The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-07

he winding a ths vas. =, next %
he coaoeefatton of cur manhood
md wcmanhood itss1k. ths greatest
lactor va the maSshaling INTO one
nnit through the federal reserve
banks 1t the stnpendous wealth Of
America To those q vision who '
look out beyond our shores into |.
that commercial domain whore ye
are % Justly entitled TO enter n >
time Of peace, latent power Of the
federal reserve system can Be- seen
in every quarter Of tho |
globe IN ever widening now Of
American commerce.. We will soon !,
have = merchant marine feet Of
1l.000.0 900 tons aggregate, every |
ship flying the American nag and
carrying in American bottoms the
products Of mill and mine and fac
tory and farm. This would seem
to be . guarantee Of continue
prosperity. Our facilities for ex-
change and credit. however. In for
eign parts, should be enlarged and
under the federal reserve. system.
banks should be established IN I'M
portant trading centers. I am i'm
pressed also, with the importance
Of improving, II not recognising
our consular service. The certain
increase in foreign trade would
seem to demand It. This suggests
another change Our Ambassadors
to foreign countries have had as
signed to them a military and
naval attache. The stan should be
enlarged 30 as to include an ofncer
OF the government whose exclusive
duty would be to make observation
and report development and i'm
provement in educationa and social
problems generally.
The Budget System.
Government bureaus during the
war had close contact with the
business organization Of the coun-
try. That experience revealed the
modern need Of reorganization
along purely business lines. The
advantages Of a democracy in gov
eminent need not be recounted. I!
has been held by experts that II
involves the disadvantage OF dis
bursements, authorized by the law
making power without sufficient
knowledge of the need Of the ser.
vice, or the possibilities OF extrav'
agance. The answer to this is the
, budget system. No successful bus
! mess enterprise of any size car
operate without it. For a hundred
, years, the federal unit, and thu
! states as well, made appropriations
without determining the difference
between department need and cap
rice. at the same time, paying LITTLE
attention to the relation as be
!. tween income and expense. Man!
: OF the states have adopted bulge
!. system, and with a success tina
carries no exception. Ehicienc,
has been improved-departmenta
responsibility has been centered
, and economies have been effected
The same can be done by tn fed
eral government. The system viii
reveal at once, as it did in tn
d states, a vast surplusage Of EN-
:. ployes. 1t awakens individual In
terest. encourages greater effor
u and gives opportunity for talent I
assert itself. The normal cours
of least resistance, develops i
government bureaus hardpaI
= which retards progress. When tn
Il reorganization is made, pay shout
:. be commensurate with service
e Many federal departments who's
v, ramifications touch tie vountr
Ie generally. have lost valuable me
If to business. This has badly criI
h pied postoffices. the railway ma
E service and other branches.
Of Reduce Armaments and Save.
Is l am convir ced after considie
te able study of the subject that II
IL expense Of the government ca
6. without loss Of efficiency, be r
s. duced to a maximum Of four bi
n lion dollars, including sinking fur
ct and interest on the national del
H. When We enter the League of N
n lions, we should at the same tin
Y, diminish our cost Of armament !
of continue expenditures in either Il
of war or the navy departments on
IN vast scale, once our membership
he the league is assured, would see
he to be a very definite refutation
m the advantages Of the world pl'
he which we believe it possesses.
in appealing fundamental in t
a. league method, is the reduction
~, ornaments. We cannot afford to
y. it, until other nations do likewi
20 If we do not enter the league, hu
GU dreds of millions of dollars must
a spent for ornaments. If we 60
III and l believe the people will ms
on it, then We can count on ecc
omies.
Oh Oh G. 0. p. Ignores q. s. Victory.
y" Since the last national cow,
tons OF the two great parties,
world war has been fought, histol
De- unprecedented. For many, ma
ed months, civilization hung in
'ur balance. In the despair of ds
sd hours, 1t seemed as though wo
led dictator was inevitable, and L
de- henceforth men and women v
pat had lived in freedom would sta
rty at attention, in the face Of
on drawn sword Of military autocra
tbs Tho very sOul Of America Y
red touched as never before with (
to that our liberties were to be tai
.es. away. What America did. needs
re- reiteration here. 1t is known of
ort men. History will acclaim it-po
md will find it an inspiration throu
MI out the ages. And yet there is
70 line in the Republican platte
~ that breathes an emotion of pr
~ or recites our national ACHE