Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-08

Its business demands some such ar.
rangcmcnt
The Message then takes up the ques
tion of economy in expenditures. The
ordinary expenditures for the current
fiscal year ending June 80, 1910. vii
exceed, We are told. the estimated re-
ceipts by sS4.O75.s20. If TO this deficit Il
added the sum to be disbursed for the
Panama canal. amounting to SS9, 600, 600
and $l.000.000 to be paid on the public
debt, the deficit of ordinary receipts
and expenditures Will be increased to a
total deficit of s7IO75.6eO. This deficit
the secretary proposes to meet by the
| proceeds of bonds issued to pay the
cost OF constructing the Panama canal
BY cutting down the expenditures OF
every government department, the es-
Inmates for the expenses of the govern
ment for the next fiscal year ending
June 80, 1911. are less than the appro-
| prlations for this current fiscal year by
| S42,slS,000. II Is thought that the ex-
ponditures for the next fiscal year end
| ing June 80, 1911. and excluding pay
ments ON account of the Panama canal,
Will leave a surplus of s35,9s1.O0o. The
Message adds:
The secretary of the treasury points
out what should be carefully noted in
respect to this reduction In govern
mental expenses for the next fiscal
year. that the economics are OF two
kinds-first. there is a saving In the
permanent administration of the de-
partments. bureaus and offices of the
government, ana second, there is a
present reduction in expenses by a
postponement of projects and improve
,nents 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
a great saving is made in the mill
tary expenses 1t is stated that not
less than $4,000, 900 will be saved on
this account. The naval expenses alone
are $3S,000,0 900 less than the corre-
spending estimates for last year
The President emphasizes the necessi-
ty of a change in the judicial proceed
ure with q view to reducing It's expense
to private litigants in civil cases and
facilitating tho dispatch of business in
both civil and criminal cases. He ex-
presses the view that much of the law
less violence and cruelty exhibited In
lypchIngs is directly due TO the uncer-
talnties and injustice growing out of
the delays In trials, Judgments and the
executions thereof by our courts. He
suggests in this connection that the
be confined almost wholly to statutory
and constitutional questions. He rec
ommendS the appointment OF a commits
sion with authority to examine the law
and equity procedure OF the federal
courts of first instance, the law Of ap-
peals from those courts to the courts
of appeals and to the supreme court
and the costs imposed in such proceed
ure upon the private litigants and upon
the public treasury and make recon-
with view to simplifying
and eXpediting the procedure as far as
possible and making 1t as inexpensive
as may be to the litigants OF little
means. Another recommendation Is
directed against the abuse of injunc-
lions.
The Message recommends the estab-
lishment of postal savings banks; the
passage of ship subsidy bill, the ad-
mission of New Mexico and Arizona;
the appointment of a governor and an
executive council for Alaska; legisla-
ton against the white slave trade;"
the establishment OF national bureau
Of health: publicity with regard to cam
paign funds; the conservation Of our
national resources, the observance Of the
hftieth anniversary of the emancipation
Of the negroes, and closes with the as
surance that the country is enjoying a
high state of prosperity.
The Message Of President Taft Is
clear. and statesmanlike
document Everyone who cares to keep |
posted on the affairs OF the country
should read It thoughtfully.