Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-11
Government ECONOMY
IS VERY IMPERATIVE.
Urges Systematic Reorganization to
Gain Greater Efficiency.

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Gain Greater Efficiency.
Before | close may say few
words upon two topics much discussed
out Of doors upon which II is highly
important that our judgments should
be clear. definite and Steadfast?
One Of these is economy in govern
ment expenditures. The duty of econ
cmy is not debatable II is manifest
and imperative. In the appropriations
we pass we are spending rive money
Of the great people whose sc"' "ut~ we
nre-no our own. We are trustees and
responsible stewards in the spending
The only thing debatable and upon
which we should bc careful to make
our thought and purpose clear is the
kind of economy demanded of US.
assert With the greatest confidence
that the people of the United States
are not Jealous of the amount their
government costs # they are sure that
they get what they need and desire for
the outlay, that the money is being
spent for objects of which they ap.
prove and that it is being applied with
good business sense and management.
Governments grow piecemeal both
in their tasks and in the means 10y
which those tasks are to be performed.
and very few governments are organ
lied. venture to say. as wise and ex
perienced business men would organize
them II they had a clean sheet of paper
to write upon. Certainly the govern
ment Of the United States is not
think that it IS generally agreed that
there should be systematic reorcani
cation and reaSsembling OF its parts
SO as to secure greater efficiency and
effect considerable savings in expense
But the amount of money saved in that
way would. believe. though no doubt
considerable in itself. running. II may
he. into the millions ne relatively
small-small. moan. in proportion to
the total necessary outlaws ~ fhe gov
eminent II would ne rhornuch.!
worth etfectin.. - every >svinG Wpu'd
great or small
Our duty i not altered hv the Ss-alr
Of the Swing BIT ny "o'rt is that
the reorle of thc Unitrl states do np'
wish tn cu-tail the activities of this
government They wish rather. to en-
,srCe them. and with every enlarge
ment, with the mere growth. indeed.
Of the country itself. there must come.
VI course. the inevitable increase Of ey-
pense. The sort Of ecouom! We ought
10 practice may be effected. and ought
to be effected. by careful study and
assessment Of the tasks TO be per
formed. and the money spent ought t.
De made 10 yield the best possible re-
turns in efficiency and achievement
And. ike good stewards. we Shou i so
account for every dollar Of our appro
priatiuus as 10 make il perfectly evi
dent what il was spent for and in
what way II was spent
II is not expenditure but extrava
sance that We should fear being crit
cised fer. not paying for the legti
mate enterprises and undertaking OF
a great government whose people com
mand what il should do. hut adding
what will benefit only a few OF pour
ias money out for what need not have
been underta sen N a. or might tave
been postponed or better and more
economically conceived and carried
out The nation is not u'sEan''y; it Is
very generous. II viii chjde Us only
If we forget for whom We pay money
out and whose money II is We pay
These are .acse ana general standards.
but they are not very difficult OF app,
cation 10 particular cases