The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-10-20
$11O0 (additionaD and chicken
house for $500 in 1882,

$11O0 (additionaD and chicken
house for $500 in 1882.
Same Is true of all state educa-
tional institutions and schools, but
I will not go into that as it will
require too much space. I noted
that the Sank Centre Herald last
week claimed that Stearn county's
share of the tax was a little less
than $65,000.0O. People who live in
glass houses should not throw
stones" besides the above amount
of $11, 10000 for the Home School
for Girls the sum of 250,O00.OO
has been used the last two years in
improvements for the Teachers
College at st. Cloud. If the balance
of the county has to help pay for
this and if it is too much it only
goes to prove that the people of St.
Cloud has sense enough to get some
real go-getters in the legislature,
and when the boosters and promot-
ers of st. Cloud find some grumb-
ling in other parts of the county, it
is fine to have a governor to blame
were needed will not suffice for an
excuse, so they have to have men
like Regain help blame it on Gov
ernor Olson. Here in Todd county
we have our share of the tax raise
and we have no state or education
al institutions here to reap any To-
cal benefit, but we cannot blame
the Governor, for if any expense
is saddled on us that is not needed
we must blame the legislature and
for running into debt, the execu-
tive council.
Some will say that the Governor
could have vetoed the appropria-
tions. Yes, but the appropriation
bills are never brought in till the
end of the legislature and if he
finds an item in such bill that is too
high he can strike it out but he
cannot reduce it, so we will take
an item of current expense for
instance in the Feeble Minded
School he finds it outrageously high
and he can veto it, but then in
mates would have nothing to eat
for a year
Who is the Executive Council
you will ask, and you who blame
the Governor will be surprised to
learn who they are. The Executive
Council is composed of the Cover
nor as chairman, the state Auditor,
Attorney General, State Treasurer
and Secretary of State-this coun-
Gil has large powers and by know
ing what officers it is composed of
you will see the need ofthe farm
err labor party having the other
four officers besides the Governor.
Many of our State institutions
have now been provided with more
room and needed equipment and as
soon as these are paid for, the
Farmer Labor Party is strictly for
a pay as you go plan, but when
such debts are paid. The debts
were contracted because some one
wanted to go to the U. S. Senate.
We will insist upon this plan, but
only so far as is needed to take
proper care of the unfortunate in
Que state institutions and so as to
give a square deal to all the people.
This done expenses of the state
can be reduced, but not five or
twenty million dollars annually and
until Mr.. Brown or Mr.. Regain will
show what they will dig into to get
the promised saving there is moth
ing to comment upon. Their prom
Uses are empty phrases to catch
| votes.
AS long as the land owners of
Northern Minnesota fail to pay
| $500 of their taxes and all in
surance and loan companies own
one fourth of the farms in the bal
ance of the state and these farms
do not bring enough income to pay
taxes and taxes are not paid, there
cannot be any reduction of taxes,
except insofar as permanent i'm
provements will cut the expenses
as for instance roads and bridges.
AS far as we farmers are con-
cerned if we could get any price