The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-20

the Dig QallA, ne gets bouquet which
emits EcIightfll aroma for mo5.l:..
about his dingy dn Only whe2' a."
eagle "ye of the Big lnjuH' l.::1,,
!upon something that needs regulating
does he proceed to pay his respects.
We welcome the challenge and thank
our unknown friend for a copy Of the
paper. We Will be generous. We
will throw no arms around the necks
of the socalled denagogues and econ
omists who wear one-gailus and eat
their rice with a knife. We call to
the stand, men after aftvH the Pied
nont's" own heart ana kidney. There
IS Mr.. Christensen, who has always
voted for increased taxes. Mr..
Hughes, chairman Of the ways and
means committee, with hands uplift-
ed to Heaven. eyes afame and face,
cherry red, when asked by the tax
payers convention last winter to re-
duce appropriations swore that It
couldn't be done. Both Of these gen.
tlemen. or an Investigating commit
zee, row admit that there is a poor
type Of organization IN the state
government which, when corrected,
would produce "a saving of hundreds
of thousands of dollars without Q!s-
ten to this Bro Me- cr..piiag or ham
pering any legitimate state activity
now being carried o. AGAIN: 1T
hes discouraged fiagro,.t .aS2s Of en-
ployees, with little tu So. drawing
high salaries out of all relation to the
work done, as compared with rates in
the industrial world" Also, that ''in
one institution the payroll could be
reduced 100000 a month" without
injury. That appropriations for sup
plies have been excessive and thous-
ands of dollars can be saved"-"in
some cases so per cent" That "the
state would be better off if some of
the employees We're eliminated" 1t
also charged that too many agencies
were running the state house and
grounds and that expenses could be
cut 40 per cent by combining them.
| Later, It was stated by this COM
mittee that "principal attention was
given to the possibility of saving
through consolidation Of state asen-
cies." Italics ours).
In 'The Columbia State" of March
4th, 1920, we find these editorial
words: "There is no common sense
in enlarging a salary at the risk of
the Office itself. The interests OF ;'le
state are higher than those Of any n
stitution or citizen" Also, "The ger
eral assembly should be Zold, 5uts
not too bold. 1t should be liberal but
not TOO liberal"
The News ard Courier of Dec. s..
1921, under an editorial caption:
i"Taxes Must Come Down" said,
among other things that Sensible
men must know that relief for
taxpayers must know that relief Tor
the taxpayers this winter is in1pcr&
I've. That taxpayers cannot provide
the funds to main the pace which
has been set" That the legislature
was warned IN vain last winter but
"they dare not disregard it again this
winter" That ''no shifting Of the
tax burden will meet the situation.
That can only oe accomplished by cut
ting down al appropriations to the
iirreducible minimum" Thus we have
produced only witnessss who, we be-
lieve, would occupy the amen corner
IN conclave at The Greenvi!le
Piedmont synagogue. They are its
beau ideals and men and newspapers,
of the reputation and the stand
ing. If not convinced by them, we
suspect that ''The Greenville Pied
mont" would not be convinced,
though one rose from tn dead" If,
however, the good brother of ''The
Piedmont, in his pious crusade after
truth thinks we have not sufficiently
specified" we will seize the willow
and bat a few of our own balls for
his delectation, and at the risk of i'm
posing upon our indulgent readers.
He asks what jobs around the state
house are soft eaSy?" Answer
"all.' Proof-few d. an. none re-
sign. With s3.40O.G2 wo1.a If por-
ters and underlings galo,@; WY not?
(Which departments woU,A you elm
mater" Answer-nonc of the essen
TALLY leading departments, except
the state tax commission root and
branch, but half the helpers and sine
cures, drawing useless salaries should
9O-as Christensen supyects We