Evening star., 1931-04-16

The country generally enters into the
spirit Of the proposal from Senator
Bingham of Connecticut that. on ac-
count of excessive appropriations by
PEELED to meet the demands of Gov
ernment through wider income-tax
levies and lowering of existing exemp-
tions. Very little Is expected to be
done in the direction of increased taxa
ton, but the matter is accepted as a
warning.
"His idea that the 'something-for-
nothing delusion is the propelling
force behind the constant cry for more
and bigger Government appropriations
probably is not far from the truth"
thinks the New Orleans Times
Picayune. The Lincoln, Nebr., State
Journal welcomes "a pin prick to the
conscience of the various members Of
Congress who have time now to think
over the events of the last session
The Newark Evening News advises that
this would be a more carefully con-
Quoted country If John Voter had at
least to buy an admission ticket to
impress him that he's at the show"
"The order everywhere, except in
Government" according TO the Man
chester Leader, "has been to keep ex-
penses down, and every additional tax
load that appropriating bodies place
upon the taxpayers makes the return
to prosperous business conditions just
so much slower in arriving. 1t
is we'll to have a word of warning
like that of Senator Bingham" The
Texarkana Gazette agrees that the
principal trouble is that so many per-
sons demand expenditures. but insist
that some one else pay the bulk OF the
taxes"
Senator Bingham is right in his idea
that if more people had to pay income
taxes there would be less popular ap-
proval of extravagant expenditures OF
Federal funds" declares the Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin, while the Chat
tanooga Times laudS the Senator be-
cause he has had tie commendable
courage to call the attention OF the
country to the fact that it must pay for
its Government, and to do so in a man
ner that brings. the matter home to the
people generally" The Cleveland Plain
Dealer advises that lin view OF the
Treasury situation and the likelihood
that Federal expenses next year cannot
be much reduced, it would be we'll for
CONGRESS to give consideration 70 Sena-
tor Bingham's proposal and to possible
changes in methods of administration
and collection that will reduce their
cost"
Opposition to the thought is voiced
by the Hartford Times, with the state
ment: "It is perhaps true that if there
were less exemption and more taxpaying,
it would be easier for WatcndogS Of the
Treasury In Congress to keep down ap-
propriationS and insist upon Stricter
economy in the Governments eXpendl-
lures. But the great majority OF people
will not approve of having their pocket
books mulcted On that account. A Con-
gress that would dare to increase the
taxes next Winter in line with the
Bingham plan must expect to invite
slaughtering rebuke at the polls" The
Savannah Morning News feels that "the
Bingham proposal, after all, is almost
wholly academic" and that there Is
going to be no general application, with
out exemptions, of the income tax"
Neither party" in the opinion of the
Rochester Times Union, will wish to
push the matter of an increase in the
next Congress- nor wish to share the re-
sponsibility in any way. They are look
ing to the next campaign" The Roch-
ester paper adds that "the country
may be back to normalcy by 1892, in
which case tax reduction might replace
discussion of an increase" The Low
ell Evening Leader is convinced that
difficult as 1t is to arouse the in
dividual citizen to realization of his
own stake in public expenditures, the
administration us right in its opinion
that any general increase in taxation
would delaylthe recovery OF baSiness and
prolong the unemployment prohaem."
In defense of those who have been
instrumental In providing for INCREASED
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