The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-02

ier served mineTdl county ne mas
never turned in a bill for ex-
penses. That's the kind of political
economy Senator Miller not only
believes in but practices.
In discussing strict economy in
state matters Senator Miller says:
my first move towards a substan-
tial reduction in state expenses
would be in consolidation scheme
whereby the number of members
Of commissions would be cut down
and these commissions consolidated
in sort of interlocking member
ship. It looked to me as a good
business move to decrease the num-
Der Of commissions and give those
retained more work to do. As an
example l believe that the Offices
of state engineer and state highway
engineer could be filed by one man
without impairing the efficiency of
the department but at very con-
siderable saving in expense. l am
citing this as an example and l
believe that there are many such in
stances where changes and consoli-
dation will effect a great saving
without impairing efficiency.
II am not crticizing the state de-
partment of highways, but l would
suggest that the same business
principles be applied to that de-
partment that would apply to a
private enterprise. fully realize,
as must every true Nevadan, that
good roads mean much to this
state. l also fully realize that
under the conditions of sparsely
settled communities and other diff
ficulties of a pioneer state it is quite
as expensive as it is important.
Therefore il there is any one de-
partment more than another in
which the last cents worth of
value should be obtained for every
dollar expended it is in the highway
department. Nevada is not in
financial position to waste any
money nor expend it foolishly.
II believe that the high standard
of our educational institutions and
other public institutions should be
maintained but l also believe that
the present administration in main
tanning such a standard has been
unmindful in a marked degree as
to how it spent the states money.
| am sure that a new system in
stalled on the prison farm would
bring more profitable results.
"One cannot but criticize the re-
markable increase in cost of state
administration between the years
1914 to 1921 inclusive. During
those years our cost of state govern
ment exclusive of the states APP
preparation for county schools but
including various judicial districts
increased from $741, 632.S4 to ST.
$50, 639.47, an increase Of almost
one million dollars. Those figures
cover the years of the present
Democratic administration. Are
you aware that our taxes have in
creased 437.3 per cent between
1901 and 1921 and our bonded in
debtedness has increased nearly one
million dollars under the Democratic
administration. These are figures
that may be gone into in detail at
any time as they are a matter of
public record"
Senator Miller has ever been
very friendly toward labor and has
for many years been a large en-
ployer of labor. 1t was he who Sc
cured the advance of so cents a
day for the miners at Divide at the
time of the first Divide onopah
strike. Senator Miller was at that
time a heavy employer of men in
his Divide mines and he was a men,
Der of the Executive Board of the
Mine Owners Association. He has
ever paid the highest wages to his
clerks and other employees and at
his Lucky Boy mine at Hawthorne
he is paying so cents day above
the present Tonopah scale.
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