The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-17
ASK $2O1,OOO,OOO
ASSTATE EXPENSE
Departments Want $7,000,000
Above Present Revenue
Resources.
NEW SOURCES NEEDED
Senator Sage Would Eliminate
Many Needless State
Activities.
NEW SOURCES NEEDED

SpeciuI Despatch TO THE NEw YORK HERALD
ALBANY, Dec. 16.-The State depart
mental requests to be presented to the
next Legislature aggregate $20l.644-
292.43. according to the report Of the
Budget Committee made public here
to-day. That amount does not include
81. 050, 900, which will be needed the
first year to float the $45,000 900 SOL
diers' bonus bond issue nor $50, 800
submitted by the superintendent of
Public Works without recommended
ton, of which s12, ,5OO,o 900 is for allowed
canal damage claims against the
State. Nor does it make any provision
for special appropriations which arise
in every Legislative session.
The total available resources Of the
State for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1922. are estimated at s142.5s1,s35. in
cluding the entire surplus OF s1S,74o, bs5.
The estimate is based on the assumption
that the present revenue laws will con-
tinue In force and that the Legislature
will reenact the law levying a direct tax
of 1.50 per cent. for school teachers. also
levy direct tax to meet the sinking
fund requirements.
The State revenues for the coming fiscal
year, exclusive OF the surplus. are esti-
mated at S123.s36,240. and while Cow
ernor -elect Miller has expressed deter
nina ton TO keep the States expenses
within its revenues, State finance officials.
with whom he conferred here last week.
A.fi 4. ~ .uTl 20 nIsf
the budget below s149.0O0. 900. thus max
ing IT necessary to find a new source of
revenue To raise nearly S7.00O,00O
Senator Henry VI. Sage. head OF the
Budget Committee and retiring chairman
OF the Senate Finance Committee. said
to-day that the state is enga ged in many
activities that it could get along without,
and that at least until after the present
reconstruction crisis is over It should I'm
| pose no add tional taxation on personal
or business incomes.
1T would be crime 70 Increase the
tax on business now ne said we
are already overtnxed By the Federal
Government. and TO add more burdens
to Industry in it's present condition might
drive many out OF business"
taxation should be imposed upon those
who directly derive benefit from va
rious State works. He would Increase
the tax on Automobiles who use the
State highways. and on hunters and
fishermen who benefit from the forest
preserve He would insist that those
using the serums provided by the State
laboratory pay for them and upon the
state getting an income from the
bridges and other works Il constructs.
The budget requests for next year are
s56424385 higher than this years bud
get as finally approved. The biggest in
crease IS for construction. for which
s5l,502,470 is asked, or S31.6S1.01e
more than last year. For maintenance
and operation So .O06.5Sl l. sought. an
increase OF $s.960.715 and for highways
and bridges the Increase is s6.S6S.00
the sum asked being S24.5so.ooo.
For personal service the sum of S3S.-
79s,9S1 IN asked an increase OF S5.377.-
7s3. OF the Increase s2.074.030 Is for
new positions. which. total 1850. and
the rest for higher salaries. or the new
positions 1852 are for the State institu-
tions. The department asking for the
highest number OF new positions IS the
Industrial Commission. which " now un-
der investigation by the knight legis-
lative committee recodifying the labor
laws The commission asks FOR ninety
eight more employees
The budget requests include one for
$500 600 as New York's share In the
coming year for the construction VI the
New York-New Jersey vehicular tunnel.