The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-07
VA ohIy q AN yearg 40.

with only Jew years ago ii
Tho .Sprinefeld Reporter, printed
Ia the home town OF GaSerhor Hart.
ness. calls for o shown daA3n with de
tails Nhera the expenses 81 the state
can bs Covered State. Auditor Gates
answered that sefesal weeks ago at
the Creator. Vermont association
meeting Ia Rutland when he advocaj-
ed abollshing many Of the commits.
sicns and csnbining their dutes Ia
about ten or twelve departments
Before Ihgg the puile can be pre-
parel to have biz mass 81 figures
presented showing eow end whorc
tho expenses &C l'e state can be re-
dlced Just What thls Will saew re-.
mains to he s2en Ii Is hoped that
Il viii be an honest and ncere state
ment rather ,haa cGe ej Pro uganda
fcr Office
While Il Is t-Ue that state expense
boistariug up some part,cula- candt.
date have run Mid set the jought
must not he overlooked that il is not
so much the large amount as II is
what the State has received for the
mohey spent, Il might be possible
for Vermont 10 spend million dol
/ lars year and wlss~- Of IL Then
again The state mis- I spend ten mil.
lions OF dollars and get value receiv.
ed for cyevy cont
u Is good business t. rcnd money
and get sorctliug for IT,
lt is poor business % poud money
/ Vermont should think seriously be
/ fore using the meat aX Oh appgopria'
itons
/ \ dollar can be pcat and entirely
vested. a mnion dcllars can be
iepcut with a return 9! doub Q that
amount
! II Is not the aggregate amount thai
/ counts In The end but what the monW
actually gets in results is t1e true
test.
The business OF The state Is that OF
giving service 10 It's inhabitants. II
/ greater service Is needed and Will
bring greater prosperity to the people
/ then the most of such greater service
would be justified,
4 As a single llustrQtion take tie
schools, probably the most important
OF all No one wants their standard
lowered all want I've best that can
he he'd. But should Vermont spend a
\ million or two more dollars ON schools
during the next year i would not
necessarily ollow that the standard
would bc improved ono mite The
4 spending would he improved one
iuito. The spending OF couple more
million dollars on school might lower
/ the standard Tho cost does not
govern TIE degree OF efficiency
! To on. wav Of thmting there is a
lot OF mcney wasted on the schools.
The state and towns are not getting
value received for the money spent.
There is too high a degree of new
tangled notions The system is top
heavy with system. Terc Is too
much theory without practical appli'
cation. Expert taddists get their
IDEAS over and Tiny have no FIRST
hand information O Vermont condi'
tons and the immature minde al the
children. In carrying out t9ese
things as where money Is wasted
Vermont viii pay for schools of tho
best kind BUT Vermont is not eeltlns
value received IN paving for hiBh H.
lutns notions
This reference is not intended as a
criticism of the schools but is given
TO show that It Is w1at one gets for
dollar that determines whether value
received is given or not Some 9th
or departments of the state could be
taken mp and similar conditions
shown Enough money has been
wasted on Vermont roads during the
past ten years to build many miles of
permanent highway state officers