New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-09-28

time politishun thinks of the Non
partisan League he gifts convicshun
NV sin and begins wonderin' what he
can do to be saved"
Coal and Form Products.
The cost of soft coal, including the
expense of hauling from the dealers
yard to the farm, averaged around
SIS per ton in 1920. If like prices
prevail during the coming winter, the
farmer must sell, in order to buy a ton
of coal, either one of the following
quantities of farm products: 20
bushels of wheat, 60 bushels Of corn,
1873 bushels Of oats, 800 pounds OF
pork Give weight, 800 pounds Of
mutton, so pounds Of butterfat or
1000 pounds Of potatoes.
The cost Of growing these products
will be: 20 bushels Of wheat, at 50 a
bushel, $4O 60 bushels Of corn, at 60
cents bushel, S56; 1873 bushels Of
oats, at $50 cents busnel, S66; 800
pounds of pork, at 10 cents a pound.
$50; 800 pounds of mutton, at 10 cents
a pound, $50; 60 pounds Of butterfat,
at so cents pound, $50; l 900 pounds
of potatoes, at So per hundredweight,
$50.
Like comparisons could be made
with other necessities which the farmer
must purchase for himself and his
family. Some city laborers might
also receive a certain degree of salts,
faction by comparing their wages with
the present cost of living
Before farmers, small. business and
labor can get q square deal they must,
through united political action, be-,
come majority, instead of minority,
stockholders in what we call America.
Guarding The Oastgo.
The following illuminating editorial
was clipped from a recent issue OF the
81. Paul Dispatch. We reprint it
herewith to furnish food for thought
for the taxpayers of Brown county.
The average taxpayer devotes far too
little thought and study to the very
Important problem of guarding the
outgo" from the county treasury, and,
still, this is the big factor in conserving
the taxpayers money. Read and
ponder over what the Dispatch says:
''Those who pay the bulk Of the
taxes seldom have much to say as
to how their money is spent. In gen.
eral, the spenders are the organized
politicians; the payers, are the UNI
organized producers Of wealth.
In Washington, Mobiles county,
Minnesota, however, the taxpayers
have organized and intend to have
something to say in the future as to
the Use to which their contributions
are put. Some CT the economy meas
ures proposed include reduction in the
salaries of county officers, doing away
with county highway work, elimina-
ton Of the county nurse and farm
bureau departn and the like. A
reduction in the assessed valuation of
farm lands also will be sought.
"We know nothing Of the merits or
dement's of the economy schemes dis
cussed, but any organization of tax
payers which seeks in fair and honest
manner to supervise and investigate
the spending of their own money for
public purposes is to be commended.
More of that sort of thing is needed.
The average taxpayer takes no personal
interest in government and only COM
plains when he cones to pay his share
of the cost. In st. Paul the city coun-
Gil now has the municipal budget for
1922 under consideration, and the
charter provides for public hearings.
These are not held because no one
attends, but those who now absent
themselves no doubt will be loud in
Cne1r lame0CdC1OQ DIS 10 extravaganza,
and quite properly so, when they pay
their taxes next year. If the tax
payers of St. Paul were to organize,
make study of the budget and pro-
pose economies, they would be able
to get not only attention but action as
we'll.
"The Worthington taxpayers are
headed in the right direction. Every
Minnesota community ought to have
a similar club. The mere knowledge
Of the spenders that the payers are
organized and mean business will al.
ways have salutary effect.
This is one Of the men that you
used during the war;" announced
Urban Ledoux Of Boston in offe. iny
ian ex-service man on the unemployed
auction block. What will you do
with him now? How much will you
bid for this mans services for week