The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-07
Would Merge Townships and
Counties; Score Primary
and Branch Banking

- ne plaLIOrU adopted Dy Ine l.
A. convention follows in part:
"We most heartily commend
the wise administration Of the af.
fairs of the State of North Dakota
! during the past four years under
the leadership of Hon. George F
Shafer, the members of the indus
trial commission and Independent
state officers.
eve commend the Independent
administration for placing the man.
agement of the state mill and eleva-
tor on strictly business basis and
removing it from the field of politi-
cal controversy. Only by contin-
uance of that public policy can the
losses to the state resulting from
the existence of that industrial en-.
terprise be reduced to minimum
and it's highest usefulness main
tanned.
1--WE approve the wise, careful and
businesslike administration of the
Bank Of North Dakota under the
supervision of the Independent In
dustrial commission.
"We pledge our administration,
should it be retained in power, to a
continuance of the careful and con-
sentative management policy Of the
Bank of North Dakota.
Oppose Branch Banking
I'VE vigorously oppose the pro-
posal adopted by the league con-
vention to establish county agencies
of the Bank of North Dakota as be-
ing hazardous speculation, certain
to result in great loss Of public
funds, a destruction of the states
credit and consequent injury to the
people Of North Dakota.
eve emphatically approve the ac-
ton of the 1881 legislature for
adopting a tax on the sale of butter
substitutes in North Dakota and
thus protecting the dairy industry in
this state against the disastrous
competition from the sale of butter
substitutes.
eve recommend the wisdom of the
1881 Legislative assembly for .revis-
ing the state hail insurance law by
providing for the Immediate pay
ment of all hail losses after adjust
ment, and by eliminating the COM
pulsory listing feature, which has
been in force since 1919.
Would Cut Expenses
ut is apparent that reduction in
public expenditure is the most vital
issue now confronting the people of
the state, and one of the most i'm
portant accomplishments necessary
to aid the people in carrying the bur-
dens of the present financial depres-
sion. When private incomes are
drastically reduced from any cause,
public expenditures, even those not
regarded as too high for normal
times, must come down until the
emergency has passed. Citizens of
all classes are agreed as to the neces-
problem is how to secure substan-
tial reductions without injuring or
destroyin'. essential functions Of the
government.
SIN order to obtain substantial re-
duction in property taxes there must
be severe retrenchment in all the po-
litical subdivisions of the state from
the township up to and including the
state government.
There must be temporary elimina-
ton of some public services to which
the public has been long accustomed.
All new improvements financed from
property taxes must be deferred.
Some reduction in the compensation
Of public employees must be accept
ed.
while more than So per cent Of
all property taxes are levied for the
support of local government, and,
therefore, most Of the tax reductions
must of necessity be made in the
local municipalities, the state gov
eminent should, nevertheless, bear
its fair proportion of the decrease
in public expenditure reductions.
Would Defer Improvements
"For the purpose Of accomplish
ing such reductions in the state gov
eminent we recommend that all new
improvements at the state educa-
tional, charitable, and penal insti-
tutions be deferred until the present
economic crisis has passed.
For the purpose of securing fur
Their reductions in the operating ex-
penses Of local subdivisions, we rec
ommend: (D that provisions be
made for the consolidation of town
ships, common school districts and
counties with the consent of the citi-
zens affected; CD we urge that the
recommendations Of the state high
way commission, suggesting a sharp
curtailment in state highway con-
struction fer 1888 be favorably act
ed upon; OBJ that the so-called presi-
Dental primaries which cost the peo-
pie OF the state sum exceeding
100000 each quadrennial period be
eliminated; "a that the office; of
county clerk and county Judge in all
counties where the population does
not exceed $4,000 be consolidated.
We approve the action Of the
1881 legislative assembly in provid-
ing for the appointment of gov
ernmental survey commission follow
ing the recommendation of governor
Shafer, which commission is charged
with the duty and is now engaged
IN making a comprehensive study of
the whole system Of government in
North Dakota and which will report
Its recommendation for permanent
economy measures to the next legis-
latlve assembly.
Farms Have Been Lost
During the present economic
emergency thousands of farms have
been sold for delinquent taxes and
heavy penalties and interest have ac-
crued, making redemption difficult
for the owners.
TO relieve this situation, we rec
ommend the adoption of an emery
ency measure by the next legisla-
tive assembly to allow redemption
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