Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-21
Another Of Series Of Messages
Is Sent to Congress by the
President Dealing With
Many Important Matters.
HE WANTS POWER
TO REMOVE CLERKS
Executive Urges Congress to
Pass Law Giving Him Au-
thority to Put Out Court
Employees for Cause.
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tBy Evsnips Hssris a. y. f.ssssa wtrss
Washington. Dec. 2l.--President
TAFT sent another of his promised SER
les of messages 20 congress today.
This time he dealt with currency re-
form. Panama canal tolls and yari-
Gus governmental questions.
Among the presidents recommrndn-
tlons were the following;
An Immediate increase Of 5000 mon
in the enlisted strength OF the navy.
Abolition of tho smaller navy yards.
contrlbutory pensions system for
government employees.
The elimination Of all l,cal Offices
from politics.
increased appropriations for the
completion OF river and harbor I'M
provemenss along the Mississippi, the
ohio and the Missouri rivers.
An extension Of the term of service
of the special board Of engineers on
the waterway from the lakes TO the
Eulf
Power In the president 20 remove
clerks of federal courts for cause.
Payment OF the French spoliatlon
Judgments.
Employsrs liability and workmen's
computation legislation callcd 90 the
attention Of congress-.
To the senate ana House Of Rcprescn-
tativoa:
The nnanclai condition % the gov
ernment. as shown at the close Of the
last fiscal year. June 30. 1911. was
very satisfactory. The ordinary rec
c.ipts into the general fund. excluding
postal revenues. amounted 90 t7oi,-
s7g,a7499. ana the disbursements
from the general fund Tor current cx-
penaea ana capital outiaya. excluding
postal and Panama canal dl-buTse-
haants, including the interest ON the
puSlic deoi. amaunted 10 sGsf.is7.-
so7ss. isaylnE surplus of tt7.sst.-
ss7.iO
The postal revenue receipts amount
ed 10 tssT,s7s.s2as0. while the pay
ments made for tae postal service
from the postal revenues amounted 90
sss7. $50. .7os.ts. which left surplus
of postal receipts over disbursements
OF sgis.tis.l2, the first time IN q!
years In which q surplus occurred.
The Interest bearing debt OF the
United states June so, 1911. amounted
TO ssib.a63,fao. The debt on which
lntercst hnd ceased amounted To-
4lfn fNeN NUVsaMf MaAfA tllt 1N'h nNnNlfNW
no Interest. including greenbacks. nn.
tlOnal hank notes "a be redeemed. aud
fractional currency. amounted "a
and noninterest bearing debt amount
ing 10 si.s0a, ,9st,s37.ss.
The actual disbursements. exclusive
of thoae for the Panama canal and
for the postal service for the year
n .
g9fSs. The actual disbursements for
the year ending June so, isto. ex-
elusive OF she Panama canal and tho
postal service disbursements. were
Sgss, .sgi,os, making decrease Of
t5.5s7. 3ea.ie In yearly expenditures in
the year 1911 under that Of 1910. For
the year ending June 80, 1919, the es-
timated recelptr, exclusive of the pos.
tai revenues. are S6e0.0o0.000. while
The total estimates. exclusive of those
for the Panama canal and the postal
expenditures payable from the postal
revenues. amounted to ssst.sts. 7ee.-
"a. This ID decrease IN the isls o..
Inmates from that Of the 1914 csti-
mates Of si.sst,5e7,22.
For the year ending June so, faia
the estimated receipts. exclusive ol
the postal revenues are sss7 100000
white the total estimated appropfln'
tlona exclusive Of the Panama cnnel
ana postal disbursements payable from
postal revenues. WIN amount To eea7,,
s20,s0a,s5. This Is decrease Ii IN
1919 estimates from that Of the ISL.
estimates OF t7,92l ,99s.99.
Az TO the postal revenues. the rx,
panslon of the business IN that Dc,
pnrtment the normal increase IN th,
post Office and The extension Of M
service, will increase the outlay TO IN.
aum OF seae. .sss.te1. hus as The 90
partment was aelf-sustainlne this veal
the postmaster general "a assured shal
next year the receipts will az leas
equal the expenditures. and probahsl
exceea them by moro than the eurriuI
OF this year, II Il fair and equitable
therefore. In determining the econ
omy with which iho government hni
been run. 10 exclude the transaction
OF o Department lika the post Office DE-
pargmenl. which relies for lts supper
upon lts Receipts. In calcnlatIan
heretofore made Tor comparison o
seonomy IN each year. u has hsen th'
proper custom only 70 inciute IN th'
statement tie deficit IN the post oliic'