New Britain herald., 1920-03-06
MAKES

based the needs of the city, talk ing into consideration the amount of money that can be appropriated. It we-s carefully prepared by the best minds in the city government and it should he approved by the voters.
 For the sake of the uninitiated it might be well 10 sketch the different steps of budget making. TO begin with. each board discusses at length it's apparent needs for the approach ing fiscal year. It is pretty we'll agreed that certain improvements are desira ble and it is also known defin- itely how much money will he re- ouired for current expenses. After cutting here and there the commits sions present their case to the board of finance and taxation. composed of men who give serious attention to their duties and who try to be of greatest service to the people
 During the hearings given by this finance board to the city nm issions the representatives of the boards cross eXa mined and madn to prove every statement. It should not be ina Eined that il is eas! sailing for these representatives. They must make out a frat class case as would a lawyer appearing in court. Ti.ere are almost as many mental anEle.. on the board Of finance and taxation as there are members and each has au- thority to question those appearing before them for appropriations. The board takes into consideration rho estimated income from different sources and then prepares to fit the budget to this income. Usually it Is like trying to get size ten foot into a size six shoe, it is not romp through roseland by any means.
 After the toard of finance has com pleted it's Ia abors-and they are not complete until considerable sashing has been done--the report is com piled and forwarded to the common council. As there are thirty hers Of this body and al! wish to con vinc~, their constituents C. their econ omy getting the budget rast the leg islative arm Of the sovernm ent is 2 tedious process. The budget signed sealed and delivered is then rendered to the voters
 It can he seen that there is no loophole through which arrant coins might slip. The budget when ready for the voters. represents the com hined wisdom of city executives and only in rare cases does an unneces- sary appropriation find its way in.
 on the other hand. the Taxpayers budget represents the opinion of handful of property owners who ap- pear 10 have an axe to grind with the present admin iStra ton. It's sole ob- feet is to keep the tax rate down and ii has shown disposition to care nothing for i'm movements that every city must have if it expects to keep pace with the times. Blatant and blustery. this self-styled Taxpayers association builds its budget on a fra gile fra ramework of guesSes and rule Of thumb finance. The history of the past year proved that their argu- ments are spacious and that their en- cards. At the city meeting last year the Taxpayers budget was adopted, after they had represented that the city could be conducted on their fig ures. Iv was necessary to over1raw and raise new funds. This year these suaHe gentlemen are again trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public For the welfare and progress of New Britain it is hoped that they will not succeed.
 Although mcrchantS dealing in some kinds of cohmodities predict gains ground that the cost of living will be materially reduced by the end of the summer and that a dollar will more nearly approximate it's former buying power-NZ'he fact is that hig business and mcneyed interests