The New York herald., 1921-09-27

this assembly Of tns Representatives Of
is ias Party poIisies snSse ssena no rseca
the united wisdom ofCthe Party rather
than the fears or necessities OF candt-
dates. for the responsibility Of chosen
for mass irresponsibility. q ,dcliberntive
assembly for the soap box.
sNrust that the proceedings OF this
cef vention; may prove the wisdom OF
ratner than cxpediency will govern your
deliberations. After all. In the long run.
the right thing Is always the cxpedient
thing to do; and IT IS easier TO survive
transitcry SUCCESS for place alone.
First Task to Restore Order.
Tho Republican Party has been clothed
with full power and responsibility In
State and nation at a time OF serious
arrangement of the public finances and
of private Industry caused in part by
thd fatuous policy Of counting popularity
pursued by those charged with the re-
sponsib;lity for the administration OF the
public business. The first task. the
obvious task. the imperative task. was
but surely emerging from chaos at
Washington. under the. guiding and
stcadying hand Of President Harding:
In this State. on smaller scale anu
with less stupendous problems, we have
been striving to accomplish the same
task.
We have been. and still are, stagger-
Ing under a burden OF taxation. state
and Federal. which Is drying up the
sources OF revenue and diverting capita,
>,&om the needs OF industry. That ex-
c6svive burden of taxation has not
been caused in part BY laxness and *.
travagSncs In administration. no DOUBT
stimulated->by war conditions. siid IN
stu larger Spart BY q constantly N,
Government activities. which those In
tcspousjble position have not .had tie
courage or the disposition teresist..N
This increasing and unresisted tsnden
CT to demand more and more OF Coy
crnment IA shown by the startling ~
crease In the requests for appropriatio6a
IN recent years. In 1910 the so-callsu
budget requests were roughly $v1.oOo.ooo.
were almost. as much: In 1920 the re-
quests Jumped to $141. 500. 900 and ttY
appropria tons to S145. .600. 900. or S4.00dn
600 more than the budgct requests. =
In tho campaign last year we pro1
ised tho people to put a stop to -
mounting cost OF government. Tho Gp-
propriauons this year were &10. 900 .0Qo1
less than those Of last year and $70.0o4
incline to think that the present poliaXu
10 now sufficiently understood. so thaS
department heads will base their r.
% or than their ability TO spend.
On Jan. 4 we found that the habit OF
spending had grown to such an extent
that the appropriations were $4,000. .00v
ir excess OF the estimated current rev.
cnues. and even with the drastic pruning
or last Winter the apbropriations for
this year are stiii $10.o0o.0o0 In excess
OF such revenues. We redeemed our
pledge TO STOP the alarming increase In
the cost OF government, met $40. .0oo. 900
OF dcficiencics, and even effected q net
decrease OF s10,00o.000 more. We also
prtmised to establish the policy Of iiv-
cnk half redeemed that promise. To
redAem Il fully there must be still FUR
theE reductions, next year. and am
happy to b.. able to say, from the
read gained. that those. reductions can
be 2dc without impafring the eff
XkHT pf any branch OF the States ac-
Need Of New Revenue.
We AN now facing period OF lean
revenucs,N because the three great
Nprces OF the States revenue. corpora
Ia taxes. personal income taxes and
taxes win largely be based
8wSySnr on the REDUCED earnings and
<8l4Qsf this year. and II In difficult
4lna atcly TO forecast the extent
- Notions. Fortunately. tho
Hho fiscal year ended June
(1dJA than tho estimates and
bot W>pd all Of the appropria-
,1Sf >hat 1e. had a larger surplus
to pegf6 fiHel year on July than
was ed As appraise our sit
u7Hon. thatsNrrVss will tide us over the
n-.pcriod aheaE and enable US. with
-Sdt seeking new revenues. IL we live
within our meana TO put the business
Of the State on Rund financial basis,
coed income.
In my Judgment. that fs OF paramount
Importance TO all OF Ne people OF the
the stagnation OF busincAe, and one OF
tho potent causes of our 6strcss Ia our
cumbersome ,SAd excessive
Hpxation. II Is unthinkablc NM. at such
time those burdens sh50NQAbe In
q hsed. II Is imper ative thatNAy bo
coy Alized and reduced. and Goy&n(nfnt
caA1o nothing which will moro drsckly
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