Milford chronicle., 1922-02-17
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
TWO MEETINGS AND THEIR RE-
SUITS - MONEY SAVED
PEACE AND GOOD
WILL ASSURED

There's not much use trying to f1
this car any longer. kiddies," said Uncle
Ted as he came out from under the au-
tomobile. The longer l work with it the
worse it seems to get. 1t reminds me Of
the Democratic party. 1t keeps me broke
trying to run it. 1t gives me nothing but
expense and trouble and mighty little JOY
in return
What are you going to do then?'
asked Jack, who looked hungry enough
to eat most anything. Were a mile from
home and half mile from telephone" ="
Il know what Wen do" replied I'm
Gle Ted. I'VE will walk home; leave the
car here until morning when I can send
one of the garage boys out to see what
kind of an operation is necessary to
make the patient we'll"
I won't kick about walking home, if
youn tell us story on the way" said
Ruth.
That's fair" replied her uncle. i've
plenty to tell yeu, too. L wonder if you
children can realize how much $576,0O0,-
900 is 1t is some amount of money, at
any rate and it is the amount saved the
United States on the annual appropria-
tions by the operation of the budget sys-
TEN under Director Charles G. Dawes.
Sounds sort of good to hear about money
being saved instead of being wasted
doesn't it?-
This good news was told by President
Harding at the second meeting of the
government business organization a
short time ago. What was actually done
in six months time was to reduce eX-
penditures for the year from the S4,550,
900, 900 appropriated to 1894, 900, OOO Gen.
Dawes in speaking at this meeting said
that for the first time in 1S0 years gov
ernment officers were really trying to see
how little money they could spend in
d stead of how much. Among other things
the President said at this meeting was
this: In a business so great as that of
the national government unexpected re-
ceipts will not infrequently swell the to-
tai of calculated revenues. 1t seems like
ly that this will be true during the cur
rent year. But despite this possibility it
now seems probable that the restrictions
upon expenditure which have been pos
sible by reason of the administration
general policy and your splendid coop
Grafton have resulted ina surplus of re-
ceipts for the year. The prospect for such
a surplus when compared with the esti-
mated deficiency of $24.5O0,OO that was
outlined in the budget figures submitted
to Congress in December, is certainly an
occasion of much satisfaction to all of
US"
THAT sure is good news for the tax
payers, isn't it,? said Jack.
Yes, indeed it is, Jack. But that isn't
the only good work accomplished at
Washington. The closing of the arms con-
ference marked the end of a meeting
which, as the President said in his clos
ing address, wrought a truly great ach-
ievement.' No meeting of this kind in the
history of the world ever accomplished
so much real good in so short a time.
The fellow who said it was a waste of .
time-the pessimist and all OF his kind /
must surely be hanging their heads in !
shame. In less than three months, the
of the nine great coun-
tries of the world sat together and agreed /.
upon matters which have worried the
world for long, long time. The two most
important matters settled by this meet
ing and by the signing of treaties are
the naval pact and the agreement re-
lating to China. The first calls for the
of naval armament and is the
first step toward practical peace that has
ever been attempted. I have told you
again and again about Shantung, and
how it's occupation by the Japanese has
been sore spot which at any time
might have turned into war in the Far
East dragging in other countries, our
selves included. Today we know that
Japan has agreed to turn this territory
back to China, and, following that ex-
ample, Great Britain has turned back to
China certain piece of land she held in
hat country. The naval treaty actually
calls for scrapping battleships It gets 1
lown to brass tacks and has the support
If all countries represented. The re-
iults fthis conference cannot be esti-. =,
mated now. 1t will take many years for I
he world to know just how great it real
y was. The day after the meeting in Z
Washington closed, parliament opened in
london. Lloyd George, the prime minis
er, said that the meeting was one of
he greatest achievements ever register
d in the history of the world, and King !
ieorge said that the world owes a deep e
ebt of gratitude to the initiative of Pres
dent Harding in making this conference t
ossible. c
MANY people wonder why the confer
nee was such a successfully it never L
vas possible before to accomplish so
luch. His not hard to understand if we S
yant to give credit where it is due
resident Harding knew that limitation h
f the number of countries to take part fl
/ the meeting was as important as lin
alton of armament. Limiting the coun- r
les to those really needed, speeded up Il
ne work. There was no secrecy. True
lere were committee meetings behind Il
osed doors, but as soon as something Il
as accomplished it was settled in the
pen. Another important point that =,
ade the conference such a success was ",
lat every country knew in advance what
le subjects were that would be discuss !.
Those who saw the last session, who 60
atched the signing and heard the Pres
ent talk, and who had also witnessed IT
e last session of the Paris conference,
marked the difference. At Paris the a.,
mosphere was cold, feeling was bit - -
r, and there was no applause. At Wash --'
gton everybody was happy. Applause =,
arked the attaching of every signature -,
ID when the President appeared he was ~
ven an ovation not soon to be forgot
n by those in attendance. Every Am
lean citizen should feel mighty proud
our President, of his vision and of the
suit of the conference which was born AS
his brain. We should also feel proud FIR
our Secretary of State, whose work Mi