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Many Incompetent Employees.

Last March when this administration
came into power, it was perfectly clear
that so far as the Treasury Department
was concerned important improvements
in business methods were possible. which
would result in greater conveniences to
the public and In actual savings of cash
to the government. and Mr.. MacVeagh's
business experience detected in few
days where the important savings could
be made.
THE most obvious point for saving in
the government service is. of course. In
the personnel A careful efficiency test
revealed the fact that hundreds Of en-
ployes in the Treasury Department are
incompetent by reason of age and other
disabilities. The results of this test were
so startling that 1t became clear that II
gress passing a civil pension law it
would not be proper to throw out OF the
service 50 large a number of employees
on the eve Of the adoption of civil
the President in his message and ap-
proved by Secretary MacVeagh.
Therefore. effort was directed in other
lines, as, for instance, the adoption of
better merchandising methods in the
manufacture and distribution of all pa
per money: the operations of the minis,
subtreasuries, assay offices, bureau OF
engraving and printing. were scrutinized
closely with the assistance of the well
known firm Of experts, Arthur Young &
Co. Of Chicago and New York. Places
were found in which fully a million dol
lars a year could be saved without any
new law being passed by Congress. A
petty illustration will demonstrate the
point: For the convenience of the register
of the Treasury, a list of government
bondholders for years has been printed
just after the first coupon day of each
year. Five copies only were printed.
They cost $3.50 apiece. A card catalogue
costing 500 is a permanent and more
| valuable substitute. Thus what had
| cost So $50 every year is now being done
| for S1O0
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Other Savings Effected.


by canceling the money at the SUBJ
treasures and shipping it as mutilated
currency to Washington instead Of, as
was done, canceling it as soon as it
reached Washington S125 a day is saved
because OF the difference in the cost of
insurng the safe transportation OF money
and ordinary merchandise.
Counting machines and mechanical
adjusters enabled the department to drop
eighty people at the Philadelphia mint
last Thursday without injuring the eff
cheney of the service and making saw
ing of $4,000 year in salaries.
1T was found that tons of distinctive
paper were carted to the Treasury build
ing and carried upstairs and downstairs,
from one division to another, counted and
checked forty-seven different times. on
the theory that every time paper money
is handled there is added safety, instead
OF working upon the theory that money
is like dynamite-it must be handled ex-
| ceedingly well just as few times as pos
sible.
by impr ovements of this general nature
| the Treasury Department, instead of it's
| usual annual increase of one million or
two million dollars. was for the fiscal
year 1911 enabled to make heavy reduc-
tons in it's estimates.
illustrations can be multiplied, as, for
| instance: A useless printing office, en-
| ploying twenty men and duplicating the
work of the government printing office,
| was abolished. Treasury bindery was
| maintained because certain class of in
coming mail had been pasted on ledger
| linen sheets and bound in handsome vol
umes since the days of Alexander Hamil-
| ton. The practice was discontinued and
| the bindery abolished. The books were
| objects of interest to antiquarians, but of
| no actual use to the department. 1t is
| impossible to estimate how much has
| been expended in the past 100 years on
unnecessary processes Of this sort.
THE post Office auditor, who is a
Treasury official, was using A. adding
machines; by using So more he was en-
abied to drop q clerks and cut his esti-
mates $4,000. BY installing an ice-mak-
| ing machine in an empty room next to
the boiler room in the Treasury building.
| the cost of ice used in the department is
cut from $3.50 per ton to less than 81
ton
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require the ability demanded OF the presi-
dent OF bank. Just after the civil
war men like Daskam, Huntington and
McLennan were fortunately found But
private business during the past twenty
years has prevented the government
service from attracting and keeping men
of the same type. 1t is hoped that as
the craze for money making slackens
men OF ability who, perhaps possess a
competence will volunteer for the inter-
esting work OF the important government
bureaus"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-16

gardly when it comes to the bureau
chiefs, and pays the chiefs of the divi
sion of bookkeeping and warrants
really fill that place and fill it well
could do more for his country. In all
human probability, than he could by be-
ing ambassador to the court Of st. James
or commander-in-chief of the army.
''The same may be said In the division
of public moneys, the division of loans
and currency and many other exceedingly
important. but little known divisions of
the Treasury. All Of these positions
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in Washington: 1t deals with the esti-
mates and appropriations of all the de-
partments. A vigorous, active-minded
chief could save millions OF dollars to the
government by analysing the figures SUBJ
mitted and pointing out the defects in the
estimates as they arrive from year to
year. The position calls for a man Of
the banker or chartered public account
ant type, who in private business would
earn somewhere between 10000 and $50
600 a year. The government Is munifi-
cent in paying 81, 800 year to stenog-
raphers worth $500 year, but it Is mig
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-16

-Naptha Soap. our regular. price. .4c
Old Dutch Cleanser, per can............6c
WHY pay others more?
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Expert Commission Wanted.

