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Show STATES SPENDING TOO MUCH While Federal taxes from 1021 to 102; were reduced ?l,4e,000.000. total tate and local taxes increased ?1,-J15,000,000, according to Undersecretary Under-secretary o fthe Trca-ury, Mil!-. State ami local jrovc-rnmota i.;.ve followed the opposite course of that of the Federal government, spending more and more from year to year and borrowing to make up discrepancies between tax collections and expendi- u:r'--. Sh:ce U'ij Federal government cost : ' :.v- i:. creased 144 per cent ; i y.f. Mills, while those .,' v..: . have increased 1 S 3 per 'Z ;.. '' : :;r ir.crcases in expendi-; .-..res. hither ar.d higher tax rates are necessary. The people should ('emanil more economical state ad-; !'iv:ivtrat;ons. j |