New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-22
Senate Finanoiers Say This
Indicates a Direct Tax
of S20,000,000
WHITMAN STRIVING
TO CUT DOWN TOTAL
Increase Large, No Matter
What Legislature Does,
Declares Sage

Albany. nee Fl -Department heads
-. estimated that it will cost
ESQ $4,000 90 conduct the affairs
- Nea York State for the
-,,. f,ca' year. an Increase Of s22.-
$4,000 over Che 1915 appropriations
81, Brdret Committee OF the Leg.s.a-
..-o repo-tcd to-day This indicates
,.rorc-v chat a direct tax OF more than
tao 600 000 will have to be authorized
- ne 1917 legislature. 10 was stated
e. .he Office OF the Senate Finance
Committee.
TIE $4,000. 200 estimate is not final
=. is sirrly the total compiled from
S.psr.mortsl requests by the Budget
Co~mittee under the Sage budget oiH
rass.6 early this year. Governor Nhlt-
"a, and force Of financial experts,
including Public Service Commissioner
Charles S. Hervey, have been worNlhg
for week 20 cut down the budget total.
r is expected that when the Governor
tentative budget bin is ready for m
tro6uct on during the first week OF the
1917 leg slatuive session Z VIII az
erseate considerably less
The Principal Increases.
The principal increases. as reported
~ The Budget Committee. are DEBT
service. S2.2e5. 900: judgments, Sl,lOO,-
900: hosp tails. charitable institutions
and prisons. for food only. 1854 ,0OO'
5efCency. mobilization o. National
Guard. s350.000; printing. Sl.3OO.VOO;
education. fixed charges. Ss04.OOO; con
struction and repairs, SlO,2ts,UOO' per-
,oral service S2,553000.
In commenting or the estimates
Chairman Henry VI. Sage Of the sen
,to Finance Committee said:
There Is no question that, whatever
tie legislature can do. there viii have
10 be s. large increase in appropra-
lions this year I'm addition 10 the
reoues.s Of approximately SsOOOOOOO.
~ will hsve 10 appropriate 100000 for
the remodelling of Sing Sing and for a
nav. prison and for At least S25O0O0 for
new. hospital accommodations. not 20
sneak OF other large expenditure
VIII Oh may become necessary, cnleI
among which should. i'm my opinion, be
a. Office building for the proper hous-
irr Of state employees. Il makes no
difference how carefully the Legs
lature tries 20 reduce items. tle budget
s bound TO grow, not only IhI' year
bur In the years 90 come.
A great deal has been said OF the
extravagauce Of the state ln ITS pay
20 employees. but anyone who 9na.yzes
-to budget requests VIII see that what
ever is done I'm this particular Will
amount TO but q very small percentage
of the whole. The state has a large
investment in prisons, hospitals and
charitable institutions. the cost OF up
keen is growing year by year both on
account of increase In population and
-he HIGH cost Of all the necessities OF
lie The only way 10 institute econo-
nv I'D regard 10 these institutions IS
tv careful systemization and coor-
crati0u Of their activities.
Only Way to Save MONEY
The only way outside Of this for the
state 90 save money IN the future IS
% lake care properly OF rs present
activities and TO cease creating new
ones. There is one item where ] be-
heve the state can economic 70 Ger
tain extent. that item being the state
printing. While the increase IN TINS
item looks very large, IL is but far
10 the Legislature TO state that . per
cent Of the amount IS spent on the de-
pariment Of reports and bulletins, win
q per cent of it only chargeGble TO
legislative printing. and also that inns
amount O. 81 100000 is largely de-
fcency item.
This report presents TO the taX-pay-
ers Of the State Of New York. in con
crete form, the question. DO we wlsh
% involve the state In new activities,
ell Of which cost large amounts OF
money, or have we reached the poinL
vacre He should pause, take stock OF
what we aye doing and take measures
90 conserve and consolidate what we
already have" II should be reme,m
bered that laws passed by the Legisla
tune afc nearly always passed ID le-
sronse 20 popular demand, which does
Tot take into consideration the uit-
nate cost Of the new activities de
sred