The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1932, Page 3

People’s Forum Editor's Note—The Tribune wel- comes lett on bjects of in: terest. Letters dealing with con- troversial religious subjects, which attack individuals fairly, oF which offend good taste and fair Play will be returned to the writers, All letters MUST be signed. If you wish to use a pseudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own name beneath it. We will spect such requests, We reserve the right to delete such parts of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy, THE ‘TRANSPORTATION OFFICER Steele, N. Dak., Nov. 30, 1932. Editor, Tribune: ‘ On all sides now, we hear the slogan “Down with Taxes,” and, re- gardless of ‘the political affiliations of those asking that taxes be cut to the bone, all agree that we should do away with duplication in office. That is, that we should not pay two men to do the work of one. If that is the prevailing sentiment, why keep the transportation officer? It is my best judgment that there is not a county sheriff in this state who would not be willing—even anxious— to take all persons convicted of crime from the county seat where they have been convicted to the peniten- tiary, and do so at the old per diem allowed by the statutes of 1913, which were not repealed when the Jaw providing for the transportation officer become effective. The code of 1913, Secton 3515, pro- vides for the fees of sheriff's and other officers for conveying prison- ers to the penitentiary or reform school, or patients to the hospital for the insane: Three dollars per day for the time of the sheriff or other officer necessarily spent in go- ing to and returning from such peni- tentiary, reform school or hospital by the nearest route. Now doesn’t it appeal to your rea- son that it would be much cheaper to have the sheriff of the county take charge of prisoners or insane persons and deliver them to their proper ~destinations at $3 per day and mile- age, than to have—as at present—a transportation officer at $14,950.00 dollars per year? How many of the best farms in this state would it re- quire to produce enough net rev- enue to pay this gentleman his wages? His salary is fixed under the appropriation for 1931, at $2,400 per year and on top of that, he is allowed $12,500 traveling expenses. ‘That is more than one thousand dol- lars per month traveling expense. Then, too, he is allowed under this same appropriation the sum of $100 miscellaneous . expense. Don't you tax-ridden farmers wish that you could get such a snap as that? One would think, judging from the amount appropriated, that this gen- tleman was on the go all the time, running from one side of the state to the other, gathering up convicts, insane, and feeble minded taxpayers. Now, laying all jokes aside, isn’t this a nice, easy job. Beg pardon, we cannot class it as a job, for jobs re- quire that one must work while in this cause all one has to do is to stand around and look suspicious. I am aware of the fact that a great many people in this state are crazy, but not all are crazy or insane nor have we so many criminals that it will require the united efforts of all the sheriff's and transportation of- ficers to get them to their final rest- ing places. But unless something is done for those who bear this burden, and that soon, those who are perfectly sane now will not enjoy even lucid inter- vals, and those who are now perfect- ly honest and reliable, will turn to be criminals. Self-preservation is the first law of nature and when people are taxed out of house and home and are hungry, they are potential crim- inals. Just think of any one man spending over a thousand dollars per month as expenses while transport- ing people to the several institutions in this state intended for their re- A GATELEG TABLE makes a decorative and use- ful gift. This opens to 36x48 inches. Wal- $12.95 nut finish A DESK FOR A LADY is this Spinet above. It’s just the right size, in a rich wal- nut finish. A CHILD'S ROCKER— sure to please. Made of hand- woven ivory shaded fiber with cretonne THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1932 OCCASIONAL TABLES are lovely to give. This one is very decorative with its butt wal- NEVER TRUST A MAN with ashes. Give him a Smok- er with trays and fixin’s. One in walnut : $2 98 finish PRISCILLA CABINETS make nice “sew and sew” gifts. Removable tray in top. 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The amount of expense incurred in such cases would rather indicate that, if a transportation officer is really neces- sary we have the wrong man at the helm. It would indicate that he was so careless that all whori he under- took to deliver got away from him and he had to camp out days and nights for weeks, while beating the bush in vain efforts to uncover the scamps, This nice, little, juicy plum was handed out in the beginning to some good politician as a reward for services rendered; and while it may not be a political reward at this time it still savors of that:odor and the office should be abolished. Just re- quire your representative for the next session of the legislature to refrain from making any appropriation for that office and repeal that law, and we will save another $14,950 per year. If such duplication of offices is not Soon done away with and taxes low- ered accordingly, we will soon be forced to pay taxes with Red Cross our. That will be all we will have left. 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