The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-11
MUNICIPAL SURVEYS BENEFICIAL

MUNICIPAL. SURVEYS BENEFICIAL 44e
The unprecedented increases in the cost of government
whether local. state national has not only arrested public
attention but instances has brought about invest
public spirit has Jagged the press has filled the breach
From coast to coast has been felt that is hgh time 10
bring moderation the cost OF pubic service
without mpang its efficiency decreasing It's scope Tor
The federal government has pointed out that it costs
500 or more man. and child to operate the
various governmental agencies presumably designed for
their welfare. This much not more than many lam
lies are receiving in income each family member Since
the beginning the world national government ex
penses have nearly quadruped the of state admins
rations has more than doubled and municipal government
has better trebled The easy sale OF gov
eminent bonds has given huge public debt for all
kinds Of 1t should be recalled also that these
public improvements are being made when the cost OF apo
ma of these debts the situation may be
versed In brief while the dollar is not worth hundred
egan hack to- the old level This will mean that the
ing man and toll the harder to the govern
bill for improvements that were bought when prices
dissatisfaction with governmental processes is not new
thing Many can still remember the of reform that
swept the country 20 and how cities Vleo
with each other to deal in the shape OF CON-
mission form of city government The press was most actVe
in this campaign ,,;
into the business methods in in all branches OF the
government. Bureaus of municipal research financed by
private funds everywhere following the footsteps
o oi a DAYTON Cleveland Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee ST.
Paul Minneapolis and Of others, had such insu
out better processes of doing business yet the same
plane of efficiency as prevailed private enterprise
either IN full or made large extracts therefrom President
Tafs efficiency and commission looked after ire
aation Of the budget system by President Harding Pro-
per budget and business procedure was demanded eveS
where The only persons who objected to thorough airing
Of their dequencies were the inefficient and unfit public
AS true in those days. it IS true today ana wl
always be So No @ to be ad be
the success failure of the employers business And IN
what respect is the public servant immune above
The
fact that the pockets OF the taxpayers pay ms
salary alter the stuaon We fail to discover any d'stc
What the situation in many cities ie today ID y;na Turn to
w. and we na that D0Gy a,rehng
the city Offices to show the need and desrably OIL
ss the y IS dS oe %
less than George Eastman Nowhere Is there any
prattng about smrchng the fair name OF the city and It's
people. ,: aa .oo ,,ha+ g hannonino
there and finally get I year. sSou the things
said city government that have been printed ana
% sS a~a ap na Fna how of our
citizens charged Governor Sorie with casting renee
ons the fair of M0 od @
state Offices pity that the bill was not enacted into
Thinking 0s and pubic spirited citizen should have
the governor in this the businessmen large an
small awake to the ana the - aat hee% n
cheaper government they will irrespective OF party a1ia
51GGs et that the legislature denied you privilege
getting directly from state funds II money needeo E
20 contribute bit because it will back to us and al
others in the in time through more gov
ernmen The governor the right track and should
Z Supported by businessmen businessman.
Now as to- the means of securing public bettermen
ohtess the work should be undertaken by body of pub
csnrited citizens before this is done some one mus
direct their attention to the need OF Punhc
mist be directed existing conditions and publ
ieharay must be aroused to the point Of action That
ha functon and the duty of newspaper worthy
-, ana And that is what The Tribune is doing and
ae - continue to do Would the people desire that
snpnress ali news items Of crime in the city while an men
cca department failed to with the crooks an
@ were being held up and their homes rendered unsafe
Does the public want schools unsafs SHAN c