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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17

season 1nt tle cost ~ Organization
ana work nas been caretdiiy consider
ed ~ every poine Ilrre month
were i1sen u CONS dera Jon 81 1i'
before t6e Inquiry begun *
mont were then saolit Ia elimit1ly
iny tgations before the comm ~
We oggarized BEFORE fa aiis
when asked eof - continual ION. &
the original apntoprla lon f6r iia esv,s
rent year. only SIC 600 had been srent.
aInlpttes 81 piillls terorSl that
fAe three largest insIFanee cofapal Is
~ lSew York when under. leg tive
lllf esl IN more lisIf
Q91 for ekilsft seFEiCes e. n
Aamlnistratipn 70 put the business IN
modern basis hut the economics the
iiE'St yea; We're more than tenf9ld the
cost p am Informed New York.
Ghicago, Boston, ST Louis cipcipnat,
Milwaukee, and other les arc 1T1ses
entingt ipqpiries the cost az ~ "
largely dlspropo rtionate ,to the cnSf In
Cured by the federalt goFSrRnent.
furthermore, these INQUIRIES have tlie
rigorous support and direct 90 OPERA
ton Of citizen agencies Which alone
are spending not less than sos, 900
per annpm.
y sincerely hope that congress- win
not In Its anxiety to reduce expe1tli-
lures econouiize by cutting on III IN.
preparation which Is likely to olfer
greater Opportunity for real economy III
the future than any cider sskftnated
for.
!, As has been said, the changes: which
have already been r1ale ara resulting
n economies ereateF than, the cost Of
the inquiry. Reports in my hands,
with recommendations estimate APP
proximatety $1,000 600 of possible an
nual economies. Other subjects under
Investigation. indicate much larger,re.
suits. These represent only a few of
the many services which should be sub
tected to a like painstaking inquiry. If
this is done Il is beyond Question that
many millions Of savings may be real.
He'd Over and above.the economy and
Increased efficiency which may he said
to result from the work OF the commits
sion as such is an indirect result that
cannot well be measured. i refer to
the influence which a vigorous, thor
oughgoing executive inquiry has on
each of the administrative units
In, this relation It may be said that
the expenditure for the inquiry during
the present fiscal year is at thesrate az
$4,000. The mass Of information
which must be collected, digested and
summarized pertaining to each sub
ijeet Of inquiry is enormous. From the
results obtained 1t is evident. that ey-
cry dollar which Is spent in the prose-
:cution of the inquiry in the future Will
result in manifold savings Every
economy which has been or VIII be eff
fectedthrough changes in organization
or method: viii inure to the benefit of
the government md of the people in
increasing measure through The years
which follow. 1t is clearly the part of
wisdom to provide for the coming year
means at least equalto those available
during the current year. and in my
opinion the appropriation should be In.
creased to SEQ, eco, and nj additional
amount Of $4,000 should be provided
for the publication Of those results.
which will be Of continuing value to
officers Ct the government and to the
people. WILLIAM d. TAFT,
Tho White EJoNSa7 nm III mo
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17
Preserve Us From jealousy.

have often wondered why The lit.
any did not include a prayer for pres
ervation from jealousy. Undoubtedly
of all the terrors that walk by night
or by MONDAY. jealousy is one OF the
most destructive. Jealousy of a petty
kind is less common among women
than It used to be, though, strangely
enough, it seems to be increasing
among men. Some women are jeal.
Gus Of every attribute possessed by
others beauty, social success, wit,
charm or chafac :, = -. -
Often, too. there is a. certain type
who love to think that other women
are Jealous of her. II is an obsession
with her. She may be disagreeable.
selfish, conseited. and Irritating, yet
It never occurs to her TO attribute he.
uhpopularIty to that cause. Jealousy
and jealousy only, she is firmly con.
vfnced, lies at the root OF the other
Woman's disIikes.6 This species OF
femininity is happily dying out. The
modern woman Of fascination is as
popular with women as with men,
and takes no delight In arousfng jeal,
ousy in another line. She is well
aware that popularity with her own
sex is an important point to gain
Chicago Tribune.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17
MANY PIRoFERs. y
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Faith at the Revival Meetings in the
Duff Street Church.

