Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-12-08

Panama canal will md this the only
great commercial nation unable 70
avail In international maritime bust
ness Of this great contribution to tho
means Of the worlds commercial In
toroourso.'
Governmental Expense.
TO no one subject does he devote
moro space than to the sxpense Of
conducting the various government
departments and the urgent need for
economy. and In this connoctio, h
Says:
Every effort has been naA> Nv
each department chief to reduce The
estimated cost Of his department for
sne ensuing fiscal year ending yuas
u. 1911. Say this in order that con,
ersss may understand that theoe estl.
MATES sAus made present the smallest
sum Which Will maintain the lena,t.
1snts. bureaus al smees Of he nv
ee1oset aal meet it, ether obliear
oeas uaAsr existing law, and that q
ese q these estimates vouA result
- emearrassanG The executive brs.aA
q ~ government IN the Performance
q ~ duties. g This ';rsunark loeo not
Apply to he river and barber eeta-
MAKES. except 10 those for s1psnsss q
nanssaanes AMI Tie meeting e ebt-
gallons uadsr authorised ooatrae<s.
Aor 1oss Il Apply y tAe public build.
hS blu Asr to the navy building mo
gram. OF course, - - these Gen.
oFsss could withhold a.y PAT Or IN
OF the estimates for them without H.
torfsri.s With tie discharge Of the or
1taary obligations Of these functions
q it, Departments, bureaus and a.
1ees.
The nnal estimates for the ye.r
ending June 30, 1917, % they have
besn sent to the treasury on Noveun-
Der - Of this year, for the ordinary
expenses Of the government, includinr
those for public buildings, river, and
harbors, and the navy building pro-
gram. amount to @6so,4s4,o1s.13, This
Is $52,s64,ss73e less than tho An.
preparations for the fiscal year end.
Ing June 80. 1911. It is $1s,sss, 1853 "A
less than tho total estimates. includ.
Ing supplemental estimates submitted
TO congress BY the treasury for tho
year 1911, and Is @5,574, $3.50 less
than the original estimates submitted
by the treasury for 1911,
These dugres do not include tho
appropriations for tho Panama canal.
tho policy in respect to which ought
to be. and il, to spend az much each
year as can be economically and Of.
fect1vely expended in order to com.
piete the canal as promptly as posi-
BILE, and therefore, the ordinary mo-
tive for cutting down the expense Of
tho government does not apply to ap-
Preparations for this purpose,
Against the estimates of expendi-
lures. $640,4s4,013.12, we have estimat-
ed receipts for next year $3.50, 600, 900,
making probable surplus of ordinary
receipts over ordinary expenditures Of
about $50,O00,000, or taking into &C.
count the estimates for the Panama
canal, which are $56,920,S4769. and
which will ultimately be paid in bonds
1t will leave a deficit for the next
year Of about 100000, il congress
shall conclude to fortify the canal"
Tho Tariff.
The President devotes but little
space to the subject of the tariff law.
and of it he says:
The schedules of the rates of duty
IN the Payne tariff act have been sub
Jected to a great deal of criticism.
some of 1t just, more of it unfounded.
and to much Misrepresentation The
act was adopted in pursuance of a
declaration by the party which is re-
sponslble for it that customs bill
should be a tariff for the protection
OF home industries, the measure of
the protection to be the difference be-
tween the cost of producing the i'm
ported article abroad and the cost of
producing 1t at home, together with
such addition to that difference as
might give reasonable profit to the
home producer. The basis for the
criticism of this tariff is that in re-
spect to number of the schedules
the declared measure was not follow
ed. but higher difference retained or
inserted by way of undue discrimina-
ton in favor of certain industries and
manufactures. Little, If any, of the
criticism of the tariff has been direct
cd against the protective principle
above stated; but the main body of
the criticism has been based on the
attempt to conform to the measure of
protection was not honestly and sin
eerely adhered to-
The Tariff Board.
The president refers to tho appoint.
mont Of board Of experts to irvesti-
gate the cost of production of various
articles included In the schedules of
the tariff, and says:
"1'ho tariff h0ard Tina oppoir+od