The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-22

ing to the recent administrative orders
forbidding government officers from max
ing public any statement of estimates on
which future appropriations are based. 1t
is safe to assume from the making OF
the orders that there has been no i'm
proVement, otherwise the public would
not be denied all information pending the
campaign
Now this deficiency in receipts presents
a serious situation. Either the expenses
must be cut down-and the present ad-
ministration says in effect that it does
not propose to do it-or we must PROVIDE
some other method Of raising the needed
money. Either bonds must be issued for
that purpose or we must levy other taxes.
revenue law of 1898, an ineonvenient and
which in its operation both annoyed and
burden every class of people.
Saving Is Not Attractive
We do not charge that money is de-
1iberately thrown away, or that it is turn
ed over to all who make some shadow OF
claim for it without questioning. But
rather that this points Enthusiastically to
lack of holding in check those who will
ernment expense. In other words, the
saving of the peoples money is
no longer an object of the adninistra-
tion. Saving millions of the peoples
money q year is no longer attractive.
Every business man knows he must be on
guard if he would prevent the expenses
of his business from eating up both prof
it and principal Experienee teaches
quired to- keep expenses within limits.
The rule is the same as to the govern
ment expenditures, but it is not always
needed Indeed of late it seems to be
seldom needed.
The politician who said: what is the
constitution between friends? stated the
view entertained my many, view that is
growing among those who want some
thing from the government. 1t affects
communities as well as individuals. 1t
is evidenced by multitudinous schemes to
secure government expenditures in locali-
ties. Each not only seeks what 1t needs,
but what is calls its share. Illustrations
abound on every hand which show that
the teachings of recent years-that 1t
is a regular function of the government
to help individuals-is having a disas-
trous effect upon political morals. 1t stim-
ulates the ingenuity of individuals in ey-
cry locality to devise ways and means to
secure its part.
Helps the CRATER
It all tends to the creation and support
of the CRATER. A class of men who
have multiplied vastly of late, so vastly
that they may be found everywhere
throughout the length and breadth of this
nothing; that something to come out of
the public treasury, thus creating bur-
den that is felt more and more every
year by the taxpayers. who can rely for
| pIOlGCtlOn OIuy upon Tie CcAHOot eitOAi-
fulness and rugged honesty of those
charged with the duty of administration.
Our administrative officials should re-
turn once more to those sound principles
which were formerly in operation, princi-
pies which distinguished many admins
ira tions and now cause us to speak with
just pride of the administrative principles
of the fathers principles which were pro-
mulgated in Andrew Jackson's inaugural
address, which I quote in closing, to
which beg your close attention He said:
1.-The mana cement of the public reve-
nue-the searching operation in all gov
ernments-is among the most delicate
and important trusts in Office, and it will
Of course demand no jnconsiderable
share of my official solicitude. Under ev-
cry aspect in which it can be viewed 1t
will appear that advantage must result
from the observanceS of a strict and
faithful economy. This 1 shall aim at
the more anxiouSly both because 1t will
facilitate the extinguishment of the ma :
tional debt. the unnecessary duration of
which is incompatible with real inde-
pendence, and because it will counteract
that tendency to public and private prof
ligacy, which a profuse expenditure of
money by the governmentis but too apt to
engender."
Judge Parker will address delegates
from the Harlem Democratic club and
the Parker Independent club, of New
York, tomorrow on the tariff.