The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-27
BY LEO F.. BARON,
United Press STAFF Correspondent.

fGDDNEAkAhs 1905 W OhiA~N 1881
CLEVELAND, Jan. 27.-The fer
tile valleys and mammoth industrial
section of the Great Lakes region
have needed the call for economy
in government.
Through the region where a vast
Industrial empire has been built, a
demand for governmental saving
has become more and more insist
ent, and the cry against increased
taxation has brought governmental
action.
Real estate values have slumped.
Taxpayers earnings have decreased
~appreciably. Tax d~elinquencies have
mounted appallingly. Banks have
failed. Farmers have held mass
meetings demanding relief from
taxes.
City after city has reported hnan-
cial worry. Cincinnati stands alone
among the major cities which has
escaped; there a cash balance Of
S4,757,1 1872 was reported at the end
OF the last fiscal year and an unen-
numbered balance of SAL ,18l.
Detroit Taxes Slump
But in other cities the picture diff
fers. Detroit has slashed S22, 900
from its operating expenses. Sal
aries have been cut 10 to II per
cent and hundreds Of employees
have been dismissed. Tax delin-
quencies total about $23, 900 900.
Kokomo, Ind, is trying to borrow
$150,000 to pay salaries. Hammond
has passed an ordinance cutting
salaries 10 per cent, but Mayor
Charles Schonert claims he will
veto it. Cleveland is faced with a
$4,000, 900 deficit. Pay reductions Of
from 81 to Is per cent on salaries
exceeding $1,000 are planned.
In Louisville, property owners
have inspired a tax reduction of
1115 per cent and Mayor William
B. Harrison has ordered drastic re-
auctions in city expenditures.
Youngstown, o., faces a deficit
and Toledo cut the salary of police
and hremen $50 a month and other
employees Is per cent. School vaca-
tions were heightened a month at
Christmas in Akron and the person.
mel of the police and fire depart
mentS was cut.
Wheeling May Close Schools
Columbus faces a deficit and
Wheeling reports schools may have
to be closed two months early this
year.
In the entire district, the United
Press survey showed, every effort is
being concentrated towards easing
away from the threatened deficits.
The state by state survey showed:
Ohio-Governor George White
ordered a 7 per cent cut in depart
mental expenditures in 1881, and Is
per cent for 1882. There have been
no salary reductions, but some re-
auctions in personnel.
Michigan-Salaries in some de-
partments have been cut and per-
sonnet dismissed in others in an at
tempt to avoid the threatened $10,-
100000 deficit. Road building con-
tinues to give employment to the
great groups of the states unem-
ployed.
Indiana Needs $2,OOO,OO
Indiana-There has been no sharp
curtailment of expenditures, but a
movement is underway to bring
about a IS per cent cut. The state
must borrow $4,000, 900 to tide it
over until June, when taxes come
due. Tax delinquencieS are ex-
pected to exceed the $40, 900, 900
delinquencies Of 1881.
Albert T. Wedeking, chairman of
the state highway commission, has
recommended the state taking over
10000 miles of country roads to re-
duce the obligations of local gov
ernmentS.
Kentucky-The state is faced with
a possible $4,000, 900 deficit The
geological survey and state aUtor-
ney'S Office may be abolished. A
sales tax, an income tax and luxury
taxes may be imposed. Teachers
salaries are in arrears in some sec
tons.
West Virginia-The state must
subsist solely on credit for the re-
mainder of the year with the deficit
already nearing $4,000, 900. Some
departments are operating on an so
per cent personnel basis. Governor
William G.. Conley has refused to
summon the legislature into emer-
gency session.