The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-08-27

such force that, for the moment at least the new S
of the Interior, Mr.. Lane was almost swept f
and much doubt as to what move should be md ee
this difficult situation he did the best thinq 60 In
called conference at Washington at which a. Oe-
were allowed to state their case In order - 'eeos
the strength of what might be termed the prosac.:
Engineer Record had representative at the be,' Tue
his report summarized in this journal at tho ~nd
showing clearly that the dsgruntled water usar ne
make 1t then appeared for time that tber %
be comparatively little change in the orqap;z.t: would
not long thereafter the commission manaqeno. Out
substituted for that of the director For t;r, -, was
peared to be just perfunctory arrangement and SP
seemed to be handled much in the past with oI
inevitable delay at Washington due to con,n,s ' Tue
troll eon'
But there other movements under va,, 81
by important men began to resign because 90 e
ferance in their work other conditions which el
their tenure of office distasteful and unpleasant F.
Mr.. Newelrs resignation accepted y
"But influences also at work in another d.;
and headers of this journal we'll know the pI 0"
ton Service heretofore independent of Conpross ~
the disposition of allotted funds, put in the norh
class, and now with rivers and harbors and public h
ings, will be bone of contention for hungry and-L
not tell the neutrality-suspicious." congressman Co. g
INSCRIPTIONS, in the opinion of this journal 70 ot
dred-thousanddollar post-oices for tenthoueand Iw
cities and to improve rivers and harbors out of all
ton to their relative Importance" pO''
Finally, as last straw, has come the oDeninc s a
denver ONCE ana tne concentration there oil
of projects heretofore closely controlled in sx d;.:
The result of the last change has been the virtual o =
the government of veterans whose KNOWLEDGE and ;n..
was invaluable to the government who every vear s
their salaries many times and whose places cannot
effectively filled without long and costly apprenticesb
Although not all of these engineers have been actually M
missed from the service the reduction in ranks which b
have suffered means the thing in many instances l.
apparent that the old esprit de corps of the organic
ton has been killed. and naturally these engineers vii,
find interest in their essened responsibilities and %
leave the service when they do so conveniently
THE final step in this reorganization has been mod
under the guise of economy but is difficult to see b
this move will economy in the long run lie fret
and most serious defect is the elimination of few com
paratvey hgh-salared officials but it is impossible 10
conceive of great manufacturing company or any LARGE
private interest adopting policy of reducing b
dscharging its department heads Their salaries in the
but fraction of what must be saved an,
nualy to show any material reduction in manufacturer
COSTS and on the other hand without their services the
quality of the product drops rapidly efficiency lowered
the rate of production decreases and the l.
lucky indeed if at the first serious difficulty the wheels
do not stop altogether"