There >was large attendance at
the revival services in the Dun street
United Brethren church at stealey
Heights last night conducted by the
Rev H. Il. Hess. Three persons pro-
fessed faith and the interest in the
community is deep. There have beei,
thirty-two professions thus far at
the revival meetings there,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17
SllPRE AIE
Gonf Hands MS I9ecis
ions Ba Acton III
Several Gases,

s
CHARLESTON. JAMS ecntrarg
To- Tens q saprams conrf 81
appeais DID not bend down a lot 81
opinions T1esaay but did pass upon
humber n aPpsalsl .wFEFs q eTSE
and hsqr ~ oral r \ 4 aFggmsH l5;,s ia
seyega abell county cases 81
The csssasd ispesea5s ofowsEs jas
follows: siE0M isy cc ~ Is ea,Os9
sPaFr rs. IFowelg froms .IEatrhon
county. Appeal granted ahdg bond
tixsd7 at sF.0Op. .s., rs, - 80
South. Penn Coal Company vs..
sfu1n, from Barbour county. Appeal
refused.
Nee nntlc US, Kee, from Pocahonas
county. Appeal refused. Judge VIII
1ians dissenting.
pucl1worth VS.. Holt, from Barbour
county. Mandamus refused.
shires vs.. Borgess., from Monroe
county. Writ of error granted, bond
fixed at $4,000.
Bank Of clendenin va. Samples,
from Kanawha county. Writ Of error
allowed. bond at $4,000. 1','
Miller supply compa9 ys, State
Board of Control, from Cabell' county.
Writ of error allowed ana, bonFSEg
$4,000. gfissi stsesg q.
han Is. Philadelphia Gas Company,
from Lewis county W lIi3 Of error
allowed, bond at $4,000, ia s, ~
Benedum We First citizens Bank,
ffomg MARSHALL, county CXppalEdA
lowed, berd 1T $4,000. b ida
Lamp vs.. Island Creek HaiTtShd
Company. from Logan couRtygy Wrtt
Of error refused. tx a4s5
Hinton Foundry, Machine nj and
Plumbing Company ys.o Lilly Lumber
Company from Summers iccduuty.
Writ. Of error granted.
Dunn vs.. Clark, trustee, from Mon
roe county. Appeal refused.
Wheeling Natural Gas Company VS.,
Board Of Public Works, from Marion
county. Writ of error granted.
Cassidy Fork Boom and Lumber
Company vs.. Terry, from Randolph
county: Rehearing refused
A charter has been Issued to the
Parkersburg Dock Company, of Park
ersburg, W. va. to operate docks,
wharf boats, contract and operate
boats. Authorized capital, $4,000.
incorporates: DIS. Pope, E. E.
Pope, ]. c. Mcconnell and r. f. sher-
wood, of Parkershurg, and j.. M. Ores
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PRESIDENT

