The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-04
Would Reorganize Govern
ment Departments
EXPERTS TO WASHINGTON
TO Make an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Appropriation TO Go for Purpose.
Land in Six States to Be Opened
to Settlement in FAN.

Beverly, Mass Aug President
Taft has taken the first steps in the
plan for bringing about greater business
efficiency in the different departments OF
the government and wide economies, By
sending to Washington four sets Of ex.
perts who are to make preliminary
study Of the situation and submit a
program for carrying forward the work
Some one Of these plans, OF perhaps
parts Of all Of them, may be accepted.
The plans to be submitted however, arc
20 be in the nature Of competitive bids.
The president has been given an appro-
priation Of 100000 for the purpose Of
reorganizing departmental methods. It
Is proposed that some executive officer
Ii each department and independent bu-
rean at Washington will be designated
to serve on commission which will
cooperate with the experts in bringing
about the big reform. The undertaking
is yoluminous, and the president wants
10 get it under way at the earliest pos
sihle moment. The inquiry will not be
devoted so much TO cutting off q clerk
here and there, but to formulate an en-.
tirely new structure Of methods, wher-
ever present practice seems to demand
such treatment. This is the first time
that president Of the United States
has had an appropriation to make in
quiries Of the kind now contemplated.
IN connection with the beginning Of the
work the following statement was given
out at executive offiees:
"The sundry civil bill for the fiscal
year 1911 contains the following appro-
priations. 10 enable the president, By
the employment Of accountants and ex-
perts from official and private life to
more effectively inquire into the methods
Of transacting the public business Of The
government in the several executive de-
pgrtments and other government estab-
lishments, with the view Of inaugural
ing new or changing old methods Of
transaeting such public business 50 as
to attain greater efficiency and economy
therein. and to ascertain and recon- /
mend in Congress what changes in law
may be necessary to carry into effect
such results Of his inquiry as cannot be
carried into effect BY executive action
alone and for each and every purpose
necessary hereunder, including the EN-
ployment Of personal services in Wash
ngton. District OF Columbia, OF else,
where. 100000
While comprehensive study Of this
matter will be delayed until the return
of the president to Washington, some
progress i now being made 4 large
number Of organization experts have
been recommended for this work and
suggestions III writing are being freely
invited BY the president. Among Others
who have been asked to submit d writ
ten program ares Arthur Young 4 Co..
the accountants who have been at work
fol year in The treasury department;
Major Charles Hine, the organization Ell
pert Of the Hartman lines; Gum Rich
ards & Co, who have done similar work
for the interior department In the past,
and Warwick Mitchell 8 Co., who have
devised cost.aceounting system for the
navy
The president already has taken UP
The subject Of the department estimates 4
for the next fiscal year and has served
notice upon the different department
chiefs that their figures must be held
down to the lowest notch consistent
with good service. Mr.. Taft's position
& said to be the same as IT was last
year on this point, when tile depart
mental estimates were cut several mil
ions Of dollars.