Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-06

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4 New York, MY.
Hoods Pills are. purely vegetable.
easy to take. easy to operate. Try
If Made by Hood IFS Good.
To its rcformatlon: he has abolished 400
places in the civil service without at all
injuring It's efficiency.
The president comments upon a NUM-
Der of changes that arc being made.
or. lie says. ought to be made. by leg
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AUDITING SYSTEM.
Tho message continues: :
The auditing system in vogue Is as
old as the government and the methods
used are antiQuatcd. *
A careful plan Is being devised and
will be presented to Congress with the
recommendation that the force Of au-
ditors and employees under them be
greatly reduced. thereby effccting sub
stailtial economy. But this economy
will be small compared with tho larger
economy that can bic effected by con-
soldation and change Of methods. The
possibilities In this regard have been
shown In the reduction Of expenses and
the Improvement of methods and eff
cheney IN tho office of the auditor for
the postoiiicc department, who, with
out in the slightest degree ippairing
the comprclIcnsivcness and efficiency of
his work. has cut down the expenses
OF his office 100000, a year.
SUGAR FRAUDS.
Again. in the collection of the revc-
nues. especially the custom revenues,
a very great Improvement has been cf-
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contemplated BY the detection of
frauds in weighing sugar upwards of
S3,400.O00 have been recovered from the
bencticiarcs of the fraud, and an en-.
Stirely new system free from the pos
sibilitics tof such abuse has been de-
Nised. Tho department has perfected
the method OF collecting duties at the
port of New York 80 as to save the
government upwards of Sl0,000.000 or
sll.00o.O00: and the same spirit of
change Of reform has been infused
into the other customs offices.
Tie methods used at many places are
archaic. There would seem to be no
reason at all why the surveyor of the
port, who really acts for the collector.
should not be subordinate of the col
lector at a less salary and directly I'M
der+lis control. and there Is but little
reason for the existence OF the naval
officer. who is n kind of local auditor.
Tho naval officers In tho various ports
arc presidential appointecs, many of
them drawing good salaries. and these
offices should he abolished or with re-
duced force made part of the central
auditing system
TOO MANY CUSTOMS DISTRICTS.
There arc entirely too many customs
districts and too many customs col
lectors. These districts should be con
solidated and the collectors in charge
OF them. Who draw good salaries. should
be abolished or treated as mere, branch
offices, in accordance with the plan of
the treasury department. which will he
presented for the consideration OF Con-
gross. As an Illustration. the cost Of
collecting 81 of revenue at typical small
ports like the port of York, Maine, was
5000. At the port Of Annapolis Mary
land, il cost s3O9.4l to collect 81 of revc-
nue.: at Natchez, s52.76: at Alexandria,
Va, tisa4h 81 .s- sS'3 =,
II 1t-is not essential to the preventing OF
smuggling that customs districts should
be Increased in rpimbcr The violation
of the customs laws can be quito as
easily prevented, and much more
economically, by the revenue cutter
service, and by the use of tho special
agent travelling force of tho treasury
department.
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MINT. AMI: ASSAY OFFICES.
Very great improvements have been
made In respect to the mintS and, ASSAY
offices and this years estimates of eS-
pensc Is sS26000 less than two years f.
ago. There Is an opportunity for fur
Their saving in the abolition of several
mints and assay offices that have now
become unnecessary. During tho past
year 100 unnecessary employees have
been dropped from the philadelphia
mint.
In tho bureau of engraving and
printing great economies have been ef-
fected. Useless divisions have been
abolished with tho result OF saving
100000 this year in the total expenses
of the bureau despite increased bust
ness.
The treasurcr's office and that OF the
division OF public moneys in part cover
the same functions and this Is also true
of the office of register and the division
of loans and currency
Plans for the elimination OF tho du-
plication in these Offices will be pre-
scented to Congress.
COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY.
The office of the comptroller OF the
currency Is one most important in pro-
serving proper banking methods in tho
national banking system OF the United
states and the present comptroller has
impressed his subordinates with the
necessity OF SO conducting their irvcs-
legations as to establish tho principle
that every failure liz unnecessary be.
cause proper inspection and notice of
threatening conditions to the RESPONSE
bic directors and officers can prevent it.
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