The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-10-25
GOVERNOR AND JUNIOR SENA-
TOR CREDIT ADMINISTRA-
TIONS WITH GOOD WORKS.
BOTH CITE RECORDS.
CONGRESSMAN FRANK CLAGUE
INTRODUCES SPEAKERS; G..
w. GOLD PRESIDES.
BOTH CITE RECORDS.

Governor ]. A. o. Preus and Sena-
tor Frank Kellogg spoke to the resi-
dents of Redwood County at meeting
in the Arnory early Friday afternoon.
The attendance was very good con-
sidering the time at which the meet
ing was held, about four hundred per-
sons being present. G. w. Gold chair
man of the Redwood County Republi-
can presided at the meeting. At Mr..
Colds request Congressman Frank
Clague introduced the speakers.
Governor Preus was the first speak
er and he talked briefly at the open
ing of his address on the number of
campaign promises the state admin
istration has redeemed during the last
two years. He dealt especially with
the topic of cooperative. marketing
as illustrated by what has been done
in marketing butter and LIVESTOCK.
He also called attention to the fact
that no experiments in socialism have
been tried and therefore the state
has not been loaded up with unneces-
sary expense for this purpose.
The discussion of taxation occupied
the largest part Of Governor Preus'
time The reduction of taxes, he said,
is so urgent necessity that he had
decided to deal largely with this sub
ject in the campaign.
Last year, he said, ''for the first
time in the history of the state OF
Minnesota, the people were relieved
of direct tax upon them for main
tanning the government of the state,
oil ha taf fp
officials elected by you, as well as
all appointive officers named by the
governor.
"The entire cost of state govern
nlent and state institutions was paid
for out of taxes collected from cor
porations such as the gross earnings
tax on railroads and other public serv-
ice corporations, inheritance taxes and
departmental fees. =
"This year, for the second time in
the history of the state, the people
will pay no direct tax for the mainte-
nance of the state government"
Mr.. Freus stated that this achieve
ment was in line with the republican
state platform, which pledges the
party to ''the greatest retrenchment
possible in state expenditures
Salaries represent very small
percentage of the total public expens-
es," the governor said. If they were
entirely wiped out the reduction in
taxes would be so small as to be
scarcely noticeable Of the total gen
eral property taxes levied in 1921,
amounting to $108,019, ,763, only S3,-
65S, ,451 was levied for purely state
purposes and of the latter amount
$2,634,S32 was levied for soldiers
bonuses.
The governor pointed out tax levies
for education purposes in Minnesota
in 1921 amounted to $42,569,23S, re-
presenting nearly 391a cents of each
dollar paid or to be paid in taxes this
year. In 1911, he said, the cost per
pupil was JS17.72, and in 1921, $82.26.
Of every 500 paid in taxes, Cover
nor Preus said, $3.50 goes to schools,
S25 to cities and villages, $3.50 to
roads, $40 to counties, S212 to town
ships, and $3.50 to the state. Of the
$3.50 that goes to the state, he said,
So goes to pay the soldiers bonus
granted by the state, and the remain
ing S1.39 into funds, levied by the
leS ISldClol 1oI SpSSlilC dlIu SpSSidi
purposes. ...- -
This showing, he said, of where the
bulk of the taxes go should enable
the people to tell where to make re-
trenchments that will reduce taxes.
While over AZ million dollars of the
108 million dollars raised by taxation
in the state goes to schools, the gov
ernor urged that care be taken in
making reductions in this field. The
future progress and development of
the country, he said, rests with we'll
trained school teachers. A cheap
teacher, he said, is poor investment,
just as cheap man on the farm or in
the factory is sure to be an expensive
one in the end. Good school build
ings with proper accommodations and
facilities should be provided, he held,
but until conditions improve fads and
eliminated in the interest of economy.
In introducing Mr.. Kellogg, Mr..
Clague spoke somewhat at length upon
the fact that Mr.. Kellogg had risen
from the lowest ranks of poverty and
non-opportunity to be the head of his
profession, this leadership being
shown by his election to the presidency
of the National Bar Association. Mr..
Clague also stated that Mr.. Kellogg
had given up his splendid law prac-
tice by which he was earning an in
come far exceeding his salary as Sena-
tor, to devote all his time and his en-
ergy to his duties in the Senate where
he is known as the hardest working
member of that body.
Mr.. Kellogg's time was limited and
he spoke very briefly devoting the
most of his talk to the redemption of
the present administration promises
made to the agricultural sections and
to his own record in this respect.
There is no one subject" Senator
Kellogg declared, "to which congressl