The Detroit times., 1914-12-04

requests for appropriations for pro
| yiding transportation facilities go be
/ fore seven different committees IN
the house. and are reported in eight
different bills. Besides some $2,OOO,'
900 of what Is known as permanent
appropriations have been handled by
various other committees, Requests
\ for annual appropriations for public
health are handled by three different
committees and reported out in Tour
different bills. Besides this, nearly
50 900, 600 for similar purpose Is
permanently appropriated through the
action OF various other committees
After eNpending the S26S.O0O, con-
gress refused TO give me any add
: tional appropriation, and the commits
sion necessarily lapsed They had
done most excellent work. and its re-
corded results are in Washington ana
} I'm the departments and in congress
and are available for the use OF an
other commission that should be ap-
pointed and set 10 work.
| This is task OF experts. II 10
not TO be done in one year or two
years. IL will take all OF five years
or perhaps 10 10 bring about a reor'
ganizatlon OF the government and the
perfecting OF a plan by which as
nearly as practicable the finances OF
the government can be conducted and
managed in an economical manner aP
proximating the way in which the,
great industries Of this country are
managed in the interest OF their
stockholders
Mr.. Taft discussed the pork bar
reP evil very frankly
THE Republicans are Just as much
in favor OF the old flag and an appro-
priation as are the Democrats. ne
said 1.-The theory OF our government
and OF the state governments Is that
there are many things that the gov
eminent can properly do that 20 or
SO. or 40 years ago il was thought
wasteful for the government to at
tempt The expenses OF both the red
eral and the state governments have
enormously increased. We have had
very large taxable resources They
are so great in both state and nation
as 10 make the mouth OF European
chancellor OF the exchequer water
But taxation is growing so heavy now
| that IL has become4a serious interior
-ence with business prosperity. we
are forced into greater economy IN
our governmental expenses, especially
! IL we are going 10 enlarge government
tai functions on the plans or many
reformers We must make the meth
/ DDS OF governmental business approx
innate those OF private persons or else
We shall go into governmental bank
ruptcy.
I'VE have acted like children. We
| have had so much money available
through taxation that we have not
| been Obliged TO consult the revenue
side OF the ledger Now We are com
| ing to the point where we must, ana
I'm view of that necessity We must pur-
sue the policy that all other govern
Ements have found absolutely neces-
sary In order 10 keep out OF Dank
ruptcy."
Nearly 400 members and guests OF
the Bankers club, attended the ban
quet, which was the most successtul
ever given by that body.
-Ofcers were elected for the ensu-
/ ing year as follows julius Haass,
president OF the Wayne County
Home Savings bank, president; VII
liam p. Holiday, president or the
central Savings bank, vice-president;
John w. Staley, vice-president OF the
First and Old Detroit National bank,
secretary and treasurer. The new
members OF the executive committee
are Charles C. jerks, president or the
\ Security Trust Co, and William j
Gray, vice-president OF the First and
Old Detroit National bank. They, to-
gether with the officers OF the CLUB,
constitute the executive committee.
New members received into the
club are: Henry B. Joy. director Fed
eral Reserve bank OF Chicago; /.
EAuten. president Cass City bank, Cass
| City. Mich; +. c. Steopel. director
First and Old Detroit National bank,
Detroit;s Stephen Y. Seyburn and r
II. Croul, directors Wayne County
and Home Savings bank, Detroit,
John F.. Dodge, director National Bank
OF Commerce, Detroit; Harry A. Co
nant, director Union Trust Co.. De.
troit; E. W Illsey. manager Standard
Bank OF Canada, Windsor, Ont; Be-
thune Duffeld, director Dime SAY.
ings bank, Detroit: Gordon Fearnley,
assistant cashier American State
bank, Detroit; Emil Jacob. auditor
German American bank. Detroit;
John Koch and Herman j. Koch, as
| sistant cashiers German-American
bank, Detroit; Clarence A. Pfeffer
director American State bank. Detroit;
Coleman c. Vaughan. vice-president
ST. Johns National bank, st. Johns,
Mich; Edward Yentsch, cashier Ger
man American bank. Detroit, and
Emil Stroh. director; Eugene w
Lewis, director; John p. Hemmeter,
vice-president, Luman W. Good
enough, director; David Gray, vice
president; John Endicott, director; II.
z. Dodge. director; Ray E. Danaher.
director; Hugh Chalmers. director:
| W. o. Briggs, director; E. A. Turn