The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-07-22
The IneffiCiency of Government

The President recently five members of the Federal
board Although he had selected these
tner peculiar qualifications the Senate confirmed but three of
them the Committee Banking summonng other two
conference One of them member of the International Har
Veser company complied and discovered conference
something like the nqusition the Middle Ages other he
ranes banker in New York city, declined quzzed regard
ing his business relations Both commanding hundred
thousand dollars for their and consented
on the board only discharge Of public duty The President
ected men OF the highest playing petty politics the Senate
may nave ROBBED the of the services of of them.
In rebukng the Senate for its political stupidity the President
sa the majority OF engaged in business enterprises
are honest In further adherng its opposition the women
the Banking committee effect replied ANY who allied
with Big Business should be carefully investigated being
placed public Office The attitude of this committee is quite
the that of people all the country largely
sponsbe for neficiency of government
Take Dayton o. for Illustration This city has been kept
the map by one industry The president of that
gentleman of remarkable business atanmen apostle
progress Aggressive well progressive he endeavoed
leader improve Dayton and refused office by the people, sought
TO compel progress Threatened with court proceedings he
the point OF moving his great industry city, when
the floods and duged Dayton After waters subsidized
and citizens took account of stock and found their municipal
eminent financially and politically they
Patterson the Moses lead them Wilderness They
needey suffered for from inefficient government because
OF petty politics, and usab prejudice against extra
ordinary ability. xesas
There cities and towns in this country lust like
Dayton They of marked business capacity and ex
ceptona achievement but do them in promotion of the
public good because Of foolish prejudice and they would use
the DIRTY political campaigns prospect Men rule
Will not wade through political mre public office
don't have to- If they accept public office they personal
sacrifice quite sufficient for them The people of many and
towns have not yet learned that their best citizens their
only real guaranty of efficiency of government
The first definition of politics. is 1.-The science of govern
ment may have been the science of once but
not Politics game in which party seeks ADVANTAGE
pawns who be moved regardless rue-boh
party and men giving public welfare only much will
insure supporting votes That's what the Senate Committee on
hats what Dayton used to seek; that's
what hundreds of cities and towns doing
the galleries. and dearly for nefcencNof government
celebrated economist recently remarked In their national state
and municipal the American people wasting 20
to ~ cent of taxes paid because of ineciency American
politics has not yet been reduced to science
And the worst of all is that the people themselves the tax
payers prefer efficiency Notwithstanding the remend
cost to themselves of their folly This why the Senate us
es its nqisitlon of Thomas Jones' and attempted quiz of
Paul NJ Warbur why Dayton would have driven President Pat
erSon and the National Cash Register company city
and why the best business hundreds of cities and
towns have part their municipal affairs Yet with such
erenc Tor prejudice people sometimes inferior to give
superior service though human that onv few
men have done greater things for the public than thew have
done for themselves The proposition preposterous ONLY eff
hclen men supply efficient government relations with
great enterprises and successful business generally Indicate eff
lfciency -