The Nevada County picayune., 1912-12-20
By GEORGE CLINTON.

reported that more than S100,000,G0 year can be saved to the govern ment if certain recommendations for economy be observed. and the claim is that this saving can be made with out in any way crippling the service.
 It is probable that before the next congress ends the entire system of making appropriations will be changed, that many bureaus will be consolidated and the supply bills cut many millions of dollars. the money saved to be used for extending the useful services of the government to fields not already covered
 When Theodore Roosevelt was pres ident he appointed what was known fas the Teep commission" It was the duty of MT. Keep and his col leagues to study business methods in vogue in the different departments and to see how the work could be shortened and yet be just as effective as it was under existing conditions
 Start Made On Economy.
 When President Taft came into office one of the first things he did was to call his cabinet officers to- gether to urge upon them the neces- sity of economic administration. Secretary MacVeagh was made the chairman of cabinet committee charged with the work of economic administration. It was soon dis covered that in single departments of the government the different bur eaus purchased their supplies inde- pendently of one another and that different prices were paid for pre- cisely the same article. One bureau for instance would pay two or three cents dozen more for lead pencils than another bureau was paving for the same article of the same manufac- ture.
 good many economies. small as compared to the saving which 1t is lished. were made. It was start. however. for greater things, The system which was in vogue in the treasury department CT perhaps 1t had better be called lack Of system, was the same which held in nearly every other department of govern ment All the secretaries cot busy in the saving venture and there was an economic spurt" all along the line
 Not long after the first initial econc mic venture President Taft appoint a commission on economy and Q! ciency with Frederick A. Cleveland as its chief This commission has been at work for more thon two years and 1t has worked out an elaborate and yet at the same time simple scheme for saving Uncle Sam money.
 Budget System Approved.
 President-Elect Wilson has sane toned the budget system of appro- priations which has been urged by the present president and by the com mission on economy and efficiency. budget system all the appropriations asked for go 10 dozens of committees of congress- For instance, the naval appropriation is acted on by several different committees. each one talk ing a part and no ore of them know ing just what the other Is doing. The result is scattering of energies and a scattering of money. Under the budget system all the appropriations will be consid cred by the chairmen ot different committees acting together, They thus can get concrete knowledge of the whole situation at once and by intelligent direction can step'many holes of waste.
 If the economy and efficiency com missions recommendations fnaiiy be adopted by congress 1t is 'DeteVed that the agricultural interests or the country largely will be aideu. There are bills now In congress looking to this wry thing. but the cost is said to be prohibitiye because of the pre- sent extravagant methods. With a saving of sl0O000.000 n year, and some of the experts place it hs high as S300,000,00 year rlany 'of the helpful measures now under con sideration by the law makers can De passed, the money will be foTthcom- ing, and the treasury will be just as we'll off as it is now and the benefits to the people win be multiplied. This matter is going to be a live issue Tn congress from now on.
 Poetmastcrs Fear for JohG.
 Naturally the Democrats Of poth house and senate are looking ahead to the glad time when they will come sf- to full possession of the administfa- ton in all its branches. The Demo cratic leaders are nonplussed as 10 what to do about the blanket cfvil service executive order issued sY President Taft not long before the election, the effect of which was to put nearly 10000 postmasters of the country on the civil service list. It goes without saying perhaps that nearly all of these postmasters are Republicans. many of whom have held office for years and who. unless the executive order be set aside, will con, unue to draw their pay from Uncle Eam for tho tA IIntI