New-York tribune., 1921-09-23
Miller Shows
His ECONOMY
Pledges Kept
(coatinued from paas ansl

stagnation of business, and one Of the
potent causes of our distress is orr
burdensome, cumbersome and exces-
sive taxation. 1t is unthinkable that
at such time those burdens should
be increased. 1t is Imperative that
they be equali2ed and reduced and
government can do nothing which will
moro directly contribute to the well
fare OF all the people than to relieve
them Of burdensone and unnecessary
taxation and equitably to distribute
the tax burden. We arc confronted
with the problem Of unemployment.
We cannot solve that problem by p,ac-
ing additional burdens upon industry.
Nothing but the revival of business
can afford permanent relief; and it
should, therefore, be the chief effort
OF the state TO remove every obstacle
that it can from such resumption. No
higher service can be rendered all the
people than to reduce and equalize the
burdens OF taxation and no create T.
disservice than to increase them or
TO continue the present unscientifc
methods of taxation.
our opponents have charged that the
economies so far effected have not been
real and that they have impaired the
public service. l assert on the cor
trary, that there has been a marked inn
provement in the efficiency of every de-
partment of the public service.
Canal Improvement
'fn the Department of Public Works
with S1,00O,O00 less of appropriations
for maintenance, operation and per-
sonal service, we are for the first fine
in It's history maintaining the channel
OF the canal to a proper depth and so
that 1t may be navigated twenty-four
hours in the day.
''in the consolidated Tax Department.
we are establishing a more efficient and
better co-ordinated system of admin
lstration of the tax laws, and the ind,-
Gated savings to date are more than
S6O0,O00, with, I confidently believe. op-
portunities for still greater reductions
and better service.
In the Department of Highways we
are now doing more road work at less
proportionate engineering expense than
has even been done at one time in the
history of road building in this state.
In the administration Of the mill
tary and naval affairs OF the state eff
cheney has been promoted and econo-
mles have been effected resulting in a
saving to the state OF nearly $3.50, 900
and to the counties in armory mainte-
nance OF more than g quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
ut has been charged that the eff
ciency OF the Department of Labor has
been impaired. On the contrary, there
mas been marked Improvement in the
efhclency of many of the bureaus in
the Labor Department, and in the ad-
mlnistration of the workmen's com
pensation law the intolerable DELAYS in
the payments of the claims of injured
workmen are now being greatly re-
duced.
States Wards Well Cared For
'Ah, but our economies were ef
tected at the expense OF the unfortunate
wards of the state! Well, l am able
TO tell You from personal observation
that those wards could never have been
better clothed, fed, housed and cared
for, save. of course, for the overcrowd-
ing which we inherited and are rapidly
relieving. And l assert that there never
has been time when more attention
was being paid to the improvement and
cure of those whose condition is sus-
ceptible of Improvement.
The public printing we'll illustrates
the lax methods which have grown no
IN the public administration. We spent
last Year more than million ana 81
half for printing department. reports,