The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-18

 AND ECONOMY
PRESIDENT TAFT SENDS SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ABOUT
 NATIONAL EXPENSES.
Would Put Entire Government Ser vice Under Civil Service and Econ omize ou the $1,ooo.oo0ooo
 Spent Annually.

Washington, Jan. 17-How the peo- nle of the United States may have saved for them millions of dollars an nnaIly in the operation of their goY- ernmental machinery was outlined by President Taft today in message to congress on economy and efficiency in the government service,
 .sWhat the government does with nearly s1.OOO,OOO.O00 each year. said the president, lis as of as much con cern to the average citizen as is the manner of obtaining this amount ot money for the public use"
 Probably the most radical proposal advanced by tine president in todays message was that all administrative officers of the government in the de. partments at Washington and in the field be put under the civil service; be removed from e.ae influence of pol jtlcs and that their terms of office be not limited as at present to fonr years. Such officers should not be appointed by the president with the necessity of senate confirmation, he said. but upon merit The extension of the merit system to these officers and needed readiustment of saa ries,7 said he. twill have important effect in securing greater economy and efficiency. Tine view that these various offices are to be filled as a. result of political consideration has for it's consequences the necessity that the president and members of con gress devote to matters of patronage time which they should devote to questions of policy and administra- ton"
 The president did not attempt to explain in detail the work of the ecosl- omy and efficiency commission creat- ed by act of congress a year and a half ago, He sKetched the outlines of improvements that he said could be made in government service; declar- ed that they would effect a saving of many millions of dollars and asked that congress continue the commis- sica by granting an appropriation of s2OO,OO0 with S5O.000 for printing it's reports, From time to time, he add cd. reports of the commission propos- ing particular reforms %oGid be sent to congress
 T ask,' said the president, "the continuance Of this commission on economy and efficiency, because of the excellent beginning which has been made toward the reorganization of the machinery of this government on bus mess principles ask it because its work is entirely non-partisan in char acter and ought to apply to every citizen who wishes to give effective ness to popular government in which We feel just pride. I sincerely hope That congress will not, in its anxiety to reduce expenditures, economize by cutting off an appropriation which is likely to offer greater opportunity for Teal economy in the future than any other estimated for"
 To date the president said, the com. mission has cost the people about slSo'0O0. Without having put in eff rect more then a few reforms it has suggested changes that will save g.. VOoi0oO year. These" said the president, represent only few oi 'he many services which should be subjected to like pains-taking in quiry. If this is done, it is beyond question that many millions of say hss may be realized The value oi such investigation in increased inter es' which officers of the government Wil take in their own departments 'neir own work and that of theil suoordinates, he said, could hardly he estimated.
 The initial work,9 said President 'alt 'has been well done. The in q'iry with it's constructive measures
 \ well under way. The work shoulC '0' pc Presented with vigor and re se'Fe the financial support necessary
 make It's effective during the nex
 'sVai year. Every economy whicl u's been or will be effected througl
 "anses in organization or method ""' lnure to the benefit of the gov
 '"'''ent and of the people in increas
 @ measurethrough the years whicl 's'Ow am convinced that result, NoleA are really worth while eanno