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THE PRESIDENT'S
ECONOMY RECORD
Taft Insists That Government Be
1 Run on Sound Business Basis,
HIS PROGRESSIVE POLICY,
Hit Personal Efforts to Reduco Cost of
Effioient 8ervlco Bring Results Dual
neis Methods Applied Economy and
Effiolenoy Commission Fought by
Democrats.
Presldont Taft tnoro than any of his
predecessors In tho Whlto XXouoo has
given strict attention to placing tho
government upon a business basis as
rogards Its receipts and-expenditures.
Economy and efficiency becamo ono of
tho cardinal policies of his administra
tion as soon as ho entered upon tho
presidency, and It was well for the
country that this was so, for his ad
ministration Inherited a doflclt In tho
treasury of $58)00,000, which has now
been transformed Into a surplus of
430,000,000. Tho average citizen and
taxpayer will bo Interested In this
fact, becauso the problem which con
fronted tho president at tho outset, al
though upon a gigantic scalo, was
similar to that of tho ordinary shop
keeper or business man, farmer or
svngo earner or even housowlfo who
Is called upon to mako "both ends
snoot" either In business or In the
liomo.
By law tho secretary of the treasury
Is called upon every year to submit to
congress In December tho "estimates"
of governmental expenditures for the
next fiscal year, beginning tho follow
ing July 1. As congress has to pro
Tldo tho money to run tho government.
THE EECALL OF
Iho money has to bo appropriated for
.specific purposes before It can bo ex
pended, and If this wero not dono be
fore tho beginning of tho fiscal year
tho machinery of government would
jjtop unless emergency provision could
ibo made.
How Estimates Are Made.
The "estimates" are prepared by tho
executive departments of which each
member of tho cabinet is n head. Tho
-cabinet officers got the "estimates" In
their respective departments from their
chiefs of bureaus and then combine
them as the "estimates" for the depart
ment Tho "estimates" from all de
portments are then Bent to tho secre
tary of tho treasury to bo submitted
to congress, and they then bocomo the
"estimates" for tho cost of running tho
entire government during tho next fis
cal year. Upon these figures congress
makes tho greater part if its appropria
tions, amounting to more than $1,000.
.000.000 annually.
Until 1008 n moro or less lax method
of making estimates for tho annual
Appropriations obtained throughout the
government Tho figures sent to con
gress each year, instead of Bhowing
Indications of a careful "pruning" all
along tho line, showed tncro was a
disposition among tho departments tn
-vlo with each other in getting ns largo
appropriations as posslblo without con
sidering whether or not tho money do
jnanded could be advantageously ex
pended during tho coming year. Tlum
was no standardization of supplies, nnd
the various departments wcro paying
varying prices for tho Karoo article.
What President Toft DW.
As soon us President Taft took offleo
this system ceased. At tho outset Pres
ident Taft impressed upon his cabinet
officials tho absolute necessity of econ
omy and efficiency in their depart
ments, no admonished thorn that not
ji dollar beyond what was necessary to
Tim the government cffidcoOy In their
departments, including a fair margin
tf or progress, which Is a part of efflden
icy in tho program of President Taft
lahould bo osfcod of congress. Tbo ef
tfoct was Immediate. Dvcry depart-
g j ft fv t . tBF 4jl a " ikl LLLLLLLLk sbv ossAv j KsV
ment began work at onco to Investi
gate Its own expenditures and to do
vise ways and means of curtailing ex
travagances. Tho result was that con
gress received tho lowest estimates It
had seen In years. This was followod
by a reduction In appropriations to cor
respond, always allowing for tho nat
ural growth of tho government's ac
tivities, which represented a net sav
ing to tho taxpayers of tho country.
President Taft was not, howovor,
satisfied that all had been dono that
could bo dono. no realized that tho
departments of tho government, like
individuals, nro naturally prono to be
proud of their own achievements and
by reason of their familiarity with
their own endeavors often insisted
that their work was moro important
than the work of tho other depart
ments, relatively speaking. In order
to correct that evil ho asked congress
to givo him $100,000 for a commission
of disinterested experts to investigate
and report on tho business of tho gov
ernment, with a view to further econ
omy and efficiency. Thus camo into
official being tho commission of that
name.