Congress proposes commission con-
sisting of five senators and five members
of the House of Representatives to look
these matters over and ascertain where
the saving can be made. This may prove
To he very good but it must be remem
bered that it has been done before and
with little success. II congress Wouid
authorize the President of the United
states to employ Independent outside ex-
perts to examine the departments and at
the same time give him authority to make
such REORGANIZATION as he saw fit. then
fine hundreds of millions of dollars could
be saved
devote the time to this investigation,
and the man from the outside. who has
NO personal interest in the personnel and
who has not become accustomed to the
expenditures that occur day by day. and
who lis an expert in business methods,
recommended an appropriation of $780,
o0O for next year, to be made available
for such investigation in the Treasury
Department alone, so that whether or
NOT the general congressional inquiry
goes forward 1t is hoped that the esti-
mates for the succeeding year Tor the
Treasury Department wiz SNOW suostan-
what Is needed in the Treasury De-
nartment. and in every department, above
ali else is the ability to find and to. recog-
nize among the young men those who
have the latent initiative necessary to
bring the government service up to the
economical standard OF prVate business.
Furthermore, there is need to enlist for
government service young men who have
the same zeal for this work that they
display in private business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-16

Michigan Navy Beans, per quart........0c
These are from the fields of Michigan.
Not the ordinary Imported Beans which
will not cook in a week. Better buy of
us, 1t means satisfaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-16

1.-THE division of bookkeeping and war
rants, the chief OF which has just died,
is one of the most important positions
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COLDS CAUSE HDADACHE.

LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine, the world wild.
Cold and Grip remedy. removes cause. Can tor
full name. Look for signature q. w. Grove. Or.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-16
Common Sense.

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medicines is open to everybody. ~
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ing the searchlight of invesga-
ton turned fully upon his formulate, being confident
that the better the composition of these medicines
known the will their great curative merits be
recognized.
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Abolition Of a Division.

Another economy is the total abolition
Of the issue division of the treasurer's Of
five. Silver certificates. gold certificates
and the greenbacks had been brought to
the Treasury building from the bureau Of
engraving and printing in order to have
the government seal placed upon them
Sheets containing four notes each were
run through printing press and then
separated by young woman employees:
they were then tied up in packages of
100 notes each and counted An auto
matte device was developed at the bureau
Of engraving and printing by which these
notes were printed. sealed, numbered.
separated, counted and packed in one
operation, thus making a net saving to
the government yearly of over 100000.
"A daily Treasury statement was sent
out to list of subscribers, which had
not been revised in many years. 1t cost
several thousand dollars a year to send
out this statement to people who had long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-16

been dead. Not only that, but this state
ment was sent out in expensive linen en-
veIopes. BY printing Treasury franks on
the back and folding them IN cerIaln
way, the use Of envelopes was abolished
and $500 was saved. The list was re-
vfsed and this statement is only sent to
those who wish to receive it.
1.-The system of filing incoming and
outgoing mail was faulty. Press copies
on loose tissue sheets were sent to the
government printing office and there
bound up into volumes. An order was
issued yesterday to substitute modern
methods In this line which will result in
a saving of $4,000 year in this single
item An expert who has been looking
through the system of fling SAID yester-
day that if his report were adopted 1t
would result in saving Of 100000
year, and that 1t would be the largest
order placed in the history Of the filing
business The volume Of mail in this
great department Is not generally under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-16
STOPPING UP THE LEAKS
Assistant Secretary Norton Tells Of
Economies Effected.
WORK IS HARDLY BEGUN
Where Operations Have Been Scru-
tinted the Application Of Bust
ness System Effects Big Saving.
BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
Congress has appropriated So, ZOO to pay
the expense of recognizing the Treasury
Department and undermining it's method
Of business. 1t is probable that an addi-
tional appropriation of 100000 will be
voted to enable Secretary MacVeagh to
call in expert accountants and men who
are in the habit of giving advice on such
subjects. The Treasury Department
spends an average of $3S,OOO,0OO a year,
and 1t is believed that this could be re-
duced to $35,OOO,OOO by the introduction
OF modern methods in the place of the
Anticipated systems that are now in use
in some of the bureaus. Much has al
ready been done by Assistant Secretary
Norton. Assistant Secretary Hills and
Robert p. Bailey, who is Mr.. MacVeagh' s
private secretary, and during the debate
on the emergency appropriation bill MIR.
| Tawney. chairman of the House commit
| tee on appropriations, said that Assistant
Secretary Norton of Chicago, who has
this in charge. and who is improving the
methods of doing business to some extent
in the Treasury Department. has reduced
| the estimates for that department in the
| neighborhood of $4,000
Representative Mann, in the same de-
bate. also paid very high compliment to
Mr.. Norton and called him 1.-The Invest
wire on administrative methods that any
member of this House, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, knows. He is man of
modern business methods. He has al
ready, by instituting improvements in
various methods Of the department.. saved
the government large sums of money"
When asked Mr.. Norton what had been
done in this respect he said:
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Senator Aldrich's Estimate.

