Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06
DOING THE BEST He
CAN DECLARES
Mr.. TAFT
President viii Never Equal His
Strenuous Predecessor as a
Press Agent; Some Econo-
mics Attempted,


| Especial Correspondence Ia Morning IournaIl
Washington. ID. c., March d..
Speaker Cannon, addressing the Ma
tional Press club recently, Character
lied ex-President Roosevelt as the
greatest press agent" that ever
lived. a sentiment highly appreciated
by those OF the profession familiar
with his administration President
Taft cannot hope TO equal him in this
| respect and has not attempted to do
SO, hence the noticeable absence of
the score of journalists so much in
evidence during the last adminlstra-
tion and who prided themselves that
they we're the eyes, ears and mouth
pieces of the administration The cold
shoulder which Mr.. TAFT has turned
toward these 'familiars' of his pre-
decessor Is largely responsible for
their hostility TO his administration
manifested by what he has charac-
terized as 'c~ontemptuous disdaln,
and "patronizing friendship" In this
connection President TAFT has eN-
pressed the hope hat the American
people viii see through something of
hypercriticism, something of hystcria
land something Of hypocrisy and have
a real sympathy with the man who
under a considerable responsibility, Is
doing the best he an"
1t is evident that President Taft in
tends to 20 direct to the people them
selves and Law before them in a series
of carefully planned set speeches his
ideas of legislation ana the policies Of
his administration. He has already
made several such speeches and his
acceptance of various invitations IN
different parts of the country, while
congress Is in session, shows his inten-
ton to get TO the people direct. Per
hans the speeches already made. par
ticularly in New York and Newark,
may be fairly criticized as smelling
too much of the lamp" but this crit
icism was leveled at Demosthenes n
| Taft does not claim to be an orator.
What he said, however, in each in
stance was received as the profound
convictions Of an able, honest and up
right man of sound judgment.
In his Newark speech the pfesl-
ldent struck q responsive chord IN ao-
vocating economy in the conduct OF
the country's business. The fact h a
~experts estimate the waste at from
500. OO0, 900 to $500, zoe, GOO per an
nun is appalling. only those ami
| lar with the situation can appreciate
the tremendous waste in duplication
Of labor. appropriations made for
political and a thousand
other ways. AS the president mas
pointed out, an economical admins
Il tration cannot be secured merely Dy
1.-The domestic expediency of doing
without something we want or mould
} have, such as refusing 70 appropriate
for river and harbor work, fortifica-
tions. battleships, public buildings and
the like, but by the introduction oil
modern methods of doing business
and requiring a dollars worth OF work
Tor material for every 100 cents eX-
nended. His subordinates are co.
operating with him and many small
economies are being introduced when
will in the aggregate save m treas
ury a great deal of money. FOR eN-
ample, in one OF the auditing bureaus
adding machines are being introduced
II Is estimated that through their use
something like 200 clerks q be dis
pensed with, to be used elsewhere or
their salaries saved. Another instance
of What can be done in little things IS
in the internal revenue bureau. COZ
Hector of Internal Revenue CabeH
has decided to cut off a few inches on
some Of the cigar stamps and slight
IN narrow the others. BY this change
lie will save $4,000 in paper, ink ana
printing alone, and will ~standardize
the stamps so they can be much more
easily counted and checked Doth mere
land in other offices throughout the
country, incidentally saving much
| clerical labor and avoiding mistakes
such as now occur. This sounds some
thing like cheese-paring, but the step
was not taken until after consulta-
ton with cigar manufacturers ana
others, and it was found the change
could be affected without injury TO
any interest concerned.