The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
THE BUDGET SYSTEM.


Leading members of the u. S. senate both
democrats and republicans, favor the adoption
of the budget system by the government &C
cording to the results of poll of the upper house
of congress conducted by the National Security
League. The league, which has made public en-
dorsements of the budget system by influential
senator's of both parties from all parts of the
country, announced recently that its Committee
on Congress" would make the awakening of pub
lie sentiment on behalf of national budget sys-
tenn its principal business for the time being.
few of the expressions of senators in favor
OF the budget system, sent by them to the Sc
curity League in answer to its poll, read:
Senator Williams of Mississippi am in IA
of the budget system. The government
ought to have some way of striking balance
between appropriations and revenues
Senator Capper of Kansas-tWe are the only
people in the world having so-caed modern
system of government that has not budget
system to prevent the wasting of public funds
How long we can keep this up without going
busted don't know; / only know that the
worlds wealthiest nation is going to go broke if
we keep it up
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey-s'To
refer to our present system of governmental fl
nance Is TO DeCfay an unIamluar1Ly Win our
STANDARD dictionaries. The word system is a
misnomer, unless chaos and system are inter
'changeable terms, and do not understand that
they are. Unless halt is called upon SLOW
emily, indefensible methods of appropriation and
expenditure, the ship of state will end her career
on the rocks of financial disaster
Senator Harding of Ohio-1I think say
everything that one needs to say in behalf of the
budget system by saying that it will enable con-
gress to appropriate the public money with I'M
derstanding and economy.
Senator New of Indana-"I am very much in
favor of the budget system. think it would be
a very great advance in national methods of do
ing business. The government is, in sense, a
large corporation doing the peoples business and
the advantages of budget system in govern
mental affairs just desirable as they are
in a private business"
Senator Townsend of Michigan-''The present
basis for federal appropriations is most unsatis-
factory. 1t is influenced largely by bureaucratic
pull. Not so much the needs of the government
but the desires of bureau chiefs are the CONTROL
ing influence believe that proper budget sys-
tenn should be adopted at the earliest time pos
sible"
Senator Moses of New HAMPSHIRE am
earnestly in favor of the establishment of
{ tional budget system for the United States, to
the end that both legislators and taxpayers may
be able to know where the money comes from and
whittier it goes"
Senator Myers of Montana-"L incline to a
budget system
Senator Beckham of Kentucky-1 favor the
adoption of budget system by government
I have no doubt it would be a very considerable
Improvement over the present loose and lax
methods of dealing with appropriations by con-
gress. l hope that some satisfactory and sue
cessful plan may be evolved and put into opera
ton"
Senator Watson of Indiana-"The adoption of
a national budget system is absolutely essential
for sound and businesslike expenditure ow|
money by the national government The present
congress should enact immediate legislation for
the adoption of the budget system