The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-15
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Books VIII Remain.
IL Am senterprising" newspaper COR
; respondent made the belated discoy;
tlery that Frank Wilson. who super
INTENDED the installing OF the books
! IN the county Offices under the SALARY
act, had gone out Of state service
land that man named Dover had
lbeen engaged as an assistant in the
Estate tax commissioners office. II
appears tina. upon making this be-
Hated discovery, he at once jumped
Ito the conclusion that the work OF
Mr.. Wilson and the books Installed
had proved a failure and that new
Iset OF books was to take the place
of those in usesat this time, which
would necessarily mean great cost
to the state. He went so far as to
figure 1t out to a nicely, making an
even fifty thousand dollars as the
amount.
Several newspapers seem to have
been misled by the correspondent
and are taking 1t for granted that
the system has proved a failure, but
such view is not taken by those
who ought to be In position to
know. For instance, both the gov
ernor and the state tax commissioner
see no occasion for alarm and they
are confident the system will fully
vindicatc itself before the end of the
year and prove wise piece OF legis-
lation. There is assuredly no reason
even to suspect that either Of these
officials would undertake to deceive
the people and every reason to be-
lieye that they are dealing with the
subject honstly and have expressed
themselves fairly. They both give
out the information that there will
be no desertion of the system but
both are eager wherever it is neces-
sary, IL at all, to smooth out the
rough places. On this subject the
Charleston Mail very nicely sets
forth the intention OF the governor
and the tax commissioner in the fol-
lowing editorial, after having pub
lished statements from both:
Governor Glassscock and TAX
Commissioner Townsend have made
II clears and unmistakable that there
Is nothing the matter with the uni
form system OF accounting law, at
present in force in the state, and
that there is to be no let-up in the
effort to have 1t fully and completely
installed in every department OF the
public service.
The fact that in one or two in
stances the system inaugurated was
found to be faulty in the matter of
detail only. will not deter those in
authority from going right along
with their efforts TO install the sys-
TEN throughout the state and in all
departments OF the public service &
1t would have been surprising In
deed II the entire transformation
from the old and loose methods 10
the new and accurate system Of ac-
counting should have been brought
about without some fault finding, ana
even failures in the details. But adj
vantage will be taken of the failures
and in this respect the Improvement
will be all the more effective.
AS to the charge that there has
been great loss to the state by rea-
son OF the installation OF useless
books and SYSTEMS which can not be
used, that is all 'bosh. Some few
changes will be advised but the loss
In this respect In inconsequentIal in
comparison to the saving that has al
ready been accomplished by reason
of this system.
There is nothing the matter with
the uniform accounting system with
an honest official, and the law will
lyindicate itself when fully establish
ed.