MANN. IL.
continued frcin ~ g one
~ cfease II leIencys de needs
q tie nation my demand q large m
crease q ezfenditure vet tof keep the
ctal approIr lions within the eE-
peeted reyentIe s 1. necessary, 70 the
tnointedance " public q edit. z n ,'si',
ppcn III president must rest a large
elisre * le u lonsi5SSlity Tor the de-
inn1sls made upon tie treasury Tor tie
current adnllnistrat ion Of the; exeen-
tive branch 0f the government. Upon
the congtess must rest responsibility
fof tllos ~ 4slnds which
are made for other purposes.
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!. t3gs
4 snnronr,ot,or ~ SIM ooo vos
t,oda inI4 .o5 ION az 5osnoii;Ia, tt,,e
Dtosidelt to inquire into the methods
of transacting the public business Of
the executive departments and other
osetninent estap Adjustments ana to rec
pIinlend to congress such Legislation
is may be necessary to carry into eff
feet changes found to be Desirable that
cannot be accomplished by executive
ltction alone.st have been given this
Fund to enable me to take action and
10 max spe etdc recommend tfons with
respect to the details OF transacting
The business Of an organization whose
activities are almost as varied as those
De the entire business world. The op.
& erati0ns of the government affect the
Interest of very person living within
the jnfisd o1s u tttie Uhiteas States
It's on anization embraces stations and
eenters Of work located In every city
and III mary local subti yis3ons Of the
country. gross exp hditures amount
10 nearly $1,000 100000 annually. In
GLIDING the personnel Of the military
and naval estab lishments, more than
1000 persons are required to do the
work imposed by law upon the execu.
live branch Of the government.
Magnitude 81 tho Task.
. \ Tlas vast ORGANIZATION ms never
been sthdied IN detail a one niece n
administrative mechanism. NevaT have
the Foundations been laid far Z
thorourh cOnsidara finn ~ +I,o ,.alotto,,o
= 5pf All of its narts No cononrahans,va
,;sIort has been ma de- II iist sfts;; .I,1,,tti.
iarious nctiyittes. orsto eronn than, Mi, IN
sucli 4 way as ia ,nrese5,t n clear rIc.s
tIre.of what the government "a fIoi,io,
Never lbs i COMPLETE Siassription Ht basn
given OF the agencies through which
these activities are performed. At no
time filas tile attempt been made TO
study MI of these activities and agen-
Eies with q view to the assignment Of.
each activity to the agency best fitted
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17


eatioa of the eoferrment os e exlsi3l
tnly l0ll Ia report which 8
stau8mitied De- itt bc4a Is great
detnil ~ means q outlines not oniy
the den conaiii Ions. burearis
and ofliee through fliiclsthe Govern
ment Performs III .thried actfylties
5Jut also DE sectlon shops, Geld stu
lions etes eo1stit Tie SUI ordinate
divisions through WHICH the work Is
actually done. Il shows Tor the serv.
Ices at Washington each such final
unit as d laboratory, library, shop and
adminlst subdlytslon and for the
services out ide 81 Washing ton each
station and point at Ehich any aetiY-
fty Of the government IS carrisdson
| speeifie Eeenemies Demonstrated.
With this outline as d basis. the CON.
mission has entered upon the prepare
tion of three series 81 reports
The tifst SERIES deals with the man
ner 81 which the Services OF The gov
etnment Should be grouped IN depart
ments.
The second and third series Of re-
ports deal, respectively, with the Or
ganizadon ana activities OF particular
services and the form OF organization
for the performance 6f particular bust
ness operations.
One Of the reports Of the second Sc.
ries Is upon the revenue cutter service,
which costs the government over
S2,500i0 600 each year. In the opinion OF
the commission It's varied activities
can be performed with equal origreat.
er advantage ny other services. .Ehe
commission therefore recommends that
it be abolished. Il is estimated that
by so dBiug a saving Of not less than
81, O00, 900 a year can be made.
Another report illustrating the Sec
ond series recommends that the light
house and HE saving services he ad.
mlnistered By. a single bureau instead
''6f, as at present, BY two bureaus locat-
ed Int differeht departments. These
have much IN common. Geo
graphically they are similarly located;
adminis rativelS they have many of
the Same problems. It Is estimated
that ohso1dStafon would result In a
saving OF not less than $780, 900 an.
nually.
In q third report the commission has
recommended tie abolition Of the re-
turns office ofAthe department Of the
interior. This action. in its opinion,
will cause no loss In service to the
public and viii result in a direct saw
ing Of not less than $25, 900 a year, in
addition to a large indirect economy
in the reduction OF, work to be per
formed in the several offices.
In another report the commission has
recommended the consolidation of the
slxauditiIg efices Of fhe, treasury and
the Inclusion in tlls auditing system OF
the seven haF6It Iicets who now audit
customs accounts at the principal ports.
The changes recomme nded will improve
In many waysS the auditing Of public
accounts and wifi ireSalt lin nm Immedl.
ate saving Of at least S135, 900 annually.
A third series, OF reperts Is being pre-
pared on those branches of the organ
ization which are technical in charac.
ter and which exist for the service, of
the government MS a whole branches
which have to do with such matters as.
public printing heating, lighting, the
making OF repairs, the providing Of
transportation and the compilation Of
statistics where mechanical equipment
Is essential.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17

