Show M Mayor y r Co Committed mitt d to Economy upon many ti timely ely matters d deserving de- de J. J serving the active interest of business men iI Mayor E. E B B. B Erwin in addressing Rotary at its weekly luncheon lunch Tuesday put emphasis upon 1 ILvo avoidance dance of f unreasonable taxation He disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed his intention t to effect economies in management management management man man- of th the city's business S 'S Economy i in n. n government underlies every enterprise enterprise enterprise en- en seeking to red reduce ce taxation 1 It goes goe far beyond p pruning u ing and d. d paring aring of pf routine administrative administrative ad- ad co costs ts Carrying i inefficient workers workers work- work I ers rs on public p payrolls payrolls' for political purposes overstaffing departments and bureaus for the same reason and waste and extravagance coming coming com- com ing about largely ar ely b because use of laxity in supe supervision supervision super super- vision by department heads and minor tives acc account urit for some o of the leaks eaks from the treasur- treasur treasury These are the obvious places where a good business management may save taxpayers a not inconsiderable bie amount of f money Much more may ay b be saved though in other ways seldom receiving attention Each adminIstration administration administration admin admin- inherits functional requirements from predecessor administrations and in the usua usual case each new administration initiates new services which add to o the city's cost of doing business Each legislative session invariably calls upon municipal municipalities ties to perform still other othe new new functions and to render still other new tm services It is this co confirmed habit requiring more more and more from government that is reT ree re- re 7 T e for the buildup in government costs In perhaps the greater number of instances instance there is no widespread public benefit accruing t I In n the usual case the benefit is demanded b by i relatively small groups though the whole public pub pub- lie lic c must fO foot t the costs Close analysis will re reveal reveal reveal re- re veal veal a great number of such demands demands' which have have ve I-ve little r relation to basic r responsibilities o of government In many cases the functions should i ThOI c be J left to private privat enterprise and in jn many others ft the he ie co cost t o or orthe the brunt of it should be borne b by bythe the beneficiaries J. J t- t tP P Primarily im IY it f is 3 a par part of good st stewardship to avoid unwarranted commitments by th the cit city i. i i r 4 k 4 1 government It should not be necessary though it often is for civi conscious civic conscious citizens to keep constantly on the alert to hold officials in the narrow path of their proper duties May Mayor r Erwin can render a fine service if he meets all manner of representative groups to I impress upon them some of these chief causes for hefty budgets and high taxes Business men of the type he addressed Tuesday can carl lend strong support to a campaign for economy that goes beyond superficial parings |