This commission, among other duties,
was directed to prepare tho receipts
and expenditures of the government
on a "budget" basis, which is tho sys
tem followed by practically all tho
leading nations of tho world except tho
United States. Under this system it Is
posslblo for the humblest citizen to
analyzo the finances of tho government
nt any time and to lay his finger upon
the responsible political party in tho
event of extravagance or of stinginess.
Tho system under which appropria
tions for the government of tho Unit
ed States have been mado has even de
fled tho experts in their endeavors to
unravel the tangled skeins of expendi
tures, so that it is a fair statement to
say that no citizen of this country up
to the present time has ever thorough
ly understood where his taxes were ex
pended. TJis President's Position.
At tho present time tho Democratic
houso of representatives Is endeavor
ing to end tho usefulness of tho econ-
A DECISION.
omy and efficiency commission by cut
ting off Its appropriations. In a recent
appeal to congress for funds to con
tinue the great work it has begun,
which all thinking men nnd women
will approve. President Taft pointed
out that the people of the country as
n whole aro interested chiefly in the
following governmental objects: Tho
national defense, tho protection of per
sons and property, the promotion of
friendly relations and tho protoctlon of
American interests abroad, the regula
tion of commerco and industry, tho
promotion of agriculture, fisheries, for
estry nnd mining, the promotion of
manufacturing, commerco and bank
ing, tho promotion of transportation
nnd communication, the postal service,
including postal savings banks nnd
parcels post; the care and utilization of
tho public domain, tho promotion of
education, art and science nnd recrea
tion; tho promotion of public health
and tbo caro und education of tho In
dians and other wards of the nation.
There nro many other public questions,
of courso, but theso nro tbo vital and
comprehensive ones, and tho "budget"
is proposed for tho purpose of giving
Information as to tho noeds of these
matters. Tho president in order that
his policy of economy and efficiency
may bo concluded and bocomo ono of
tho greatest achievements of his ad
ministration that of plnclng tho gov
ernment on a business basis wants
congress to appropriate fJZ.'XMXX) more
for tho support of tho commission now
doing that work.
The economy and efficiency commis
sion has already saved to tho taxpay
ers of tho country moro than $3,000,000
annually by its suggestions nnd by tlie
tlmo It has completed Its work it is be
lieved ten times this sum can bo saved
annually to tho taxpayers. In tho mat
ter of railroad faro for government offi
cials nlono It has found that $12XX),000
urns oxpended in a single yonr at the
highest prevailing railroad rates. At
least a fourth of this can bo Bavod by
tho application of business methods
Boch as President Taft has applied rind
bos insisted shall bo applied to all tho
I departments of tho government
For Violent Transit V
A book by Edwin J. Dlngld,BnilUca
"Across China on Foot," contains a
bit of practical advlco about tho man
ner hi which American goods should
bo packed for transportation in tho
Interior of China. Conditions aro such
that the packing should be thoroughly
done. The Germans and tho Japanese
understand this; British and American
manufacturers aro cither careless In
this respect or Ignorant of what is de
manded by the conditions of transpor
tation over roads that aro mainly eight
inch tracks along tho face of preci
pices. One of Mr. Dingle's friends, needing
a typewriter and knowing the country,
wrote home explicit directions ns to
tho packing. "Pack It ready to ship,"
he wrote, "then take It to the top of
your oIlW stairs, throw It downstairs,
take the machine out and Inspect, and
if it Is undamaged send It to me. If
damaged, pack another machine and
subject It to the same treatment until
you are convinced that you have one
that can stand being thus handled nnd
escapo injury."
Didn't Convert Franklin.
Whltcflold, tho great preacher, who
toward the mlddlo of the eighteenth
century Btartcd such a revival of re
ligion In all tho colonies, was, of
course, a man of too much ability to
escapo tho serious regard of Franklin,
who relates that ho attended ono of
his sermons, fully resolved not to con
tribute to tho collection at tho closo
of It
"I had In my pocket," ho says; "a
handful of copper money, thrco or
four silver dollars and 0 pistoles In
gold. As he proceeded I began to
soften and concluded to give him a
copper. Another stroko of his oratory
determined mo to glvo him tho silver,
and ho finished so admirably that I
emptied my pockot wholly into tho
collector's dish, gold and all."
