Evening star., 1925-12-01
F1OridaUs MARSHAL HERE GETS AROUND
AO1 IL a LAW TO AID ECONOMY PROGRAM
Giving Away Sugar Is
One of Several Means
of Saving Money.
Snyder finds Many Ways
Blocked by Law, But
Manages Well.

The Coolidge idea of economy as
practiced by United States Marshal
Edgar G. snyder in all probability
would he an interesting study for
!he chief Executive himself. CON
SiderinE the maze of legal red tape
aud other difficulties which confront
\ The marshal
In The first place. it has been
necessary for the marshal to get
/ around the law in 4 lawful way. that
/ is. he must carefully and iudiciouSly
ignore certain precedentS and use his
! Wis where he has no law Ia support
his actions.
In the second place. he must do
things the average business man
would shrink from doin" htcaUSe. in
the circumstances. the marshal does
Just the oppiSite of what one would
expect an ordinary prudent man to
do-Net he obtains better results
considering the obstacles.
Gives Away Sugar.
The best Illustration of ,hat roint
is the act OF the man shall in giving
away i.465 pounds of sugar *eiZel
10y prohibition agents along with
liquor manufacturing equipment. IT
WaS found ii would lie more { 'unom-
zeal to give away the sugar than Ia
INTO consideration the CO.'S of ,,dNer-
tIsIn2. The cost of storage. trauSIUr-
tatinn. clerical work. cost of The
i'uhlic auction and all rthRr de',tils.
the marshal found he would save the
Government moneE hy Eivin-, away
the sugar. The sugar MAS given to
/ the National Training school for
Boys. at the suggestion Of Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willehrandt, Assistant At
toruey General
The law which requires the de
Struction "f denaturcd alcohol and
ethyl alcohol seized here 10y pruhi-
hiti"n agents. yet the marshal, with
! the aid of Il court order. got around
the law and furnished various Gov
ernment departments with about
$1,000 gallons last year-at Il saving to
Tho Government Of at least 81 gal
Ion. The marshal gets no particular
credit for this saving.
The most extraordinary thing in
the WAY Uf economy tu he credited to
the marshal is the fact that al
though the business Of his office has
increased Al per cent, he allowed his
running expenses To- he increased
/ only per tent-and that is some
thing any business man might be
proud Of.
lis deputies served. during 1924.
| lUl Alb processes and thereby earned
$52 .lJI.lS. The uurshail's office has
only one automobile. Yet there are
times when "a half dozen could he
used and result in more economy
| especially when the deputies are
given. ''forthwith" processes To serve
! and are compelled to use their own
! personal cars. with consequent use
| Of oil and gas wear and tear ON the
| car and tires-and receive in return
only two car tokens. Of the value of
| cents each.
| one Of the biggest difficulties in
| the way Of the marshal's idea of
economy is the fact that he is by
| law compelled to return fees for serV-
| ice by subpoena OF other process of
| the court when no service il had. This
! does not happen in any Federal juris
| diction.
| In many. cases the time Of the
! deputy. his carfare and the use of the
! deputy's own automobile. costs more
! than the amount deposited for serv-
| ice-yet the refund must he made and
| the Government is out just that much
money.
Deals in Junk As Well.
The marshal also Is a sort Of a junk
/ dealer or in other words. II coroner
| for dead goods" which come into his
! hands by libel proceedings. Hut dur
! ing the last year he used his wits and
| with the aid Uf court orders of u type
! new in this country. he saved 30 tons
! of copper. which Went to the Netera rs
| Bureau. and much other metal which
! ordina rily would be dumped in the
| river
The marshal vaguely limited that if
I Congress would enact "A law broaden
( ing the powers Of the Department of
Justice with regard 10 the disposition
Of contrAhand automobiles and other
| merchandise. the Government, in this
one jurisdiction alone, could be saved
/ not less than 100000 Il year. For
/ nStSnue seized automobiles and
/ trucks could be turned over To Coy
ernment departments which are badly
! in need Of vehicles. The Postutfice
! Department. for instance is com
! PEELED To pay high prices for auto
| mobile and truck hire during the
! Christmas holidays To handle the en-
traOrdlnarN amount of business
Seized automobiles and trucks could
he turned over To the postmaster and