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Show FLORIDA SETS GOOD EXAMPLE. Thai by ttpi!yitiK N'.isiiuss methods to government, Floiida operated its i-.-acliinury oi' auvernment in 1929 at a saving of more than 81,2.10,(100, and a drop in total expenditures ex-penditures of more than 55, .",00,000, is the claim of the : -overnor of the state. By reorganization, the payroll of seven major departments de-partments was cut $722,000. By applying business to road maintenance, by proper iT.jineerin,".-, business p.u.t!i:;cls. in office work and purchasing, pur-chasing, reorganising force:; and using modern labor-saving labor-saving machinery, the cost par mile was reduced from $523. 19 in 1928, to ?298-ll in 1C29, making a total saving sav-ing in this department of $-199,817.61. Business men have her. ashed to assist in forming the rv.ost applicable aiid most equitable taxation method for i'latc government, it i.- l.u La a cooperative problem, worked joint!;, by 'h.-.'.u-s of iav; making' and representative representa-tive business men. Florida encourages investments instead of discouraging discour-aging them with high taxes. |