Show EASY COME EASY GO I I IC In 1 1312 1313 12 when Mr Taft aft was nt and when the lie gross exI ex- ex I 1 I of the government were in nn of what they are aie nun nil he lip became exercised and concerned con con- about the un un- disorderly grab-bag grab methods b by Lle-h Lle h your our money was expended fur for public purposes lie He said then t h is I eq equally true now that tha t the tin of ot the lie national government are almost as varied as those of the entire entire- lushness business hll s lne-s world The rhe operations of the government affect the Interest of iy eu-iy person living within the tile elon of ot the United States SUItes Its I embraces stations and center ut of work located in ever every city nil ill in many wany local sub subdivisions of ot the count II t tI i n y y vast ost organization has hns never been studied d In detail as one piece of lve mechanism Never I have lia the HIt foundations been laid for tor a n thorough h consideration of or the relations of all allt t s parts No co comprehensive eff ef- ef f 1 rt has been made to list tits I arlous activities or to group them In III such a way as to present a clear picture pi ture of or what the government Is do dong Never er has complete a description description tion lion I fern ecu ll en given of f th the agencies through tle e activities are performed At 1 no IW time has the attempt been lo u study all nil of ot these activities I and tt S with a view to the as as- I c 4 lit of ot each activity to the they agency y l Ile lest est t fitted for Its performance I Ito to the Ihl u II of duplication of nid wo work work k to the Integration l of nil ull agencies s of or the theon on so far till as as' as may Ic p pr lira t t. t uble i-uble Into a unified organization f for or r the nit must iii t effective e and economical of public business ibis 5 and Indefensible 1 I which exists t today ollay as as fu fully lIy rod completely as It did when Mr Tuft furl portrayed It seven en years ears ago cant lu IIII il uit quite naturally and simply fi h our tolerance and slackness Im I'm Kin's Kins II und the years yem'S gov government I l cd weft grew crew rew extended Its achi ac- ac hi vi I ii on nn Santa Claus Clous mone money Its In In- I conn- conn nnie i-nnie ns easily as money In Ini tt fI i n ic ler ter For 1 lIr years and years jears the I int tiit Income was greater grenter than tile lie liec t c v 1 et eiKos I C Every g year ea r there was a aH 1 H I I T I r t was precisely el In the thel l si lint lo of the Rockefellers and und the ther f r u. u 1 t s mid 1111 the Its I 11 r I li-em li was not Dot how to get money t i- h h 11 II n live on on but how to sp spend nd i iii I I- 11 t. t It II naturally got In the tt K If of tin owing tome sonic of ot It to the ther r n u It If Ih- Ih lived cl Uk like Uke a remittance man S r You may remember that hack back In the I t lime of the first Cleveland stra tint one of ot the problems of public III discussion cus lon was wn What shall shaH je e P done with the surplus Then them th N was WI a 11 change of administration and Corporal Tanner was made commissioner of ot pensions The whole country watt wan amused and had find n a h hearty arty lau laugh h when l Ie e announced his policy God help the surplus Them was the halcyon days I Mr Gilbert the pre present ent undersecretary cre- cre tary of ot the treasury In an address sad ad The rue estimates for the year 10 1920 0 show that over n a billion dollars of ot expenditures expenditures ex fOX- ex- ex were authorized by hy the last hist t session of con congress ress In to the amount shown In the usual compiled complied statements of or appropriations In fact the practice has reached such proportions proportions ns as ns' ns to be almost a national scandal and It wa was vigorously denounced denounced denounced de de- In the Pre Presidents President's last annual message It has lias become the first principle e of strate strategy on the part of ot people In Interested interested In- In In for various special purposes to frame the matter so as ns to authorize the use of or the public funds Indirectly or In Indefinite terms term or 01 b by authorization for tor expenditure expenditure ex ex- of ot un unexpended balances perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps appropriated teet originally for other purposes e or by hy authorizations to divert government o before they ever reach rench the treasury aury Efforts n are re mn made e to tn find general words which do donot donot not speak In terms term of or appropriations and cannot be readily calculated la last t session e lon of ot the prevent congress for example authorized additional ad nd expenditures s out of ot balances of prior appropriations and from re reo receipts receipts to the amount of over 00 ov over r for tor the shipping hoard board The sea ses- sesMon sinn Mon of at con congress congress' ref s' by similar procedure takes credit for tor refusing appropriations tlona for til the shipping board hoard hut but at atthe atthe atthe the same time purposes to authorize the expenditure of ot r receipts in In amounts that lint mn may reach as 88 high ns as By the Indefinite appropriation for tor the railroad guaranty shout about rO was In effect appropriated I e without appearing In inn any of the statements state state- meats ments of ot appropriations You see how It goes |