The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-07
THE BUDGET REPORT.

THE BUDGET HEPOHT
The final report Of the newly created budget
director shows an estimated saving Of a half
billion dollars over previous estimates. This is
worth while. though Tar below the expectations
Of th" public II may fairly be said that hi
rector Dawes has done very well and justified
the creation OF the office he holds
It rs noticeable however. that much Of the
saving has been accomplished by cutting
severely the proposed expenditures OF the mill
tary and naval cstablishments thus leaving un-
disturbed fu greater menace 40 far as final
consequences are concerned. FOR q is the clvil
osta5liahment that plays tho very devil with a
nations nnancc and "a nations morale.
The republic is houcycombcd with a great
variety Of gov rumcnt agents. Every depart
mont of tho government has an army Of civil
employees some resident iu Washington and
somc resident boz various sections of the states
ana some resident nowhere. merely travelling al
goyornttcnt expense from place 10 place.
The actual worth OF these agents should he
asccrtaInod by accomplished results then the
knife uscd literally wherever the cost exceeds
tho benefit That Kind ~ t"st would result
In the aboilshmcnt Of many bureaus boards.
commissions and assistants this and assistau'e
that Ana there would result not only a trc-
mendous saving In governmental costs. but also
an instant allaylng OF the growing discomfort
against government The actual government
service would be vastly improved
who viii have the tcmerity to deny this state
ment?
Il is incredible that. In view of this ucontcst.
able fact the administration and the congress-
80 far from seeking to free the republic from
these useless and annoying parasites and their
unnecessary costs are actually buslly concerned
over schemes to create stil moro Of them
The impossible shepard -Towner maternity
bill, Just enacted is merely tho opening wedge
to further expenditures which are as bercn OF
justification or proper government concern as
the mind Is capable OF imagining. And lurk-
ing In the background Is tho Smith -Towner cdu-
cational bin, another measure which will at
first coli for only few hundred additional
government agents, but which eventually win
tost on the public pay roll thousands OF para
sites whose activity Will further excite opposI-
ton to government in all It's phases. While stlll
further In the background but clearly defined
and threatening. stands the administrations
proposal to create department OF public well
fare--a proposal that knows no limits what
ever. once the principle is accepted
Paternplism is eating the very vitals Of pop
uar government. Patcrnalism-the various
propositions of the retormors the uplitters and
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to make the fed
oral structure a thing to be detested and feared
rather than an object OF devoted affection
Local sclf-government. as practced by the
states and the various communities within the
states has been forced to give way to the
speolous urgings OF a selfish class OF parasites
seeking place and power In the federal cstab-
lshment The result is federal establish
ment vastly different from anything contem-
plated by tho organizers OF the government.
and growing In It's ugly. threatening outlines
each passing year.
When viii rise In our midst with a voice
capable OF carrying to the remotest corners OF
the republic, and courage to make that voice
speak In hcralding the dangers that beset us
Simplicity in government is the one virtue cap
able Of pcrpetuating government That history
which teaches tho causes Of the decline and fall
~ every government which has faded from the
earth proclaims this fact In thunder tones.