Senator Aldrich suggests that 100000
600 could be saved by the government.
The senator's figure may be high. but the
Treasury opinion is that great annual
savings are possible, and for this reason:
Not a single government operation has
been examined upon which the application
Of modern business methods would not
save somewhere between 5 and 40 per
cent The government spends billion
year. A single yacht is the badge Of
rich man. Uncle Sam owns. besides the
navy, many fleets. independently operated.
as, for instance, the revenue cutter fleet,
the life-saving fleet. the fisheries fleet.
the lighthouse tenders. the c.-stom house
fleet, the post Office fleet, the War De-
partment fleet tugs and tenders and many
others. 1t has been said that every de-
partment, except the Department of JUS
tice has a fleet The Treasury and the
Department of Commerce and Labor each
has several fleets. The possibility Of CO.
operation and coordination between these
services has never been tested. At the lit
tle village of Woods Hole, Mass. a trim
fisheries yacht ties up on one side OF the
wharf and a revenue cutter on the other
side, with perhaps lighthouse tender an
chored in the harbor. Each OF thes YES
sells is actively employed in the work for
which it is designed only part OF the
time. In such cases cooperation and CO.
ordination is possible, and 1t is in such
directions as these that we can look for
heavy savings.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-18
CONDITION OF CROPS.

The Continental and Commercial National Chicago
compiling crop business report of the United States
The report which looked forward to by in all walks OF fe
is conservative and yet most cheering.
In part the report is follows
prodgal her yields of grains forage
eabes and fruits but has harvess this year ample Tor the
requirements country xhaustng the supplies from
year has been unpropou at times and as
capous localities While the Southwest suffered discom
yields of the drouth last the North
has been the sufferer this The winter gors greatly re-
dced the increased the winter wheat section but the yield
and what time
promised be caamous wheat ended in generous in
this variety the spring
through the disastrous drou of North Dakota and portions
h.. - 81, 1. ~, +o+o1 u,oa+ outturn avcoed tho
demand for bread and seed
the spring. which caused vigorous
growth wheat and induced earlier planting The long
continent the month May
portion of caused frequent repntng of the and for
gloomy outlook But the big portion of the belt
quickly while the section through dry
when despair making setting timely rains and
relief the stricken section and this great
upon which much of the nations prosperity and support
depends promises excellent yield.
Our reports crop 900 bushels
bushels production equal
years average production Corn promises yield of 00000o
bushels bushels above the previous and 26
years average crop The oats yield will exceed
years excellent production with total of bushels
bushels the tenear average barley will equal last
years crop 2sooo0 bushels and will exceed the previous
season being comparing with 30 100000
production grains reported is 9O6Oooooo
while average 4431 10000 bushels Cotton
crop II 100000 bales 100000 bales
last year
Agricultural investment and energy well repaid for seldom has
changeabe conditions resulted large production
rejoicing the
Thanksgiving material affairs will be preserved and expanded
through the sufficiency its food supplies.
There small shortage of the country
great forage crop average
the supplies estimated equal full
demand that stored the farm from year year
provide against contingency Of short growth The cold weather
off the hay and later the West held back the
and the Northwest lost its crop almost entirely
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-18
WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO WEAR

Fashions DEGREES becoming severely exacng and the
who endeavors keep right to date will all
attend to the few without devong
demands of vulgar business The designers who paid hand
salaries by clothing establishments have been working
time to put on the market nifty creations
Just when had bought next summers suit the
reduction sale and had laid carefully the
that the styles will not do year
able the purchased a
spring fashion DEGREES that something entirely be
We always admired the padded shoulders They gave the ap
of real athlete made times danger
inspired real sassy disposition Others argue
had the physical culture product that did
need to come back" because went
We will longer be permitted to buy athletic form Fashion
have shoulders and broad chest They have
also taken away straight front fitting collar.
AS this reform let all stand together and refuse
be fitted out like Cock Robin by unfeng tailor who trampeS
feelings and pockbooks not for sake but for the
weekly stipend he draws from the big clothing establishments order
that the latter their holdings United States
During the NICE bamy days of August why not bathing
overa blue sh7 This reform
little courage Hows your backbone?
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-18
A LESSON FROM THE BOOM.

