The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-07

debt. the utlCtl OF Ordinary receipts
and expenditures viii BE- increased TO
: total deficit OF s73e7s.s2o. This de-
hcit the secretary proposes to meet By
the proceeds Of bonds issued 70 pay
the cost of constructing the Panama
Canal I approve this proposal
The policy Of paying for the con
struction of the Panama Canal. not out
0f current revenue. but by bond issues.
was adopted 10 the Spoener act OF
1890. and teere seems 20 be no good
reason for departing from the prin-
ciple by which part at least Of the
burden of the cost Of the canal shall
fall upon cur posteritx who are 10 en-
Joy IL. and there Is al the more req
son for this view because the sctuat
cost TO date OF the canal. which IL now
half done and which will be completed
anuary l. fsl5. shows that the cost ~
engineering and construction will be
1921 7se. 600 instead Of si3e 7e5 2ea ss
originally estimated In addition tc
engineering and construction the other
expenses. including sanitation and gov
eminent. and the amount paid for ths
properties the franchise. and the pTivi-
legs Of building the canal increase the
cost of SIS tSs.000. TO a total of sST5.-
20f eco. The increase in the cost Of
engineering and construction is due 10
substantial enlargement Of the plan
Of construction by widening the canal
100 feet - the Culebra cut and by in
creasing the dimensions Of the locks.
TO The underestimate of the quantity Of
the work to be done under the orig
inal plan. and "a an underestimate ~
the cost df labor and materials. both of
which have greatly enhanced In price
since the original estimmate was made
IN order 10 avoid a deficit for the
ensuing fiscal year directed the
heads df departments IN the prepsrs
tion Of their estimates 10 make them
as taW Al possible consistent with inn
perstiee governmental necessity. The
result has been. as afu advised by the
secretary nf tho treasury that the es-
Inmates for the EXPENSES OF the gov
eminent for the next nscal year end
ing June 80. iaii are less than the ap-
pronriatons for this current fiscal
year BY sfe seeg so far as the sec
retafv ~ the treasury is able to form
a judgment as TO future Income and
compare It with the expenditures for
the next hsral year ending June 80
1911 and excluding payments an ac-
count OF the Panama canal which will
doubtless be taken up by bonds. there
will he = surplus ~ s3s.s3i 900
Ia the present estimates the needs
ot the Departments and of the govern
ment hsve been cut to the quick so 10
sneak and ANY assumption on the
mart of congress 50 often made in
times mast that the estimates have
been prepared with the expectation
thar they may he reduced. will result
in seriously hampering proper admin
istra tion,
The secretary OF the treasury points
out what should be carefully noted In
rcSpect TO this reduction in govern
mental expenses for the next fiscal
wear that the ecOnemies are OF two
kinGs-frst there is a sa wing in the
permanent administration az the de-
partmenis bureaus and officss of the
government. and. second there Is
present reduction in expenses by
postponemsnt Of projects ana improve
ments that ultimately will have 10 be
+ carried out. but which are now de-
laved with the hooe that additional
revenue in the future will permit their
execution without producing a deficit
II has been impossible in the prep
aration Of estimates greatly 10 reduce
the cost OF permanent administration
This can not be done without a thor
ough reorganization Of bureaus Offices
and departments. For the purpose OF
securing information which may en-
| branches to unite IN a nlan for the
permanent reduction OF the cost Of
+ Governmental administration the treas
rrv denartment haa Instituted an IN
vestiVation nv ono of The most skiliad
exnert accountants in the United
states The result ~ hts worL IN tuo
or three bureaus whi,h n sxtend.d ~
the entire government. must occuuv
fwo or more vesrs has hAen IL show
rr,,eb roon, for ,nnrovement and On
nnrtunitv ,or suhstantiat reductiors IL
,hs ea.t and ,rcreased eesciencv ~ -
ninistration The object ~ The inve.-
tigation is to devise means to Increase
the average enieiency OF each en-
pioye. Inere Is great room Tor I'M
provement toward lh.s end not only
ny the feoreahia"tioh ot bureaus ana
departments anu "a tle aVoioahee OF
auplioAuoh* w NAa9 Az AHe ue1lnleht
OF the Individual employe.
Under the present eystem 4 constantly
happens taat Two employees receive lne
same salary when me work or one - taf
mere difncuit ana inportan. ano exact
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