The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-07
BY MARX SULLIVAN
National Political Correspondent ~
lntclliGenCcr and New N"rh

lHielIlGenccr and NJ" ''F"
Evening tp't
Washington. May :. Everybody
thinks Of Secretary Hughes As having
thu. biggest job in the Cabinet. and a.
living up to it in a way that commands
universal admiration. :" long ~ our
foreign affairs arr 80 ,"mpl"x ana 10
prcsSingly important, tu!S Judgment -
correct.
lu; !, Is also true tina: another man
in IT." cabinet much less in the pub
l." eye. has a job of which IN" difficult
lies are not pcrCeptibly less. Tn" pub
lie does not realize ", how heavy
burden rests on Secretary Mellon Of
tn" Treasury. Tine changes that have
taken place in this department III the
direction OF size and compl"Nity are
no, realized.
When MIR. Wilson became PRESIDENT
~" Treasury did a business OF rough
~ *l.9"O'ooo.O0O year. ANA carried
4 puoH' ucHt mat Was comparatively
negligible. l'urinG the "iGht years OF
President Wilson'S administration the
changes that occurred IN tho Treasury
Department were enormous. To men,
t!un only the moro important differ
rn""S between the Treasury At the
! Inn" Mr.. Wilson came Int" power ana
the treasury aS Secretary Mellon tindS
II - !" make an extremely Impressive
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in such shane tba, very 500, ,hcrc must
no rcfundinr oD.ratiors OF , rnsrri,ud,.
never before attcmntrd in tbc history
IF the world Tho ,reasury has ,nan,I
10 fo-.jrn ,nyc-n,u.D,e vop,, en- mn
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many of tho ,oons can only bo co,r,,,cd
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tho exercise of Great na,icnr, ana wis
dom On tbcsn loans tharo x nnn abou,
$500 OOo 600 duo in arrears Of interest.
The treasury has taken on 2 War Risk
Insurance departmcnt comparable in
size and romrlexity to any Of our great
insurance commands
These arc the prjrcina1 items Of ,hc
Increns. in the volume of business
which the new secretary Of the treasury
must take care OF. Many Of thcSr ad-
ditions were taken on in the loose and
hapha2ard manner which necessarily at
tended the haste Of war If il hc said
that Secretary Mellon finds his depart
Incnt in a condition of much confusion,
L., that not be- interpreted "a criti-
c!Sm OF the man under whom these con-
d;tionS arose. Let il DC said. once for
all that in the Judgment Of many who
arr his political opponents Secretary
excellent secretary of tho treasury.
In war time tho common rules of
prudence and caution ar" reversed.
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