The Standard has been booming This
paper has advocated policy of upbudng but nothing
dsrng an initiation As Ogden today growing
steadily regardless of the depression
Here is item from last evenings which dis
closes regretable condition of the place:
That there at the present time 1000 idle
within the ranks of organized labor Lake
than that number in the unsiled trades was the
statement made Tuesday night by representatives of the
building trades council That the idle men is
increasing almost daily and will from now
on during the winter, the further statement
Speaking of the local labor situation Munsey of
the building trades council said:
The lists of idle in the different embraced
IN the trades council show conservative estimate
least 1000 There 16 trades represented the
OIL and each union is carrying list of idle that
from 20 to 200 and figures
will 60 to 250 men. Building operations on the wane
each few days the completion of building
been under construction during the summer
practically no buildings being started to offset this
consequently the idle list is being constantly added
The foregoing scarcely needs word explanation Salt
lake has been building castles the Suddenly has
awakening and the investors have earhte
chiera has given reality sufferers the labor
ing people and merchants of Salt Lake
Let hope Ogden Will continue along present gradually
advancing and expanding business great natural
of this section that will be bur
dened with unemployed otherwise the
evidence Of wild speculation.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-18
GOVERNORS MAKING A MISTAKE.

The governors OF nine ntermountn states Salt
oy for the purpose of outlining policy opposition
vaon praoced by the federal government of the gov
ernors quoted saying that the East playing in
handling the national and he
states supplanng the
Governor Hay of Washington aggressive op
ponen the conservation plans and he
object OF the St Paul conservation congress.
We are disappointed We had hoped the governors
and approve Of federal control proposition simply
Vng some minor changes to administration distribution
OF revenues But here is avoed policy of reogesson
backward to the state control of natural resources
Inc record OF state controlled lands history fraud
cry and deception There not state all the
free from land obbry State lands possible the powerful
cattle companies of the which
Oona 1loe home seekers from millions of
These frauds made possible through the cupy
olrs and the rascality Of political leaders We
state land office has not been the
hotoed OF fraud at some time in the past thirty years
lne lands turned to the treated as re-
sources to enrich the favored few strengthen hands of the
inner circle and result the great people of the
west nave welcomed promising the
mov OF our rich land heritage beyond grspng
potans and powerful local political pulls There
some danger of the influence work
but the danger is greatly miuimized
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-18
MONTHLY ASYLUM REPORT;
THE INMATES NUMBER 32s

Provo, Aug. 1.-THE state bea-d
OF insanity met yesterday Afternoon
aud evening at the mental hosr. Il
and disposed Of the regular mon y
business Of auditing reports and al.
lowing accounts. Claims covering la
July expenses of maintenance W. :
allowed as follows. Salaries. $2120 5.
current expenses. $2lS5.57: imnr re.
ments and repairs. s507.30; insurance
$12e so; painting, s29955
The superintendent report on "a.
tents shows that 1913 men and $50
women were In the Institution on
July l. 1910. and s men and wom-
en- were admitted during the month.
4 men and l woman was discharged;
] man patient died. leaving 1874 men
md 1s1 women patients In tho hospI.
tai July 81
There are three sources OF water
supply for the state mental hospital,
and the board has had an ANALYSIS
E1ade OF the three by State Chemist
Herman Harms The water I'm the
Meadow Spring reservoir In the test
shows that there is some magneOla
but is the purest Of the three This
water is not contaminated with
drainage from sewerage or any other
source. Sample No was tnkeu
from the Oak Springs reservoir, and
has very little organic matter and ls
classed as ordinary purity, SAMPLE
No. 3 was taken from the Provo city
water works, and this Is classed the
same as No 2. Of ordinary purity
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-18
OIL IN THIS STATE.

Joeph Carlson representing the ogden-san company
the stockholders Charles Zemer Carl
Browning Fred j. Kese and j. G. Ny departs today
Bluff Utah. with carload of equipment from which point
VIII the drive of Ito miles the in south
Utah. Mr. Carlson Will be by
gses capitalists
The San Juan field in opinion of the few undeve
oed oil regions of real merit Too many these oil
based small sepage oeagnous tongues
unscrupulous promoters.
The Ogden their $500
rig They expect TO obtain oil in the first sands
The enoounteng oil holding lands
With large field developed San Juan might greatly
the wealth Of Utah and attract this
wealth that going oil
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-18
NO CAUSE FOR UNEAsINEss

Reports and the middle
probabilities heavy
pay crop reasonably From the
treasury conditions that possib
srgency recognized early the have contributed
to the present situation.
The liquidation in the stock market checking of farm loans by
middle general clearing the financial
atmosphere have been largely responsible
Some ago predicted that the banks because
heavy would have draw heavily than usual
connections.
that because the large
development projects and investments in lands
the west the of from the east would be
Those who been
closely however think the entirely
normal.