Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-09-28
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1922

WILL WELLS. Owner
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1912
randview-Following close o.
the campaign trail of Moses Alex
ender, Governor D. w. Davis ad
dressed a large audience here Wed
nesday evening, taking up the Demo
cratic candidates attack on the pre-
sent administration and puncturini
the latter's claims with logic and In
disputabie figures.
Preceding Governor Davis talk
which was heard by more than 100
farmers of this section, Captain F. A
Jeter, Republican candidate for Sec
rotary of State, made an able de
lenses of the so-called cabinet system
OF government. He showed, from the
standpoint of modern business meth
DDS, how the present centralized sys-
ten with a responsible head for each
department results in greatly in
creased efficiency and economy. just
one instance of this is the work or
the state purchasing department. BY
grouping orders from the various
state institutions, and buying IN large
quantities for all institutions, tnou>
sands of dollars have been saved. over
the old system of each institution
buying for itself in the retail market.
He quoted the head of the state pen
itentiary as saying that enough had
been saved on the purchases for that
institution by the new method to pay
the whole overhead cost of the pur>
chasing department.
Captain Jeter declared he did not
intend to enter into personalities but
felt obliged to express his disapproyal
of one statement the Democratic cam
didate is making, to the effect that
the voters should be thankful their
der. This statement Captain Jeter
branded as sacriligious and an in
suit to the religious people of Idaho.
Scores Alexander.
Governor Davis took up the state
ment made by Alexander in several
of his campaign speeches that he
would save you people hall your
taxes.
Lets see how Mr.. Alexander can
do that. inquired the governor.
''Will he do it by stopping road work?
mo-, Alexander says in his speeches,
I'VE must continue 10 nave good
roads. Will he save it On thel
schools? No. he says, we must
have good schools, although the
record shows that when he vas gov-l
ernor he permitted the State Univer-
sity to become almost paralyzed for
want Of funds. Alexander says we
must not cut out anything that
reaches to "the home and fireside". !
How then is he going to cut your
taxes in half? The records show
that rs per cent of your tax money
goes to municipal government and
improvements. over which Alexander
would have no control. Another 35i
per cent goes to the public school !
system, over which he would have no
control. Then IL per cent goes to
the county, over which Alexander
would have no control. This leaves
s per cent OF your tax money for all
state purposes. OF the states por-i
ton. about 61s per cent goes for
roads and other purposes which Alex
ander says are necessary and can't
be disturbed. So, only rs per cent
remain for Alexander to "cut in
half. This would be a saving of
"a per cent instead of the so per
cent that Alexander SO glibly prom
ises you. Every voter who gives any
thought to his tax statement knows
that Alexander can't make good on
that promise. And Alexander knows
it,"
Audience o. KS Data.
Next, the governor took up Alex
ander's charge that Idaho farmers are
being driven to neighboring states byI
high taxes. He read letters I,
from tax collectors of Oregon 4
and Washington showing that the
per capita tax in Oregon for 1921 was
$12.11 while in Idaho for the samol
year 1t was s6.13. AT this juncture {
said:
THAT is absolutely true, 1 Just +,
moved here from Oregon and l know {
taxes are much higher there than ,
here"
The governor then proved conclu-i ,
5iyely by letters from state officials {
mat both Washington and Utah have s
much higher taxes than Idaho.
so you can judge as well as
farmers are going into neigh |
boring states to escape high taxes.
said the governor.
He scored the attitude of any man
seeking to be governor who will give
'uch unfayorable advertising to his l
'tate when there is not a shred or
ruth to the statement that farmers
ire leaving Idaho because of high y
axes. A true Idahoan would nor
mock his home state on the poss,-
'ility Of getting a vote from some F
resident.
Misappropriated Funds.
Governor Davis explained carefp1,v =
low the law provides that money an.
'fopriated for particular purnoss
'annot legally be used for another
purpose. He then charged that tn. d
ecords show Alexander when gov II
'nror travelled about on money an +
'rcpriated for the adjutant general. .
'Ifice and the land office. On th,s
Joint, the governor chaIlanoad a., u