The Prescott daily news., 1920-06-11

an honorary commission. Each of these two great farms should be 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 operation of labor.
 The present commissions are very busy politicians now, but under the system that exists no relief can be ex- pected, and it is no indictment of these individuals to point out the fact of their political activity. As long as our penitentiary is managed by men who receive their appointments because political activity, just so long will poll tics reign and business methods be ignored there.
 l would ask the Legislature to abol ish the office of Inheritance Tax At torney, 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. It is estimated that $5O,0O0.OO have been paid in special fees under the present administration to lawyers as special counsel in 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 am in favor of this being done. It was contemplated by the Constitution that constitutional off, 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 is opposed to good roads, but every sane man, every honest man, desires that roads be built to last, and without graft or mismanagement.
 I favor a comprehensive plan for roads and highways in this state. Roads should follow logical routes, and these routings should be so co-ordi- mated as to give the greatest good to the greatest possible number of people.
 Great injustices are being done our landowners, because almost the entire burden of construction of new road falls upon them. I am in favor of a tax on gasoline and graduated tax on motor vehicles. I do not think Ford car should pay as much tax as log ging truck. Unquestionably persona pOrperty is going to have to be taxet more in order to share the burden of road building and road maintenance.
 Theoretically, the work of the High way Department is very necessary one but the expense of this departmen is disproportionately high. The Fed eral Government stands ready to ai, us in our road building, but we mus match that aid with state funds, dolla for dollar. Something is sadly wron with the management of the stat funds, for since 1917 to date, Fedora aid has amounted to only $210,932 while our actual allotment from tn Federal Government for the same per iod has amounted to $4,619,929.
 If this failure to obtain the funds in tended for us by the Federal Govern ment is due to the failure of the Fed eral Government, then why this fail ure?
 The Highway Commissioner is elect ed. The legal business of the depart ment should be performed in the office of the Attorney General. The engineer should be provided for at each regular session of the General Assembly, care fully defining his duties and fixing his 
 Impossible Road Program.
 The General Assembly of 1919, with the extra sessions which followed it, a colossal blunder when a road building program which calls for an impossible perform