The Glenwood post., 1922-05-25
Uncle Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events For the Childrsn
and orown-uDs, Too
THE BUDGET SYSTEM A SUCCESS

THE BUDGET SYSTEM A SUCCESS
''It is the difference between the
fellow who talks all the time about
what he has accomplished and the fel-
low who plugs along and lets the
things he really does talk for him."
said Uncle Ted in answer to Jacks
questioning about the report Of savings
in money made by President Harding
to congress.
"I've heard lot of people talking
about the men who run our govern.
ment at Washington" said Jack.
Some of them haven't said very nice
things either. l had scrap with
Freddie yesterday because he said
President Harding hadn't done any
thing to help hard times and that
things were just as bad as they were
and worse"
Jack, 1 IN sorry,' said Uncle Ted,
"that you and Freddie should quarrel.
You boys should learn to control your
temper better than that. OF course,
to certain degree, | don t blame you
for becoming indignant over these
things. People who talk that way are
not acquainted with the facts. Presi-
dent Harding and his advisors have
really accomplished wonders in view
Of the condition in which they found
the affairs of government when they
took over the reins Let me give you
an example: If John Jones has big
store and he runs it for eight years
spending and wasting money right and
left; if he buys more goods than he
needs and then lets it rot; if he runs
the whole store as if he had all the
money in the world with no thought
of tomorrow, what condition do you
think it would be in2 Then suppose
another fellow comes along and takes
over the store because it is the wish
Of his friends in the community. Do
you think in one year he could have
that store back to normal after all the
waste and extravaganza used In run
ming it for eight years3"
81 should say notl' answered Jack.
'Well, Jack, that s the exact situa
ton today with regard to our govern
ment President Harding has worked
earnestly and well He has brought
back the respect of other nations. He
has considered our home problems
long and intelligently. He has by
firm resolution saved the country
$1,000 900, 900 in one year and caused
1907 100000 to be cut from the gov
ernmental expenses. This wonderful
showing came about through the es-
tablishment of the budget system un-
der the able direction of Gen. Dawes.
The budget is a business system and
it has proved a great success in cut
'ing down our expenses, together with
President Harding's hammer away
to bring about real results and
expert Judgment and skill of Gen.
Dawes as director of the actual work.
"Now there are lot of people wht
don't seem to know, from President
Harding's report which he sent to
Representative Martin B. MAIDEN,
chairman of the house committee on
appropriations, whether the admins
tration has saved $1,600000000, or
5000, 100000 or what. 1t is very sim
pie and clear if we study the following
part of the presidents letter. / am
going to read it to you listen:
"It will be noted that in the
expenditures of the government
for the current fiscal year, end
ing June 30, 1922 land that, kid
dies, is the first year of the Hard
ing administration after elimi-
mating the estimates for the pub
lie debt, operations in capitol
funds and similar accounts, all of
which tend to confuse our under
standing of the actual cost of
the rutine business of government,
THERE HAS BEEN A REDUC-
TION IN THE EXPENDITURES
OF ADMINISTRATION OVER
THE OUTLAY FOR 1921 OF
1907 100000. These highly graft
flying figures relate to reduced ex-
penditures which come under the
influence of executive pressure,
and do not include s7OO,OOO,OOO of
other reductions which are not re