The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-11-27

beuAtoIu anu REPRESENTATIVES,. VINO -
chairmen of committees or In special
appointive capacity make reports.
send thousands Of specimens of their
handiwork In printed form to their
constituents. and occasionally they do
not limit the production to the fields
OF their immediate districts.
Change VIII 0e Unpopular.
This change In the old free-for all
mailing system probably will be ex-
ceedingly unpopular and 1t seems
likely that quiet attempts will be
made to induce the party members
who are responsible for its suEges-
tion. and the party leaders who have
given 1t their sanction, to change
their minds and to prevent the pro-
vision from coming to = vote. II 10
virtually certain. however, that II the
proponents of the plan stick to their
Intention there will be few members
OF congress. Democrats. Republicans
or Progressives, who will care. or
mayhap dare. to vote against It,
II will be put forward by the COM
mittee with the sanction of the post
master general. who 1t is understood
will make favorable reference to 1t
In his annual report and with such
endorsement, coupled with the word
that 1t is In line with the Democratic
policy of economy. II probably will be
enacted into law.
To Cut Printing Bills.
Side by side with this plan to abol-
ish the franking privilege, it is the
intention to introduce bill which will
cut the printing expenses of the gov
ernment. The joint committee on
printing of house and senate will rec
ommend that a rule or a law, which
ever Is necessary to accomplish the
end, shall be enacted which shall for
bid the wholesale printing of docu.
ments for which there is likely to be
little demand. There are thousands
of government reports turned out by
the departments every year to say
nothing of the thousands Of congress
sional reports and documents
1t Is never known in advance how
great demand there may be for the
publications, and so in the absence OF
definite knowledge on the subject it
has been the custom to print large
numbers of everything which the Off.
cial pens produce. Hereafter it is
the intention to have an estimate
made of the probable popularity of
written reports. and the orders for
printing them will be shortened or
heightened accordingly
Will Debate NAVAL Holiday"
Shortly after congress meets in
regular session it will have brought
before it for debate and perhaps for
passage resolution introduced by
Representative Hensley of Missou-
ri declaring readiness to cooperate
with Winston Churchill, lord of
Great Britain's admiralty. in an at
tempt to get the great powers of the
world to agree to stop all warship
building for one year. If this resolu
tion shall be sanctioned and if other
governments Join with the United
States and Great Britain, the Ameri-
can administrations plan for three
battleships this year will be kept on
the shelf for another twelve months
at least.
What the Carnegie endowment for
national peace, known to the fiippant
as the Peace trust" because 1t dom.
mates the peace endeavor organization
of the world. will say about the Hens
ley resolution no one yet knows. 1t
seems as if SO simple method of saw
ing money and at the same time pre-
venting one nation from getting ahead
of another in armament ought to ap-
peal to the proponents of the cause
of the dove and the plowshare. Since
this matter of calling off the big ar
morers and the big gun makers for
one year was brought before the
house the members have been interest
ed in looking up the armament budget
figures. Mr.. Taft's economy and eff
cheney commission. which was legis-
lated out of existence last year. made
a report and 1t is now being consulted
by congressman who thought the COM
mission was of no particular service.
Nearly Half for Defense.
The members of the commission fig
ured out on the basis of the estimates
for the year 1913 that the total gov
ernment expenses were 1889. .7S3,261
and that of this sum $4O2,91S,347 was
voted for purposes Of national defense,
leaving $436. 6.6s6.961 for the civil func-
tons of the government. 1t will be
seen from these figures that the ex-
penditures for preparations for war
fall little short of the sums needed
for the activities of government along
the lines of the common welfare
which run at right angles to those
leading to war.
II the Hensley resolution does not
pass and if the plan of Winston
Churchill shall fail, the expenditures
by the United States next year for
national defense purposes will be far
larger than those which were voted to
meet the requirements of the last
year. There seems to be justification
| in the fRures for the hlunt vorda NJ