Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-29

falls on the consumer as an extra burden.
1.-The peoples interests must be pro-
| tected; their rights must be preserved.
Track elevation must continue as rap
| idly as the conditions of our finances will
permit
| Flood prevention work shall continue
| wherever needed and Pleasant Run and
Bean Greek put in a sanitary condition. i
SHOULD INCUR
NO NEW DEBTS.
Public improvements such as sewers,
streets sidewalks, boulevards and
bridges, must keep pace with the city's
growth.
ANY part Of the city should have such
public improvements as it desires so long
as 1t has to pay for the same, but spe-
! cial improvements which is a tax upon
all should be carefully considered at this
time because of financial conditions. No
new debts should be incurred unless the
necessity is unbeatable
I'VE are proud of our park system, and
| we believe that they should be well cared
/ for; improved where necessary and
added to when it is practical to do So
/ Our city market, I am sure, is not
what 1t should be. 1t is not UP to the
requirements of the public. Much criti-
/ j
am not now qualified to say wherein its
weakness lies, but I shall soon find out
| if I become mayor, and the wrongs shall
/ be righted. woman, as an assistant
| marketmaster, will, in my mind, help
| to better conditions. The city market
shall be removed from criticism, If in
my power to do so.
THE garbage and ash problems ana
the city hospital are city matters that
7 of me
| is to say, that my mind is not clear as
to the best manner in which to handle
them.
For over thirty years. during every
! city campaign, / have heard the city
/ hospital discussed and severely criticised.
Where there is smoke there Is fire.
/ and something must be wrongf Or else
those who so severely criticise the man
agement Of this institution are not Mstl-
/ fled in their reflections ! am, and fAEa
been trying to gather Information from
/ the doctors of our city as to how best
to have it managed and controlled.
/ feel now, that l have gathered much
valuable information concerning it and /
assure you that 1 shall keep on until l
do know what the trouble is, then I will
right it. If I find there is a wrong
there. I shall fearlessly settle it.
KEEP POLICE
OUT OF POLITICS.
/ "Our police and fire departments are
strong arms Of our city government wo
+ believe in law and order, and the police
+ department must be the arm that main~
/ tains it. 1t must be efficient The fire
department is the arm that protects our
( property from fire. If it is Efficient, and
properly equipped our property is better
protected, and our insurance rates are
/ lowered. but if not our property is poorly
protected and our insurance rates are in
! creased. In justice to our people, these
forces mVst be kept out of politics, or in
/ other words, politics must be kept out
of them.
Fairgrounds are the delight of our
children. In them we develop hardy Ameri-
cans. We have many such grounds now.
and it shall be our purpose to supply
more as we feel we are justified in doing
/ so in keeping with our financial condi-
| tions.
Public lighthouses should be estab-
/ lished soon, and swimming pools should
| be maintained and added to rapidly
These pools should be safeguarded or
| else discontinued believe in safeguard
/ ing and continuing them.
Il would like to see a community house
| in each ward in the city Such q place
in my mind would be of great benefit to
our people. ANY of us can furnish a
good argument in behalf of it. It ia
not drawing on the Imagination to say
that public bath and community houses
could be combined in one and placed on
or near Fairgrounds and thus avoid the
duplication of expense.
city planning is a new arm Of our
| city government affaids. Much is prom
ised for the city from this source Our
! city is beautiful now, but it is to be
] made more beautiful, the streets more
uniform and many wrongs are to 20
| righted when this arm goes to work.
"And, now, last but not least, we have
| the tax problem. This touches your
pocketbook likewise your heart. Shall
we increase our taxes or shall we lower
! them? Improvements mean taxes, more
improvements more taxes; we want one
/ but wish to avoid the other. How can
we do both? High taxes in a measure
destroys the pleasure of improvements.
Improvements must go on; taxes must
/ be lowered.
HAS PLAN TO
REDUCE TAXES.
I'VE can do this in several ways:
81. Superufous expenses must be cut
out.
90 Require value received for the
money expended.
8. Avoid unnecessary duplication of
employees
4. More workers, fewer bosses.
/ 3. Compel improved streets to be re
paired by the contractors before their
guaranty expires, so as TO avoid doing
this work at the city's expense
6. "An economical administration faith
| fully administered.
"The life Of our city is cemmercialism,
indianapolis is a great business center
1t must be made a greater one. Its fu-
ture depends upon its commercial ac-
! tivity.
Its volume of business must not be
confined to it's own inhabitants. To do 80
is only to make it a local exchange. 1t
must expand. New capital, new indus
tries, more labor must be brought into
its life Our merchants are strong and
progressive, and official Indianapolis
owes them much"