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Show HOUSTON'S VIEW OF TAXATIOfsJROBLEM FORMER MEMBER OF CABINET MAKE8 ANALYSI8 OF THE INDUSTRIAL SURVEY. Declares Taxation Is Big Question Up to the United States. Settlement of Peace and 'International Problems Declared Vital. Baltimore. David F. Houston, former for-mer secretary of the treasury, In otinlyzlng a country-wldo Burvey of Industrial, financial, agricultural nnd other economic conditions, declares that "thu big national questlou Is taxation tax-ation with peace settlement und International In-ternational trudo next." Tho Biirvoy, mado In all of the geographical geo-graphical divisions ol tho United States by Hold agents of tho Fidelity nnd Deposit company of this city, consisted con-sisted of answers to thirty-six questions ques-tions by farmers, bankers, manufacturers manufactur-ers and public officials. An Interesting Interest-ing feature of tho statistics Is that lu every section except New England and tho Itocky mountain states building build-ing operations show a marked Increase. In-crease. General transpprtntlon conditions con-ditions In overy stato wero reported "good" and raw materials plentiful. Savings accounts, tho survoy showed, Increased In nlnotccn states. Pollco officials of twenty-8ovcn states said Uiero hns been a notlccablo Increase In crlmo over last September, Septem-ber, but n decrease was reported In Massachusetts, Maine, Now Hampshire, Hamp-shire, Vermont, Ithodo Island, Connecticut, Con-necticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Co-lumbia, Vlrglun, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama Ala-bama nnd Mississippi. In every state the consensus of opinion was that tho farmers have not disposed of all their last season's crops. Low prices and shortngo of money and labor aro said to lmvo caused a reduction in acrcago In nil states except Illinois, Iown, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and tho Pnclflc coast states. The crop outlook for 1021, however, In overy caso, was reported re-ported fulr or good. |