The Falls City tribune., 1910-12-09
eovernmental Exnense.

6E&1 Ea16N IN ARHAhA1a - AfA1
means Of the worlds commercial in
~tereourse."
Governmental Expense.
To no n subject does be devote
more space than to the pen of
conducting the various government
departments and the urgent need for
economy. and in this connection he
says:
Every effort has been made BY
each department chief to reduce the
estimated cost Of his department for
the ensuing fiscal year ending June
80. 1912. | say this In order that con
gress may understand thai these est.
mates thus made present the smallest
sum which will maintain the depart.
ments. bureaus n Offices OF the goy-
eminent and meet Its other obliga-
lions under existing law, and that a
cut of these estimates would result
In embarrassing the executive branch
oil the government In the performance
OF Its duties. This remark does not
apply to the river and harbor esti-
mates. except to those for of
maintenance and tho meeting of obli-
cations under authorized contracts.
nor does II apply to the public build
Ing bill nor to the navy building pro.
gram. OF course, as to these ION.
gress could withhold any part or all
of the estimates for them without in.
terfering with the discharge of the or
binary obligations OF these functions
OF Its departments. bureaus and of.
fees.
The final estimates for the year
ending June 80, 1912, as they have
been sent to the treasury on Novem-
Der 20 of this year, for the ordinary
expenses of the government, including
those for public buildings. rivers and
h%arbors, and the navy building pro-
gram, amount to $500, 494, 0l3.12. This
is s52,964, ss7.36 less than the ap-
preparations for the fiscal year end.
Ing June 30, 1911. 1t is $16,883.1 1894
less than the total estimates. includ.
ing supplemental estimates submitted
to congress by the treasury for the
year 1911. and is s. 1874 $50 80 less
than the original estimates submitted
by the treasury for 1911.
These luBres do not include the
appropriations for the Panama canal,
the policy in respect to which ought
to be, and Ia, to spend as much each
year a. can be economically and Of.
fectively expended In order to com.
plote the canal m promptly A. posi-.
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tive for cutting down tho expense of
tho government does not apply TO ap.
preparations Cor this purpose.
Against the estimates of expendi.
lures. $780, st. oY3i1. we have estimat.
cd receipts for next year $3.50. 900, 900,
making a probable surplus Of ordinary
receipts over ordinary expenditures of
about $50, zoo, 900. or taking into &C
count the estimates for the Panama
canal, which are $50. go. SAT 50, and
which will ultimately be paid In bonds,
1t Will leave q deficit for the next
year of about : 1000, 900. II congress
shall conclude to fortify the canal"
The Tarin.
The President devotes but little
space TO the subject OF the tarif law
and of II 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 1t %unfounded.
and TO much Misrepresentation. The
act was adopted in pursuance OF p
declaration by the party which is re.
sponsible for 1t that customs bin
should be a tariff for the protection
of home industries, the measure of
the protection to he 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 a reasonable profit to the
home producer. The basis for the
criticism of this tariff is that in re.
spect To q number of the schedules
the declared measure was not follow.
ed, bat a 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 tain has beer direct
ed against the protective principle
above stated but the main body OF
the criticism has beer based on the
attempt to conform to the measure of
protection was o honestly and sin.
eorely adhered to"
The Tariff Board.
The president refers to the appoint.
nhnnt of a board of experts to investi.
gate the cost of production of various
articles included in the schedules of
the tariff, and says:
The tariff board thus appointed
and authorized has been diligent In
preparing itself for the necessary in
~vestigations. The hope of those who
have advocated the use of this board
for tariff purposes is that the question
of the rate of a duty imposed shall
become more of a business question
and less of a political question, to be
ascertained by experts OF long train
ing and accurate knowledge. The
halt In business and the shock to bust.
ness. due to the announcement that a