Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-10-09

expense SHOULD decEoasos Yet taxes
mount. It is futile to say taxes can
be lowered if we keep up a huge
bonded debt Of the kind that is a d.
rect tax drain, and we, like many
cities, have too much Of that kind.
Interest payments absorb too much
of the public revenues. With that
big leak stopped, we can do more for
less and do it better. Extravaganza
is to be guarded against, and special
favors should not be granted to any
one or anything. Every business in
terest that is successful is, and should
be, compelled to stand on its own mer-
its, and If it has to live out of the
pay envelope Of the poor, so much the
worse for that kind Of business. Pros
perity can only dwell with US through
well paid and steadily employed labor.
When dealing with city business,
we have to think in terms of millions.
We as a corporation have assets run
ming into millions, and so we must not
figure the scale for a city upon the
small outlay of ones own petty pri-
vate affairs. One must be able to see
and think in terms and size and kind
of the business to be administered. A
public officer is the representative of
all the people and not just some of
the people. He, from the tax money,
draws his salary or wage from all
that pay tax. Many fees and licenses
we now are burdened with could, with
revenues from public ownership of
utilities, be wiped off the books as
nuisance taxes. The war is over.
Man petty and large politicians have
not found it out yet, it seems. The
federal government is beginning to
see the good of cutting off the monies
exacted in the form of tax on many
small things, burdening the poor. The
trouble seems to be that with a big
public debt and more fads and de-
mands for money along with increas-
ing legitimate need for money, and
about every source of revenue used up
and no new sources for taxing people
in sight, new ways to tax are invented
or discovered, and thus the burden
grows. We all complain of the tax
burden.
Dut of Voters
1t is the fruit of our own ignorance
for our votes are responsible for the
fix we are in. We can be sure of.
that. Otherwise we are not a self
governing people, nor as intelligent as
we claim to be.
If we, as voters, do not register and
vote, be sure that those who do will
control our government. One is not
good citizen who does not use his
franchise if he is where he can get to
the polls. he votes for bad officials
he has no right to kick, if he has had
the chance to know his potential Off
GERS before an election. No person,
man or women, should be secretive as
to his or her stand upon public ques-
tons when seeking the suffrage of the
people.
Platform Should Be Stated.
Tie public has a right to know and
the candidate should be compelled to
state without equivocation where he
stands on any public question.
The should know even before the
primaries, and not to their sorrow find
out after an election that they have
been "suckered" or betrayed.
Voting for an unknown quantity and
trusting to "luck" is poor business
and worse politics. You then vote for
what you do not want and get i'll
If mistake is made in the light Of
full information, no cause for any af-
ter complaints are valid. A person
who can and will not vote has no right
to either criticism or complaint. Rest
assured that interested persons that
have a profit interest in politics, vote
and use all the influence they have to
induce the general public to vote as
they desire. 1t is up to all good citi-
zens to vote as they desire! The Of
fees belong to the people, and they
pay the bills and so should do all the
controlling.
With most of the other candidates
l am well acquainted and have for
them the kindliest feelings. We Amer
leans believe in fair play and honest
expression of opinion. We differ, and
express our opinions effectively in our
vote, and remain as before, good
j friends and neighbors and well wish
ers.
wear but one collar, and that is
size II, and it has no brand on it but
the laundry mark. More can be said,
but enough is sufficient.
Should be nominated, it will be by
the votes of the people; if not, so be
it. shall have plenty of good COM
pany and no hard feelings. Yours for
a better and greater Aberdeen.-G.
F. Messer, M. D., $40 Willard street.
Unemployed in London demand adj