1919 and 1920 provide for
every appropriation made by the Leg
islature.
The business man knows that the
cost of printing and paper has more
than doubled. Every employer knows
that the cost of labor has about
doubled The farmer knows there
has been a great increase in the cost
of implements, building material and
of everything he uses. The house
wife knows there has been a great
increase in the cost of sugar, gro
ceries, shoes, clothing and of every
thing that comes into the home. The |
State buys all of these and many
other things the price of which has
doubled and often more than doubl- |
ed Repeating the Cabinet form of |
government will not reduce the price
of a single one of these articles and |
hence will not reduce taxes at all. It
is the increases in costs of labor ano
supplies, the Indebtedness left by
the preceding administration, the |
needs of our educational, charitable
and penal institutions, and the ex,
tensive highway program that has
increased taxes.
Those who charge this administra-
ton with wastefulness are not mino
full of the facts. When we came into
power there were taxes receivable
and cash in the treasury totalling
1899, 1897, and obligations of ST.
25S, 392. The assets were $258,795
less than the liabilities. There was
left to meet the expenses OF
1919. Thirty thousand boys in the
service and war industries were com
ing home and must be absorbed by
the industries of the State. To pro-
vide employment for these without
labor conditions de-
a large construction pro.
gram. We entered into comprehen-
sive highway program on Federal
Aid basis. On all Federal Aid high,
way projects the State is Obliged to
finance the work and afterward re-
ceives from the other cooperators]
their proportion of the cost, as work
is completed and the cost ascertain.
ed. The States proportion of the
total expenditures on these project>
is one-sixth of the total cost, the
of the county or highway
district two-siXths, and the proper,
ton of the Federal Government one
half. 1t can be readily seen that the
financing by the State
is heavy burden. At present there
is due and Immediately coming due
to the State from the various CO.
operators about $1,500,000 which
the State has advanced.
Matters affecting the State gov
ernment are not the only ones that
should interest the people of Idaho
at the coming election. Farmers
may well wonder where they are
going to sell a lot of their products
md how they are going to make ends
meet Australian mutton and Ar.
sentine beef eat no Idaho hay. Cana
liam wheat breaks down the price
Of wheat at home. Foreign manu-
lecturers employ no American la.
Dor. These are things that come di,
'ectly home not only to the farmer
out to all classes of Idaho people
We need a tariff to protect the farm
sr, the manufacturer and the la,
)orer against ruinous reign COM
petition. In order to get such a tar
II we must elect nen to Congress
who Will vote for a protective tariff
aw. The live stock industry is para
yzed and this has destroyed the
market for and reduced the price of
lay. To restore this industry to pros
'erity we must return to Republi,
AN protection. A vote for Hon.
Crank r. Gooding for United States
senator and fer Hon. Addison T.
smith or Hon. Burton L. French for
is a vote for the best
interests of all the people of Idaho
Sincerely yours,
d. w. DAVIS.