The Washington herald., 1910-03-12
ECONOMY TALK
AT $500 COST
Continued from Page One.


which II was charged It shoes its horses,
but there was long and bitter fight on
SeeretsE lox's foreign policy, as shown
4 vision Of far Eastern, Latin
AH 'ar-Easterp. and European
OF the Offices Of counselor
and diplomatic officer for
faa atg geH rtment. all created by Mr..
las Der 7cr did not want TO give the
stars gerartnet money. that seemed
rsfu @ representative Clark. the
a-irty nd Representative Tn
sFrEooa anna, harsh criticism was
aae tay Knox, particularly by
h0 said that the Secre-
y ,ognized as a fail
AreA Mr. Underwood
81 Ea. mas not made good.
nee in far Eastern affairs
en such that we are losing trade
standing there. and I do not think
ne ought to be given money with such a
free hand"
Legislative Bill Up.
The criticisms OF Mr.. Knox's depart
ment came up while the legislative,
executive, and judicial appropriation bill
was under consideration. with Represen-
tative Dalzell in the chair The bill
carries. among other items for the State
Department. salaries for eight officers 10
be used in the new bureaus established
by Secretary Knox. the organization Of
which has been taken care of heretofore
In an item Of 100000 in a deficiency bill
Representative Clark declared against
the appropriation needed by abiding 20
Secretary Knox as a Deputy President
II have been told" Mr. Clark said
that the reason Mr.. Taft wanted Mr.
Knox in his Cabinet was In order TO have
Deputy President to whom he could
transfer about three-Quarters Of his wofk
and in turn. Mr. Knox wanted these new
bureaus so that he could shift some Of
his work and look out for the bigger
issues of craftsmanship"
Representative Burke, of Pennsylvania,
defended Mr.. Knox and his department,
declining a controversy with Representa-
tives Clark and Underwood as TO the
relative merits of Messrs. Root and Knox
as Secretaries Of State. Mr. Underwood
thought Mr.. Root far superior TO Mr..
Knox as a diplomat. he said When it
came TO a vote, Mr.. Knox's policies were
Endorsed and the new bureaus made
permanent by "a TO 43. a party division.
For Shooting Four Horses.
No sooner had the question of the new
bureaus been settled than an item for
miscellaneous expenses, including the
purchase, care. and subsistence of
horses, repair Of wagons, rent OF stable,
and other items. amounting to $500.
brought a number OF Representatives
TO their feet Mr.. Clark was furnished
with a statement by a member OF the
Committee on Expenditures in the State
Department that the State Department
has recently spent S243 In one year, &C
cording to its last report. for shoeing
four horses To be exact, the depart
ment had six horses for about fifteen
months and only four for one year
This. Mr. Clark declared, was out
rageous. and he said he thought It would
be we'll If Secretary Knox would look
into these items. or If the Committee on
4lHNl tRA40ltOlo AUAll lOtA illNp AilNli. UT
If the Committee on Expenditures in the
State Department would look into them.
Ice-cOVered Streets.
Mr.. Clark was answered, seveTally, by
Mr.. Keifer. of Ohio. who explained the
between ice and sleet covered
asphalt streets and gravel roads; by
Mr.. Sherley. who defended the Commit
tee on Appropriations by saying the duty
of looking into items Of the size OF s243
or Whereabouts was the duty OF the COM
mittee having in charge expenditures OF
by Mr. Tawney, who said
that the Committee on Appropriations
does not always get the cooperation IL
desires and should have from other com
mittees and by others
Mr. Tawney took occasion to speak of
economy in general. He said he had no |
more desire than Mr. Clark to bother |
with cheeseparing methods. but he
wanted to call attention to recent re-
port of the Agricultural Committee.
7 find. to my amazement." Mr. Taw-
ley declared, that a number Of en- /
oloyes of the Forest Service have been
ent all over the country TO deliver lee /
ures 10 women's and other clubs and |
associations, arranged for by members
Il Congress, presumably in their own
districts.
Items Of Expense.
Here is an item, for instance, of one
Seek being sent 10 New York 10 speak
efore a carriage builders convention,
{ an expense TO the government of $3.50
Another item of one Burns delivering
ectures at Chicago and other points be-
ore live stock associations. at an ex-
ense TO the government of s240.l5: an
Their item Of a lecturer being sent to
oliver thirteen addresses in the First
Mississippi district at an expense of
lS2 9s