New Ulm review., 1922-10-25

Governor Preus opened his address
by eulogizing Senator Kellogg. He
declared that the Senator was the only
man from Minnesota to make the I'M
portant foreign relations committee
since the days Of 'Cushman K. Davis.
1t would be up to this comnaittee, ne
explained, to negotiate the treaty with
Canada for the joint construction OF
the St. Lawrence Tidewater project
which would permit ocean going vessels
to come to Duluth.
Will Assist Harding.
. 'sThis project will enable the farmers
of the Northwest to ship their grain to
Liverpool for nine cents bushel less
than is now the case" Governor Preus
said. President Harding is in favor
of it. Senator Kellogg, however, is
the only man on the foreign relations
committee on whom he eacan depend to
put the proposition through. The
plan is opposed by Senator Lodge OF
Massa chusetts and other eastern mem
bers of the committee. =
.N> Preus Discusses Taxes. IS
Taking up the question OF taxes
which he is making a campaign issue
Governor Preus asserted that the ex-
penses of state government were belng
met from the indirect taxes amounting
to about SIG, 100000 annually which
the state collected in tonnage taxes,
inheritance taxes and the gross earn
ing tax on railroads. OF $500 in
direct taxes, he explained that but
$3.50 went for state levies while the
remainder was utilized for other pur'
poses, largely local, as follows: schools
$50; villages, $25; roads and bridges
$3.50; counties, $40; townships, $2.12
and soldier bonus, 81. =
eff you want to save in your taxes
you will see that there is not much
chance to cut down on state expen,
ditures, but you must make your re,
ductions on local taxes" Governor
Preus said. "This means that de-
crease will fall on such items as schools
villages, roads and bridges and coun'
ties. ---r.
Praises School Teachers.
"But when it comes to reducing
school teachers wages step softly
Remember that the school teacher has
greater influence on the we'll being Q!
the child than any other person except
the father and mother. Good wages
for such high service as this are not
an evil'' ~ /!
Senator Kellogg devoted portion
of his address to the defense of the
Esch- Cummins bill of which he has
been one of the strong supporters.
Kellogg Discusses Bill. j.
''It has been said that the bill guar
anteed the railroads six per cent on
their watered stock" he declared
''It did nothing of the sort. 1t pro-
vided only that the Interstate Com
merce commission could fix rates for
two years to yield the roads five and
one-half per cent on the value of their
property. The valuation was made
by the government and not by the
railroads. The guarantee provision
was put in so that, the railroads could
get money.
"The year 1920, the first after the
Esch-Cummins law went into effect,
the railroads made but IL of one per
cent on the valuation Of the Interstate
Commerce commission. In 1921 they
earned. sos per cent and this year
their earnings would have been better
had it not been for the shopmen' s
strike" .
- Lies Told About Tariff.
In speaking about the tariff, Senator
Kellogg asserted that it was the first
tariff which ever gave the farmers
protection and that more lies had
been told about the tariff than any
thing ever heard of in this country
Congressman Clague advised farm
ers to feed hogs and buy sheepfor there
would be more money in them in the
future than at the present He de-
clared that the increase in the price
of farm products last winter was due,
to the emergency tariff, and that the.
present tariff bill benefited the farm
ers by placing import duties on food
stuffs impaired in competition with
what they produced and by taking
the duties off of the things they pur-
chased. :
Mr., and Mrs. Ferdinand Peterson