Dr. Samuel E. strother. OF Salem,
was prominent city business visitor
Wednesday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17
Abolition Of Local ofiees.

in which Tie grep test economy In pub
lie expenditure is possible Is to be
found in the numerous local offices Of
the government. In some Instances the
establishment and the discontinuance
Of these local offices IRE matters of ad.
illustrative discretion. In other In!
stances they are established by perma.
nent law in such n manner that their
discontlnuanccfis beyond the power Of
the president or that of any executive
officer. In a number Of services these
laws were passed nearly a century ago,
Changes in economic conditions have
taken place which have had the effect
OF rendering certain offices not only
useless, but even worse than useless in
that their very existence needlessls
swells expenditures and complicates
the administrative system.
The responsibility for the mainte-
nance OF these conditions must nat.
uraliy be divided between the con.
gress and the executive. But that the
executive has performed hEsS duty
when he has called the attention OF
congress to the matter must also be
Admitted, Realizing my responsibility
In the premises, I hare directed the
commission to prepare a report setting
forth the positions In the local services
of the government which may be dis.
continued with advantage, the saving
which would result from such action
and the changes In law which are nee:
essary to carry into effect changes in
organization found to be desirable.
On the coming in of the report such
Offices tas may be found useless and
can be abolished will be so treated by
executive order.
Personnel.
In my recent message to the CON
Fgress urged Consideration Of the ne.
cessity of placing III the classified serv.
ice all Of the local officers under the
departments OF the treasury, the in
terror, postofice ana commerce ana IA
Dor. ,st,a
As. yet little IL any. attempt has been
made by law to secure, either for the
higher administrative positions in the
service at Washington. or forflocal of.
fees, the qualifeat lions which the in
cumbents OF these positions must have
iflthe business Of the government Is
to be conducted in the most efficient
and economical manner. Furthermore,
in the case Of many Of the local Of.
ticers the law positively provides that
the term Of office shall be Of four
years duration.
Extension Of Merit System.
Tho next step which must be taken
is to require Of heads OF bureaus in
the departments at Washington aud
Of most Of the local officers under the
departments qualifications OF capacity
similar to those now required Of Ger
tain heads Of bureaus and of local Of.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17
Extension Of Merit System.

Tho next step which must be taken
is to require OF heads OF bureaus in
the departments at Washington and
Of most Of the local officers under the
departments qualifications Of capacity
similar to those now required Of Ger
tain beads Of bureaus and Of local Of.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17

CHARLESTON Jams Il. eentrars
3 stlens q ssaprams court
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17

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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-12
A Canadian Experiment.

Our state governments are proud by
right, but there is no reason why thew
should be too naughty to consent to
learn something from what we call for
cign institutions"
The Province of New Brunswick has
been establishing bureau of labor. The
duties of this new bureau include the col
lection and publication of all information
relating to labor organizations. This in
cludes statistics regarding the scale of
men and women employed. All labor
difficulties will in future be referred to
this bureau and will come under this jur-
isdiction. The bureau is in charge of a
commissioner, appointed Strikes, walk
outs, demands-the practical misunder-
standings between labor and capital-all
are to be referred to this bureau.
The problem is too big to dismiss as
settled by such thing. But stranger
'hings have happened than this--that the
true basis of Cancellation and compromise
may have been Reached through this ex-
pertinent by Canadian province. 1t may
not do the business. but it is a COM
mendable effort in the right direction.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-12
Valuable Find Of Manuscript.

A very interesting and remarkable
discovery Of Illuminated manuscripts
and early printed books. ranging as
far hack as 1850, has just been made
in the library at Oxt1n Hail. says the
Nottingham tEngJ Guardian
1t came about In this way: The
vicar of the parish, Rev. W. Laycock
obtained permission TO go through the
books in the library at his leisure.
While so doing his curiosity was
aroused by a locked and forgotten
cupboard therein, which he proceeded
to inves igate. Its contents proved to
be between forty and fifty volumes,
which confirmed the impression con-
veyed by the antiquity of their APP
pearance that they belonged to the
very earliest stage OF the art of print
ing, which was introduced into this
country in 1S47
The majority of them are folio vol
umes, and with one exception they are
all in their origina bindings. The
covers are carefully planed boards Of
solid oak. and the books are bound
with stout leather laces. the backing
and lining being fragments OF illum-
mated manuscripts of O much earlier
date. cut up as waste With a ruthless
Indifference.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-12
SAW HIS DUTY POINTED CUT
Advertisement. of John Ware Gave
Valuable Idea to the Travelling
Salesman,

