The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1928, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT SHAFER TALKS TO KIWANIANS AY GATE CITY ‘Address Hailed as Indication ; of Issues to Be Met in Primary Campaign Fargo, N. D., March 27.—(®)— Increased tax levies, increased bond- ed debt and the establishment of a} large number of rew state depart- ments, boards and commissions are evidences of an inflation in state! government which has occurred in North Dakota during the last 10 or 12 years and which have been “so extensive and so varied in character | as to be little less than revolution- ary,” Attorney General George F. Shafer told members and guests of the Fargo Kiwanis club here today. The speech was the first formal law. address by Mr. Shafer since he was nominated as the Independent can- didate for the Republican guberna- torial nomination. Although —in-) tended as an academic rather than! fg political discussion, it is hailed {n some quarters as an indication of the issues which Shafer will meet in the impending campaign. Comparing the public expendi-/ tures and public debt of the state with 1915, Shafer said statistics ve the manner in which govern- Fear! functions and expenditures have increased. Some of the activi- ties which have used up tax money Are governmental or quasf-govern- mental in their character, he and some are entirely non-gov ental “but all are expensive and fave added materially to the tax urden of the people.” In the non- governmental class he placed the various industrial enterprises Jaunched as a part of the Nonparti- San League program. Taxes in 1915 In 1915, Shafer , the combined jo levies of state and local govern- ents was a little over $15,000,000 and that of the state government) was $1,600,000. The population was $36,000 and the total per capita tax . $24.10 while the state tax per capi- ta_was $2.57. ‘ ‘ In 1927, while the population had Increased only 5,000, public ex- ood had more than doubled. ‘otal tax levies had reached $34,- 405,000 and the state levy and spe-/ vial tax collections were nearly 000,000. The total per capita tax was $50.10 ard the state tax per capita wi 10.7! Special ta: led only $28,000. Those collect- 3 led nearly $4,000, 000, Shafer said. Among the spe- taxes he listed the income, gasoline, motor vehicle, cigarette and other miscellaneous taxes. Since the state constitution limits state property taxes to four mills, which would produce $4,000,000, the special taxes demonstrate that tax limitations in the constitution do not keep down governmeytal ex-} + penditures so long as the legisla- tuge may resort to jal taxes as sourtes of revenue, said. .. In 1915, Shafer said, the bonded indebtedness of the state was $578,- 000 and of municipalities less than $10,000,000. On: January 1, 1928,) the state’s bonded indebtedness was $85,157,000,50 of which $6,500,000 represents an investment in the state mill and elevator and the Bank of North Dakota and the re- mainder an_investment in real es- ‘tate loans. The debt of municipalities | ‘ | state owned and operated institu- $10.75. { s collected in 1915) pe is $800,000 of which all but $200,000 was paid with tax money. The bank has loaned neraly $30,000,000 on first mortgage security and has had real estate bonds when the mortga- gors failed to meet their obligations, The annual levy to meet prince and interest on industrial bonds Ay placed at from $800,000 to 000,000. . Deflations in state Shafer listed as foll6ws: of the state grain-grading depart- ment; iting the inspectors force in the licensing division of the at- torney general’s office to three men and placing supervision of weights and measures in the hands of coun- ty sheriffs. The soldiers bonus division of the adjutant general's office will shortly discontinue, the last levy for this purpose having been made in 1927. The state creamery, homebuilders association and Drake mill have closed, Shafer said. The Bank of! North Dakota has reduced its busi- ness since 1922 and confined itself to farm loans, but the general pow- ers of the bank have not been mod. ified and its activities have been re- | stricted by policy rather than by, | government Outlook Not Encouraging | The outlook for the future is not encouraging, Shafer said. Increased enrollment at state institutions will prevent decrease in their mainten- ance cost. Demand for highways is resulting in pressure for a higher gasoline and motor vehicle t “The state has become involved in debt and has obligated itself to pay large annual interest and principal charges and other items of loss: which will continue for many