The Washington times., 1910-11-24

any rate, the dissatisfied accountants
are now threatening IL In case ~
suit Is begun and tried, there VIII be an
airing OF the whole difficulty in the
courts
Charges IN Detail.
Specifically, It IS alleged n the AZ
hoavits fled with the Department OF
justice that In the case OF one accoun-
'ant Young Co. paid so a dav
saiaFy and 8 for subsistence. and fu
tne case OF another, $3.50 day salary
ana - IoF subsistence Out OF this, the
aeco ur ta5ts who are complaining were
psld. ley assert. 800 q month in one
c-se ahd SO a week in the other case.
Iney assert they we're not paid subsfs-
tel-ce- tnougn one OF them came here
rom Chicago and the other from New
York
The dissatisfied accountants who for
the present are unwilling =, sf1o,- 90
names 10 be used, have retained an At
toTney and are trying to recover rom
Young & CO. the difference bstv=ee7
what they received and what Young q.
20 were paid by the Government
It is alleged IN the zrfdavits thai
Young & CO. received the salaries ~
the complaining accountants. as the Ia+-
ter believe. in the name Of the accoun-
tants themselves At the same time r17a
afndavfts do not charge anything in the
way OF an omense against the Govern
ment- They take the position they were
Wronged IN that Young & Co collected
amounts from the Government for the
Work OF accounting and then raid them
as employees smaller sums
me controversy IS bound 10 stir I'D
10 end Of talk about the Treasury De-
partment- for the reason there hss
been vast deal Of interest taken In
Jhe employment Of Young & Co as
experts 10 help reorganize the bust
ness system Of the department in
question They lave done a good
deal OF work IN the Treasury De0art-
menL This has been done Drf1CfDs11v
under one contract for six months
which has but lately been compIetsd.
For their six months services the
Treasury Department has paid the
Chicago concern about Sss.0OO- or
this S12,50o is paid for salary for Ar
thur Young.
Object of Work.
It has been the object OF the en-
pioyment OF Young & Co. to put tbs
Treasury Department on q better
business basis to effect changes in
the system that would cause SAVINGS
and promote economy and efFicie1c-
much as big business house would
do Arthur Young & Co. was first
employed for this work at the sug-
gestion OF Charles D Norton. nov
Secretary 70 the President Mr.. Nor
ton has long been friendly TO Arthur
Young But while Mr- Norton made
tnS suggestion. it was Secretary Mac
Neagh. Of the Treasury Department
himself .ghO really retained Young &
Co and approved the contract with
them.
In the efforts OF the Administration
to bring about economy, experts have
been retained in various departments
to devise better systems Of account
ing and getting things down to bet
ter business foundation Young & Co.
however, have been overhauIinE
things only in the Treasury Depart
ment and at the White House.
From tke standpoint Of the public
service the question that arises in con-
sequence Of the affdavits filed at the
Department Of Justice is whether IT IS
worth while for the Government, in a
movement 10 get on a better business
basis. TO be utilizing accountants who
are working at $50 or so a week
Contract a Secret.
An interesting phase Of the controversy
which the accountants who are at war
with Young & Co have stirred up re-
lates to the contract between The Treas
ury Department and the Chicago con-
Germ
This contract has not been made pub
lie.
The dissatisfied accountants sought