Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-09-01
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Authorized and paid for by D. J.
Summerville Amount paid $1,000.

Authorized ana palQ Tor by IL. y.
Summerville. Amount paid $1,000.
To the Voters of Sawyer and Rusk
County
Mr. D. w. MaIoney, of Ladysmith,
who has brought out his 24-year-old
son to oppose me for the legislature
from this district, has in his usual
sneering way published what he calls
the facts about my record. What he
says is not true. His facts" are
worded inuendoes intended to deceive.
When examined by anyone carefully,
his facts reveal the socialistic non
partisan league tendency of Mr.. Ma
Honey. Now, am proud of my record
in the legislature. My work on the
Joint Finance Committee speaks for
itself I voted as L believe any farm
er would vote who had the best in
terest of these two counties at heart.
First of all, [ am a republican and
not a socialist, communist or non-par-
tisan Lacquer. I was not then and am
not now endorsed by the non-partisan
league run by the Milwaukee social
lists as is Mr. Maloney's son.
Not a single big corporation or big
fellow" as Maloney puts it, commune
Gated with me or attempted to con-
troll my vote On the contrary, when
the many tax bills were up, the people
[ did hear from were the farmers and
merchants from my district and L
voted in their interests That I was
right, is shown by the large majorities
against most of these bills.
Am Against High Taxes
We had tax bills introduced amount
ing to about thirty-fve millions of dol
lars What was to be done with this
vast sum of money no one said. The
general supposition was that it was
intended to go into more commissions
to furnish more jobs, which is borne
out of bill 235A, which calls for an
appropriation of one million dollars
and three $1,000 jobs. Also, further
to build up our great University,
which fact is borne out by the an
nouncement of Governor Blaine short
time ago that he intended to start work
on a new medical hospital at the Uni
versity to cost about $3,O00,00O. These
bills were decisively beaten. I do not
favor such laws. Do you, my fellow
farmers?
We Do Not Want More Commissions
/ believe the most insidious and
dangerous enemies to free and demo-
cratic government. is the establish
ment of more commissions, who not
only look after your manners and
morals but, through state inspectors,
tell you where to get off at at every
turn. Once started, there is no know
ing how far these officials may go to
undermine our personal freedom and
seek to control our political and relig-
ious thought. Let us constantly bear
in mind that the more we give to the
state government, the greater increase
we will have Of petty state officials.
The tendency at present seems to
be to let the state inspectors do
it, which leads more and more
to the taking everything out Of the
hands Of the people and putting it in
the hands Of centralized state gov
eminent. How much further do you
wish to go, fellow voters? Do you
want every act under the supervision
. Of state Inspector and an inspector
: on every door step? II so, do not
vote for me.
Bureaucracy is the favorite child Of
the socialist and communist for they
would have every pleasure of life reg
ulated, as is being done in Russia at
the present time, the results of which
most of us know.
Do you want every act of your bus
mess and private life barred to the
public and to your competitors in your
income tax returns? The tax commits
sion said that was unnecessary and
the legislature overwhelmingly refused
to allow it. 1t will serve no useful
purpose. Yet Maloney's son says he
is in favor of it. 1t is just another So
cialistic law designed to foster class
hatred and hasten a communistic
state.
The Warehouse Bill Scare
The Warehouse Bill, which is re-