The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

4 tue SeCfetIry u; fGc treasury. Tat the
estimates Of the expenses ot the gov
eminent tor the fiscal year ending
June 80. t91l-srhat Is, for the next
nscni year-are less by $55.66S 900
than the total OF appropriations for
the current nscal year and less by
95.O00. goo than tile estimates for that
year. So far as the secretary OF the
treasury is u,,le to form Judgment as
| TO future income. there will be no
defcit in the year ending June SO. 1911.
i but small surplus Of STU. COO.
In the present estimates the needs
OF the departments and Of the gov
! eminent have been cut to the quick.
For the purpose of securing informa-
ton which may enable the executive
and the legislative branches to unite
in a plan for the permanent reduction
or the cost Of governmental admins
| tration the treasury department has
instituted an investigation by one Of
the most skilled expert accountants In
the United States. The object of the
investigation is to devise means to In
4 crease the average efficiency OF each
4 employee. There is great room for i'm
| provement toward this end, not only
1 By the reorganization OF bureaus and
departments and In the avoidance Of
duplication. but also in the treatment
| OF the Individual employee.
/ Under the present system it constant
" happens that two EMPLOYEES receive
the same salary when the work OF one
70 1ar more diMcuit ana Important ana
A1cns .nan tnat OF tue otner. gu
p1lioi auili.y 70 nol reWafueu VI en-
~.
SVh rene'ons'
AZ the oesree OF ennciencv ID an the
uepasl'lehes IS 'nucn iessened Dy tue re-
.ene.ou - oiu euipioyees VINO nave out
ns.u .neli energy anu usefulness ~
ps'n'a uie " any plopel s5s'e
.Aas p.o' .s1on ue 'naue %
. .a ,uen sepala'iona i.on, Tug Seislce
sss .n 40. !. anu .n.' .'apl. : - ..n
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= 80, - ..N.
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ann,o,aas .na 4, as.a,,s, -sa..s.
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/ t,srad a. a. .o-r,.
s1s =" me oo''eee'on ~ CUSTOMS.
= reslet - reier 70 tne Iact OF tne
uiscovery OF extensive FRAUDS IN the
coi'ec.lon OF me customs revenue at
ne" iork cit!. IN which number OF
the supordinate EMPLOYEES IN the
weighing ana other departments were
dlrecuy concerned and ~ winch the
Denenclarles We're the American Sugar
hennins company ana others The
Irauas consisted IN the payment OF du-
" on underweights OF sugar The gov
ernnent mas recovered from the Amer
ican sugar Rehnlng company all that
M - snoMn y uase peen deIrauded OF.
ne sun was .eceiseu ~ Iuii OF tue
80 osns u oeeh
ss soss.eu ~ ~. ~ as.,ou asalns. lhe
4
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s,s ~ "n'sn .ne se''ien -, !.
'ouu uo. 'neiieie WIN or prevent
n1 eni1nai pioseculion oI every one
"no was Aounu ~ pe subject 20 the
sane
o.! IN Ia prosecutions are now pro-
cesuing AGAINST NUMBER OF the gov
erhinent oncers. Inc treasury de-
partneht ana the department OF JUS
ice are exerting every eHort to dis
Ill, ".onsuoe' 2 .neiuuins .nc
49, -. -,
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- ps pns ..e
~ s ~ uepu' ''nenl aliu 'ne
o.pa. ..e' u 1ua'ics' as ptoposeu'
m,sn' y 81 ny Immunity anu otner'
vs. plo.e az eiiio''liass'iieht 40 Sc
Sutins cons"'iou VI Tue suiity parties
Maximum and Minimum Clause In
s Tariff Act.
Two features Of the new tariff act