The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-14

asking the question: "How much mon
ey will the new budget system saver"
| wish | could answer that question,
but | am going to tell you frankly
that | can't Nobody can answer it,
until after the end of the first fiscal
year of operation under it, on June
both of this year. The total of saw
ings should in general way be the
anexpended balances at the end of
the present fiscal year plus the
amounts paid out of this years APP
preparations to cover last years obli-
cations.
The budget system should save.
more money during the second year
than during the first; more during
the third year than during the Sec
ond. Reducing expenditures does not
involve any spectacular achievements;
it does not make first-page copy. IT
consists in finding the thousands of
small items of extravaganza and stop
ping them. 1t consists in making.
every dollar of tax money render one
hundred cents of service.
Agriculture.
Discussing the problem Of disposal
Of the exportable surplus of farm
crops, Governor Christianson de.
clared: "The problem is one which
must be solved by the Federal gov
eminent, and | am convinced that
now, when the attention of the whole
country has been focused on it, 1t
will be solved" Emphasizing that
1T is a problem which experts, not
politicians, will have to solve" he
told how he had appointed authorities
on marketing to represent him at
conferences on this problem and also
at Washington.
Zone of the developments which
promise improved conditions for the
farmer is the cooperative marketing
movement. Cooperative. marketing is
not panacea for agricultural ills. 1t
undoubtedly has limitations, but 1t
also has possibilities for good which
have not yet been fully explored. CO.
operation should, and during my adj
ministration always will, receive the
fullest measure Of encouragement
and protection"
Citing that the estate Rural Credit
System has helped the farmers of Min.
nesota by holding interest rates
down, the Governor told of reor-
ganization Of the bureau effective July
/, 1925, to fit the requirements of the
new law. Since the reorganization,
and up to April /, this year, there
has been s3,249,00O loaned to the
| farmers of Minnesota, and there is
not dollar delinquent. "a rural
credit system operated safely and eff
ficiently will serve 1.-THE farmers of
Minnesota indefinitely. / presented
the constitutional amendment which
made it possible to establish a rural
! credit system in Minnesota. AS Gov
ernor, am standing for a policy on
| which will insure the continuation of
| the system on basis that will serve
the farmers and safeguard the State"
Labor.
| To give adequate support to labor
in every legitimate effort to improve
| its condition is one of the obligations
| State has not shirked. In the meas
ure of compensation provided by law
for injured workmen, she stands near
the top Minnesota has also made
substantial progress IN the protection
| of women and children in industry,
Through the establishments of en-
| ployment offices which closely CO.
operate with the Federal employment
service, Minnesota is helping to solve
the seasonal unemployment problem
by bringing together the jobless man
and the manless job. The labor re-
quirements of agriculture are being
met and involuntary idleness reduced
| to>a minimum. Thus the interests of
both farmer and laborer are served.
Waterways.
1t was my privilege, as chairman
OF the House appropriations commit
tee, to have had a hand in the initia-
| ton of the waterways development
movement in Minnesota. The appro-
| priation made by our legislature in
! 1919 was not only the first appropria-
! ton made by any State to further the
| Great Lakes-St Lawrence project; 1t
was the beginning of the project Dur
ing the present year, further impetus
has been given the movement by
calling a Tidewater Congress, which
/ served to emphasize the demand of
j the people of the Middle West for
an outlet to the sea. Assistance has
/ also been given an energetic and
| determined group of citizens, who
have succeeded in definitely commit
/ ting the Federal government to a
policy of immediate development