The Washington times., 1911-01-14

mendations.
He proposed to make the Postoice Department pay by
spending more money on it,
He would establish parcels post and postal savings
banks.
The express companies gasped for breath. They're
still gaspng and the sentiments they entertain for Secretary
Meyer such be formulated into the of
proper conversation for polite circles where the traditional
young person fourishes
But the postal savings banks are with u.s. and the par
GELS post coming The deficit thank you has its hat in its
hand and is getting ready bow itself out the back door
about the time that Mr. Meyers parcels post steps
at the front
That's the Meyer kind of economy. IT'S the economy
that saves by spending instead of squeezing.
It's exactly the same kind of enlightened, intelligent
economy that by Mr. Meyers declaration that
Uncle Sans hewers wood and drawers of ought
be paid better wages.
The aborer worthy of his hire. That's mighty good
doctrine albeit the text does not appear any campaign
book from which peanut politicians wont to make up
their patitudinous platforms
There's another text in that campaign book that
is worthy the thoughtful attention of gentlemen who have
been pratng about economy while they voted $450O0O
ayear pension grant out of depleted treasury in order to
put the Democrats in hole 1t reads:
'Do unto others We would that others should do
unto you.'
OF course the Bible is pretty odfashohed document
to quote Congress- To revise that text strictly down to
Gate and make quite personal to Congress- 1t would run
somewhat thus:
''Do unto others We have done unto yourselves
Congress Jealous enough about raising salaries
of members of Congress.
1t knew all about the increased cost of livng-for its
members. And it knew the remedy.
1t applied the very specific that Secretary Meyer pre-
scrbes for the Government employees of less intimate
cation with the national purse strings raised its wages.
And that's just what it must do for the clerks, if it
TO he WI
collapse in wreck that will destroy all efficiency and end
for decades the hope of serious PRACTICAL working
omies
There no hysteria about recommendations such
printed yesterday from Secretary Dickinson and print
ing today from Secretary Meyer These
upfers with notion that the world lift itself up by
its economic bootsraps into the front vesbue of the mil
lennum
They just plain business with experience and
broad vision who how do things because they
have been all their lives doing them; who know that
business is business and that you can't buy frscass
article for third-class price.
To run this Government takes brains. Don't laugh,
now, when you think of Congress 1t takes brans and
mighty lucky it is that Congress doesn't have to supply all
of them It takes brains all the way through the civil
vice. for instance And brains the most costly COM
modify now exhibition Everybody seems to know that
except Congress- Congress attitude toward the civil service
wage question indicates that expects to get brains for
nothing.
That's Congress- mistake. But it will learn better.
Don't be dsagreeable with it. There time when it
didn't think anybody wanted the tariff revised downward
We mentioned how the people felt but Congress didn't be-
lieve u.s. 1t knows
There was a time when Congress thought tariff COM
mission was fraud. We spoke of the other view but Con
gress couldn't see it. 1t can
There was time when Congress didn't much about
few cranks worrying the rules. We mentioned that
Congress harborng painful and Congess knows
now that we were right.
So it is about the clerks pay. Congress thinks this
movement is all bos, but Congress will come to- after
awhile and discover the clerk just discovered the
sumer-a little late.
Real Status of Clerks. Live and Let Live,