Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-11-02
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taxpayers ability.
Conceding the fact that agri-
culture has felt the economic
slump in common with labor and
business, Mr.. Simmons pointed out
that it has been only by grace of
the Hawley-Smoot tariff law that
the farmers have been able to hold
up as well as they have. He
quoted specific examples of the
manner in which farmers have
been protected from invasions of
food produce from other countries,
and advised his audience to vote
to guarantee their own safety
from ruinous foreign competition.
The prosperity of the farmer is
directly dependent on that of the
working man, said S. C. Merri-
man, in outlining his opinion that
the regular eight-hour working
day should be still further short
ened. with the advanced use of
machinery today" he said, "a
shorter working day is the best
means of giving employment to
the most men, and of distributing
the wealth produced by machin-
cry"
In regard to taxation, Mr.. Mer-
riman cited as the greatest evils
the laxness of laws that allow the
burden to fall heaviest on land
and other real property, and the
existence of unnecessary state
boards and commissions that
serve no purpose of the taxpayer,
but consume tax moneys. Mr..
Merriman described the part he
played in the last legislature, in
an attempt to "put teeth in the
tax laws" to catch the owner of
non-tangible and taxable prop
erty. He gave examples of waste
and non-obedience to the taxpay-
ers' interests on the part of the
state board of equalization and the
railroad and public service COM
mission, recommending the elimi-
nation of such unnecessary and
extravagant bureaus in the state
government.
The last item in his vigorous adj
dress had to do with the state
school laws, and particularly the
high school budget law which has
helped the schools of Carbon and
other counties to operate more
economically and efficiently. Both
Mr.. Merriman and Mr.. Simmons
made it a point to spike a current
rumor that charged them with
favoring the central county high
school idea, declaring themselves
in favor of high school location by
choice of the Individual districts.
A. G. Anderson, candidate for
state representative, asked his
audience to support him on the
strength of his past record in the
legislature, which has been above
criticism. He remarked that mo
depression or panic in the history
of this country has ever been
brought to an end during a Demo-
cratic administration, and it is not
reasonable that a Democratic adj
ministration can now suddenly
convert America into a land of
prosperity"
Roberts people applauded "Jim-
my" Convery, who asked for e
election to the board of county
commissioners. Mentioning the
fact that Carbon county has the
lowest governmental cost bill of
any in the state, he stated that
the indebtedness of the county had
been reduced by almost 100000
during his years in office. Il have
never had a part in any move to
increase the Indebtedness of the
county," said Mr.. Convery.
Alex Fairgrieve, "warhorse"
representative of Carbon county,
reviewed the state candidates of
the Republican party, r%emarking
that the state ticket represents
every section Of the state, while
most of the opposing candidates
have been drawn from a single
small area in Montana. "Shall
we elect officers from the state at
large, or shall we turn the state
government over to Butte" he
asked.
Part of Mr.. Fairgrieve's time
was devoted to explanation of the
relief forces now at work in the
county. By rule of the Recon
struction Finance corporation, he
said, relief is to be distributed