Show o l' l I Only One Way J I SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY MELLON L has warned congress that the national expenditures expenditures must be reduced or provisions made for foran an 7 an increase in the tax burden There can be no f choice and the pruning knife must be used on I the estimated expenditures of the various departments depart depart- ments for the country can ill afford another increase in taxes The fact of the matter is the government must get down to the basic rules which govern the citizenship in present day living The average home is paring expenses in the endeavor to make ends meet There is no other course open for earning capacity in the majority of instances has reached its peak I When the average individual reaches the end I of his earning capacity and estimated expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures are in excess of the income he ne faces the immediate task of revising his budget He cannot cannot can can- not not say that the program of expenditures s stand and and depend upon a public pool to make up the deficit I In government operations a different philosophy philosophy philosophy phi phi- has prevailed The program of federal desires is mapped and the bill is sent around to the the public There has been little disposition to conduct the national business on the same standards standards standrd stand stand- ards rd of efficiency that apply in private endeavor The time has come however when a change must be made Each succeeding expenditure of oft oftie t tie the e government settles squarely on the public back bick taxes mean that that the citizenship must forego private expenditures which have already been pared to the bone The orgy of spending which afflicted the world during the war is over js Jit It s 's is over in the home in private business and s should be discontinued in official life whether the governmental unit be city state or nation To this end it is hoped that congress will heed the he warning of the secretary of the treasury and adopt opt the course which will impose the least Hardship on the public |