Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

than do the individual workmen,
farmers, small merchants, clerks
and professional men. But in actual
human comfort and happiness pros
perity is vastly more important to
tbs wage Garner than to the
wealthy. Hence. it is a legitimate
office of those charged of govern
mental responsibility to do what
they can to prevent the
spreading Of fears which will drive
capital to it's boarding place and
prevent the investments necessary
to carry on the widely expanded
business of this country from which
our people derive their livelihood.
Business men now view with favor
rather than alarm the strict en-
forcement of law.
FEDERAL EXPENSES GREATER
Our population has vastly in
creased, our tax producing capacity
has grown in proportion and the
annual expenses of the government
under the new conditions that sur
round 1t have become greater by
many millions. Our Democratic
friends are in the habit of saying
that our government is taking out
from the people in taxes a billion
dollars a year and expending 1t for
the expenses of government. This
is an erroneous statement. The net
expense of running this government
derived from the proceeds of taxa
tion is about $3.50, 100000 a year, not
a billion dollars a year. The total
of appropriations is not a true in
dication of the expenses derived
from taxation. AS an illustration,
1 cite the postoffice department.
In addition to the ordinary eX-
penses of $3.50, 900 appropriated
by congress last year there was
also appropriated for the eXpendi-
lures of the postofflce department
approximately $3.50, 100000, but the
postal revenues are practically
equal to the postal expenditures,
and the burden of that department
upon taxpayers this year will,
therefore,, be practically nothing.
Our Democratic friends are say
ing that If the Democratic party
came into power it would reduce
the expenses of the government.
$500. 700, 900. Do they mean that the
Democrats would abolish the pen
sion list? Do they mean that they
would abandon Porto Rico and the
Sandwich Islands, and the Philip
pines? Let us have a little speciti-
cation. What are such statements
worth unless the gentlemen VINO
make them give us the details of
+he expenditures that they criticise
and expect to avoid if they are let
into power ard become themselves
the national government?
POSSIBILITY FOR ECONOMY
It is possible to save money in
carrying on this government, and
we are now struggling in this ad-
ministration to find out how mod
ern principles of business organiza-
ton and efficiency may be applied
to q governmental structure that
has been handed down for hundred
years and never has been reorgan-
lied with the idea of securing mod
ern business economy But it is
hard work, and when one speaks
glibly of $300,000,000 being saved
each year in the ordinary conduct
of the government, and when that
saving is to be made under the
direction of a party so lacking in
everything that goes to make up
business cohesiveness and single
ness of aim and view as the Demo-
cratic party, we regret the state
ment as Pickwickian. / cannot
close these remarks without ref
erence to the action taken by our
party in the state of New York dur
ing the present week.
Let us constantly remember that
If we stick to our principles, if we
insist upon efficiency in govern
ment, if we perform our promises
in the future as In the past when
opportunity affords, if we stand
shoulder to shoulder in the determi-
nation to carry on the work of
progress as we have understood it
then because we are an effective
and progressive party, because we
know how practically to carry on
government, because we have prin-
ciples by which we propose to stand
in the face of victory or defeat.
we shall certainly be continued in
power.