Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-03-21
CANNOT SAVE MUCH
CONGRESS 10 NOT LIKELY TO
KEEP EXPENDITURES sELow
BILLION MARK.
PLENTY or ADVICE AT HAND
"erk Of the Eeonomy and Efficiency
Commission Has Sympathy Of
Democratic Leaders But lts sus-
sestlens Are Not Followed.
By GEORGE CLINTON.

: By GEORGE CLINTON.
i washington. - Cutting here an
8 cutting there. and in between her
4 and there, probably will not avail +
prevent the session of congress nov
;. uraWing to a close from joining tn
n oliiiondollar class OF Its predecessors
a Inc Democrats preached economy
!, ana II is only due them to say tha
y II they keep the expenditures dowr
0 70 the figures Of the last two or thrss
, sessions, they will have done some
tning In the way Of saving, but moth
ing like so much as was hoped by the
leaders who expected to set an ex
ample Tor sessions of the future.
The expenses OF the government
, grow year by year because the mum.
Oers and the needs Of the governed
grow, and SO long as the old system
OF making appropriations continues to
exist, the certainty seems to be, con.
gressmen say, that the expenses must
continue TO pile up. The Democrats
nave shown some sympathy with the
work OF the economy and efficiency
commission and granted money so
tAat the commissioners could con-
tinue their labor.
Congress has been given informa.
ton about how to save money. 1t has
been transmitted direct from the
computation tables Of the economy
commissioners, II Is true that IL the
plans OF the commission are followed
there viii be no more billion-dollar
sessions for long time to come.
Whether governmental activities win
be crippled remains for the future to
prove.
Fear They WIN Lose Johs.
Already congress has enough ad-
vice in its possession to make the saw
ing attempt. but thus far 1t has not
acted upon 1t. Possibly It is waiting
until all the advice comes In. Not
long ago the law makers were told
how much money could be saved In
the ONCE OF the adjutant general of
the war department. Instantly the
ofiicers who would be directly or In
directly effected protested and said
that the commission had made q
mistake. 1t was agreed that the sys-
tenn In the adjutant generals ONCE
might be changed to advantage, but
here was opposition, with arguments
o back II, that It would be unwiss to
'ut down the clerical force.
The great fear of the employees Of {
he government IL that II the economy |
'rogram Of the administration com. Q
Mission be adopted. thousand Of I
Eorkers will lose their Jobs. II does I
ot seem to have been the intention
{ the commission to recommend that
he unnecessary employees in the ad. =
ntant generals offlcs should be dis !,
Missed from the service. The plan ),
'as to keep them all at work and TO :
ave the decrease In the force come :.
aturally. that Is. through resigna. :, ),
ons or deaths, places thus made va. = :.
mt to remain vacant. =
Can't Resist Temptation. =. =,
Speaker Clark. Majority Leader I'm. :, =
srwood and Representative FitEger. W.
d, chairman Of the appropriation %
'mmittee, have urged that economy ~
served, but their following has run a.
way from them. There are river and = =
lrbor improvements and other - -
inss Of advantage locally which ~
pealed to the Democratic members, -,
10 have found themselves In the
ajority for the frat time In years. !.
q the temptation act only to ask ~.
I to take, has been too great to be ~ ~
sisted. II the Democratic leaders, - ~
isr the full reports have been re- - -,
wed from the economy and EN-. -, -
ncy commission, intend to force a - -
'ord for saving. they must induce :, ~,
'ir followers TO adopt the commits. -. -
ns recommendations. and at least - sa :
try them cut. lne
from the beginning Of the work Of 4's :
economy commissioners IL has 49,.
N urged that while bilIion-dollar . -.
sisns may continue to be the rule = =
government can get much great. -, -
return for its money II the plans - :
gested are adopted. It is said ~ -
two or three hundred million - -
lars can be saved yearly by iudi sss, 80
- rs-adjustment OF The Enachinery =, ~
The government. The plan which : !,
been sugssstsd ID to take the :, :
ley which 4 saved asa to put II
other nssa for the hensnt Of the
pie. such % the extending Of ths N
I Of the good roads ofies. the 81 inx
ishment Of a department Of health told
ths founding OF bureau which y
care for certain things which VIII an
n sae ensinsss interests Of TIE and
H.
Tsfs cesds co March ! refu
! the afternoon Of March won
p<dinzFy Msy-das moving van s.
spnear under The portIco ol said