New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-06-27
STATES AND CITIES
SHOULD CUT TAXES
Harding. In Address, Urges They
Follow Action Of Federal Govt,

SAT- lake City. Utah IgHs az
President HsFslRg auiliHsa here lss'
Righi what me federal gaFfFnmsH'
has noncompliance e. decreasing iakes
apa thf puflif ashf sRa Ha7f = Pisa
foF aniinn aiaRE similar lines ~ me
states. municipalities and counties
Tha executive SID the federal gsY-
sFnmsHi IL adsligenily seeking -
pFays itself 2 helpful sTamRie" iH re-
meung shat ne characterized IS the
menace ~ mounting taNes and grow
M Puh'ir Indebtedness, hu' added
that this was rot along federal
problem, that The improved order
must came into the units ~ govern
meat into which tire federal govern
meat never lRlTudss"
Mp Harding dli nor take M IN his
address any contemplated aamlhislFa'
ton RFosFam fer tax revision IN the
coming year He ala say however,
that the federal government was
working under . program which 'lH-
wolves aE'irguishing half billion ~
the (nuhliei debt each year and as
serted that The payments which the
British government will make under
the British American debt settlement
will eerFespondinEly relieve the
burden upon American taxpayers"
The president declared no other
country in the world had been able 70
make such a record In public debt re-
duetion as had the United States
Pointing 20 a reduction Of more than
one half IN federal taxes during the
past two years a. compared with the
war load peak in 1920, he declared
this was the record Of business adj
nninistration 10 which the party nov
in control OF the administration feels
justified In referring with no small
measure of satisfaction"
British Debt Settlement
The British debt settlement, the
executive went on. has been acclaim
ed all over the world as one OF the
most notable and successful fiscal sc-
complishments ever recorded" He
added that aside from reducing the
burden OF American taxpayers, the
settlement had been one OF the most
reassuring events since the srmistice."
coming az n did AZ time Of wide
spread uncertainty and misgi~ing
throughout the world OF business
everywhere"
To the budget bureau Mr.. Harding
attributed much OF the credit for get
ting government expenditures back 10
something like normal Under. this
plan, he declared. the administration
has been able to awaken spirit of
economy and efficiency in the public
service
I'VE have introduced business
methods IN government he added,
land instead OF operating blindly and
10 suit individual departments which
have never visualized the government
as a whole. and felt no concern about
the raising of funds, we are scrutiniz-
ing. justifying. coordinating, and not
only hating mounting cost, but max
ing long strides in reducing the cost
of government activities
Perhaps the budget system would
not accomplish so much for taxing
and spending divisions smaller than
the state, but a resoute commitment
TO strike at all extrava gance and ex
pend public funds as one would for
himself in his personal and business
affairs will accomplish wonders.
Figures furnished TO him by both
the treasury and the census bureau
the president stated. make It perfect
ly plain that whereas the cost OF
federal government is being steadily
reduced the cost Of state and local
governments is being Just as steadily
increased, year by year"
take the costs of state govern
rnent," he said. II am informed that
the revenues of the states In 1913 az
gregated 1853, 100000. and that In
1921 they had increased to ss5e,noo,-
900: that is, they had increased 16l
Der cent, and every dollar of that in
crease had to come in some way or
other from the public, The expendi-
lures OF the states in 1919 aggregated
1888, 100000. and in 1921 they were
S1,0o5, 900, 900: an increase of 1853 per
cent The indebtdness of the states
In 1913 amounted TO s423.ooo,non and
In 1921 to 1000, an increase
OF 139 per cent
Cost of City Government
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