Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-12-29 | Page 4 | Saving on Purchases

1 t Sa Saving g on Purchases s 1 t tI I UE HE city auditor Mr Nicholls is reported to have ve installed a system whereby the C city ty win will save at least a year by merely ly taking advantage of discounts on purchases pur purchases pur- pur chases paid for promptly Heretofore the cit city purchasing department has been more less orl of a a. a joke because various city departments de I de-I p part have made their purchases independent inde inde- p pendent of t that at institution an and payments have been slow I Of course it has been very like and quite repugnant to business men who understand the profligate system but it has b been en n fostered by the poli politicians for one reason reason reason rea rea- son or another A part of Mr Nicholls' Nicholls plan is to prevent departments from making purchases that will c exceed their budget allowances By installing a he lie hopes to bring this about somewhat some some- what wEt automatically Tit lilt H is simple as A ABC B 13 C. C The surprising p part rt about the whole thing is that thal one of Mr N Nicholls' Nicholls predecessors didn't think of it i t There seems to be no adequate reason w. w why y a dollar sent out from the public treasury f buy just as much as a dollar from a p private purse I Thc The rhe public should applaud this inno innovation a ion iono o of I present resent city auditor and in so doing s serve notice upon the politicians that it if should b be continued Of course Mr Nicholls is still young in p public service and he is bound to le learn rn that any attempt to impose real economy in the ci city departments will meet with opposition H He HeS should be backed up by y public opinion fo for he i is the type of public servant that the thep p people ople like to feel is sitting on the lid at the city haIl hall