Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-04
ECONOMY MESSAGE
SENT CONGRESS
URGES REFORMS
IN SERVICE
President Points Out Advant-
age Of Placing Classified
Employees Under Depart.
ments of the Government.
PROMISES SAVING OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

tby Evening" Herald a. 2. LEASED Wire)
Washington, April 4.--Presldent
Tart today submitted to congress
message In which he made strong
recommendation bearing upon great
or efficiency and economy IN tho
methods used ia transacting the pub
lie business OF the various executive
departments and other governmental
establishments. The president re-
ferred to "the advantages TO be de-
rived from placing In the classified
service the local Officers under tho
departments of the treasury, OF the
postofficc, of Justice OF the interior
and Of commerce and labor" and
stated that indirectly the changes
proposed will result IN the saving Of
many millions of dollars OF public
FUNDS besides greatly increasing the
efficiency of the service.
Tho message says In part.
Il have several times called atten-
ton To the advantages 10 be derived
from placing In the classified serv-
ice the local officers under the de-
partments OF the treasury. OF the
posioffice, OF justice, of the interior
and OF commerce and labor. In my
message submitted TO the congress on
January II ! referred 90 the loss oc-
casioned 10 the government because
OF the fact that In many cases two
persons are paid for doing the work
that could easily be done by one"
Tho president IN his message stated
that the loss on this account had been
shown by an inquiry 70 amount to
$4,000. 00O annually
For example," ne added, 'lt ap-
pears that very substantial econ.
omy would result from putting ex-
perienced and trained officers In
charge of tho first and seoond-classI
postoffices instead Of selecting post
masters In accordance with the pres
ent practice
"As the annual operating expenses
OF the first and second-class offices
aggregate the enormous sum of more
than SS0.00O.OO0. undoubtedly II the
postmasters Of these offices were en-
braced In the classified ser7ice the
annual saving would eventually rep
resent many millions OF dollars. The
saving In salaries alone, not taking
into account any saving due 10 in
creased efficiency Of operation wouid
amount 10 about ss.500. geo. An tho
case Of postmasters az offices % the
third class a large annual saving
could be made"
The message stated that nearly
$4,000 could be saved annually by
placing the pension agent In the
classified service and that the field
service of the general land office
could be more efficiently ana eco
nomica'ly operated II II was provide
by law that the office OF receiver of
district land offices be abolished and
the duties transferred TO the register.
assisted by a bonded clerk. and the
registrar plncod In the classified sery- !
ice.
IT has been estimated that the
adoption Of this plan would cause au
annual saving of 100000, according |
10 the message. II recommends that /
the Internal revenue and customs Of
ficers. now political appointees. be /
transferred 90 the classified service.
In conclusion the president. refer !
ring 10 all the reports ana recom- |
mCndatloas IN his message said:
Again | urge upon congress the
desirahillty of providing Whatever
funds can be used effectively 10 carry
forward with an possible vigor the
work now well begun. The 100000
required for prosecution of the In
quiry during the ensuing year, aud
the $50. 900 estimated for the pubii-
cation of the results, are incOnsldor-
able in comparison with the econo-
t1tlaa which nau ha raaIIaaF