The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-04
GUT EXPENSES FIRST,
THEN TAXES IS PLAN
EVERY $1Oo,OOOO0O SLASHED
OFF BUDGET TO BE FOL-
LOWED IN INCOME LEVY.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARE OPPOSED
Chairman of Appropriations Commit
tee Agrees With Mellon That Sur
taxes Must Drop, and Insists That
Further Economies Be Included.

further Economies be Included.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Antici-
pating an economy program never
before attempted by congress Chair
man Martin B. Madden, of the house
appropriations committee, has an
nounced that he has found a way of
reducing income taxes and will pro-
pose the plan at the approaching ses-
sion.
While giving no details he explain
ed the plan sufficiently to make it
clear it will consist of holding up re-
duced appropriations as the price of
reduced taxation. The statement fol-
lowed a conference with Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon, but Mr.. Mad
den said his declaration had nothing
to do with his meeting with the sec
rotary of the treasury.
In part the chairman of the appro-
priations committee goes with the
treasury head to the extent of favor
ing the reduction of surtaxes from
so to rs per cent He goes farther
and believes income tax reductions
can be accomplished, but his plan calls
for continued economies in govern
ment expenditures.
Opposes Building Program.
He registers emphatic disarproval
of the treasury's plan to undertake
nation wide building program, con-
tending the time is not ripe for such
an expenditure He is willing to have
a survey made of the governments
building needs so constructions may
be ordered when other building oper-
atoms fall off, but will not approve a
government program which would be
put into effect when prices are unus-
ually high and when the government
would be bidding against private
home building enterprises
He has plans in mind relative to
reducing the necessity of postoffice
building programs which spells the
doom of the usual congressional pork
barrel enterprises along this line.
The declaration that further drastic
economies will be INDUCED in. has
brought fear to advocates of a larger
navy, who foresee renewal of the
fight between the big" and little"
navy men which resulted disastrously
to the little navy men in the last SEES
sion lead by Mr.. Madden.
This year Mr.. Madden will hold
out to the taxpayers the attractive bait
of having their taxes reduced provid-
ed they can reduce expenditures. If it
is not the navy, government officials
are asking, where will the axe drop?
They realize the house committee
chairman holds whip hand and par
ing estimates to the bone will be the
keynote Of the next session.
"The public is too ready to demand
appropriations" Mr.. Madden said,
"but overlook the fact that before APP
preparations are made the money must
be raised and it must come out of the
pockets of the taxpayers"
Bonus May Also Suffer.
Another possible victim of the econ
is the soldier bonus which will, if
on the taxpayers resources, which,
have passed the limit. The only de-
tails of what Mr. Madden says will
be a practical working program of re-
ducing taxes which he would give
was that with the reduction of $780,
100000 of expenditures there would
be reduction in income taxes.
LIZ DtdCE aWINIC lliC ESOltOIly dAC
will drop next year is made more un-
certain when it is recalled that for the
year 1928 an estimated deficit Of
1928, 100000 has been changed into a
surplus of $500 657, 400 Chairman
Madden, in recent published inter
view, showed the expenditures for the
last year, outside of those directly
traceable to the war, were less than
before the war period.
The expenditures OF the present
year, which will end June 80, it is
proposed to bring down to $1,000
100000 exclusive of the $500,000,000
for debt reductions Comparison of
income and outgo indicates deficit
of $30.000,000 which heads of depart
ments have been ordered to wipe out.
The result is that with economy hav-
ing reached the seeming limit and
with every one ordered to save until
it hurts" Mr. Madden proposes to cut
still more, with a view of lessening
the call upon the pocketbook of Mr..
Everyman.
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