Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1924-02-08
UNDERWOOD TAKES COOLDGE's HIGH STAND


is Of than passing interest to note the agree
ment between the views of President Coolidge and those
of Senator Underwood the of increased central
atOn Of government In his address to the
Business Organization composed of heads of departments
and bureaus President Coolidge announced in forcefu
language the opposition of the Administration to the
tension of Government subsidies to States not so much
account of the amount of money involved as on account
the shifting of power and responsibility from the States to
the Federal Government few days this same idea
advanced by Senator Underwood in speech in which,
after describing bureaucracy This detesabe thing
which attacks and eats into the very vals of
he asserted that ut is indeed time to call halt Fed
era Government is becoming more and more centralized
our States are becoming less and less autonomous"
This expression is of particular importance because
it from the Democratic asprant the Pres
dency who has discussed principles and issues high
plane. While Mr. McAdOO is going about casting surs at
the President of the United States in language quite COM
mon in ward politics quarter of century ago. Senator
Underwood is dealing with topics public inter-
est in manner BETTING candidate for the high office of
President Mr. Underwood is undoubtedly right and yet
he hardly that relief the of bureau
cracy be expected through the restoration of the Dem
ocratic Party to During last Democratic Adj
ministratiOn there bureaus and commits
sons established than ever before in similar period
time and the Government extended its authority wider
range of subjects AS matter of fact although
cratic Party supposedly the chief advocate of the pres
ment to surrender State rights the Federal Govern
ment The desire to get larger appropriations for
the prosecution of local Federal expense has caus-
ed Southern leaders to favor legislation calls for the
bureaus and the extension of Federal
activity.
There is fact that the people the country lose
gt of when they favor Federal appropriations for local
lsehat in the end the cost conducted by the
Federal Government must be paid by levied directly
indirectly all of the people the country and in
not most instances the expense greater because
he work is conducted from Washington rather than under
he supervision of local authorities Many of the Federal
appropriations for local purposes supported by local
organizations the theory that taxes are paid
chiefly by the rich of the large cities and whatever is
pent in localities elsewhere is clear gain to those local
ties.
That theory ignores the obvious truth that while the
ulk of Federal derived from taxes paid by the
ich in the large Cities those taxpayers add their taxes
the prices of their goods the charges their
ices and the tax to the people throughout the
country In way another the people pay taxes to
ovde the money for Federal appropriations and undoubt
dy much beneficial results could obtained for h
ar less money if local authority were spending money
ased by local taxation Sefnterest will cause the tax
to that the money in the most effective
manner. (:
Senator Underwood is sound in the policy he advo-
aes but he is out of harmony with the practices of his
ary and practices of the section of the country he rem
esents