while working through Pennsyl
vania recently I saw an advertisement
that ought TO bring relief to a few dis
tressed souls" said the travelling
salesman. 1T headed the personal col
umn and said:
BE it hereby known to all my cor
respondents that have this day de-
stroyed all letters they would wish to
be destroyed. JOHN WARE
THAT notice was so extraordinary
that I stopped over for a late train and
called on John Ware. He was genial
old man and willing to talk. He said
he was a person TO whom people vol
UNFAIRLY conided secrets; that many
persons in bursts Of confidence had
written letters to him which they no
doubt afterward regretted having
written.
Sometimes they said, Destroy
this sometimes they didn't. Anyhow,
John Ware had kept most of those in
eliminating letters. But now that he
was getting old he had seen what
harm might result from those letters
falling into strange and INSCRIPTIONS
hands, and he had burned them and
had taken that novel way Of notifying
his correspondents that they were
safe.
That talk with John Ware set me
thinking. The first thing did when
got back to New York was to burn a
batch of letters"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-12
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-12
Pay for Loss of Cows Should be
Granted.

The Lewis bill to compensate dairymen
in Maryland and Virginia for the loss of
COWS was taken up by the House COM
mittee on the District of Columbia.
| Besides the two Congressman and State
Senator Lee, there were present a score
Of dairymen from Maryland and Virginia
headed by John Thomas of Frederick
county, Maryland, president of the Mary
laud Dairy Association, who appeared in
avor of the bill.
As the law now stands the Government
reimburses dairymen who live within the
District line when their COWS are con-
demned by the health authorities No
compensation, however, is provided for
the dairymen outside of the District The
Lewis bill seeks to place all dairymen on
the same plane.
ID. w Baker, former United States At
torney for the District of Columbia. who
owns farm at Germantown, Montgom-
cry county asserted that if the relief is
not granted the great dairy business of
Maryland would be put out of business
The present law, commended Mr. Lee.
placed the dairymen of MARYLAND and
Virginia in an unfair position. Milk from
the diaries of New York and Pennsylva-
MD II peIUlltteu 10 come INTO Inc llStrlCt
without the rigid tests prescribed for the
Virginia and Maryland dairies
1T has been admitted to me, said
Senator Lee that the Health Officer has
not the personnel to make inspections of
these New York and Pennsylvania farms
Now it would appear, therefore, that
these farmers whose locations are so far
away can ship their rotten milk to the
District and get it sold. This keeps the
price down, but if the same rigidity
should be exercised in their case as it is
in that of Maryland and Virginia farmers
the price of milk in Washington would
jump"
The tuberculln test was raped hard
Mr.. Baker remarked that if man w
TO be dishonest, he can easily e, 81. ~
test by doping" his cattle few DAYS be-
fore it is made.
Representative Carlin, OF Virginia. de-
clared that between 100000 and So
600, 900 was invested in dairying in the
Eighth Congressional district.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-12
Maryland Corn Best.

In statement just issued bv Secretary
Of Agriculture James Wilson as to the
average termination of seed corn in
Maryland the Secretary says that out of
al samples OF Maryland corn examined
by the department 81 per cent showed
live kernels. This was a greater per
centage of live corn than was shown in
The samples which came from any Of the
II growing States.
In explaining the object of the tests
made, the Secretary said:
"One Of the important questions to be
answered by everyone who is going to
plant corn this spring is whether or not
his seed corn will generate well As
result of the dry summer and wet fall,
corn did not mature normally over a
large part of the corn belt. In reply to a
request sent to representative farmers,
I,7oS samples Of corn intended for seed
this spring have been tested by the seed
laboratory of the department. and 5they
show an average termination of 81 per
cen"