Franklin and Whltcflold becamo fast
friends, nnd Whltcflcld often prayed
for his friend's conversion, but "nev
er," says Franklin, "had tho satisfac
tion of believing that his prayers wero
heard." "The Real Benjamin Frank
lin." Woman the Exception.
"As I understand it" said tho young
man thoughtfully, "two negatives
make an affirmative."
"Quite right," replied tho distinguish
ed grammarian.
"And yet" persisted tho young man,
"it doesn't seem to work out just exact
ly right"
"What's tho trouble?" asked the
distinguished nuthotity. "Perhaps I
can straighten tho matter out for you."
"I will bo deeply indebted to you if
you can," said tho young man earnestly.
"In the last two months I have re
ceived two decided negatives one each
from two girls and for the life of me
I can't see where the affirmative comes
in."
"My dear sir," explained tho distin
guished authority, "as you grow older
you will learn how utterly Impossible
it Is to apply any rules to womankind!"
What Wealth Brings.
The late Colonel Ingersoll wns talk
ing one day with a group of friends
when tho subject of wealth and tho de
sire of most men to nccumulato money
was discussed.
"I nover could understand it" said
the coloneL "Just imagine a man with
800,000 hats, 400,000 pairs of shoes.
1,000,000 pairs of gloves, 0,000,000 hand
kerchiefs. 200,000 pairs of suspenders
and a train load of neckties getting up
before daylight and exerting every en
ergy until late at night In order that ho
may make enough money to buy him
self another necktie!"
Artistic.
"I will give you your dinner If you
will beat those rugs," said tho wom
an with tho gingham apron at the
back door.
-Ah, madam," replied tho wanderer,
his hat In his hand, "thoso rugs arc
really nnd truly beautiful exquisite.
1 don't think they possibly could bo
beat!" Yonkers Statesman.
A Boomerang Rebuke.
A certain high school professor, who
at times is rather blunt In speech, re
marked to his class of boys at tho be
ginning of a lesson, "I don't know why
it is every tlmo I get up to speak
some fool talks." Then ho wondered
why the boys burst out into a roar of
laughter. Llpplncott's.
The Grand Old Name.
All Englishmen disagree as to which
of them nro "gentlemen." Tho prob
lem divides tho whole nation into em
bittered units. It is, however, gen
erally conceded that no man Is a "gen
tleman" who has not had a remote an
cestor who robbed tho country. Lon
don Truth.
A Thorough Test
"Inspector, thnt woman I said was
always listening on my party Uno must
hnvo quit"
"What makes yon think so?""
"Why, ray wlfo has been listening
for threo weeks nnd hasnt caught her
yet" Cloveland Plain Dealer.
Laziness Won.
Tho teacher had offorod a prlzo for
tho best essay, tho subject to bo "The
Reward of Lnziness." When tho com
positions wero hnnded in It was found
that ono lwy had submitted a sheet of
blank paper. Ho won tbo prize. Chi
cago News.
Didn't Have It With Him.
Tcachur (disgustedly) My boy, my
boy! Where is your intuition? Boy
I nln't got nny. I'm only hero a few
daysu and I tlldut know what I had
to git Louisville Times.
' The Teazel.
Thoso who have nover seen a teazel
can linaglno a fir cona or "swamp cat
tall" set all over with llttto stiff hooks.
It is tho bur (or tassel or flower head
dr thlstlo top) of tho plant dlpsncus.
However familiar to peoplo who Uvo
iu lands whero tho teazel Is cxtonslvely
grown, tho fact may bo that the prick
ly heads of that plant aro universally
used to ralso tho nap on cloth. A mul
titude of persons in this country prob
ably never heard of It and would bo
astonished to learn in what enormous
quantities tho plant Is cultivated. In
Franco alone many thousands of acres
of land nro exclusively devoted to tht.
cultivation of tho teazel. French man
ufacturers uso enormous numbers of
the prickly heads, and from Franco
there are exported ninny millions of
them. They aro also raised in Austrln,
England, Belgium, Poland and the Cri
mea. Tho prickles of tho teazel have a
small knob at tho end, and this, mount
ed on an elastic stem and set with
great precision on tho central spindle,
affords a llttlo brush such as tho ut
most mechnnlcal skill has nover been
nblo to rival, at all events at tho saino
price Ilarpor's Woekly.
