Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-04-04
SMALL FIGHTS A
GOOD FIG HIT
FOR THE PEOPLE

Governor Small proved himself a
capable leader in the peoples fight.
! He stood four-square upon all his
campaign pledges. Before the legis-
latiYe sessions closed. his pledges
we're written into laws. He has put
them into practical operation as fol
lows.
Governor Small reduced State taxes
by lowering the State rate from an
average of AIS cents to 1913 cents for
the same purposes. during the three
years hse has been in office. This re-
duction amounts to Five Million Dol
lars.
Governor Small saved the tax
payers over Seven Million Dollars BY
his veto of excessive appropriations.
Governor SmalPs Public Utility
Commission has reduced telephone,
gas, electric light, power and street
car rates to the consumers Twenty
five Million Dollars annually.
Governor Smalls Tax Commission
reduced the assessed valuation Of farm
lands 20 per cent or Three Million
Dollars with a corresponding decrease
in taxes. He gave our State the best
and most advanced Producers Co
operative Marketing Law ever written
into the statutes of any state in the
union.
Governor Small has approved an in
crease of over Twenty-four Million
Dollars for education-an increase
greater than the combined increases
of any other three Governors.
Governor Small utilized the vast
sources of income other than direct
taxation that is paid in annually to
the State treasury. for the prosperity
and happiness of the people. In
drawing literally upon these mon
tax" sources, he was able to make
substantial reduction in direct taxa
ton.
Governor Small collected only
Twelve Million Dollars during the first
two years of his administration to pay
the salaries of State officers, employ
ees, etc. Whereas, during the first
two years of the former administra-
ton, there was collected Twenty-eight
Million Dollars for the same purpose.
The difference of Sixteen Million Dol
lars was transferred to education and
other State activities necessary to the
general welfare of the State.
Governor Small has constructed
over 1900 miles of durable hard roads
from license fees and at saving of
over Thirty-fve Million Dollars from
prevailing prices when he took office.
and by refusing to let contracts at
extortionate prices he was severely
criticized by the Chicago Tribune the
mouthpiece of the allied profiteers.
Governor Small has perfected an
organization of highway construction
which is now building these hard roads
at a rate of over l 900 miles a year.
The approval of the Hundred Million
Dollar Bond Issue and the reelection
of our Governor means the greatest
system of permanent highways any
where in the world will have been
completed before the end of his sec
ond term without one cent of direct
taxes.
Governor Small fought for and APP
proved the Ffty-fve Million Dollar
Soldiers Bonus Bill which later was
ratified by the voters. He caused to
be built several new hospitals for
manned and wounded soldiers.
Governor Small has built the first
great lock in the Illinois Waterway,
the completion of which means cheap
err freight rates between Chicago and
New Orleans and intermediate points.
Governor Small has erected several
new buildings at Normal. for the use
of the soldiers orphans.
Governor Small has maintained an
intelligent health program for the
State and has provided sympathetic
and humane management for the
thirty thousand unfortunate sons and
daughters of our State Institutions.
Governor Small is fair to labor.
He protects property rights but sub
ordinates them to human rights.
Governor Small is making Illinois
better State in which to live.
Upon this record, Governor Len
Small comes back to the voters for re-
election--a greater man than he was
four years ago. From out of the
fire of persecution he has emerged
with endurance. self-reliance, justice
qualities necessary to successful
leadership as Governor of the great
State of Illinois. j.
As in his former campaign, Edward
]. Brundage, the Chicago Tribune
and the Daily News are doing every
thing within their power to defeat
him. Although they failed miserably,
they have never ceased to harass,
prosecute and malign him because he
kept all his campaign pledges with the
people.
For four years the Chicago Tribune
and its allies have falsified all of Gov
emor Len Smal's official acts. No
one has ever witnessed such a veno-
nous campaign of political abuse and
vicious villification of intentional
SANDER and premeditated mis-state-
| ments.
Their purpose is to arouse the per.
secution of hate against Governor Ler
Small because he has steadfastly re
fused to do their bidding. They hope
through these malicious maneuvers
to kindle the fire of spite in the
hearts of the people and to prejudice
the minds of the citizens against oul
Governor, so that, at the Apr
Primaries. the people will vote agains
their own interests and their owl
welfare.
In this conflict there are but TIVE
sides. On the one, is Governor Ler
Small standing firmly for the peopl,
and their welfare; on the other, tn,
Chicago Tribune and its subservien
candidate for Governor. On which
side are you?