years,” Shafer said. Outlining his own position he} said it is “possible as well as neces-| sary to prevent further increase in| state expenditures. But this c: only be accomplished by taking firm stand a: st further expai sion of the powers and functions of state and by curtailing, in some respects, its present consti-| utional and legislative authority to expend public funds and incur pub- lic obligations. | “Until such time as both otr population and wealth increase we have all the government and all the tions and enterprises that we can afford to maintain, and it behooves the good people of our state to throttle down the “4 epee of the gi- gantic government machine that has be: blished to the end that a servant of the peo- ple and not their master.” Judge John Burke Is Lions Club Speaker; ‘ H Judge John Burke of the state; supreme court addressed the mem: rs of the Lions club at the regular meeting yesterday, speak-| ing on the duties of American ¢ izenship, especially as they apply to exercising the right of franchise on| election day. Judge Burke deplored; the present state of affairs where- in less than half the voters of the country go to the polls and cast their ballot, and urged the Lions to make a special effort to “get out the | to levy $960,000 to pay interest on; Abolition | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE gram yesterday, - while William Shipley and F. E. McCurdy will have charge of next week's pro-/ gram. Al Baird of Bismarck was a guest | of the club yesterday. | First Evangelical Church Is Holding | Series of Meetings | | Opening a scries of meetings at! the First Evangelical church here last evening, the Rev. E. J. Bechtel of Fargo used for his subject, “The | Raising of Dry Bones.” His subject ; {for tonight’s sermon will be “Your Home and My Home, a: Other Peo- ple See Them.” { The Rev, Bechtel is field secretary | for the Florence Crittenton home of | Fargo. | WHISKEY WORTH $50,000 STOLEN | March 27.—(AP)— | a 000 was stol- | en from internal revenue warehouse | . 7, two miles south of here, | by a band of six men who overpow- | ered and bound two watchmen last night. | | | Loosen Up That Cold With Musterole’ | Have Musterole handy when a cold! starts. It has all of the advantages | of grandmother’s mustard plaster | without the burn. You feel a warm tingle as the healing ointment penc- trates the pores, then a soothing, cooling sensation and quick relief. Made of pure oil of mustard and other simple ingredients, Musterole | is recommended by many nurses and doctors. 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Fisher was appointed to represent, the club in connection with girls’: welfare work being undertaken in, the city. « t Announcement was made that! the Redpath-Vawter chautauqua! which will be hefd in Bismarck this summer will begin on June 25. i A man who was recently in this was about $20,000,000. The state debt existing in 1915 has been paid ) and if the state had not gone into elevator, milling and banking siness the state government now a be on a cash basis, Shafer Expansion Mainly Responsible Pointing out that the cost of gov- ‘ernment has gone up as the cost of labor and materials have gone up, the speaker said that the main in- + crease is due to expansion of the / state’s act! Commenting on | centralization in the state govern- + ment of Regiiatory powers formerly { deemed to be local functions. Shafer said this tendency “has been very ping in North Dakota of late. This 4 as been irresistible. Public canion has demanded it—legisla- tures have approved it. Political ‘reformers have called for it and the {result has been the establishment and maintenance of many new) boards and commissions, new state | departments, the creation of new en- terprises and the extension of the powers and functions of those al-| ) eady existing.” | New departments, boards or com- | ‘missions listed by the speaker we: | the securities, industrial and guat ' anty fund commission; state depart- ments of health, immigration, mini- mum wage, dairy, highway and mo- | tor vehicle registration; children ‘welfare and workmen's compensa- ition bureaus and the veterans’ serv- ice commissioner. »,. In addition, he said, new depart- ‘ments or divisions have been created among previously existing depart- Codi The insurance department and powers of iS. railroad board have been en- city, posing as a Lions club or- ganizer, has been found to be an imposter and is now under arrest in a neighboring state, members of the local club were informed. Dr. R. S. Enge and Dr. T. G.! 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