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Show Economy and Efficiency. "The Increase In the activities and In the annual expenditures of the feV eral government bas been eo rapid and so great that the time haa come -to check the expansion of government activities In new directions unttl we have tested the economy and efficiency with which the government of today la being carried on. The responsibility rests upon the head of the admlnlstre tlon. He is held accountable by the public, and properly so. Despite the iin"lfth and patriotic efforta of the heads of departments and other charged with responsibility of govern ment, there haa grown up In thia eonat try a conviction that the expensea o4 government are too great The fuz i damental reason for the existence n i detected of waste, duplication, and ba4 management is the lack of prompt a I curate Information, i "I have requested the head of each department to appoint committees oa i economy and efficiency In order to ae t I cure full co-operation In the movement i by the employees of the government .. ' thems'ilves, '. . ' propristion of $ioo,000 requested fw. thc fiscal year 1912. "My experience leads me to believe , that while government methods are V much criticised, thejjbad results if we do have bad resultsare not due to a lack of seal or willingness on the pari ' of the civil servants." v |