Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-07
MESSAGE OF
THE PRESIDENT
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of the treasury the duty of assembling
all, the estimates of the executive de
nartlncnts, bureaus and offices. OF the
expendituros necessary In the ensuinf
ascaI year, and of making an estimate
of tho revenues OF the government fol
the same period and II a probable de-
felt Is thus SHOWN, 1T is made tho duty
OF the president to recommend the
method by which such deficit can be
met.
EXCESS OF EXPENDITURES.
The report of the secretary shows
that the ordinary expenditures for the
currcnt fiscal year ending June 30. lslV
will exceed the estimated receipts py
SS4.075, go. If to this deficit is added
the sum TO be disbursed for the Fan
anna canal. amounting to S39,0OO0Oo and
81 000. 900 10 be paid on the public deot,
the deficit of ordinary receipts and ex-
nenditurcs will be increased to total
deficit, of s73,0I5, $40 This deficit the
secretary proposes TO meet by the pro-
cceds of bonds issued to pay the cost
OF constructing the Panama canal
approve this proposal
PANAMA CANAL CONSTRUCTION.
t,on of the Panama canal, not out OF
current revenue but by bond issue, was
odopted in the Spooner act OF l9OS ana
there seems to be no good reason ior
departing from the principle by which
n mart at least of the burden OF the
cost OF the canal shall fall upon our
nosterity who are to enjoy 1T. and there
Is ali tho more reason for this view be-
cause the actual cost to date of tho
naIwhIch IS not half done and which
will be completed Jan. l, 1915. shows
that the cost Of engineering and con-
structing will be $29l 1000 instead OF
s139 705, 200, as originally estimated. In
addition to engineering and construc-
tion. the other expenses including san
itation and government and the amount
paid for the properties. the franchise.
and the privilege OF building the canal,
increase the cost by Si5.i35.O 600. to more
than 1915 1000. The increase in tho
cost of engineering and construction is
due to substantial enlargement of the
plan of construction by widening the
canal 100 feet In the Culebra cut and
by increasing the dimensions of the
locks, to the underestimate of the
quantity of the work to be done in
the original plan. and to an under-es-
innate OF the cost of labor and ma
terlals. both of which have greatly en-
HANGED in price since the original
SSbiiidtO neo
ESTIMATES CUT DOWN.
In order to avoid deficit for the en-
suing fiscal year, L directed the heads
of departments In the preparation of
their estimates to make them as low as
possible consistent with imperative
governmental necessity. The result has
been as 1 am advised by the secretary
of the treasury, that the estimates for
the expenses of the government for the |
next fiscal year ending June 30 1911, are |
less than the appropriations for this |
current fiscal year by $42,S1S,000. So |
far as the secretary of the treasury is |
able 10 form judgment as to the fu- |
ture income and compare it with the |
expenditures for the next fiscal year |
ending June 80 1911. and excluding pay
mentS on account OF the Panama canal, |
which doubtless would be taken up by |
bonds, there VIII be a surplus OF $780,
93l. 900.
In the present estimates the needs OF
the departments of the government
have been cut to the quick, so to speak,
and any assumption on the part OF the
Congress, SO often made in times past. 1
that the estimates have been prepared
with tho expectation that they may be
reduced, viii result IN seriously ham
pering the proper administration.
KINDS OF ECONOMICS.
The secretary of tho treasury points
out what should be carefully noted in
respect to this reduction in govern
mental expenses for the next fiscal
year. that the economies arc of two
kinds-first-there is saving in the
permanent administration OF the de-
partments. bureaus and offices of the
government. and second, there Is
present reduction in expenses by a
Dostponement OF projects and improve
ments that ultimately will have to be
carried out, but which are now delayed
with the hope that additional revenue
in the future will permit their execution
without procuring a deficit.
1t has been impossible In the prepara-
.lons OF estimates greatly TO reduce the
cost OF permanent legislation. This
cannot be done without a thorough |
organization of the bureaus, offices and
departments. For the purpose of Sc
curing information which may enable
the executive and the legislative
DranchcG to unite In plan for the per-
manent reduction of the cost of gov
ernmental administration, the treasury
department has instituted an invcsti-
CATION by one of the most skilled ex-
port accountants in the United States.
The result Of his work in two or three
bureaus which. IL extended to the en-
tire government, must occupy two or
more years, has beeen TO show much
room for Improvement and opportunity |
for substantial reductions in the cost
and increased efficiency of administra-
tlon. The object OF the investigation
Is to devise means to increase the av-
erage efficiency of each employe. There
is great room for Improvement toward
this end, not only by the re-organiza-
uon OF bureaus and departments and in
inc avoidance of duplication. but also
IN The treatment of the individual em-