The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
Budget a Success.

i The publication OF the report OF
what General Charles Dawes mas
accomplished in initiating the leu
eraI budget system has Deen Wen
received by the editorial opinion Oh
the county There are few excep-
lions in the chords of praise Tor the
work, so far as he has gone, al
though certain editors are IN no
4 way backward in directing atten-
ton to the deficit threatening tof
the coming fiscal year. There Is
agreement, however. that the pud-
get system has been well Wortn
trying and it is pointed out tnal
the executive departments having
led the way, congress must Iollo"
their example.
The very fact that he cited spe-
cific facts and figures was an lndl-
cation that General Dawes kne"
what he was talking about, the Bal
timore American (Rep.) points OUT
asserting that he has not only
shown that his savings really are
savings, but he has shown that the
government has been converted
from an instrument for spending
money to an instrument Tor con
Quoting business" Admitting tnat
the real savings are small and
illusory," the New York GLOBE
Und.) believes that 'Generai
Dawes has done task OF coordln-
alton which long needed to be IN
dertaken."
His entire performance has been
so good that the Springfield Repub-
lican QndD demands that, mas
much as 1.-The reform in the hscal
affairs of the government has only
begun, General Dawes ought moi
to retire at the end OF one year as
head of the budget bureau, as ne
stipulated when he accepted the
office. He is so obviously the mar
, for the place, and the task he has
:, undertaken is so colossal. that the
public interest requires him to sta!
on the job"
The country should be grateful
, for the report which is "replet'
D with interesting information, th'
= washington Post Qnd. Rep.) be
e Iieyes, as the vastness of the gov
r ernment's operations, and the var
= iety of activities affected, make tn
: report a human interest documen
of exceptional attractiveness.' II
= addition, the Washington Sta
/ points out that 1.-The achievement Il
: economy is even more credltaDi
z than appears on the face OF IN
n showing. for it was made withou
= in any way impairing the efficienc
y of the government. The preslden
n and his cabinet have been able I
Il distinguish between wise econom
= and unwise parsimony and in Fl
( nancial craftsmanship that is IN
= ultimate of wisdom"
S Economy is Effected.
: The saving, in the view of tn
), Pittsburgh Dispatch 1nd.) us nea
= enough 10 Senator Aldrich's potter
" tiaI saving of a million a day I
r justify the expectation in the oud
It get" And in the opinion of To
New York Post Qnd), so far q
y budget system can effect ecor
n omy, economy has been effected
: With these facts established. it
d the suggestion Of the New for
n World Dem.l that the bulge
h system is already amply vindicatet
o but it will take more than one yea
= for it to work out its full wort
e 1t remains for congress TO do il
d part to cooperate with the execl
y tive, and this is what, up to dat
,r congress has not been doing
lie Agreeing that it is up to congress
f. as the Buffalo News asserts. g
congress goes on in the old wa
the money saved through depar
le mental efficiency will count fC
= nothing. There must be reform;
n ton all down the line. or redu'
IF tons never will reach the taxpa.
Iers.'