Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-11-02


firms Advertising in produce
business 10 file verified tinancial
statements with the secretary IF
state, preventing farmers and
ssociations from being tleeced
by unreliable solicitations of
produce.
Introduced: The Anti cattle
Stealing Bill which become a
law. MIR. Day was in full sym
pathy with the Efforts of the
Republican Legislature to live up
TO its platform pledges of &c
onomy inGovernment, and great
er efficiency and saving in the
administration of state affairs
He worked in behalf OF the Bud
gett Bill, the Consolidation Lays,
for state administrations: the
Workmen's Compensation Law,
and the Educational bills which
were promised by his party,
but which do not nov duly bene
tt the taxpayers of the state be
cause a few Democ, attic office
holders obtained a SO refereud
um petition, and put them on
our Constitutional ballot ut his
election.
The saving made by these bills
in preventing overlapping duties
of different departments, and by
installing better business met
hOds Of administration would
have been at least $ 1000, 600 20
per year to the taxpayers.
Other bills to which he gave
especial attention were the
Public Welfare bills, and Child
ren'S Code bills which are caicu
lated to benefit the children III
factory towns by keeping them
from working at too early an
age in factory occupations where
health is undermined and de
velopment and educational train.
ing stopped, and to provide
better conditions for the unfor
tunate of the state who must b,
cared for by public or private
benevulences. The immi.rat
ion bill which fosters special
benefit in advertising the resonr
ces and advantages of the state,
and which was particularly cal
culated to induce immigrat
ion and development OF this sec
ton was supported by him. All
classes and parties alike shoul,
be Interested in any movement,
that will bring new workers,
with energy and funds To de
velop this region. The surveys
Of natural resources, and of
water power now being made
are along this line, and will make
available to investors the data on
which to base careful invest
ment. The electric power un.
developed in the Ozarks would
run thousands of factories and
make sale for our farm Products
and employment for our labor.
rhrs surveys are now being
made in ten or twelve counties
and are directly traceable to the
efforts of Mr.. Day and three
other Ozark representatives.
Mr.. Day deserves much credit
for his work in getting more
school money for the Ozark
Counties, and paying our good
teachers the money they deserve
so that they are not going to
Oklahoma, Iowa, and Kansas
Larger amount as Special State
Aid are now available to weak
districts, and more liberal terms
than ever before, both for Com.
mon schools, and for consolidat
ed rural high schools. Former
levies for state purposes were
reduced from 1Sc to &c on the
$1,000 valuation, so that Wright
county received back from state
for the purpose of her public
schools, $37, 0 49, 10 in 1921, again
$23, 23O. 81 in 1920, and her total
state tax was only $40, 1913 .46 an
increase OF state aid $l3,S31
over 1920.
Mr.. Day will expect to contin-
ue his efforts, and be in u bet
ter position as senator to be of
benefit to this territory than as