Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-16
TEXT OF SPEECH OF
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS
AT G. O. P. DINNER
Continued from Page Six.)

counties will this year, under the
budget laws, save the taxpayers OF
our state approximately 100000
without any loss in school eff
cheney.
We hear complaints about taxes.
Taxation is 95 per cent a local
matter. Take the county of Ber-
nalillo. for instance. For every
500 in taxes collected the state
government receives the following:
For roads the state receives out
Of this 500, s2.S1. This goes back
to tho counties in the proportion
of their taxable value. 1t Is ex-
pended to carry out the federal AID
program. The people OF the state
spoke decisively on this question
at the special election last ran.
They want good roads and they
want federal aid.
For Education.
For school and educational IN,
s+itutions the state receives S4'5o
out of this one hundred dollars II
goes back also to the countles anu
the educational institutions.
For interest and sinking funa,
the state receives sixty cents, ana
for all other state purposes the
state receives $4.26 out Of this one
hundred dollars Thus we see that
for purely state purposes out 0,
each one hundred dollars collected
in Bernalillo county the state re-
ceives less than $500.
We have given the counties ana
municipalities a budget law. This
system Is recognized as the best
way of bringing about economy in
local matters. The law. however,
will have to be applied by the
local county and municipal off,
GERS It is a local and not a state
problem.
AS evidence of economy in the
present state administration, l call
attention to the fact that it aboi-
ished SO appointive offices, each
with salaries ranging from $500
to $4,000 per year.
Other Measures Enacted.
Other measures enacted by our
last legislature are:
I. A law relieving against for
fixture and cancellation of state
land contracts and providing a just
method of assessing owners equi-
ties in state land contracts.
.. An up-to-date highway law,
which abolished county highway
superintendent.
8. The abolition Of the mounted
police.
4. A blue sky law.
5. A law reorganizing the In
surance department.
8. An act providing equal
powers. rights and duties in the
parents of minor children.
Z. A stringent law against Vice
and against gambling.
s. An up-to-date game and fish
law.
9. An act aholishlng the legal
advisor to the governor.
10. A department of public well
fare.
II. An act limiting the hours
OF employment Of women engaged
in manual labor.
~. A child labor law.
10. An act appointing a COM
| missioner to represent New Mexico
in the settlement of rights to the
waters of the Colorado and Sar
Juan basins.
IA. A law providing a compre'
hensive system of assessment AND
taxation and complete budget
system in counties, school districts
and municipalities.
Is. The law providing for Q
survey of the Rio Grande valley.
Proud to be Republican.
Time does not permit me to &C
! more into detail here. The record
| OF the achievement in state ant
In nation makes me proud to be {
republican and proud of the honol
you have conferred upon me.
The placing before the electorate
Of New Mexico the facts of thi.
record is my program; to tell then
these facts fully, clearly and truly
is my purpose. T have no candi
date for any office: I shall no
sponsor any candidate. But
| know that our republican stat,
convention, composed of delegate.