The Washington times., 1925-11-18
MORE CUTS
HELD As
DANGER
Budget Makers Tell Coolidge
Costs Crow-$3, soo, ooo,-
600 Allowed for 1927
By ROBERT s. THORNBURGH
The limit of Governmental

The limit of Governmental
economy has been reached.
This message has been con-
veyed to President Coolidge, it
was learned today, by the budget
makers. They have informed the
White House that the pairing of
Government expenses has reached
. point where q dollar saved win
mean many dollars lost in the
efficiency of future operations.
1927 Budget Ready
The 1927 budget is about to be
submitted to the President. It
calls for expenditures totaling near
" $500, 900 900. not far from the
1926 figure, and hereafter, it Is ex-
peeted, Government costs are going
70 show an upward, not downward,
trend.
Experts explained that too much
cost cutting viii result in unneces-
Bary deterioration of the Govern
mentis gigantic economic and IN.
dustrial plant, and although result
expensive in the end.
In spite of pleas. OF both public
officials and private industry that
the Government keep out Of busi-
ness, at least three departments
Agriculture, Interior and Commerce
ARE vital cogs in the nations COM
merciaI wheel.
Officials OF these departments
pointed out that q dollar spent In
the various industrial and economic
studies, in the development OF
foreign and domestic trade, assist
hnce to farmers, scientific and chenli-
cal research yields rich income
to the country.
Expansion Is Expected
A continued expansion Of this CO.
operative arm Of the Federal Gov.
eminent is anticipated. with the
necessity OF heavier expenditures
Of the tax payers money The
addition to national Income. how
ever. win 50 increase national wealth.
that lower tax rates win yield ma
terially heavier ancome to the Gov
eminent, Il was declared.
Last year Congress appropriated
$3,747 900, 900 for Government ex-
penses in 1926, but this figure will
be boosted by a new appropriation
Of about $3.50 ,000,0 to be asked
of the Sixty-ninth Congress for adj
ministration of the adjusted COM
pensafion measure.
Budget Director Lord said today
that a number OF contested appro-
priations for the 1927 budget remain
TO be settled before he makes his
-
dent originally set So. $50 900 900 ex-
elusive OF postal costs, as the limit
for estimated appropriations in the
new Budget. The figure viii not
go far over that, 1t was learned.
Defense Costs Cut
Estimates for national defense IN
the War and Navy departments are
understood to have been one Stun
bling block in this years budget
hearings. While the amount for
this purpose was cut to the bone,
It was learned that some conces-
sfons were made, officials having
pointed out that much valuable
equipment is deteriorating as the
result of insufficient funds for
maintenance.
Ordinary government expenses Tor
40SO dES running c1OHS 10 buOSS LUZ
1925 in four and one-hah months
Of the ss26' year, ordinary costs
have been s1,205, 400. 900, about ST..
000, 900 under the same period last
year.
Refunds Of customs and tax re.
ceipts will be materially higher than
was anticipated. Refunds Of inter
nal revenue have been SIS, Pei 90 so
far this year, compared to $50. 1885,
900 last year, and customs $12, 654,.
900 compared to 1886, 900.