Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-10-12
MOORE MAKES
FRIENDS HERE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR Gov
FRN0R DISCUSSES STATE
ISSUES FRIDAY
URGES TAX REFORMS In STATE
Answers Criticisms OF Democratic
Opponent. Moses Alexander.

c. c. Moore of St Anthony, Idaho,
the republican nominee for governor
won many friends in Boundary county
last Friday, having spent the day IN
Bonners Ferry attending the county
fair and meeting representative 1arm-
ers from all sections of the county
and speaking to q good sized audi
ence in the evening at O'Clock IN the
X. P. hall when he discussed political
issues and answered criticisms of his
opponent in a frank and fair manner,
refusing to make any statement which
could not be proven and refusing to
take any advantage of his political
opponents.
Mr. Moore, who has served two
terms as lieutenant governor of Ida
no, visited the high school at l o'clock
Friday afternoon and with Judge G.
H. Martin, of Standpoint, and F. A.
Jeter of Coeur dAlene. republican
nominee for secretary of state, ad-
dressed the student body Local bust
ness men gave banquet at o'clock
at the International hotel in honor of
Lieut.. Gov. Moore.
Capt. F. A. Jeter, who was to speak
at the meeting. was not able to be
present on account of sickness.
Governor Moore based his address
upon the contention that the tax bur
den imposed by the state was more
or less negligible in the face of the
total taxes paid by the citizens of the
state and that it was not the burden
of taxation which was causing diff
Guilty in Idaho economics but that il
was the harassed position of the in
dividual still burdened with war in
debtedneSS, whose cramped financial
position made his taxes felt He held
that the cabinet form of government
was responsible for real economy in
state administration and that the re-
publican conduct of state affairs had
been and still is being grossly mis-
represented by his opponent for the
goyernorship and by most of the dem
ccratic press of the state Governor
Moore clinched his arguments by con-
clusiyely showing where savings oc-
CURED under republican rule and
where the misrepresentation of the
opposition were scored.
Under the cabinet form of govern
ment." said Governor Moore, eight
departments of administration were
organized for the management OF
state affairs and 49 old boards were
abolished. The first economy effected
is readily shown by the change OF
organization.
THE 49 boards had from three to
nine members each and these were
scattered in all parts of the state
Tney did not receive annual salaries
OF course, but they were paid for the
time they spent In the states service
Thus each of these boards, meeting
three or four times year at least
drew their members to Boise and pay
meHt was made, them upon a per
diem basis. They were paid mileage
for the distance travelled and their
expenses while engaged upon the bus
mess of the boards. Thousands OF
dollars were thus thrown away in
travel expense which might have gone
to proper administration Under the
cabinet system, the business of all
these boards was narrowed down tc
eight departments and the administra.
tion of the departments was central.
lied at Boise. All that mileage was
thus eliminated from purely admins
trative expense and now the only
travel expense incurred is that de.
manded when the department officials
are required to visit other parts of the
state upon state business. An example
of this is the public utilities commits
sion, which saves to the taxpayers
much money by going to local places
for hearings instead of requiring peti
tioners and respondents to make the
trip to Boise, one commissioner and
stenographer usually holding the
hearings and thus cutting the expens,
10 minimum. The same parallel may
be drawn for other departments"
The speaker stated that he had jus
received a letter from his headquar
ters in Boise to the effect that Nose,
Alexander had. in one of his mes
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