Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
Editorial Notes

lhe clsr q the Federal Government 10
the taxpayers has increased every year
since President Coolidge entered the White
Hou-e. and there oil Be another Increase
dunno tn nsIJ fiscal year. beginning July
J. 1928. IL the figures % Senator Smoot. Of
Utah Republican Chairman Of the Senate
Finance COMMITTEES. are reliable. and they
are underwood % b bssed On Treasury
estmstes
ID reporting the proposed tar reduction
hiA 20 the Senate q fe~ days aRo. Senator
Smoot ssId the ordinary Federal expendi-
t1r-s 81 the next fiscal year IS 1852
OF. 600. shich vii be an increase Of
SO.OOOO0O over The expenditures for
The currsnt fiscal year The figures do
not inci1se the appropriations forthe pos
tai s-rvice-
Fer The fiscal year 1927. III actual ex-
pentItures- exclusive q The Post0ffce De-
Bsrtnent. -ere S3.493.5s4.5I s. For the
cBrr-nt fiscal year. ending June 80. 1928.
thy are no~ estimated 81 S35T2.O49.-
IA an Increase q approximately $50
10000 over asst yrsr. 18th a Likelihood
th's1 d-fcl-ncy appropriations prior TO ad-
Jaarumear q Congress viii run tins in
cr-ase 70 Considerably more than one hun
cred nliillu do.lsrs o. more For the next
year further Increase 20 considerably
1oSe tasn $500. 100000 IN ordinary ex-
p~nses . predicted By Senator SmOot. with
every Likelihood that further sppcopsia-
tao1s III bring the total considerably
above that Ezure.
livery year since President CoOIIdse en-
tered the shi5e House. there has been an
laerease IN the east q theFedersI Govern
E1enf Tor rs culinary operations. that is
eEeilslys q interest," on the .ar debt. his
slso tru- thar every year the appropriations
- CooEress fer the expenses Of the Gov
-rnD-nt have been smaller than President
Cooistfe and has Budget Bureau recon-
1@nSet- Ihgs- not only are the extrava-
ssnt claims q ec0nomy made for the Cool
1s- s11InistrstiOn refuEed. bat il is plain
that whatever credit there may Be for
haA'ins oo-n sppr0psiations beIonest 10 the
Cs1sress and not 70 the President
u President Coolidge does not veto the
TAI rsdoctioa ban ~hich Congress viii SON
sid to him- the t~enty-odd million auto
motiie osn-rs IN the country -ho vii Be
relieved q the excise tax On the cars they
NA pGrchsse uben their CID ones are worn
ouf I'll have the Democrats in Congress
&c thsnk- Over the stroug protest Of Presi-
oent COoi5ds- and Secretary Of the Treas
urE Aeilon- and over the opposition Of most
q the kspablicsn Iesders IN the House
and Senate. the Democrats forced into the
tau hii provision repeating the sutomo-
blle tan. the lsst q the burdensOr- uarex-
eise taIeA his repeal iii relieve the more
than twenty miili0u automobile owners Of
mo<e than $6OOOO.OOO they have been
PAYING annually as result Of this sales
tax his tax Is paid By the car owners
~hen they buy automobiles. ant not q
penny IS paid BY the manufacturers. de-
spste efog1s in some quarters tocreate that
impression Democrats insisted the tax
should Be repealed because il isa tax on
transportation. no more 70 be justified in
tine Of peace than a tax on railroad
t'ckeis % on freight consisnments
That The unemplOy ment situation is still
very serious. and in some qu&ters acute,
IS Indicated BY the latest survey by the
American Federation Of Labor. Its Iates,
survey. covering the month Of March,
sh0ued eighteen per cent Of union workers
die during that month in the twenty four
representative cities in which the survey
vas conducted Slight improvement was
noted in some quarters. notably Baltimore
Birmingham snd Cincinnati. but this vas
Ofis-t By increased idleress among worker.
in Detroit. Minneapolis. New York and
Pittsburgh- When large unemployment wa.
shown TO exist throughout the country in
January and February. Coolidge admins.
tratiOn spOlosists declared IL was seasonal
and that With the approach Of spring worI
~Ould be more plentiful That il was moi
merely seasonal is shown by the fact thai
the March survey showed unemployment
10 be just as heavy during that month Al
during the winter months Of January anC
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