Show I DONT DON'T LET TAX BURDEN GROW i HARDING SAYS Enforcement of Economy Termed Chief Duty of Officials I HE GIVES FIGURES Cost of State Govern Govern- Governments Governments ments Held Occasion for Alarm MINNEAPOLIS June Cry S t 8 moan possible should be b cd ed to Insure against any sary sary Increases In the cost of gov- gov gov government declared President hard lIard- hardIng Hard ln Ing InI In a I letter to Professor M 31 B of the tho of ot M Min Minnesota un made mad public today Professor Lamblo Lamble Is secretary of the League ague of i Minnesott Municipalities Municipalities Municipalities which nih will III hold It Its annual con at Faribault on June 20 and 21 The letter leller compliment complimented ed the tho th league leacue on Its choice of ot tax tax- taxation taxation tax taxation ns as a a n principal topic at the convention There Is ts no more Important duty confronting public officials e than the tho enforcement of the utmost measure of ot economy economy economy my consistent with good rood adminis adminis- administration administration wrote President Harding Hardin I This This his been n a fundamental of tho the national administrations administration's policy I cannot too strongly en- en eDI endorse e dorse I dorse e every ery effort that sour our league imay may support to carry a II like poliCY Into the th realm of municipal admin admin admin- administration administration The The national burden of ta taa- taa taxa taxation a- a atlon I tion said the president Is Is a di- di direct di dl direct and most onerous charge against th the national income It ItI bears heavily upon every every kind of business and production I Continuing the tho president rote within the past few das davs da 5 the den den- census cen census sus bureau at m my request his fur fur- furI furnished fur furnished I some figures figure which seem serm sc to me to Impress as nothing el else could the necessity for tor tho the roost most I administration In e esery cry gO l unit They rhey state for forI I example that revenues re from all sources of the state stat gO In 1913 1113 aggregated 3 and In 1921 1121 an In- In increase In-creaso In crease of o 11 per cent Expendi Expendi- Expenditures Expenditures tures arose from ill In 1913 to 1 00 In 1121 1921 In- In In Increase crease of 16 1 per cent Indebted Indebted- Indebtedness Indebtedness ness floss Increased from In 1913 1912 to 1 I In 1921 an Increase of per cent I heso figures hardly requIre comment b be cause they demonstrate so CO conclusively h ively tely ely it seems to me that costs of state government Are rising at a arato arate arate rate rato which at least justifies the most serious consideration 1310 I Along Alone ith the foregoing dat data regarding cost of state goern- goern ern- ern menU ments the census bureau has fur fur- furnished furnished fur furnished some figures figure on th the In in- in increases creases In-creases creases creMes In cost of city governments Thes These fIgures are ore based on the reo re- returns re returns turns of o the governments of 22 23 of the largest cities in the th country It ItIs Itis Itis Is shoe sho shown shon n that for tor cities In this group revenues in 1913 amounted to 0 and In 1921 1067 an Increase of ot 76 7 per cent For the same group troup expenditures pro In 1913 1813 and ond In an Increase of 71 per cent Aggregate Indebted Indebted- Indebtedness nets Indebted ness nes of ot 1913 was nibs 2 3 and in 1121 1921 H 4 an In- In Increase increase In Increase crease of or 49 4 percent per nn cent |