The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-08
GLYNN SAYS STATE
MUST CUT EXPENSES
Tells Legislature In Message
Outlay Has Been Beyond
Safety's Limits.
CREDIT IS NOT IMPAIRED
Demands 1temized ApprOpria-
tons and None for Purely
Local Benefits.
CREDIT Is NOT IMPAIRED

ALBANY. Jan S.--t3ov. oiynn's mes
sage. dealing with finances Of tho state
and urging economy. was transmitted to
and read before the members Of tho As
sembly and Senate to-day. Tho finances
arc in critical condition, the Governor
says, but the credit Of the Commonwealth
Is not impaired. Suggestions are made
for reducing expenses and increasing rev.
enues.
The Governor In his message said. nrst
speaking OF the financial problem:
! The problem In n hard one. II de-
/ mands careful thought and heroic <<reat-
ment. For several years our indirect
taxes met tho running expenses of the
| State Government and left n comfortable
surplus A prodigaiity in expenditure. a
recklessness In appropriations. the repairs
! 10 the Capitol, made necessary by the fire,
the erection Of the state Educational
Building, permanent improvements on an
! extensive scale In our charitable and
penal institutions, the highway main
| tenance expense. together with the sink
| ing fund contributions and the Interest
charges upon the canal and highway
debt, have produced an acute financial
! situation.
This Legislature faces requests for APP
preparations amounting approximately 20
| 63,0o0.000. our receipts for the coming
year from Indirect sources are estimated
1 at Sal. 900. 900
We cannot materially increase our re-
/ CENTS: we must decrease our expendi-
lures To meet the difference between
| our income and the Expenditures re-
uuested would mean tho imposition or
direct tax Of two and one-fourth mills
upon the taxpayers OF the state The
exactions Of local taxation are already so
burdensome in our various municipalities
that such "A tax would be hardship upon
our people.
.,
This burden must be avoided by a cur
! tailment in the states expenses. by the
! refusal TO grant a single unnecessary dol
lar for any public purpose and by de-
termination to see that the state gets
dollars worth or service or a dohar
worth or material Tor every Dollar eN-
pended. ,
Needless employees must De uroppet
from the service unnecessary o'nc.s must
be abolished and wherever poss'o'e the
consolidation OF bureaus "'"S' oe "''o.
plished.
During me next hscai year INC VurIen.
expenses OF the soVernneh' shou'u "s l,'e.
by the revenue received from '''d'feo'
Inc existence OF iatse surplus from
Indirect revenues ana the aooht'oh OF tne
direct TAX iores'aieu critIcis"i vi IN"
states expenditures departments insti-
tutions ana other interests came 10 'he
Legislature and secured appropriations
which they could not have obtailed !!
public burdened with a direct tax had
been Watching
For Instance. In 1906. after me increase
In indirect revenues became known. APP
preparations began to increase by leaps
and bounds. Thirty-nine special bills
aUvn. ~ r,a , erac,sd and no,iey
was adopted OF making large appropria-
lions for the construction Of new buildings
for charitable and hospital institutions
The appropriation OF $3.50. 900 from the
general fund OF the State last session 20
build a highway from Palenviile to Twi-
light Park should not be followed as a
precedent. This sort Of legislation Is
vIclous The p.ople OF The. state have
voted 81 90 900 0oo FOR good roads and that
is tho limit Of Justice.
No onnronr,ation should h. made which
does moi bene1t the state as n whole
But statewide movements mus, OF course
have local b.ginnlngs
No state subsidies should he provided
for purely local purposes or purely local
Institutions.
An APPROPRIATIONS should be for specifo
purposes and specified amounts.
EVERY approprlation should be infinitely
itemized so that not n dolrar can be di-
yerted from its lawful purpose.
Above all. approprlatIons must hrst be
made for necessities. When necessities
have been properly provided for. II will
be time TO consider whether there In any
money left to spend upon luxuries.
The expenditures OF last wear were so
large. the direct tax 50 small that the
from sl5.sos.ssO TO s5.ss3sls.
suggestiOns.
.u,,.~. Gov ,,o,r co,s,d.r.,,o, 81.
fo,Iowiny oeids for ravenua nd re,r.pch-
nan,.
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