The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-10-12
LARGE AUDIENCE
GREETSC.C. MOORE
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR SAYS
DEMONSTRATION EFFICIENT
AND ECONOMICAL

w tuu0SQdy hight dC ll1S ldl SSoC pO-
litical rally held in Moscow in num-
Der of years. The large crowd was
made up from the townspeople and the
farmers in the surrounding district,
and that the audience was deeply in
terested in the story of the states
affairs under the cabinet, or central
lied form of government, was shown
from the fact that the crowd remain
ed and gave the closest attention un-
til Attorney Black, the last speaker,
closed his address at II o'clock.
Judge Warren Truitt, republican
county chairman, presided and intro
duced Senator E. w. Porter of Julia
eta Senator Porter stated that he
was glad of the opportunity to ex-
press his opinion of Lieutenant Gov
-ernor Moore, with whom he had work
ed in the legislature during the past
two terms He spoke of Mr.. Moore's
fairness to north Idaho and to the
university in all matters with which
he had to deal as the presiding Off
Ger of the senate and said that this
fairness and his bigness of heart and
honesty of purpose had endeared him
to all with whom he came in contact
Moore Pledged to Economy
Senator Porter then introduced Mr.
Moore, who built his address around
the contention that the tax burden
imposed by the state is small com
pared with the total taxes, and that
it was not the burden of taxes which
is bothering the people of the state
so much as it is the burden of in
divfdua1 Indebtedness, resulting large
iy from the war conditions, which is
now harrassing so many people. In
debtedness, coupled with the drop in
prices of agricultural products. he
said had cramped the people finan-
cia1ly until thev felt most keenly the
tax burden. Governor Moore held
that the cabinet form of government
was responsible for real saving, and
ciinched his argument by showing
where savings occurred under the re-
publian administration.
Strong for University
That Mr.. Moore fully appreciates
the Importance of the University of |
Idaho to the state, was indicated early |
In his address, when he said that the /
university must have sufficient funds |
to carry on efficiently. He said that
the rapid growth of the university |
must not be checked by any penny
wise policy.
Mr. Moore pledged himself to a pro-
gram of economy in SO far as it is
possible to econOmize without detract-
ing from the efficiency of state insti-
tutiOns
eff elected governor" he said, ST
shall ask the Legislature to pass the
necessary state levies for institution
al support, to repeal some of the too
numerous laws now upon our books,
to pass the administrative laws and
adjourn. We now have too many use
less laws, which are not enforced"
The governor showed where the
moral obligations of the state requir-
ed meeting the demands of the state
institutions for support. He said that
former Governor Alexander had said
that he segregated the bills by plac-
ing the thick ones on one side of his
desk and the thin ones on the other
and vetoed the thick bills because he
didn't have time to read them. He
said that in the bills vetoed by the
former governor had been one prov;d-
ing for agricultural blight eradication,
calling for the expenditure of but
few thousand dollars, and that the
failure of these bills to become laws,
had resulted in great economic
waste.
While Mr. Moore lays no claim to
being an orator, he talked we'll and
had the closest attention of his audi
'ence.
Black Gives Figures
Attorney General Blacks talk dealt
largely with the cabinet form of gov
ernment, the speaker giving figures
to prove that it is the most econom-
ical form of state government. He
asked that the taxpayers analyze their
tax receipts for the past several years
and find out just what part of the
taxes went for state government. He
made an analysis, taking as a basis
$10O valuation, and showing that of
every dollar paid in taxes. only one
cent goes to defray the expense of
state government, including the sup
Of oil eto -
officials, and all the appropriations
made in the agricultural, livestock,
public welfare, banking and all other
state departments. He said that Mr.
Alexander promised to effect re- !
duction of taxes which would greatly
lessen the burden of the taxpayer, by {
cutting the expense of state govern
ment which is covered by this one per I
cent of the tax dollar. i
Mr.. Black showed, by means of a t
chart, just where the tax dollar goes, l
making his explanations entirely s
clear. In support of the cabinet form i
of government, he said that officers (
and employees under the Alexander I
numbered 285, in 1918, c
as against 252 in 1922. He showed $
that of 1852, ,19S.43, highway money 4
paid in by Latah county in 1919, 1920, o
1921 and 1922, $95, ,016.79 came back
from the state for construction in the
same years; that $9,262.5O came back
for maintenance and that the federal l
government paid in $129,62O.S5, MAX n
ing a total received far in excess of e
the amount paid out. He gave some p
facts regarding the ap h
for the University of Ida o
ho, as shown in the biennial reports c
Of the board of education, which show G