New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-20

ascertain the facts
Sums Up Boards Work
"That is the difference between talk
and performance. A plan for the uni
fication of the system and it's acquisi-
tion by the city, the plan for new sub
ways and extensions, improved service
on existing lnes-I think that is quite
an accomplishment for only one year"
The Governor, amid tremendous APP
plause from his audience. which was
made up of members of the New York
County Republican Committee and
men and women prominent in public
and business life, called attention to
the fact that during the previous four
years of the Hylan administration
there had been nothing but talk.
After he was introduced by Presi-
dent Koenig, the Governor outlined the
plan of the next state campaign.
"In the campaign which will be con-
Quoted next fall you can go before the
people upon platform of achievement
upon a platform of performance" said
the Governor. you will not need to
make any excuses or apologies for
| things that have not been done. You
will not need to take the defensive
but you can enter the campaign on the
aggressive, paying little heed to the
Misrepresentation which you probably
will have to meet, but standing square.
| ly upon the record of what your party
has accomplished in this state while i,
has been in complete control of both
branches of the state government
Economy Pledge Kept
I've promised the people two years
! ago that if intrusted with power we
would reduce the cost of government
Everybody in this country is coming
to realize what an important bearing
| the cost Of government has upon the
prosperity of the people and upon the
well-being of all of US. That promise
was so thoroughly redeemed last year
! that our Democratic opponents said
we had gone too far, that we had not
made sufficient provision for the sup
port of government. But in prepare
ton for the coming campaign their
official spokesman haa recently as
serted that the assertion OF economies
was false, that no such thing had been
done.
Some kind friend sent me to-day
some Democratic evidence on that sub
ject, the statement of the Comptroler
of the City of New York, and think
l need 60 no further than to call him
as a witness. l want to call your at
tcrtion to the exhibit which he him
self has supplied.
Last year the budget of the City of
New York increased from S216,O00,00O
in round numbers to S233,0000 600. This
is from the statement from the Comp
trollers Office, which am reading.
The taxes Of the City of New York
increased from $3.50 per capita to
$3.50 per capita That is for the city
budget. The state taxes borne by the
City of New York decreased from
5000 900 to s14,4O0,000 and the de-
crease per capita was from 1888 to
STAT.
Burden on Taxpayers
"Now, for proof of his assertion
that the claim of economy was false,
the chairman of the Democratic State
Committee appealed to the man in the
street and asked him whether his
taxes had been decreased or his rents
reduc ed-because in the last analysis,
of course, direct axes fall upon the
rent payers, when economic laws are
not suspended as they have been dur
ing the recent housing crisis. Well, if
the taxpayers and the rentpayers have
not felt the reduction in their taxes it
is due to the fact that the city admin
istraton absorbed the saving Of $780,
900 of state taxes and added to it an
additional increase of $17,O0OoO in
city taxes. And while doing that, mind
you as you know, they left deficit of
s27.OOO,000 for the support of your
schools.
Every one knows that in public af-
fairs, as we'll as in business, we had
been passing through a period of ex-