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Show HOBBY FOR SAVING MARKS LOWDEN RULE PEOPLE BENEFIT BY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF ILLINOIS ILLI-NOIS EXECUTIVE. Goy. Krank O. I.owden of Illinois has one hobby in the administration of public uffnirs. That is strict economy econ-omy in the expenditure of the people's money. He has given Illinois a business busi-ness man's administration. By cmrhmt management he was ahlc to reduce the tax rate In Illinois :W per cent in two years, thus snvlng $4,000,000 annually to the tax payers. pay-ers. Illinois was the only state in the Union to reduce Its tax rate dnr- I ing the war. In many states ijixes were Increased. While most public executives were talking about it, Governor I.nwdcn aciunlly planned and put intj i i-nVrt a comprehensive reconstruction priiL'ruin for Illinois a year before flic armistice armis-tice was signed. Governor I.owilcn hns demonstrated in Illinois that good government is a profitable linestment for the people. In discussing government govern-ment the governor said: "ilur public business is the in"t ini- i portant of all our business. We tn,, often say that our private affairs will not permit us to interest ourselves in public affairs. We seem to forcet that If government were suspended for a a'ngle day our private affairs would be of no moment that ruin would rule all abtmt us. But government is not antoma'ic. Perpetual motion j is an idle draui In overnnieDt as la . roerhani'f.' |