Show controlling PUBLIC expenditures TAXATION Is 14 one of the greatest of all problems confronting every community life it Is 19 fraught danger at every turn A high tax rate naturally paralyzes par alyes business busl busin nei esq drives existing industry elsewhere here and neutralizes neut ralles nit all effort to secure new industries for the city art an extremely 1 1 low tax rate if it Is secured at the price of neglecting valuable community i improvements and enterprises if 19 like ilke i 11 wise ise it a liability that stands in fit the way of community gromb gront li ilow how then can we strike a proper i ba balance lanee how flow can call we avoid extravagance and still be progress progressive lic ilow how can i we have good schools lq fine streets an efficient ire fire department utility service without piling up a public debt that 1111 become an enormous burden to the tax payer within a few 3 ears by careful planning Is our answer by adopting a budget of ellic civic improvements co boering covering ering a period of live five or ten years tears let us Is have an unofficial committee of 0 city officials and business leaders and let us u have haie this committee recommend a budget in which neleh all contemplated calel improvements will be to kheiri thelmi proper time chiq committee will study city finances and needed city improvements it will 1111 fix the time and cost of these improve ments in accordance with their urgency and an d importance then it will submit its report and we lie aill guide our civic by the becom recommendations trien dat ions ned fixed therein then we te will know that we are not jeopardizing the needs of tomorrow for tile the sake of tile the nalma of today |