The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-14

director of purchases and supplies fos
the army in France during the war
has been appointed as budget director
1t is probable that NOT even the
political opponents of General Dawes
will Intimate that he has sought II
government Job for the pay or the
glory that is in it. His civil life
position probably paid him many times
the amount of the salary which the
government will hand him each year
Mr.. Dawes is going to take hold
of five billion dollar year business
and try to run it so that enough money
can be saved to Uncle Sam each year
TO make the installment of the nee
essary machinery of accomplishment
a justiiable bit Of legislation.
And SO the long looked for budget
system is to 90 into operation. BY
the provisions Of the law every presi-
dent of the United States in the future
will be under legal obligation to send
to congress in December the first
budget Of government.
What will this budget include?
Wen, it must have in ii estimates of
every forthcoming appropriation and
with them estimates of the probable
government income from every source
under tho Jaw as it exists, and if also
must contain an estimate OF the re-
ceipts as they are likely to be under
such proposals sOr revenue raising
as the budget may contain.
In addition to this there must be a
statement Of the. condition of the
treasury and what it is believed the
condition Of the same department will
be when another fiscal year is ended.
In addition to this there must he a
complete statement of the indebted
ness Of the government ana such other
financial statements as congress may
need to see Its way clear to legiSlate
wisely in what may be called a
financial way.
OF Prime Interest To All of Us.
The country probably will watch
the operation Of appropriatng money
under the new budget system with
keen interest 1t is the peoples money
which is being spent, and therefore
in n way the chairman Of the budget
will be the steward of the people.
In the house of representatives
there already is consolidated COM
mttee on appropriations The chair
man of this committee, James w,
Goode of Iowa, has left congress. No
body knows who will succeed him.
The job of the consolidated appropria-
tionS committee is n peculiar one,
for 1t is sort of guardian of bills
proposing expenditures and it is its
duty in a large measure to see TO It
that the smaller committees when
they make their reports shall not be
led into the way of eXtrayagance
1t is possible that the senate will
he compelled to follow the example OF
the house and dissolve a large number
Of it's smaller committees, or else keep
them in their present form but with
merely Il narrower field i'm which to
work. Virtually the enlarged APP
preparations committee of the house
has taken over everything whirh per-
tains tn finance. or ut least it has
constituted itself sort of court Of
last resort in appropriation matters.
If the same course shall he applied
in the senate, the committee Of which
Senator Penrose now is chairman will
have greatly enlarged powers and
while all appropriation measures must
originate in the house of represents
tives, the fact that the senate has n
last word in the matter will give to
the chairman Of the senate appropria-
tionS committee power perhaps
greater than that held by the house
committee chairman.
Dawes a Vigorous Man.
Charles G. Dawes, who has been
oDpnintpd director of the bu1gp, is