El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20
Budget System For The Government

THE reassembling Of congress Monday and the certainty
that TIE big Appropriation bills VIII be passed soon
brings I'D again the for adopting the budget system
IN the government as Of doing away with the hap
hazard methods of spending money prevailing in some
the departments and resultant charges Of inefcency and
extravaganza The American does not object to being taxed
his country and wants to It forge ahead
every way possible, but he does hate to think that
maybe his hard earned dollars being wasted BY gov
The business of the United States government is the
biggest business in the world and congress the legsa
tive planning branch Of that business Being big
business the government should be conducted more
less in accord with business principles
Economy and efficiency the first objections Of good
business administration congress is sincere IN its desire
give the people well conducted government, It should
work for budget system such as VIII be conducive to the
best results at the lowest cost Superfuons machinery
and useless expenditures should be discarded
Our government extravagant and that is reelection
against the present Democratic administration Republican
administrations also have been charged with exIaTaganoe
The fault is not with parties persons but with the sys
ten IN use One Of the of sayings Is that
If any private business loosely IS the
government of the United States it would go bankrupt
promptly.
It has been asserted that the expenses of the United
States government could be decreased from 80 40 per
cent The figures may OF may not be exact but they VIII
for the purpose Of Illustration there IS large
waste it should be ended As long lasts people must
pay high directly and large indirect taxes IN the form
Of high prices When The expenses the government
81 O00oOoOo0 less year, the percapits penalty for
government extravaganza necessarily less sharply felt
than when expenditures have risen to several times
Llelr FORMER
There is no argument against the budget system
which would establish control Of departmental estimates
and direction Of their expenditure Under present
diions each Of 10 z big spending committees Of
gress originate expenditures without any regard to
revenue system of trading and clog rolling has grown
up congress that these haphazard spending bills
be passed One committee presents huge estimate Of
pendituIe and gets passed because other committees
with other bills coming up fear theirs may fan flat unless
they vote fright" The spending Of other peoples money
is congressional well individual weakness and
the inclination is toward lavish expenditure That is Why
many members of congress win be found in opposition to
budget plan The people Of the country the constituents
Of the congressman should demand in their financial
interest," that not only ervagance but the methods that
breed extravaganza, be abolished
The United States is to be the mandatory Of Armenia
that say sort Of foster father whose chief duty wiz
be to feed and cothe.
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IN the league nations take that Uncle Is
intended to play the role of the leg Of naOusdesgned
to be pulled.
In filing contest on commander Nevbe1rys election
Henry Ford has found way Of spending his money
aarmlessly.
The oxygen Of higher prices is being pumped into the
copper companies Behold them manifest the strings Of
life.
Some Of those seaplanes to have more affinity for
the than for the air.