The Holbrook news., 1922-03-17
Overhead

In any sort 0f business administration there IS an ever pressing problem which demands successful solu ton the enterprise is to prosper This problem IS the reduction of overhead, to put in more plainly the lessening of the cost of production Any business in the conduct of which more than just percent of the n spent is headed straight for the rocks that in fest the coast of Bankruptcy.
 Charles Dickens makes one of his nimtable charac- ters in the novel of David Copperfed less person than the unctuous Mcawber in fact give voice to this automatic truth Annual income twenty pounds annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness Annual in- come twenty pounds annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six result misery. The blossom is blghed the leaf is wtheed the God of day goes down upon the dreary scene andand p short you for Aoored
 Never in all his moraizng has the great novelist made better point than this.
 A financial institution government, as we'll as a private individual must bear in mind this Golden Rule of Business There must be safe margin of expenditure to ensure stability This margin only be secured by the enforced economy of outlay All needless expenses must be ruthlessy cut away, all legitimate expenses must be pruned to fruitful whole No tree will grow to pro- ductve maturity and furnish abundant fruit if the strength its trunk has been wasted in wide stretching branches and the vitality of it's roots sapped by useless suckers The carefully the tree is pruned the fruitful and rich will be the harvest of the autumn son.
 In the busy world of industry the giants of capital or finance as they are called, have long realized this truth An inspection of up-to-date packing house shows the absolute absence of loss. Nothing is wasted since the growth of the photograph industry has utilized so they even the Suea or the packing house pOrKer No extra salaries paid in the big automobile factories of today Production specialized, and the overhead is reduced.
 In all lines of business this fact is true. The institution that practses economy is the successful inst tuton It is only when to governmental affairs that gross neglect of this principal Cases of useless expenditure of the peoples money in the national and state governments too and we'll known to need our comment No big business could exist with such load of overhead The only that gov ernment continues under the burden is that all tacty by non-interference consent to it, and each and all bear part of the unnecessary taxation which ensues
 In the operation of county politics the question comes nearer home to us. When times as hard and money is today, the voters have right to ask for rigid economy in the transaction of county business There should be not political pums" for the few with an added burden on the many. Useless and expensive trips should not be allowed to county officials and others delegated by them. It is gross msues of power to spend county money needlessy This is branch of ty affairs from which the overhead should be pruned with ruthless hand.
 man is elevated to the occupancy of county or state or national office because majority of the people believe that in this position he will the best inter- ests of the people, With this in mind, the official who knowingly violates the frequently expressed opinions and desires of his constituents is false to his trust.
 Almost without exception, the people of Navajo County have felt the pinch of hard times. It is their right to ask for wise economy county affairs It should be borne in mind however that there great of diff ference between false and true saving.
 Try cutting costs by way of eliminating all un-nec- cessary travelling expenses at it right and prune the OVERHEAD.