The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-31
DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE ECONOMY, :"
SAYS OBSERVER
Secretary of Tax Payers AS
ISOLATION Sees Little of ii
in Legislature
OFFERS PROPOS A l. 5
Abolition of System of Licen-
sing Autos, Abolition of
Bureaus, Urged

at doesn't look like there is going
to be much economy in the legisla
ture"
This was the observation today of
Dan r. Jones of Wahpeton, secre-
tary of the North Dakota Tax Pay
ers' Ass ociation, here during the SEES
sion for the Association as "a watch
dog of the treasury
Slices made by the appropriate
committees and the two branches. Of
the Legislature thus far are discount
ed by Mr.. Jones, who declares the
legislature thus far is simply nib
bling at the appropriations, instead
OF pruning them vigorously. Pro-
posals made by the Tax Payers AS
ISOLATION secretary, who recently de-
clared that unless economy is eff
tccted another initiated tax reduc-
ton bill may be placed before the
people, include:
Abolition of some state bureaus
and commissions either on the
ground that they are unnecessary or
because the state is too small and
too poor to support them.
Change the automobile registra-
ton law; place automobiles on the
personal property tax roll, charge
nominal license fee.
Send virtually all funds of gas
cline tax back to counties for local
road building, so as to eliminate nee
essity for levying county road taxes,
and cut down state highway projects.
.,&. lao, inbt an
creation of bond issues or other
forms Of indebtedness to freeh older5
people owning real estate.
Revise state aid to school and
transportation of school pupils
laws.
His Arguments
In support of his contention that
economy is being practiced only
mildly in the legislature, the Tax
Payers Association secretary cited
many appropriation bills which, he
asserted, are greater than two years
ago, after some reductions are made
1.-THE budget as presented was
about 100000 greater than two
wears ago." said Mr. Jones. "All de
partments and institutions, with the
exception of one or two, so arranged
their demands that when the bulge
board and appropriations committees
have made big cuts the balance still
will be greater than two years ago
il appears that heads of institution
are past masters of the art of work
ing through appropriations.
1.-The educators said when the in
itiated tax bill was up last fall tina
they believed in lower taxes but tn
matter should be left to the legisla
tGre, so that taxes could be cut in
diligently" Mr.. Jones asserted. an
stead of providing for scientific re
drction each one of these comes here
asking larger appropriations thar
before"
Cost Per Pupil
The reduction of state aid t
schools, which he says causes loca
schools to attempt higher standard.
than they can afford, and cutting
the cost of transportation of pupils
are held steps in the right direction
by Mr.. Jones. Each district car
take care Of it's own, he says, ant
AOeS HOt Heeu SO IluCH
from the state department of edu
cation. The creation of consolidated
schools he calls the biggest mistak,
the state has made, and says the
system is being abandoned in man!
weather. states.
Ascertaining that the cost Of edu
cation in Ripon College, Wisconsin
his alma mater, is 1886 per pupi
per year, Mr.. Jones asserted tina
cost of education in North Dakot;
normal schools and other institution
of higher learning run from $23
per capita per year to 5000 pc
capita per year. The Glendale Nor
NAL and Wahpeton School of Scienc,
show the lowest per capita costs, h.
asserted.