The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-03
TAFT POLICY.
Cutting Down of Expenses VIII Re-
suit In Dismissal OF Employees.

Cutting Down of Expenses Will Re-
sult In Dismissal OF Employees.
Washington Times.
Members of the Cabinet with whom
the President has discussed in detail
his ideas OF promoting economy in the
conduct Of the government believe that
his plan embraces these two essential
things:
The consolidation of bureaus whose
duties ana work overlap. causing a
repetition of endeavor, and the en-
ployment of government clerks so that
none of them will have. during work
Ing hours, leisure time for reading.
sewing, and similar occupations.
There seems to be no doubt that the
consolidation of bureaus Will save the
government an Immense amount OF
money. Two Of these consultations
are now being mapped out. One is the
placing of all the investigating work
In connection with corporation cases
in the hands of the Bureau of Corpora
lions. This will result in reduction
of the number of employees of the in
terstate Commerce Commission and a
comparatively slight increase in the
staff OF the Bureau OF Corporations.
The employment OF a special bureau
In the Department of Justice for the
law work In these cases will do away
with the expense Of employing outside
attorneys as was the custom In the
Roosevelt regime
The second consolidation Is that of
all the bureaus and other agencies of
the Federal government for preserving
the public health: This. even more
than the corporation reforms. will re-
duce the number of clerks and agents.
There is no doubt that members of
with the necessity of keeping their
clerical forces down to the smallest
numbers possible. As is always the
case when a new administration comes
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perfiuous clerks in different divisions,
and there has been heard the usual
murmur against "sInecures."
In some Instances the chiefs of bu-
reaus have been given to understand
that they can make good impression
by having the work under them done
with smaller forces than Is now the
case.
For these reasons 1t is assured that
the next estimates of the executive
departments in Congress will be mark
ed by less extravagance, and Will be
notable because of clerical reductions.
A wave OF economy in the conduct OF
government affairs Is on with a ven-
geance. and 1t viii bear fruit in the
shape of more work and less employees.
Government clerks are telling their
Congressman weird and wonderful
tales Of the ways in which some OF the
chiefs of divisions have been affected
by the recent announcement OF the
Cabinet in favor economy and extreme
care in the expenditure of money. One
chief. when a requisition for a lucent
mirror was issued, refused to let the
requisitiOn go through until he, had
taken a good look around and assured
himself that the number of mirrors
on his floor was such as to make an
other necessary
In several other divisions clerks
who waste paper and ink are called
to book in prompt and emphatic man
ner. Economy In paper and ink was
never heard Of Ln Washington until
within the last few days.
In regard to those clerks who find
time to read the morning newspaper
after working hours begin and get an
opportunity to take in several chapters
of the latest popular novel before the
working day ends 1t may be said that
they are in a position to be told that
they will have still more leisure. A
similar rule will be applied to ambi-
tious young men who study medicine
and law In the government Offices.
These things will come to pass all
the more surely because the chiefs
themselves are fully imbued with the
Idea that the members of the Cabinet
are In earnest in their economy talk
and mean to get results
There has been much discussion in
the Cabinet meetings as TO a method
| for having more economy In the ex-
pendltures connected with the army
and the navy, but no fixed policy in
! this connection has been agreed on
except the understanding that the
members in charge of these depart
ments shall exercise the greatest care
possible In the use of money