Show REDUCING THE TAX LOAD boal one question that affects every person Is tax taxation aaion the time of our legislative bodies la is largely taken ap figuring ways waya tore to reduce duco expenditures the july I 1 announcement of the united states treasury lias has a personal merest interest th fit every taxpayer tho the lavenue of the notional national government government for ur tho the year ending juno june 30 totaled 0 customs receipts contributed to tha total and ly by tho the 1932 receipts which established tito tho Vr brevious evious custo cu stonia pis record these choso figures are interesting when ono one Tea realizes reaH lizes zes that the total revenue of the government in 1914 including cit atoms was waa only this ncr ner eased roven reve iio and governmental expenditures resulted in a nyi nut surplus tor for the year of tho the treasury announces tat it was waa possible to pay oft off of our national debt out of ordinary receipts under the nations pay as it ltv goes dolcy anti and still have the surplus shown our total gross debt june 30 was its as ag GOG august 31 1919 z those figures indicate that tho the bur den of war debt Is gradually being reduced and it if to maintain a sound financial nanial fl fi policy and to do not drain tho the lovorn ment treasury tor for ot of various kinds requiring large government expenditures further relief for tho the taxpayers to sonto some extent may be possible tho the outcome Is ia in tho the linnas of tho the people if they insist on extravagant expenditures they may expect to pay imy the bill if thoy they recognize efficient service by public officials and reward business hushi oss administration in city county state and nasonal affairs thoy they may expect increasing relief from burdensome tax aton lot every voter remember that ho he Is responsible for good or bad government ernnie nt and cannot pass tho the bucl buck to onto omo ono one elso else THE HA SAFEST VEST WAY AVAY A former president of tho the american Eloc electric railway association announces ti that traction companies will take lako in III about this year and invest in now merit ment and plant facilities the use of automobiles has reached a point where it Is actually fore forcing busy people onto the streetcars as aa they have not sufficient time to hunt parking spaces or garages when their cars aro are not in III use if streetcars through reckless careless or inefficient operation killed as ninny many people as do through these causes thoro there would bo be a of protest against them the deaths caused by streetcars are comparatively tow few whilo while in chicago alone last year yea GOO persons wore by crippled and had been billed up to that latter part of june this year Is it any wonder that tho the clec electrio trio car Is coming into its own when the tha matter of convie and euon omy is considered |