The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-06-11

II ARNNAN - vs. U.s.. ~ 49,"
ence uf IN public opinion.
The government should take the ini-
tlative in inviting the establishment
Of tribunals or commission for the
purpose OF voluntary arbitration aud
Investigation OF this issue.
We demand the exclusion from In
terstnte commerce Of the products OF
convict labor.
National EcoDomy.
A republican congress reduced the
estimates submitted by the admins
tratlon OF the fiscal year 1890 almost
three billion dollars and for the fiscal
year 1891 over n billion and a quar-
ter dollars.
Greater economies could have been
effected had II not been for the stub
born refusal OF the administration To
! cooperate with congress In an econo-
my program. The universal demand
Tor a Legislative budget Is a recogni-
ton OF the incontrovertibie fact that
leadership and sincere assistance on
the part OF the executive departments
are essential TO effective economy end
constructive -retrenchment.
The Overman act invested the preHi-
Q OF the United States with all the
I authority n power necessary TO re-
store the federal government to a
normal peace basis and to re-orgnn-
izc. to retrench and to demObilize
The dominant fact II that eighteen
months after the armistlce. the United
States government Is still on a war
time basis and the expenditure pro-
gram OF the executive reflex wartime
extravaganza rather than rigid peace
time economy.
As an example of the failure to
retrench which has characterized the
postwar policy OF the administration.
We elite the fact that. not including
the war M avy departments. the
executive departments and other cs-
Establishments at Washington actually
record an Increase subsequent to the
armistice OF ASA employees. The
net decrease In payroll costs contains
ID m the 1921 demands submitted by
the administration IL only one per
cent under that OF 1899.
The annual expenses Of federal up
Grafton can be reduced hundreds OF
millions OF dollars without impairing
the efficiency OF the public serN Ice.
We pledge ourselves to "A carefully
planned rcadiustment to a peace time
basis and TO a policy OF rigid economy
to the better coordination OF de-
partmental activities. to the elimina-
ton Of unnecessary officials and EN-
pioyes aud to the raising OF the stan
dard Of individual efficiency.
The Executive Budget.
We congratulate the republican
congress or the enactment Of a law
providing for the establishment Of an
executive budget as a necessary in
strumcnt for a sound and business
like administration Of the national
finances. and We condemn the veto 90
the president which defeated his
great financial reform.
REORGANIZATION of Fedora DE.
pattments and Bureaus.
We advocate 4 thorough investign-
ton of the present organization OF the
Federal departments and bureaus with
"a view 10 securing consolidation. q
more business-like distribution OF
functions, the elimination OF dupli-
cation, delays aud overlapping Of
work and the establishment Of an up
tu-date and efficient administrative
organization,
Mar Powers of the President.
The president clings tenBclously to
his a|utocratic wartime powers.
His veto OF tho resolution declaring
peace and his refusal to sign the bill
repeating wartime legislation. no
longer necessary. evidence his deter
minatior not to restore to the nation
and to the states the form of govern
mcnt provided for by the constitu-
ton. 1his usurpation Is into!erablc
"i" "'oNAN'e AH' hfN't'HA '"NuNHhNu
ton.
Taxation.
The burden OF taxation imposed up-
on the American people h staggot-
Ing; but In presenting "a true state
ment OF the situation We must face
the fact that. while the character of
the taxes can and should he changed.
am early reduction Of the amount OF
revenue tn be raised h not to be cA-
pected.
The ueNt republican administration
Will inherit from It's democratic pre-
doccsSor u floating Indebtedness OF
over 49, 900. 900. 600: the prump liqui-
dalton Of which II demanded by sound
financial considerations. Moreover.
the whole fiscal policy Of the govern
mcnt must be deeply Influenced by
the necessity OF meeting obligations
In excess Of So. geo. 0OO. 600. which ma
turc In 1923. But sound policy
equally demands the carly accom-
plishmcut 81 that real reduction of
the tax burden which may be achieN-
ed by substituting simple for complex
tax laws n procedure. prompt and
certain determination OF the tax H.
ability FOR delay and uncertainty. tax
laws which do not excessively mulCt
the consumer ~ nccdlcssly neCcssi-
tate enterprise and thrift.
We advocate the issuance OF q sim
plitied list OF incomes, a%uthoriziug
the treasury department to make
changes In regulations effective only
from the date Of their approval; en-.
puwering the commission of internal
revenue, with the consent Of the tax.
payer TO make final aud conclusive
settlements Of tax claims and assess.
mcnts, barring fraud, and the ere,
alton Of a tax board consisting Of at
least three representatives OF the tax,
paying public and the heads Of tn,
principal divisions Of the bureau oI
internal revenue to act as a standing
committee on the simplifiCation al
forms, procedure aud law. and Il
make recommendations to the con.
grcss.
Ranking aud Currency.
The fact is that the war. to "a grCal
extent, WIS financed by "a policy 81
Initiation through certificate borrow.
Ing from h banks, and bonds ISSUED
at artificial rates sustained by thu
low discount rates established by IN,
federal reserve board. The cuntin
nance OF this policy since the armis