Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-12-08
Nothing of Sensational
Nature Occurs In Europe

German government and in Angus
by the parliament of Great Britain
1t marks most hopeful and decid5t
advance in international civilization
j We should show our earnest goot
faith in great matter 10y adding oul
own acceptance OF 1t.
There is another matter of which
to discharge my conscience, lest il
should escape your attention. II
may seem very small thing. II
affects only single item of appro-
priation. But many human lives and
many great enterprises hang upon II
|. is the matter of making adequate
provision for the survey and chat
ing OF our coasts. 1t is impressing
and exigent in connection with the
immense coast line of Alaska, coast
line greater than that of the United
States themselves, though it is also
very important indeed, with regard
to the older coasts of the continent.
We can not use our great Alaskan
domain, ships will not ply. thither, f
those coasts and their many hidden
dangers are not thoroughly surveyed
and charted. The work is incomplete
at almost every point. Ships and
lives have been lost in threading what
channels. We have not provided ad
equate vessels or adequate machinery
for the survey and charting. We have
used old vessels that were not big
enough or not strong enough, or so
nearly unseaworthy that our inspec-
tors would not allow private owners
to send them to sea. This is mat
ter which, as | have said, seems small,
but is in reality very great Its i'm
portance has only to be looked into
to be appreciated.
Before | close may I say a few
sed out of doors, upon which it S
highly important that our judgments
should be clear, definite and stead
fast?
One of these is economy in govern
ment expenditures. The duty of
economy is not debatable 1t is man
ifest and imperative. I'm the appro-
priations we pass we are spending
the money of the great people whose
servants we are-not our own. We
are trustees and responsible stewards
in the spending. The only thing de-
batable and upon which we should be
careful to make our thought and
~, Il
demanded of us. ! assert with the
greatest confidence that the people of
the United States are not jealous OF
the amount their government costs II
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 approve and that it Is
being applied with good business
sense and management.
Governments grow, piecemeal, Doth
in the tasks and in sthe means by
which those tasks are to be perform
ganized, | venture to say, as wise and
experienced business men would or
ganize them if they had a clean sheet
of paper to write upon. Certainly
the government of the United States
is not. | think that it is generally
agreed that there should be a system
attic re-organizing and re-assembling
of its parts SO as to secure greater
efficiency and effect considerable saw
ing in expense But the amount
money saved in that way would,
believe, though no doubt consider
able in itself, running it may be, into
the millions, be relatively small
small, | mean, in proportion to the
total necessary outlays OF the govern
ment. 1t would be thoroughly well
worth it as every saving would, great
Or small. Our duty is not altered by
the scale of the saving. But my point
is that the people of the United
States do not wish to curtail the ac-
tivities of this government; they wish,
rather, to enlarge themselves, and
with every enlargement with "he
mere growth, indeed, of the country
itself, there must come of course, tho
inevitable increase OF expense. The
Soil VI CSoiOiily WC ouSs III ~ pidNltAC
may be effected, and ought to be ef-
fected, by a careful study and assess
ment of the tasks to be performed;
and the money spent ought to be
made to yield the best possible le-
turns in efficiency and achievement.
And, like good stewards, we should
50 account for every dollar of our
appropriation SO as to make it per-
Iectly evident what it was spent for
and in what way it was spent.
1t is not expenditure for extrava-
.cance that we should fear being crit
ieised for; not paying for the legiti-