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Show THE CITIZEN 0 teen forcibly impressed with the fact that good government and good for less money. There is no finer triumph of efficiency in the history business go hand in hand, and you cannot have one without the of American industry. other. Now that Lindbergh and Chamberlain have covered themselves The people realize that the prosperity of this nation in a large measure depends upon their public officials, and they are frowning with fame and glory we are wondering what young woman is going to upon the public official who plays fast and loose with the obligations become the Gertrude Ederle of the air. he has assumed as9a public servant and employee, merely to further The Turkish president has prepared a speech which is two days his own political aims. Conditions are most unfavorable to politicians who want to start something. The people have had several years long. Wait till Tom Heflin hears about this! of unbroken prosperity, are living well, buying cars and eating their fill; wearing the test clothes they ever had, going to movies and ball games, traveling from one end of our country to the other, listening to the. radio and enjoying life. They realize that these advantages are the result of stable and steady employment and earnings. Any candidate for public office must recognize these. facts, and realize his responsibilities when lie asks the people to put him in charge as virtual manager or division superintendent of the governmental and business affairs of this nation, ; . DONT BORROW .. Passage of new laws is the one industry in our country which seems to thrive on over production. The President was asked to call an extra session of Congress on account of the Mississippi flood. Why isnt the flood enough trouble for one country? Cleveland Plain Dealer. Everybody seems to be interested in the Chinese situation except the League of Nations. It is estimated that 600,000 farms in the United States use Total per capita expenditures of the United States govern- electricity, either from central stations or home generating ment, adjusted for price changes, were three times as large in plants. Of this total 285,000 forms already have central station 1926 as in 1915. service and 50,000 are being added yearly. There has been of late a marked tendency for the government to undertake activities with which previously it was less The current income of the American people in 1926 is esticoncerned. Each class of ordinary civil expenditure has doubled mated at almost $90,000,000,000, or $770 per capita, including since 1915. babes and helpless aged. Each citizen of the United States is individually responsible for increasing or decreasing taxes. Illinois bootleggers, it is said, are buying their liquor with The budget idea is the basis of all economy and efficiency counterfeit money. Well thats fair enough bad money for bad programs, whether in federal, state or local jurisdiction. The booze. d budget function is never popular. It often requires a attitude to resist enthusiastic spending officers and citiThe railroads, in 1926, broke nearly all records in virtually zens who are interested in particular projects. The general wel- every factor or measure of operating efficiency. fare can be the only guide for an effective budget agency. Too many governments have followed the advice of Bret Remember the good old days when the favorite alibi for a Harte to young men: Always live within your income, even killing was I didnt know it was loaded? if you have to borrow money to do it. As a result of the meeting of 44 state legislatures this year Let us be thankful they got that mad Filipino emperor into there are 10,000 new laws. More work for the violators. t t an asylum before our own internationalists got worked up about him. If Uncle Sam owed Europe ten billion dollars how many European uplifters do you suppose would be demanding that WHEAT their governments cancel the debt? r hard-boile- - . - Russia is going to produce a lot of wheat in the future and the price minipulators are getting busy to form a world combine. The biggest surprise of the whole thing is that Secretary Jardine of the Agricultural Department has promised his support. Every day the government is being made the catspaw for price fixing and with enough propaganda sent out by those whom we put in office to look out after the interests of the people it will not be long before Washington will not onlyj tell us what we must eat, drink and w'ear, but will also fix the prices for us. RAILROADS IN CLEAR Last year, for the first time since the war, the railroads as a whole earned what the government has established as a fair rate of income on a fair valuation. Operating revenues increased from $6,178,000,000 in 1920, to $6,383,000,000 in 1926, which in itself is not a notable gain. But net operating income increased from $17,000,000 in 1920, to the im- Mr. Lindbergh has proved to the world that although some Americans are high flyers, others can fly successfully for tance. dis- Jules Sauerwcin, foreign editor of the Paris Matin, now visiting in America, urges this country to join the League of Nations. These Europeans ought to tumble to the fact pretty soon that Uncle Sam is not much of a jiner. . Scientists claim that crops can be increased twenty per cent by a system of stimulation by atmospheric electricity. It would be just about the farmers luck to have this come along when he was trying to curtail production. The old time song which ran My Bonnie lies over the ocean may soon be succeeded by one which will go, My Bonnie flies over the ocean. It may also be noted that William Ilale Thompson has been mayor of Chicago for several weeks now and despite predictions there have been no earthquakes in that vicinity. pressive total of $1,213,000,000 in 1926. This was the result of cutting down operaitng expenses from to $4,669,000,000, while loading 18 per cent more cars Who can remember during the days of the saloon when chil8 per cent. than in 1920, and increasing total freight In short, the railroads arc now on a profitable basis, and are dren fifteen and sixteen years of age were arrested for drunkenthere because they are doing more at less cost carrying more freight ness? What a radical change prohibition has brought about. ; $5,-828,000,0- 00 - ton-milea- ge jy |