Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-12-09

| commerce commission. S'as
4 cannot speak in too high tarn
the success of the two officers IL 80 OF
Citation and settlement of CONT. WI
sizes which, but for their internoai oFef
| would have resulted disastrousI,,
| interests. du
Civil Service Commission
1.-THE civil service commis.;o
continued its useful duties durin. uS
year. The necessity for the re,. 1us
nance OF the provisions OF tho aiY
service law was never greater tbaa H'u
day. Officers responsible for tho "
icy of the administration, ana Wv pUF
immediate personal assistants or aas H."
ties, should not be included with pf
classified service. but In MT ~. 'u'
ment, public opinion has adyancoS lug
the point where it would support XIV
providing a secure tenure durinc w
cheney for all purely admiric+r.t,Iu
officials. / entertain the profoyna NV
viction that 1t would greatly ala I S
cause OF efficient and economics, .a1 '
| eminent and of better politics n |
gress could enact a bill provid;no ~"
the executive shall have the NOVA
to include in the classified service An
local offices under the treasury sen,,
ment, the department OF justics ~.
postof1ce department, the interio, \.
partment and the department Of co,.
merce and labor. appointments ;,
which now require the confrmotio1
of the senate, and that upon snI
classification the advice and copseu,
OF the senate shall cease to 10 Va
quired in such appointments D,
their certainty of tenure, dependent .,
good service, and by their freedom
from the necessity for political activ
ity, these local officers would he IN
duced to become more efficient ruh,n
servants.
Economy and Efficiency.
'The increase in the activities and
in the annual expenditures of the fed
eral government has been so rapja
and so great that the time has come
to check the expansion of governmer,
activities in new directions until va
have tested the economy and efficiency
with which the government of TODAY is
being carried on. The responsibility
rests upon the head of the adminfstrs
ton. He is held accountable BY the
public, and properly so. Despite the
unselfish and patriotic efforts of the
heads of departments and Others
charged with responsibility of govern.
ment, there has grown up in this coun
try conviction that the expenses Of |
government are too great. The fun
damental reason for the existence un I
detected Of waste, duplication, and bad B
management is the lack of prompt, &C.
curate information.
Il have requested the head of each
department to appoint committees On
economy and efficiency in order to Sc.
cure full cooperation in the movement
by the employees of the government
themselves.
II urge the continuance of the aF
preparation of 100000 requested for
the fiscal year 1912.
t'My experience leads me to believe
that while government methods are
much criticized, the bad results-f@
do have bad results-are not due to
lack Of zeal or willingness on the part
of the civil servants"
Interstate Commerce.
There has not been time to test the
benefit and utility Of the amendments
to the interstate commerce law con
tanned in the act approved June 10
1910. The law as enacted did not eol
tain all the features which recon-
mended.. 1t did not specifically de
nounce as unlawful the purchase
one Of two parallel and competing
roads Of the stock of the other nut
did it subject to the restraining fnnT
ence of the Interstate Commerce GULF
mission the power of corporations Gu
gagged in operating interstate railfOn W.
to issue new stock and bonds; nof uI
it authorize the making of Temporal
agreements between railroads lnh"1
to 80 days, fixing the same rates |"
traffic between the same places.
II do not press the considera'lOD
any of these objects upon congress
this session. mi.
"The interstate commerce con,a
sion has recommended appropriate,
for the purpose of enabling 1t 70 t rS1
upon a valuation Of all railroads ~. -
has always been within the jnflSuL
ton of the commission, but the .e4n
site funds have been wanting 0'os
tics to the value of each raliroau ~" ..,A
be valuable for many purposes 'I IN,
ciaIly if we ultimately enact az! ~,
itations upon the power OF 'ns ~ md
state railroads to issue stocA'
bonds. as hope we may on
For the protection OF ow or
people and the preservation u M,
credit in foreign trade, III 81
congress the immediate ena''m ~ God
q law under which one Wno' u, ~ Dut
faith advances money or creols ,, NJ
q hill of lading issued by a cD .a,DIa
carrier upon an interstate u =. Ihu
shipment can hold the carii ,ascrid
for 70. the value of the goods d Iss,iss
" ,n1 ~ tho valuation sper1s