Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-22 | Page 9 | Mayor of Boise is Attacking Governor

MAYOR OF BOISE IS ATTAGKIWGGOVERMOR Idaho Executive and Administration Admin-istration Severely Criticised for Tax Conditions. Special to The Tribune. BOISp;. Idaho, Dec, 21. The result of the conference of the assessors and commissioners com-missioners of the respective counties In this state is an interesting eonlllct. that has couio tip between Mayor Arthur Iloclgso of this city. Governor John M. Haines and tho members of the stato ta?: commission, In which the former- takes tho occanlon in a statement to attack tho present revenue ay3tcm of Idaho and to relterato hla former statement that tho present administration cannot avoid the responsibility for present high taxes in Idaho. Whon Mayor 1 lodges addrcsned tho os-sessora os-sessora and cornrrdssioncrs ho mado this charge. Chairman Axlo P. Ramslcdt of the state lax commission and tho secretary secre-tary of tho commission, John D. Roberts, denied the charge and defended the revenue rev-enue system and the present state administration. ad-ministration. In bi3 reply Mayor Hodges says in part: The offort to shift the responsibility responsibil-ity of high laxea from the state government, gov-ernment, whero It belongs, to the legislature leg-islature the counties, the tow 11.1 and tho school dlHtrlcts will fall. The governor gov-ernor of our stato cannot deny or cvaflo hla part of the responsibility. The people arc not so ignorant that they will be so easily deceived, Think of It costing ,5100 for each student stu-dent In atato Institutions for the biennial bi-ennial period, with the parents paying for board, clothing and Incidental expenses! ex-penses! Who Is responsible for the " employment of our fitatc educational commissioner. Dr. Plsson, at the excessive ex-cessive salary of SC000 a year? Well qualified men iu the state could havo been Bocured at a much Icj-$ sum. Who Is res'ponslblo for the state tax commission which costw this sta,tc so much and does so little but draw their salaries and travel over tho stato urging county assessors to raise assessments which are already too high? Their course Is not surprising. surpris-ing. Self preservation Is tho flrat law of nature. They know whero they get tholr bread and butter. 1 would ilka for them to show that the county commissioners and assessors asses-sors are responsible, for the heavy expenses which I have mentioned. The people arc not deceived. I still hold that in order to. reduce high taxes wo must begin at the fouhtainhead.