The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-20

CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
Elsewhere in these columns today
we are producing an editorial from
the State Democrat on some sugges-
tions by J. J. Farley, of this city, on
a good way out Of our industrial trou-
bles by turning over the industries of
the state to be run by the largest CO.
operative organization in the state
who will take them over. There is
considerable merit in that suggestion
and might we'll be given due and calm
consideration. AS the article says,
the trouble in the past has been by
incompetency in the management of
state affairs, and what is needed at
this time is management of public
utilities that will not only be a guar
antee of business administration but
will have a tendency to bring down
taxation by economy in running the
states business. Politics never got
anybody anywhere. No matter how
much governor or board of indus
trial management might connive to
keep down expenses there is always
certain number of politicians that have
to be taken care of. This applies
no more to republicans than it does
to democrats or nonpartisans speak
ing politically, because they always
cry out aloud to the heavens 'sto the
victors belong the spoils'' and the
minute change of administration has
been accomplished the pack is baying
at the heels of the governor and those
who have power to hand out jobs for
these jobs. Many times competent
men are turned out of public office
who have given genuine worth and
service, while others are kept
in and put in who are totally unfit
for the job simply because the polite
ians demand the sacrifice to the detri-
ment of the state and the tax payers.
This is all wrong. Under the proposed
plan the organization being given the
job of carrying on the states business
would be solely and absolutely res
ponsible for that program and if they
made a blunder they would be the los
ers. The business could be carried on
much more efficiently under the pro-
posed plan because that organization
would be working to produce results
1t the lowest minimum cost consistent
With efficiency and would not be bur-
Tened with a lot of dead timber such
is gets on the pay roll under our
present political system. Say for in
stance all the state industries were
urned over to real farmers organ
cation. 1t would have the interests
It the people and the farmers more |
It heart than would bunch of polit-
cal banacles whose sole mission in
lie is to attach themselves to the {
tate payroll and spend money at ran
ON, no matter how, so long as they ;
;et the salary attached to their job. {
is rather a big proposition at that,
S proposed by Mr.. Farley, yet there
much merit attached to the sugges- t
ion and goodness knows what we ,
eed at the present day is less poll
cs in our economic life and more !
tactical business methods. Taxes r
re getting to be prohibitive in this S
late and any safe way that will tend i
bring a drop in taxation so long i
it does not cripple the institutions t
the state, should meet with the f
earty support of every taxpayer.
hat is the way we see it, and if it t.
ere possible for this paper to bring t
bout changed condition for the bet t.
r by any such plan, it would gladly 1
its share in that direction. We have n
zen overwhelmed with politics the f
asst few years that have put the
ate badly in the hole through mis- $
engagement. Let US devise some Ii
cans that will put US back on SAT-
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