Tea Testers In Formosa.
In the Formosan tea trade tho moat
Important man is tho cha sL or taster.
Ho inspects and tests samples of all
teas offered to his firm, and his Judg
ment determines tho prico to bo paid.
In a room admitting light only from
tho north tho cba si docs his work.
Ho first examines tho leaf, then its
fusion in hot water and lastly its odor
and taste. Practically all tbo faculties
aro exercised In making this test It
requires tho services of an export, nnd
tho tea tester receives a good salary,
though relatively not so largo as ob
taining twenty years ago. A tea tester
never uses any perfume which would
destroy tho tea odor. Ho must not
allow tho acutcness of his tasto to be
como dull. Ho nover drinks domestic
tea. Constant tea testlug, it is said,
will lnjuro tho bealth. In Formosa tho
tea testers are Americans or English
men. Political Announcements.
STATE SENATOR.
SENATOR W. V. HOAGLAND, is a
candidate for re-nomination for state
senator in this district, on his record in
the last legislature. He is a progres
sive republican. He voted for tho
Initiative nnd Referendum, Recall, tho
Non-Partisan Board of Control, and the
Re-apportionment bill that gives west
ern Nebraska 8 moro representatives
and 2 more senators than it has had for
twenty years. He passed 15 irrigation
bills for the benefit of tho Platte valley.
He was one of the lenders in the fight
for the Ollis stock yards bill. He has
signed statement No. 1 and will vote
for the people's choice for U. S. sena
tor. If his record meets your approval
vote for him for re-nomination.
CHARLES A. SIBLEY
Farmer and Stock Grower
State Senator 1907 8
Is a Candidate This Year. Your Sup
port Will Be Appreciated.
legislative representative.
At the solicitation of friends I hereby
announce myself a candidate for the
republican nomination for representa
tive from Lincoln county, subject to
the approval of tho voters nt the pri
mary election to bo held April 19th,
1912.
Harry P. Stevens,
Maxwell, Neb.
COUNTY ATTORNEY.
I herowith announce my candidacy
for tho republican nomination for
County Attorney.
Wm. E. Shuman.
COUNTY ASSESSOR.
I hereby announco myself as a can
didate for tho democratic nomination
for county assessor, subject to the
action of the democratic voters at the
primary election April 19th. My home
Is in Fox Creek precinct, whore 1 have
resided for tho past 23 years. I will
appreciate any support given me.
Peter Jepson.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for tho republican nomination for
county nssessor, subject to tho decision
of the voters at the primary election
A..-; I 1IU1. T l.ni, li.tn.l in Ttnnnln
ILJIll XUI.11. X I1UTV IITVU 111 ,-,lll.UII
countv 28 years, 24 of which were &pent
on a farm in Plant precinct.
F. J. DlENER.
I herebv announce myself as a candi
date for the republican nomination for
County Assessor, subject to tho decis
ion of the voters at the primary elec
tion in April.
Lawrence P. Carpenter.
I hereby announce myself ns n candi
date for the republican nomination for
county assessor, subject to tho decision
of the voterB at tho primary election
April 19th, 1912. I have resided in
Fox Creek precinct forsoventeen years.
I will nppreciato support given me by
the voters. HOMER II. RODGERS.
I am a candidate for tho republican
nomination of county assessor subject
to the decision of tho voters at the pri
mary election April 19th, 1912. I hnvo
lived in western Nebraska for twenty
one years, fourteen of which hnvo been
snent in Hinmnn precinct. For tho
last four years I havo been precinct
nssessor. Any support given me will
bo fully appreciated.
A. W. Arnett.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for tho republican nomination for
county assessor, subject to the decision
oi tne voters nt mo primary election
April 19th. I havo liyed in Lincoln
county Bince 1889, and my home is in
Hooker precinct. I have served four
yoars as precinct assessor. Your sup
port will bo appreciated.
Geo. E. Garman.
COUNTV COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself aH a demo
cratic candidate lor county commis-,
sionor from District No. 1, subject to
decision of tho voters at tho primary ;
election on April 19, 1912. 1 will ap
preciate any support given me.
P. W. Heuminciiiausen.
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