The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
TAFT WILL SAVE
MANY MILLIONS
PRESIDENT MAKES ANOTHER
MOVE TO CURTAIL FEEDER
AL APPROPRIATIONS.
Many Departments Created in Past
Administration Will be Elimin-
ated


reaching. step in the direction OF fed
eral retrenchnme
Under orders from the White
House, the various Cabinet officials
have pared the estimates for their
departments so that the total is about
500, 100000 less than THE total ap-
preparations for the fiscal year that
will begin July 1. 1909, and end june
30, 1910. These estimates are for the
fiscal year that will begin July 1, 1910,
and end june 80. 1911.
The appropriations for the fiscal
yehr 19O9-1O wiilioh aggregate the
enormous amount of $1,040,0O0, 900,
are not affected by this pairing pro-
cess. These appropriations already
have been made, and until the pres
ent time everybody had supposed
they were securing from the presi-
dental pruning knife.
1t now develops that President
Taft, in pursuance of his economy
program, intends to see that a large
part OF the appropriations already
made for the fiscal year 19O9-1O shall
be turned back into the federal
treasury.
Thinks Less Will Do.
The departmental officials, by cut
ting down their estimates more than
SlOO,O00OOO below the amount actual
ly appropriated for the fiscal year
1911, have admitted that they can
get along with that much less money
during that fiscal year.
The President does not understand
why, if they can get along with $780,
100000 during the fiscal year 1901,
they should not be able also to get
along with $94O,OOO,0OO during the fis-
cal year 19O9S10 III he can hold them
down to the equivalent OF their act
ual estimates Tor the fiscal year 1911
he will be able to turn back into the
treasury $1O0,OOO,O0O at the close OF
the fiscal year 1910.
Individual Tastes Must Go.
That the last session OF Congress
will not in reality be a ''billi'on-dollar
session." after President TAFT gets
through is now regarded as certain
He may not be able to save 100000
900 OF the amount appropriated, be-
cause it is difficult 10 institute such
a sweeping. reform at single jump,
but he will return to the treasury
many millions of dollars that Con-
gress should not have appropriated.
The United States government will
no longer be used as an agent for
the exploitation of the fads and fam
cies Of individuals. This sort of ibusi-
ness will be stopped under the Taft
regime. The administration OF the
Department OF Agriculture has given
rise to dads and hobbies in grea.
numbers, which have been promoted
at the expense of the federal treasury
Tins In part, accounts for the fact
that the appropriations for the De-
partment on Agriculture Increased
from 100000 in the 55th congre SIS
to $25,OOO,O0O in the Goth congress
a growth of s15,OoO.OOO in only ten
years
Marine Hospital Service Waivers.
Another species of paternalism that
probably is doomed is found in the
marine hospital service When an en-
ploye eli a steamboat company ply
ing on waters that are navigable I'M
der the United States regulations be-
comes sick or injured he is taken to
one OF these hospitals and given
treatment and cared for until he Is
we'll, all at the expense of the govern
ment. This applies to employees whl
are not in any way connected with
the government
1t Is commended that there is nc
more reasons why the government
should give hospital treatment to en-
ployes OF steamship companies than
TO employees OF railroads or to en-
ployes of manufacturing establish
ments. One case is held by the econ
omy reformers to be on all fours
with the others.
The government now spends $780,
900 year chasing the boil weevil
1t spends $250,OOO more chasing the
gypsy moth. There are scores OF
other Investigations continually in
progress under the Department OF
Agriculture which in the aggregate
consume an enormous amount oil
revenue. Gradually the governments
has been taking on a lot OF crusades
and Investigations which should be
undertaken and paid for, if at all, by
local expense in the states and COM
munities where the work is done.
Many Commissions Doomed
There are to be some sweep. ng re-
forms under Mr. Taft, and mere
dreamers, who have been using the
government to exploit their fancies,
viii get very little help from the ad-
ministration henc eforth.
President TAFT already has abol-
fshed the Council of Fine Arts by ex-
ecutive order issued May 21 The Ad-
visory Board on Fuels and Struct-
ural Materials is doomed. Members