Evening journal., 1922-05-16
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1922
INTERESTING TO VOTERS.

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IL should appeal to Delaware voters:
During fiscal year July l. 1920 to June 80 1921
the actual cost the government was $685.
o40,sS9. During months of this period the admin
stratve agencies the government wholly in the
hands Of the Democratic party.
During the current fiscal year, which began July l.
last and ends June 80 next will ss,s22S72 OSC
to run the government During this period all the ex-
ecutve agencies of the government have been under
Republican control
This is a saving $1,000 100000 which this Republi-
can administration has made in compared
with the last year Of Democratic rule.
These figures are not guess work They taken
the books of the government. They set down.
item by item. the penny in report just
made Congress by the Director of the Budget They
concusvely and most emphatically the charges
OF Democratic party that Republican claims to pub
lie economy not based upon fact
Going into details the report shows that the ordinary
expenditures for the operation Of routine business
Quoted by the executive agencies of the government
amounted to s267s4s5O7s during the fiscal year July
/. 1920 to June 81 1921 during months of which
all the executive Offices filled by Democrats.
During the current fiscal year which ends June 80,
next the ordinary expenditures operation of the
routine business conducted by the executive agencies
viii be s1.7s5s75s72. During all this period these
ecutive offices have been filled by Republicans.
This a direct and very concrete saving of $9O7,-
Republican executives All of these expenditures are
wholly subject of the executive officers in
charge the several departments. bureaus and COM
missions which made the expenditures.
Thssaving 5000 900 in the conduct of the
executive agencies the Democrats charge. a
housekeeping saving" The saving actual; It is
crete; expressibe only in terms OF dollars apd
cents; It is saving which means S9O7OOO.OOO less
money TO taken in from the pockets Of the
American people 1t is a saving which is set forth in
the report of the Director Budget the de-
tails in dollars 1t imaginary 1t is not
'estimated;" there; it has been made; it is
crete as a grindstone
The other s7oOOOO,OOO saved by this administration
compared with the expenditures during the last year
Wilson administration accounted for largely
by the abolition United Railroad Admins
raton the United States Grain Corporation the Sugar
Equalization Board and other activities which the
Republican Congress elected in 1918 made
rapidly possible
This is 100 per cent, plus, fuhlment OF the 1920
campaign pledges OF the Republican party put
business in government" 1t is the first and i'm
portant step the program of reconstruction Getting
expenses down and putting into effect systems and
methods that will permanently keep them down is the
FIRST and important duty every government to-
day Since March 1921 the United States has made
more drastic reductions in public expenditures and
greater reductions in public than any nation
the world. With the exception of possibly others
It is the only nation which any reductions in
public expenditures and taxes
All this was done under Republican administration
The Republican Congress made 1t possible bv the i
early enactment Of the budget law
The Republican executives from President Harding
down made the possibility glorious reality by taking
every possible advantage Of budget act to install and
compel economies.