New-York tribune., 1922-10-21
lnitl, Playing
he Baby Act
Asserts Miller
Democratic Candidate Trys
10 Evadc Consequences Of
Own Incompetence, Gov
rrnor Says at Rochester
cites Increase in Expense
Alleges When Former Exec
uiiyc Went Out State Was
on Verge of Bankruptcy
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ROCHESTER,, Oct 20. - Governor
IN siler declared to-isight. TO one Of the
arrest ana snost friendly audiences he
has. vet had. that his opponent, sormes !.
governor Alfred =. Smith, is playing
sts,s baby sctp In diaclaitaing RESPONSE
bs.isy Tor ths increased cost OF govern
mert In his ADMINISTRATION.
yarissY III the campaign the Gov
rryor sccusea llis adversary Of iodg-
I'D .sss,os. Tonight he told Tho crowd
efs,Sap III Convention Hall that Smith
trySng 70 eyade the consequences OF
ais own incompetence and e1trava-
rencs while he VAS tbs states chief
exseutire by passing the blame to the
kssds Of his departments.
Ale says that he 81 noe responsible
Sc,, the action OF the heads OF depart
ulents snd that no could not control
sh.nr,n obsorvcd tho Governor. "He
says tha. many of them were Rcpubli-
cars. Ihore are Democrats at the
ac Of state departments now. I do
aeE Ssi e That ! control the head Of
ASg eSaytnlen3, because the only way
tos effective service Is TO lodge re-
sph sbiIisy In the head and leave ID TO
haE to produce results do not sun-
dsrzka TO interfere with the workings
se The different departments Of the
vi Azs govsrnment. but do no1 discIain
responsibility for anything that hap
pene In tho administration OF the pub
& business, no raattcr In What depart
tA Ir II may happen and no matter
vi fshsppens to be the head. OF the, de-
pae f:rferits and whether a Democrat or
sS5 ubiican. u ~ sss ssss q.
81 stcreAsed Fifty Millions In Year
te result of Mr.. Smiths permit
tus hia administration to get in the
swisIE OF the public funds. the Gov
oy1tsr Indicated, was that the heady OF
apartments under his administrator
suhraitted TO the incoming Miller ad-
guirsstra.lon requests for an increase
Of 3s0.o0o.ooo in appropriations after
having already the year before made
an increase Of s5O,000,000
"f have right TO say that the major
part at least OF that increase would
have been granted IL Mr.. Smith had
Been Governor" the Governor went on.
Il have right to say 1t, first, frora
bis own admission that lie was unable
10 stop the mounting cost of govern
ment; second, from The fact that in q
single year the cost Of government had
incfcased under him $5o,0o0,00o. I
have right also to say that the cost
OF goyern,ncHS would have continued
10 Increase under him, from, the fact
that the Tammany government in the
City of New York increased $To,0p0.000
during the last two years, when the
Cost Of the state government was going
down, as | have said. Tanmany con-
sroi at Albany would have had tho
aznae effect as Tan1many control IN New
Eors City
The Governors refarencs to Tam
man., the first in which he has in
duiged during the campaign, brought
ssarni approval from the house, as did
also his remark q few minutes earlier
that "for two years the Governor OF
this state sold good Fellowship, not to
ail OF the people but to some OF the
people, and all of thc peopls paid the
price, which was S5A,o00,0o0."
Continuing, Governor Miller ex-
pressed the opinion thar IL Mr. Smith
had continued in Office Il would be con-
servatiye TO estimate tie increase in
the cost Of government in two years
at s6o, 100000, because at the rate OF
increase that had been established 1t
would be reasonable to assert that 1t
would have beer 100000, ,0o0.s
~Now, how would M. Smith have
financed that increase?" he asked.
"He asserts now thar the taxes have
not gone down. The taxes under him
vent up. If they have only remained
ststionary that much at least has been
accomplished. He Gays that tho In
. pine tax has not been reduced. He Is
cunning on platform which advocates
stae exemption Of incomes up to $4,000.
But he was the man who imposed the
personal income tax In this state, and
the last year Of his administration It
netted tho state SI7,o00,0o0.
"lf he had stayed in would he have
9oubled that $i7,000,o00 In crder to
hsve provided for the continuing
mounting cost OF goveYnme Mt. which.
he said, he was powerleas to stop? He
added ! per cent tax to the 3h per
cent tax on manufacturing and nler-
ssntile corporations and that yielded
4lA,000, 900 In his last year. That plain
y was added to the cost Of living, be-
cause Of all taxes, the tax on merean-
tile and n1araSssturing profits is the
easseps tai 90 pass on to the consumer.
Adds to Real Estate Tax
"Is he had continued In oflcs would
y h4F0 QVuUlCu ANGC LAX 10 nave HIo-
suced another $14,o00,ooO? He added
S2, ,000,0 600 to the tax on real estate,
She tax which certainly is paid by the
rsns payers. He may say that that
vent to pay teachers salarieS, and so Ii
did, but we have added nearly Sc, ,000, 600
20 the money that goes to pay teach
ers' salaries and have paid it with one
itrd OF that tax on real estate. If he
had stayed In would he have added an
9 sher $22,0o0,60 to already ovsrbur-
sened real cstate1
"The fact is, when saae went out Of
Office, the state had reached the point
wherc IL was facing bankruptcy be-
cause he had already exhausted the
available sources for new revenues"
The burdens en- those sources were
already drying them up and they could
not possibly have stood the additional
Imposition which would have been re-
guired by the continuing increase in
4, cost OF government that be says
y, y was powerleas TO avert"
A Quoting Mr.. Smith as saying, "Had
4aeen given my way. | would have con-
Scrred greater power upon local au-
thcri.ies for public utilities wholly
Hithin municipality, as promised by
ssls Democratic platform" Governor
Miller characterized the statement as
% appeal to Ignorance, prejudics and
passion.
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