Arizona republican., 1921-12-17

budget finally adopted, future con- tracts, future liabilities, and all cur rent expenditures be strictly con- trolled thereby, both as to items, pur- poses, and not to be exceeded aggre- gates for any purpose therein ex- pressed and authorized.
 Including also the support of many members of congress, suggesting and demanding the installation of a public budget system for federal purposes.
 Four: So amend the present consti- tuition that public funds will no lcpger be treated as available for expendi- lures until those funds exist in money in the public treasury.
 I have faith in the united intelli- gence of an American public Such faith as prompts me to believe, and in fact know, that when the ques- tions before this meeting are fully understood, when those who are here go back to their homes and continue to discuss the matters here consid- cred, that from 1t all. and with a more enlightened understanding as to real causes and real effects. an Ari- zona public will finally solve, willing ly, justly and unanimously, every complexity of any situation which may now affect the welfare of our state.
 During the time of our late war the Arizona public aroused itself to the righteousness of a war for humanity, for permanent peace, and perpetual liberty of men, Everything in the line of past contentious, as between man and man, mass and class. wealth and labor, was forgotten in a common purpose for the good of ali. The fact that so many interests, so many classes of business. so many indi- viduals of and from all walks of life are here today. is evidence to my mind that the same spirit for such united effort can be and Is now in fact aroused and will be fully exerted to the end of such peacetime con- struction or reconstruction of affairs of private business and of public en- deavors as will bring peacetime hap piness, prosperity and success to our selves. with an unimpaired heritage of it all to our posterity.
 Kuchler was followed by Andrew Kimball of Thatcher. whose subject was Economy in Government" A summary of his remarks follows: Andrew kimball Talks Mir. President:
 With no disposition to criticize but believing that we are all very much alike, just mortal and likely to error and that as a progressive people we can accept suggestions wherein inn provement can be made. I venture: With all our modern ideas of gov ernment, we have not improved much over the good old form outlined by | our fathers under the spirit of in- spiration, in use even today by our Federal government.
 We are top heavy. Expenditures ! -E..-.. -RE E.r- reach our preparations; with our limited population and undeveloped resources, we cannot stand the pres- ent overhead expenditures.
 Permit me to recommend the call for not only a special session of the Legislature but that a second con- stitutional convention be convened and that laws be repealed and ann ended and that our constitution be worked over with the purpose of H. Animation from it of the statutory laws of the state and line up a plan for an economical government in keeping with modern business prin- | ciples.
 The Budget System
 We are well up on the budget sys- tenn but caution should be had with this as all other parts of government
 
 the city. There should be in each a committee of citizens, taxpayers
 stockholders If you please, in this great cooperation too check over, and wherever possible. to reduce the rec omendations O: the departments. and under the careful supervision of our budget expert a perfect system ot accounting and recommendations prepared for the legislature.
 Many employees in the city and ] county building do not give a good days work and doubtless a similar condition exists in the state capitol and that doubtless duties and efforts | of employees in public offices in the | capitol and other public buildings could be co-ordinated to effect 6 | greater degree of efficiency. Until | people employed by state. county l city or school districts can find ways 1 of doubling up work and cutting out
 the non-e essential activities the pub
 lie can expect no reduction of taxes Don't you think 1t IS about time
 we. in Arizona, were getting busy | on this job? Listen what the Sen | ator has to say on the question oi | burden of taxation. 'T know a cer-