Logan Republican | 1903-01-23 | Page 2 | To Raise Salaries

TO RAISE SALARIES. Senator Johnson Introduced a bill Tuesday to Increase the salaries of the Justices of the Supremo court from $3,000 per year to $.,000 per year. lie also introduced a bill to appropriate appro-priate ."0,000 for the state exhibit at the St. Louis fair in 1004. It might bo dlscrablo to pay high salaries In order to encourage better men to serve the state as Judges but It seems as us the state has gotten along very well so far with $3,000 men on the bench and wo think wo might contenue to keep house with them for some tlmo to come without any very i serious consequences. As to the 1 exhibit. Wo believe it is a good Idea '. to advertise the state at all the ex-I ex-I positions held, but If we have to pay $50,000 for each exhibit we are ; afraid our revenues will have to be Increased In-creased very matereally. $50,000 Is what the Worlds Fair exhibit cost us, i and It strikes us that $10,000 would be i a heavy enough invertment to make i at St. Louis, i