The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-02-20
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There's not muoh use trying 10 Fl
this car any lonsar. kiddies, sal
Uncle Ted. as he can't ~ frcm unde
the automobile. "Thc longer wor
with 1t the worse it seems to get
reminds me of the Democratic part!
II keeps me broke trying to run it,
gives me nothing but expense an
trouble and nightly little jov in re
turn"
What are you going to do. then?
asked Jack, who looked hungry
enough to eat most anything Weir
miles from home and half mil'
from telephone"
II know what well do" replied
Uncle Ted. Eve will walk home; leave
the car here until morning when car
send one of the garage boys out to see
what kind OF fan operation is neces-
sary to make the patient we'll"
81 won't kick about walking home,
if you'll tell US story on the way"
said Ruth.
That's fair" replied her uncle.
1--WE plenty to tell you, too. ! wonder
If you children can realize how much
1876, OOO,o0 is. 1t is some amount Of
money. at any rate, and it is the
amount saved the United States on the
appropriations by the opera
ton of tfhe budget system under Di-
rector Charles G. Dawes. Sounds sort
Of fgood to hear about money being
saved instead of being wasted. doesn't
It?
This good news was told by Presi-
dent Harding at the second meeting OF
he government bushes sorganization
, short time ago. What was actually
lone IN six months time was to re-
luce expenditures for the year from
he s4,55O,O0o.OOO appropriated to 49,
-, 100000. General Dawes in speak
ing at this meeting said that for the
irst time in 1870 years government Of
icers were really trying to see how
title money they could spend instead
+ how much. Among other things the |
resident said at this meeting was |
his: In 4 business so great as that |
I the national government uneypcct-
d receipts will not infrequently swell
be total of calculated revenues. II
GEMS likely that this will be true dur
NJ the current year. But despite this
disability 1t now seems probable that
be restrictions upon expenditure
hitch have been possible by reason OF
ne administrations general policy
nd your splendid cooperation have
asulted in a surplus of receipts flor
le year. The prospect for such sur
lus. when compared with the estimat-
1 deficiency of s24,5OO,OO0 that was
utlined in the budget figures submit
I'd to Congress in December. is GER
linly an occasion of much satisfac-
on to all Of fus'."
THAT sure is good news for the
.xpayers, isn't is?" said Jack
Yes, indeed it is Jack. But that
MT the only good work accomplished
Washington The closing of fthe
ms conference marked therd end OF
which, as the President said ,
his closing address. 'wrough !
uly great achievement No meet
g of this kind in the history of the s
,rld ever accomplished so much real ,
cd in so short time. The fellow
10 said it was a waste of time-.the
ssimist and all of his kind-must
rely be hanging their heads in
anne. In less than three months. the
,resentatives of the nine great
lntries of the world sat together
4 agreed upon matters which have
rried the world for a long, long
lie. The two most important matters
tied by this meeting and by the
ming Of treaties are the naval pact II
the agreement relating to China y
first calls for the reducing of sc
al armament and Is the first step g,
ard practical peace that has ever
n attempted / have told you again
again about Shantung, and how J
occupation by the Japanese has ia
n sore spont which at time might
e turned into war in the Far East, -
gging in other countries, ourselves
uded. Today we know that Japan
agreed to turn this territory back
'hina, and, following that example,
at Britain has turned hack to
"a certain piece OF land she held =
hat country. The naval treaty ac-
ly calls for scrapping battleships 4
,ets down to brass tacks and has
support of all countries repre-
ted. The results Of this confer -
cannot be estimated now. It will
many years for the world to
W just how great 1t really was.
day after the meeting in Wash p
on closed, parliament opened in -
don. Lloyd George, the prime min y
r. said that the meeting was one
the greatest achievements ever ?