Show u. u rf Great reat Lakes io JIt i States Heed p Economy Call States Cities Plan to De Decrease Decrease De- De e- e crease Budgets to Forestall Forestall Forestall Fore Fore- stall Deficits FINANCIAL WORRY SEEN Municipalities Take Drastic Steps to Curb Expense Editors Editor's Note When the great industrial plants of that region just west of the Alleghenies started slowing down property values decreased and earning power o of the taxpayers decreased Tax assessments went unan ian Delinquencies mounted into the mill millions ons State governments governments govern govern- ments with enormous projects on their hands faced deficits And officials answered the crisis by saying that since the taxpayers and public had been forced to curtail expenditures then the state must curtail Cities decreased decreased de de- de creased their budgets Personnel has been reduced Taxpayers have protested against heavy taxation taxation tax tax- and have received reductions reductions reductions thereby forcing the states to further curtail In the following article one onea of or ofa ora a series the United Press surveys government economies effected through the region known as the Great Lakes states B By LEO F. F BARON United Press Staff staIr Correspond Correspondent nt Copyright 1932 b by United Press CLEVELAND Ohio Jan 27 The 27 The fertile valle valleys s 's and mammoth industrial Industrial industrial indus indus- trial section of the Great Lakes region region re re- re gion have heeded the call for economy economy econ econ- om omy in government Through the region where a vast industrial empire has been built a demand for governmental saving has become more and more insistent and the cry against increased taxation has brought governmental action Real estate values have slumped Taxpayers' Taxpayers earnings have decreased appreciably abl Tax delinquencies have mounted appallingly Banks have failed Farmers have held mass meetings demanding relief from taxes City after city has reported financial finan inane cial worry Cincinnati stands alone among the major cities which has escaped There a cash balance of ot was reported at the end of the last fiscal year and an unencumbered balance o of The city will spend more than this year PICTURE DIFFERS But in other cities the picture dif dif dif- fers Detroit has slashed from its operating expenses Salaries Salaries Sale Sal Sal- aries have been cut 10 to 17 per cent Continued on Pace Pue Two NORTH REGION ECONOMIZES Continued From P Page Pase se One and hundreds of ot have been dismissed Tax delinquencies total about and in short term notes must be paid within six months The mayor of Conneaut Ohio reduced reduced re re- reduced the police and fire departments depart depart- ments meats to one man forces and now faces bees ouster action brought broucht by irate citizens Kokomo Ind md has passed an ordinance cutting salaries 10 per percent percent percent cent but Mayor Charles claims he will veto it Cleveland is faced with a deficit Pay reductions of from 8 n 12 2 to 15 per cent centon centon centon on salaries exceeding 1200 are arc planned In Louisville Ky property owners have inspired a tax reduction of 11 12 2 per cent and Mayor William B. B Harrison has ordered drastic reductions reductions re reo re- re in city expenditures Youngstown Ohio faces a deficit and Toledo Ohio cut the salary of or police and firemen 50 a month and other city 25 per cent School vacations were lengthened a month at Christmas in Akron and the personnel of ot the police and fire departments departments de was cut Columbus faces a deficit and Wheeling W. W Va reports schools may have to be closed dosed two months early this year ns as a money saving I plan Kentucky farmers held a protest protest pro pro- test meeting and brought about a a. tax taxI decrease In the entire district the United Press survey showed every effort eHor is being concentrated toward casing away from the thc threatened deficits The state stale by state stale survey ur showed Ohio Ohio Governor Governor George White ordered ordered ordered or or- dered a 7 per cent cut in departmental departmental depart depart- mental expenditures in 1931 and 15 per pcr cent for 1932 There have ha been no salary reductions b but t some reductions reductions reductions re re- re- re in personnel If It the public generally has to curtail expenditures the state its agent ought to do the same thing White said Michigan Salaries Michigan Salaries in some departments depart ments meats have hava been cut and personnel dismissed in others in an attempt to avoid the threatened del deH 1 cit Road building continues to give employment to the gr great at groups of or orthe the states state's unemployed Public administration administration ad ad- ministration should not noi stand apart when industrial and household bud bud- budgets budgets gets ets have ha been sharply curtailed I Governor Wilbur M. M Brucker announced an an- Indiana There Indiana There has been no sharp I curtailment of oC expenditures but a movement is under way to bring about a 25 per cent cut The state must borrow to tide It over until June when taxes come due Tax delinquencies arc are expected tc exceed the delinquencies cies of 1931 Albert H. H Wedekind chairman of the state highway commission commission com corn mission has recommended tho the state taking king over miles of or country roads to reduce the obligations of local governments Kentucky The Kentucky The state is faced with witha a possible de deficit The geological geo logical survey sUr and state attorneys attorney's offices may be abolished shed A sales tax an income tax and luxury taxes may be imposed We are groping in n the dark Frank Lebus Democratic Demo Demo- cratic cratie leader in the house said Teachers' Teachers salaries are in lit arrears in some sections West Virginia Virginia The The state slate must subsist subsist sub sub- solely on credit for the remainder remain remain- der den of or the year ear with the deficit already already al already al- al ready nearing Some departments de do- are operating on an 80 SO per percent percent cent personnel basis Governor William Wil WH liam ham G. G Conley has refused to summon summon sum mon the legislature into emergency session The highway hichwa department treasur treasury despite an n bonded indebtedness is being en en- riched by gasoline asoline taxes |