The Caucasian., 1913-12-25
APPROPRIATIONS
WILL Be LARGER
Preachers Of Economy In Co..
gress Busy at thiS Season.
BUREAUS SEEK MORE MONEY
u,ele Sam Revcrses auIs % erscsicss
Business In AIlotting Appropriations
- Various Departmonss--Effic iciency
Commission Accomplished Little
Lindauist Of Gaich,asn Suehin0 e'th
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| The TING Gas arrived ghen che prce'n
crs of economy in government eXiten'n
lures win 10 Aear9 gleauently 90 she
floors t>R congress. and y"s we Or"s
poets Avor grgaa,e appropriations tn"n
ever before. Curiously enough. oil Chose
whose duty % 9s &c "kesp CLIO curse
/ strings" os the gov0rnmepg do nos Se'
at the real theory 20 goVer0mo'S -
penditures.
The government is nog rue o. aoS
other business concern. Che malD op-
iect of a superintendent or ssanages ."
any business concern is to make EN-,
i cient aud produce ms much proit hS
possible. The idea is to couple eceho
my with efficiency, to employ ms many
4 people as necessary and o. use nen
and materials to increase the IsohS
Reverses tho Rule.
Government superintenaeu6 aad
those in authority reverse the rule e'
business They work Sp secure more
; money from the government. sh9
want more clerks to enlarge an0 in
crease the work of their bureaus with
out regard to the returns: they wans
. to make their bureaus more important,
they want to show an increase of busi
ness for the purpose OF getting more
money. The whole system Is based
upon ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the bureau
and department, building 1t up. getting
more employees. etc. The subdivision
/: works to be made a division; the divir
sion works to become bureau, the
bureau to become department. mus
the agricultural, the commerce and the
!. labor departments haye been estabiish.
:, ed in the last quarter of century. ana
: hundreds OF bureaus have sprung into
E existence by the desire of people TO
Ell create them and make the national
government do more for the people
2 and spend more money for federal EN-
r ployees
I'll Taft's Economy Commission.
81 During recent debate Minority
Leader Mann took crack at one OF
Mr.. Taft's pet schemes. Said be, The
;, bureau Of economy and efficiency Of
the president took great deal of time
to tell congress how to run the govern
ment without having discovered how
to do much of anything properly itself"
= That commission stopped the wheels
d OF the different departments for weeks
= at time. disturbed government bust
d ness generally and recommended a
a great many supposed reforms, most OF
MI which were impossible in the govern
ment service.
> A Suggestion to Hughes.
During the discussion of the currency
bill Senator Hughes Of New Jersey was
contending for the right of every mar
to draw out his money from banks. "Il
s. not think will withdraw what little
i: money have In banks" he said.
s. "The senator might get hanged fol
starting panic,'' remarked Senator
II Root
lal Difference of Opinion.
, Criticising the delay in debate in tn,
senate and advocating a cloture in tha
body, Senator Owen outlined program
az Of legislation which included scor
l. or more great subjects. Senator Ash
MT urst declared that the Oklahoma sen
10 ator's speech would become historic
all He has stated what another politica
party will do IL the Democrats and Re
publicans fail to enact the Legislation
N he has suggested
:, Senator Gallinger, on the other hand
- said Owens speech included ever
" conceivable wildcat theory in legisa
III tion that has been suggested by an
II man during the last twenty years"
er The Lindquist Bill.
II, Congressman Lindquist of Michiga
OIL has introduced the bin which mad
rel him famous and which sent him
es congress. The Michigan member mad
he| one OF the most original campaigns eve
a known last year and was elected
h mainly on the promise that he woul
have enacted into law a bill for pur
fabrics and leather goods similar I
the pure food law for labelling and pr,
He tectlng consumers of foods He ha
d. introduced his bill into the house, an
It. It has gone to the interstate and 70
lid eign commerce committee. / wonds
when 1t will come out. Probably Lin,
or quist will have an opportunity
make several campaigns before his bi
gets to vote in the house.
m Christmas For Carriers.
,lal Congressman Young of Texas has il
-nsi troduced bin making Christmas a
gal holiday for rural letter carrier
i 1t will go through. After all that co
gress has done for the rural carrie
o. It won't stop at granting them
Us, holiday on Christmas And there mig
is be an effort to give the city carrie
nd such holiday There are few er
,v-l pioyees that are worked harder ths
mi city letter carriers. but the city ca
no riers do not have the political inf
ence exerted By those Of the rur