The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-12-27
OWN ADVICE PRACTICED
BY PRESIDENT HARDING
COSTS THE UNITED STATES
COMPARATIVELY SMALL
SUM OF $25o,ooo IN YEAR.
is MOST ECONOMICAL RULER

President Conducts Government or
Less Expense Than Any Other Elk
ecutive. King Costs England $780,
600 Annually.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-President
Harding costs the people OF the Unit
ed States just two and one-half mills
each year, according to official re-
ports of the treasury department, or
less than a quarter of a million dol
lars a year. King George costs the
British empire $2,500000 a year and is
having trouble making ends meet, ac-
cording to a report from London.
President Harding IS probably the
worlds most economical executive.
Running expenses OF the president and
his office force this year will total
$216,800, the treasury department rec
ords show. This includes $4,000 for
the presidents salary, $4,000 for trav-
cling expenses, $80,600 for office ex-
penses and $4,000 for contingencies.
And the president is planning to re-
duce this total, in line with the policy
of economy which he has prescribed
for the government departments.
Saves on travelling Bills.
The president, in line with his econ
omy program, already has saved one
third OF his proportion OF travelling ex-
penses for the first three months OF
the fiscal year. For the first three
months of the year the allowance is
$6,250, yet the president so far has
spent only $4,000 for travel, King
George, bound by custom and tradi-
ton, must maintain a score OF state
coaches, stable with a squadron OF
blooded horses, garage with innum-
cradle motor cars and nearly 100
grooms, hostlers, chauffeurs and me-
chanics.
The president OF the United States
maintains two automobiles in which he
and his family and guests ride, third
automobile for secret service men and
three chauffeurs. The cost OF the pres
ident's travel equipment is paid out OF
the contingent fund OF $4,000. From
this fund must come all expenditures
for stationery, record books, tele-
grams and telephones, furniture and
carpets for the executive Office, and a
score of other items.
4. Hundreds on Pay Roll.
The household of the king OF Eng
land includes several hundred persons
and a small army of servants. The
president has one physician, in compar-
ison with an entire medical faculty
maintained by the king. The president
has one secretary, salary $500 year
and an office personnel of 40 clerks
messengers and stenographers. The
payroll for the entire group is less
than the payroll OF most government
bureaus.
Correspondingly the king OF Eng
land has a group OF secretaries and a
long list OF masters OF the household
One has entire charge OF and gives his
entire time to keeping we'll stocked the
royal wine cellar that is reported &c
contain more than 100000 bottles
There is a poet laureate, master OF the
horse. master OF the kings wardrobe
and mistress OF the same for the queen
Several regiments OF horse and loot
soldiers are responsible for guarding
the king. In the United States squad
Iof 20 secret service men guard the
president and white house grounds
with the assistance OF Washington po-
Ilicemen, who keep watch at the en-
trance of the white house. For SIM
Iplicity and economy the white house
Isets up world record, government Of
Ihcials say, compared with the palaces
and presidential residences OF Europe