Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-17
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| York, Nsb,, April ls.-To the Edi
Tor 81 The Bee am glad 10 rea.
N The hee where You have ealle,
tho attention of Your readers I.
certain articles IA the World Herald
that are biaekiis,ing our fair state il
the matter OF TAXATION by Swing ih.
relative total ~ taxes af seyera
other states IN this section in con
tfast with the amount paid in Ne
bfaska, or pretend to do IL, Yet h.
does Not know enough about the sub
jeei 10 speak or write in an informa
tive way, We must make this ehars.
against him or worse one, II,
gives the total taxes for the stat.
government, but fails 10 tell hi
readers that this state. having th,
budget system. the tax for the stat,
Includes not only the salaries OF tn,
state officers and their aids. but In
eludes the expenses of all state In
stltu,ions, while In the others IL jusI
covers the cost Of the ruling ma
chine or stan OF state officers,
And then he has been running q
series OF pictures IN his paper, civ,
ing the taxes paid fye years ago and
last year. aud seems To he tfyins
20 leave the impression that the state
administration Was TO blame for all
the increase. and yet when this nd
ministration was nrst elected the
World Herald came out with a pro-
gram showing some Of the things
that ought Ia he done. and some
changes should be made that had
not been made. even when admit
ted they were needed, but there had
been such n clamor for strict ccono-
my IN the state that every admin
stration had lodged or sidesteppcd
it for fear OF the effect IL would have
on the next election. And he said
then II the new administration would
pick up courage 10 fearlessly do the
job then needed to be done he would
do the state n service. But like all
other good things. II would cost some
money.
Now he comes out with n Hons
voice nearly drowned In crocodile
tears 10 tell the poor robbed taxpayer
that big increase in state expense
should not have come. Does he
want us TO believe that II he or his
party had been running the state
these late years when coal. food and
clothing for several thousand state
wards had TO be bought nj 200 or
800 per cent above former prices
that they could have bought il for
the same they did in his cheap year
Of 1914. TO which he compares the
taxes of the last year. or whatever
they had to pay, that they could
have kept taxes the same as then.
No reader they know better.
But thirst for Office and plans to
gain It and facts get so mussed up
with them that nothing counts. only
such as will help county votes. Now
the next big increase OF the taxes
comes from this big $3.50 road
contract, and. by the way. who was
in control of state affairs when that
deal was made? Then the pictures
referred to in this article are as mis-
leading as the state contracts, for
some are given in small cities that
have gone almost their limit in
bonding themselves for paving and
fine school buildings, and costly
and community build
ings, which they alone have done, and
to try and blame that on the state
Is just common Third ward heelers'
tactics.
But the first and biggest asset they |
have are those who know better. but |
like one OF their editors 80 years
ago said when taken to task for mis-
quotations of the Congressional
Record, after having been corrected
once he said: "You fellows don't un-
ierstand getting the uncertain vote. |
and I know that not / in 500 Of
my readers will ever see the Congress
sional Record" Now, Mr.. Editor.
here is your tip, not many Of them |
will soe your show up. So there you
are.
But if such stuff could be put in
show windows of empty buildings |
where they could be read but not |
and then the facts, when
It is anything that is of record, and
Is copyrighted so it could not be
yainsaid. it might enlighten some,
but some Well finish that |
% suit yourself. But with all due
regards for the rights and feelings
If their many. many fine and learned
followers, they have so many of |
llOco OlllSl ClClHCIlS llldl tliol \
sort Of campaigning profitable. That !
S not partisan bias. it is cold fact.
FRANKLIN POPE.
John Henry Wants to Know.
Omaha, April ITO the Editor
# The Bee: Your editorial on party
Oesertion" is to the point and how
ruly this illustrates the old saying,
hat politics makes strange bedfel-
ows, for if this Mullen, Bryan and
Gdmisten combination is not whole
ircuit itself, then we will have to go
nto the jungle of South Africa to
ind one. The elephant, the donkey
nd the hermaphrodite ought to sat
sly the curiosity and lovers of the
lncient kingdom.
I now take my hat off to the all
wise editor Of the World Herald. his
the third party to Dol
.rums, it was a master stroke. Per-
laps he was wise to the deal, when
so1 II, r. |