Show EASY COME EASY GO I JI k In 1912 1012 when Mr Ir Taft TaCt was President and when the gross gros ex- ex I 1 of the gon government were sime of ot what they nr are note mm lit lie became exercised and conteri con- con teri m ell eil about the un un- disorderly grab-bag grab methods b by your money was expended fur for public purposes He said then hat chat lIat is he equally true now nosy that the tI I of the national government Fare ore almost as varied as those of ot the Bike l Url s hulne world The rhe operations of time the government affect the Interest of ot every person pelson living within the el ion of the United States Its riun embraces stations and s of w work ork rk located In ever every city In ill many local subdivisions of the country tr This vast ast organization has never been becu studied d In detail as one piece of ad mechanism Never I s ethe the foundations been laid for a h h consideration of ot the relations of all its parts No comprehensive effort effort ef ef- ef fort has lias Keen been made to list Its multifarious multi- multi farious activities or to g group them In siu-h siu h a way as to present a clear picture of ot what the government Is Isdo do dong II Never cr has a complete description tion Lean given ghen of ot the agencies through which tle these e activities are performed hAt At no time has the attempt been m molt maile II if to study nil all of these activities and a auricles neles with a view to tor the as as- cI lIIm lit of each ench activity to the I hest h lio t fitted for tor Its Us performance fO to tin the oYo avoidance of or duplication of plant plan soul mul work to the Integration of I IIII nil III agencies of ot the I I so far tar as may be J. J I Into a unified organization fir Ir tin the t effective and economical dispatch of or public business J hits lil extraordinary and indefensible i l which exists today as fully r rod completely o as ns It did when Mr lr Taft portrayed ed It seven fe years ears ago Mil nl-Mil quite quire naturally and simply tin our tolerance and slackness r ls FUI n j 1 or and years ears the government lived ll unit grew rew end extended Its ac- ac li l Iff on nn Santa Ranta Claus mone money Its In- In nun till II i time as easily as ItS money In ina 6 fI ir II lie r i T. T Kor years and nd years jears ea rs the i income was greater grenter than tile I s' s III I Every year yen r there was a aln Ml ln 1 lilt T 11 1 n f eminent was waa precisely In the Rockefellers the of nr lie he I and Ct Cr t 1111 and the he Its pr lu I not how to get money t i b 11 o n live on on but how to sp 81 spond nd I I I v I f. f III ute me It ft naturally got In the thet t t if r till Borne some of It to the then n lul 1111 l it Ii lived eli like Uke i a remittance man You may remember that hack back In the I tune time of or the first filst Cleveland tic tion tinn one of the problems of ot public discussion wa was What t shall je ne done with the surplus Then there was a ft orange cronge of administration and Corporal Tanner was made commissioner of pensions The whole country wan WM amused ed and lend bad n hearty laugh when l Ie e announced his policy God help th the tho surplus 1 Them was the tIle halcyon days I Mr Gilbert the pre present ent un undersecretary tar tary of ot the treasury In an address sad ad The estimates for the year ar 10 1020 0 show that over O a n billion dollars of or expenditures ex ex- ex- ex were authorized by bJ the time last session of congress In addition to the amount shown In the usual compiled d statements of appropriations I In fact the practice hits has reached such proportions proportions proportions as to he almost a n national scandal and It was vigorously denounced denounced denounced de de- de- de In the Presidents President's last annual message It has b become come the fir first t principle of strate strategy on the p part rt of or people In Interested In In- h In appropriations for tor various special purposes es to frame the matter so as ns to authorize the Ule use of or the public funds Indirectly or In indefinite terms term or by br authorization for expenditure expenditure ex ex- expenditure of unexpended balances perhaps per haps hap appropriated originally for tor other purposes or by authorizations to divert government rece receipts before they ever pr reach rench the treasury Efforts are mn made e to find fid general words which do donot donot not speak leak In terms tenn of appropriations nn and cannot be he readily calculated The la last t session es lon of the present congress for tor example authorized additional ad nd additional expenditures out of balances of prior appropriations and from receipts re reo re- re to the time amount of ot over Including ov over r for the shipping hoard The session ses ses- session sion ion of con congress by hy similar procedure takes credit for tor refusing appropriations Hons for the shipping board hut but at atthe atthe atthe the same time purposes es to authorize the e expenditure of receipts In amounts I that may reach as high as D By the Indefinite appropriation for the railroad guaranty about SG 60 was In effect appropriated hout without appearing In any of ot the statements statements state state- ments meats of or appropriations You see how It goes |