Show I PRESS PARAGRAPHS S The newspapers discuss that which Senator Aldrich thinks could coul be saved from the country's annual ex ex- ex New Haven Journal-Courier Journal There i inot Is not the slightest reason to question th the accuracy of Senator Aldrich's statement that under a proper business organization tion of the government the taxpayers taxpayer could be e saved annually millions upon millions It Is not a question of the honesty honesty hon lion esty of the average public publio official it is a question of the methods of business em em- He Ho said he felt sure of his abilIty abil abil- Ity y to run the government for less b by than It costs now and vIas v equally sure suro that under a system t to which congress could assent the tho saving savin would be It is evident that tha extravagances have crept into the prevaIlIng prevailing prevailing pre pre- methods of doing business an and there Is no reason for believing that an any regular greater degree of economy ha has been exercised than congress could politically cally approve Baltimore American It must be ver very distinctly born in mind that whatever In Incidental Incidental In- In savings may be bo recommended the country cannot and should not b be conducted on the line of ot parsimony I It ItIs Itis Is big and wealthy its interests are large larg and expensive In the he single item for in instance In- In stance of the navy Is found one of th the chief sources of outlay but who would retrench here On the other hand it I Is believed by many that whatever might b he be saved sa in the general administration o othe of the government by better methods could very well be he applied to tho the stimulation o othe of the naval program This country should be doing half as mU much mOCh h again as 1 It ItIs itis is now doing in the work of building bat bat- Indianapolis News Now of course i It ItIs Itis Is hard to tell whether Senator Aldrich I Is In earnest or not But we have no doubt doub that as he says at least a year could be he saved without in any way impairing the efficiency of the government government government govern govern- ment service He lie is right too In suggesting suggesting suggesting sug sug- gesting that a great business man such as Morgan for Instance could run the government for a year less than It now costs If It this Is true it seems to us that the people ought to know about it If It It is true the people ought ough to be suspicious as to the methods o ot of conducting the governments government's business Hartford Times This annual waste o of Is nearly as much as s the whole cost of the fed federal ral government during th the first term of President Cleve- Cleve land and We think the Rhode Island senator understated rather than overstated stated the actual wastage that has grown up during the period of extravagance and expansion expansion expansion sion since 1898 1891 If the people of the United States could make up their minds as a nation to mind their own business and to mind it well the annual saving would be tie more than Washington Star We have a large and growing country and money in large sums Is necessary for the tho support of the government But nut If there Is either waste or extravagance it should be stopped An Investigation would develop tho the facts and the expense at would be cheap if It only a a. half halt of what Mr Aidrich Aidrich Aldrich Aid Aid- rich asserts is wasted could be saved Baltimore rheS Sun The y public bi pays too m much for the services vl It Is getting from the government If Senator Aldrich can save or even he should be at the head of the commission and be allowed to do it ft When he has ef effected effected effected ef- ef this saving he will we may hope be in a position to reduce the tariff and other taxes not to mention the pension list 1st I Boston Post When Senator Nelson W. W Aldrich declares that if he were running running running run run- ning the affairs of the government he lie heiO could easily a y save savo t the country g O a iO year ir ira we yb b believe e et em him m He lIe Is s the ablest business man in congress and he knows as much about the cost of administration as any anyone one living His Ills is regularly quail quail- field expert opinion New York Tribune Senator Aldrich says if he as a business man were permitted permitted per per- to In run run the federal government as ashe ashe ashe he saw fit lit he could save a year By all aU means let his bill for the appointment of a commission to introduce business justness methods be passed and let the SEnator from Rhode Island be a member of the commission v |