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Show Hpmulnr It Hmetlm Rlns. The truo end of statesmanship la to promoto the greatest publlo welfare, wel-fare, wbethcrthls means saving dollars or spending dollars. When economy will contrlbuto to this wclfaro ccono-my ccono-my Is good, but where It will crlpplo somo Important branch of publlo ser-llco ser-llco then economy Is bad; and the public olllclal who tries to mako a record In defiance of this fact Is no real friend to publlo welfare. Wboro sinecures exist, or useless political "Job" commissions, or whoro waste occurs by poor organlxatlon of tho tcr-vice, tcr-vice, then economy nnd reorganization aro In order; but where Important work would bo less effectively done by arbitrarily abolishing oftlccs and reducing re-ducing tho number of employes, then tho path of statesmanship Is to point out the grounds for distinguishing between be-tween the two cases and shape policies poli-cies accordingly. Qunton's Magazine. |