Show Government C Competitions Competition's Cost the American taxpayer that he WARNING V J Y should fc uW not lose losa sight of ct the fact that gov- gov emment competition with private enterprise Is usually at the expense of the taxpayer himself the Ciu Guaranty ty Trust company of New York In Its Ib current survey o of business and financial conditions conditions con con- In the country presents Interesting figures fig fIg- ures tire not commonly considered when this subject sub sub- sect Is under discussion Stating that government rivalry with private business has rapidly and broadly increased In Inthe inthe inthe the last few years yean it declares such competition is Js obviously unfair to millions of ct people Among these In addition to Innumerable partnerships and individual business undertakings it lists each ach insurance policyholder each owner of at ashare a ashare share hare of ot corporate stock and arid each man or weS weman woman woman wo wo- S man who has hu savings n on deposit In banks asS as S having a n definite stake In American business Americans have more than savings S accounts account upward of own insurance insuranceS S policies between and own securities All AU these these and and a great proportion of them are wage earners are earners are vitally vitally- concerned S with the progress and prosperity of ot the Amer American met lean ican business system And the wage earners as such have hae a stake in business earnings that thatIs thatis Is perhaps less direct but no less Jess real As long as political ins institutions and human behavior remain what they are today it Is isS S difficult to Imagine how bow government could freeS free S itself from the weaknesses of ot the spoils system S on the one hand and the rigidities of ct the civil se serl serS service ser ser- I l vice ice on the other the survey states There areS are S S numerous respects in which government is badly badly bad bad- S ly equipped to cope with business problems but at no point perhaps is the inadequacy of at public operation so self-evident self and so serious in its ef effects c- c ef- ef feds as in the selection organization and man mah- mah K of 01 personnel It continues This Is js Isone isone one of the most mOISt difficult fields of ot business management man man- management and one of the m most t exacting in its ib demands on the adaptability of ot policies to changIng changing chang chang- ing conditions and to newly discovered weak weak- nesses A government bureau with the red tape that Inevitably tends to characterize it lt is obviously In a very poor position to handle problems lems of this kind with success lU Government bo bodies ies it Is pointed out areS are S handicapped In whatever efforts might otherwise other other- otherwise wise be made toward building organizations capable of ot competing with or even emulating private business Competitive features of governmental governmental gov gov- business operation make such operation operation opera opera- tion unfair to the owners and employees of private private private vate business enterprises es and inefficiency of ot government gov emment operation makes It ft unfair to consumers who Include the entire population |