The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-12-17

70 our expanding commerce. Is met ~
the expansion ~ the bureau ~ trad.
relations a. SCI forth ia the estimates
Tor the department OF state.
government Expenditures and Reys-
nues.
Perhaps the most important question
presented 20 this administration is that
~ economy 100 expenditures and sum
clency OF revenue The deficit of the
last nscal year. and the certain deficit
Or the current year prompted congress
20 throw 1reater resuonslbilltv on
the executive ana the secretary 81 the
treasury than had heretofore been de-
cared ny statute. This declaration
Imposes upon the secretary Of the
treasury the duty - assembling an the
estimates 81 the executive departments
bureaus. and Offices. OF the expendi-
lures necessary In the ensuing fiscal
year ana OF making an estimate OF
the revenues OF the government for
the same period. and n a probable
dehcit Is thus shown. IL Is made the
dutF % the president 10 recommend
the method by which such deficit can
be met
The report ~ the secretary shows
that the ordinary expenditures for the
current fiscal year ending June 30 1910.
viii exceed the estimated receipts bv
S34.075.G2O. II 10 this deficit is added
the sum 20 be disbursed for the Pan
anna Canal amounting 10 So 900 900
ana $1,000. 600 TO be paid on the public
debt. the deficit 81 ordinary receipts
ana expenditures will be Increased to
total deficit Of s73.075 $50 This de-
hcit the secretary proposes 10 meet by
the proceeds Of bonds issued TO pay
the cost OF constructing the Panama
Canal. ! approve this proposal
The policy OF paying for the con-
structon OF the Panama Canal not out
OF current revenue. but by bond issues
was adopted in the Spooner act Of
1870. and there seems 70 be no good
reason for departing from the prin-
ciple by which a part at least Of the
hurden OF the cost OF the canal shall
fall upon our posterity who are TO en-
JOY IL. and there Is all the more rea-
son Tor this view because the actual
cost 70 date Of the canal which IS now
half done and which viii he completed
anuary !. 1915. shows that the cost OF
engineering and construction will be
329s. 100 900, instead OF sI3g705 200. as
originally estimated. In addition 70
engineering and construction. the other
expenses. including sanitation nd gov
eminent and the amount paid for the
properties. the franchise. and the privi-
lege 81 building the canal Increase the
cost 81 SIS $4,000. TO a total OF 1915
2Oi 900 The increase in the cost OF
engineering and construction is due to
substantial enlargement Of the plan
OF construction by widening the canal
100 feet in the Culeh-a cut and bv in
creasing the dimensions OF the locks
10 the underestimate Of the quantity Of
the work 10 be done under the orig
inal plan. and to an underestimate OF
the cost ~ labor and materials both OF
which have greatly enhanced In price
In order 20 avoid a deficit for the
ensuing fiscal year I directed the
heads OF departments in the prepare
ton OF their estimates 70 make them
as low as possible consistent with i'm
perative governmental necessity. The
result has been as am advised by the
secretary of the treasury that the es-
Inmates for the expenses az the gov
eminent for the next fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1911 are less than the APP
preparations for this current fiscal
year by sag $4,000 SO far as the sec
rotary Of the treasury Is able 10 form
a Judgment as 10 future income and
compare IL with the expenditures for
the next fiscal year ending June 30
1871. and excluding payments on ac-
count 81 the Panama Canal which Will
doubtless be taken M by bonds. there
will be a surplus OF S35 s3i 900.
In the present estimates the needs
Of the departments and ~ the govern
ment have been cut TO the quick. so 70
speak. and any assumption on the
part OF congress. so often made in
times past that the estimates have
been prepared with the expectation
that they may be reduced viii result
in seriously hampering proper admin
istratian
To reduce the cost OF permanent
administration, says the president,
thorough reorganization OF bureaus.
Offices and departments would be nee
essary An expert accountant has
been making an investigation into this
matter and the result Of his work
shows opportunity for both substan-
tial reductions in cost and increase OF
efficiency.
Frauds in the Collection Of Customs.
regret 10 refer 10 the fact 81 the dis
covery Of extensive frauds in the collec-
ton Of the customs revenue az New York
city. IN which a number OF the subor-
dlnate employees In the Weighing and
other departments We're directly con-
cerned. and in which the beneficiaries
were the American Sugar Refining Com
nany and Others. The frauds consisted
in the payment Of duty on underweights
OF sugar The government has recovered
from the American Sugar Refining Com
pany all that il is shown 10 have been de-
frauded or The sum was received In fun
81 the amount due. which might have
been recovered by civil suit against the
beneficiary of the fraud. but there was
an express reservation in the contract 81
settlement by which the settlement should
not interfere with. or prevent the Grim
inai prosecution Of everyone who was
found 20 be subject TO the same.
Criminal prosecutions are now proceed
Ing against a number Of the government
officers The treasury department and the
department OF justice are exerting every
effort 10 discover all the wrongdoers. in
Guiding the officers and employees Of the
companies who may have been privy 10
the fraud 1t would seem 70 me that an
Investigation Of the frauds by congress AT
present pending the probing by the treas
urv department and the department II
Justice. rs proposed. might by giving i'm
munity and otherwise prove an emhar-
rassnent in securing conviction OF the
guilty parties.
Maximum and Minimum Clause In
Tariff Act.
Two features Of the new tariff act call
Tor special reference. BY virtue OF the
clause known as the maximum and min
imum" clause II IS the duty OF the exec
u,ive 70 consider the laws and practices
~ other countries with reference 10 the