The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-05-08
j. s. EXPENSES
GREATLY REDUCED
Gut Of Over S1,6OO,0OO,OOO
For Fiscal Year Shown
HARDING TRANSMITS DATA
Sends Information to House Commit.
tee to Forestaii Pending Resolution
Economies on All Sides.

Washington. May S.-Govtrrmrni
expenditures for 1872. will be approx
naIely 81 l,6OUiNn.uUu less than the az.
lual outlay for the preceding !t.:
congress was informed by President
Harding. i'll transmitting The report OF
director Dawes. "f The budget Oh
economies and savings in government
al business.
The report OF Director Dawes is fol
submission to the house appropriations
committee. sin connection .Ih Il pend
in@ resolution by Hepresentati. I
EyrnS. Democrat. Tennessee, asking
.iIr president To inform the house in
nha! way direct savings of $4,000
'uD and indirect savings of SlO4,UU,-
200. aS previously announced by The,
president TO have been accomplished
',y The budget bureau during lis liz
>iN months Of operation, had been
IHauc.
director Dawes estimated that gov
rintnenr expenditures for Ihe current
Es.al year, which " ere given iii The
l',.e mJer budSet estimates i: $50.
G--.tIOO, VIII bt- al lriSl I'fJ..'." ''s'h
less. OF approximately $3,9o.2 22,u:a
As compared win 192l> he c"uIjnn
ed. there has been Il reduction of Soo1.
:,oU0Ut in expenditures for The opera
lion of lhe routine business .H the
government subject generally to ex-
.yulive control. OF this sum. he al
iribuled $500 .OO0,0 ,00G TO the imposition
If The executive plan and pressure on
the routine business organization of
l!ie governments under the new system
imaugurared by Ihe budget bureau.
director Dawes presented in detail
with accompanying tables and state
GrnIS the comparative expenditures
tnr the past and present fiscal years.
ivided ini0 tGemS representing those
Etlich We're charged 10 executive con
if"l and others, such as public debt
md similar accounts. which We're con.
>;dcred us apart from the subject Of
routine government expenditure. He
tl>o submitted exhaustive reports OF
he governmental savings accomplish
1T through interdepa trans.
ferS of surplus supplies and other
economy methods. put into effect by
he budget bureau, itemiZing thousands
{ rrlrSa actions Involving rhis,sss-i.-.------
ealing wax. and all The many articles
md conmodilie> utilized by lne GOV
rnmenI rugerher with The amount of
~ in@ realized III each case.
The hndger director further report
ii ihal the savings reserve against
current appropriations OF Sl12.0o0ob.'
sci up by the departmentS and estah-
ii>hmentS in August. 1921. in response
10 executive request. had been increaS-
ed. Notwithstanding reappropriatiol>
~ congress of more than SI.Hh0O Ut
.iIi> reserve for other purposes. 10 The
approximate sum Of Sl36. .0O0.O00. Only
such part Of these reductions as are
real savings and not postponed eXpen
iiture> were included in the general
estimate of savings. he added.
As still greater reduction. Director
Dawes declared that the present eSti-
mated expenditures for 49, for the
operation of the routine business OF
The government after eliminating ex,
nendillreS of 81 .o00,O0O authorized by
-ungre>> after the submission of The
nud@et providing for representation OF
he United States Al the Brazilian cen
"IInial exposition. seed loans and full
ilIment of the treaty with Colombia
~ compared with the December budg
I estimates. showed an excess of only
;2l. .16I .iJ1 on a total Of Sl,I5S.371.612,
n discrepancy of only about e pei
.ent.