The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-04-06
SLASH CITY COSTS
PRUNE THE TAXES
Seekers For Offices Favor
Cutting Expenses
ANSWER TO QUESTIONS
One of the Gentlemen Ap-
preached Declined To Be
Interviewed .Ea

+; Response to the questionnaires
presented by committee from the
Civic and Commerce association to
all candidates in the field for offices
of mayor and councilmen at the
election on next Tuesday, was of a
varied nature. The questionable
consisted of four queries regarding
the stand of the candidates on is
sues in the campaign. .. .
| Some Of the candidates emphati-
cally answered the questions in the
affirmative. Others were reluctant
TO specifically answer each of the
questions, while one refused to make
statement regarding the queries In
any form. The following is the
questionable of the committee made
TO all of the office seekers in the
campaign: 49,. '.'
We, the undersigned. COM
! mittee appointed by the Civic
| and Commerce association to
! work for a reduction of taxes In
Mankato, believing that it is of
the utmost importance at this
! time that our people be relieved
so far as possible of the high rate
| OF taxation now prevailing, and
that the growth and prosperity
Of our city will be enhanced
thereby. and that voters should
know where all candidates stand
on this point, respectfully ask
whether In case of your election.
One. You will give all the
time to your department that Is
contemplated by the charter and
that is necessary in order to re-
duce the cost of supervision to-
the minimum
| Two. That you will see that
in all cases a fair days work be
given for fair days wage. ~.
| Three. That you will use your
utmost endeavors to limit eX-
penditures so far as is consistent
with giving the city an efficient
administration.
Four. That you will limit
4 public improvements to those of
absolute necessity until such
time as business conditions i'm
prove or a lower rate of taxation
Is made.
What Cand dates Said.
| Mayor. w. A. Beach, William Quinn
by and w. r. Hammett, the last two
candidates for councilmen, answered
the questions in each case in the af
flrmatiye. Mr.. Quimby stated: II
have always preached the same
thing ever since have been here
regarding the lowering of taxes"
| ID ". Waters, again seeking the
| office of mayor, stated that the four
questions were. planks from his may
orality platform. To all of the ques-
tons he remarked: yes. that's the
right business. These issues are
Virfnollu tho -.
form already stated in my recen,
article in The Free Press. II some
thing isn't done soon about these
matters, it's goodbye Mr.. Taxpayer"
Eric Carlstrom said that he had
answered all of the above issues af
Tentatively IN his article to the pub
lie in The Free Pess issue Of March
20. MY stand was published IN
that article and I see no necessity
In going over that again"
Chris Steiner, councilman for the
past six years, and candidate for re-
election declared that the COMMITTEES
was not asking anything but what
he had not been doing since his
first entry into the office of council
man. He stated that is was unneces:
sary to go into the matter further as
it was merely fehashing what he
hou DccH pfdCIlClHS IOr the past SIX
years. He stated that all of the
queries were and had been his Dol.
icy while in office.
J. w. Johnson, although not spe-
officially answering the queries in de
tail, declared that he stood for what
was on his campaign cards as fol-
lows: II stand for clean city. the
upbuilding of Mankato and a square
deal to all. I believe in hearing from
the taxpayers and property owners.
Those questions are all right. and I
feel that the taxes should be low
cred if II is possible to do so and
that is what the people desire, and
not to put on Improvements against
their wishes"
F. ]. Mahowald stated that he had
| nothing to say. He said he was too
busy with his campaign to give out
interviews.
Councilmen Gust Klienschmidt
and Alex ". Anderson declared
that they had been following the
policy as set forth in the question
naires during their services on the
city council. They both answered the
questions affirm atively.