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Show SALT LAKEIS SELECTED FOR k 1024 MEETING """j.ii John H. Glenn Return .. ', j . From Convention of Sec- f " - , retaries and Other SUte C - J i 'Official at Aiheville V.M : , : ,'fXyi j' rCondUtona In th ffouth ano" last Ln financial war oa JC..J j ; In I found tha reope In , er optlmlatlo, although I f 't that thlnjre wera morlne; a a lltilW bit too rapidly, tha tendency I ln? to ward a hi a; her pr In fearchanrllae and higher waa la i aoma quarters," aatd John H- Glenn, j aata director of finance And par- rhaae, who ratumed Saturday from attending lha national convention of eecrettrtee of at at a, atata auditors, audi-tors, etafe I reae lire ra. controller anrt purfhaiinf atema la Aehe-rlll-. N. C. "Tha convention aald rMractor denn, "wn a conjoint Ion of t ho of f Ida la named from various eectlana of the country and there were about lire preeent, each representing1 rep-resenting1 their etate In ona or lha other dlvlaioaa ot tha atata government. gov-ernment. ALT LAKK NtXT YCAH. "Thffi wu preeent at Ashevll.e. baald4a myaalf. Mr. rro-kit. arr-rairy arr-rairy pf atata. and William V Mutton, atata traaaurar, bqth f whom took an actlva part In tha dlaruaalon of mattari both In tha aanaral- aaaamlly and In thalr ra apaotlva danart mania, and 1 waa vary muih plaed to find that lha influanra of thaaa man wi atrona;-y atrona;-y In tha dwrtaiona that ty ra mada and tha work that waa dona at tha convention. M' wara attf-raaful attf-raaful In our atrorta to bring iha convention to Salt Laka for ltl4. "Tha main f opto of diaruaalon throughout all tha taaalona tad In all tha varloua dapartmanta i waa tha radnctloit of tha poat of gor-arnmant. gor-arnmant. "It waa apparant that all rapra-aantatlvaa rapra-aantatlvaa praaant flt that taxaa ware foa high ' and that they hould b raduoad la aome way, but aa ta what that way ahould a and how it waa to bring about tha reeult deal red forma a probiam that la difficult of ealutlon. "At the afternoon aeaalon af tha lit h i addraaaad tha conjoint aea- lon aa tha aub)act of wtata Kinanoa a ad Furrhaalng,' after which tha varloua departments went mta aeeaion nd dtaeuaeed mat l era pertaining to thalr work. I apent moat of my time In aea-alon aea-alon with tha purchasing department depart-ment and waa pleaaed ta find that otr atata department le net behind tha there In tha work bjalng dona and the aavlnge made In the purchase pur-chase of auppiiaa and equipment fnr lha varloua depart menta and Institution a. Tp LIttIN ACCOUNTING. "In the d l ecu m ion nf waya and maana of handling purchaaea for elate lnatllutlons and departmente I waa able tar learn eoma thlnga that will undoubtedly ba of aasiai-ance aasiai-ance to my department In that Una of work. "The one auMect that rami np perhapa mora atrongly than a ay other during tha convention waa tha subject mentioned In my talk relative ta a central accounting department, wherein tha departmente depart-mente and Inellttittona rould ha relieved re-lieved of all acountlng and ona central atata department charged with tha duty of keeping all account ac-count a and the writing of all vouch ra. eta. Tnle aubjeet wae i considered by all present aa ana nf I tha moat Important before the enn- vent Ion and reaoluilona were adopted adopt-ed to tha effect that the con to I nt j organisation would use Ma effort a l to bring about aurh a department I In tha aeveral etaiee. "In conner i ion with this matter. I waa pleased to meat an tha train, coming from (Thlcaga, ona of tha director of flnanca of tha largest i mining and milling companlaa In! tha world, with whom I diecueeed tha matter of a aentral accounting! department at aome length and waa advised by him that they had worked for fifteen yea re and had ! now finally eetabltahed euch an accounting ac-counting evetem aa propoaed by me fnr tha atatee. "I am convinced that a great deal of good waa d"ne tha aonven tlon In Aehevllle and that many rood thoug-hta and Ideaa will be adopted throughout tha country that will eventually help to cut down tha evpenea nf government gov-ernment and which will hrlng areater efficiency 1n atata affaire The delegatea pledged themaelvea In their respective departments and i conjointly that they would do all that Ilea within their power to do to bring about hatter aondltlona and to unlta with aach other to thla and." |