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Show BETTER SYSTEM OF APPROPRIATIONS OUGHT TO BE DEVISED. Now that congress is nt it ngain, tho conviction convic-tion is spreading thnt it would be a good time to introduce a better system of appropriations, so that thcro can be no possibility of wasting. millions mil-lions of money. Heretofore nnd nt present thcro is no logical, businesslike system in connection with appropriating money, with the result thnt money is frequently bandied about ns if it were as plentiful as the sand on the shore. If congress can ever bo induced td renlhu that every dollar it appropriates for divers purposes has to be earned by the people in the sweat of their brows, it will be moro inclined to put on thb soft pedal. A budget system is n paramount necessity. Let the finnncial officials of the government tell congress just how much incomo is to be expected, nnd lot a budget committee allot tho expenditures expendi-tures or appropriations for tho several departments depart-ments of the government based, of course, on the estimated income. In this way the usual logrolling logroll-ing nnd treasury grabbing tactics, which are tho primo reason for an ever increasing outlny for governmental purposes, would be obviated. Every successful business mnn must run his business in jUBt that way. Ho couldn't spend money right nnd left without figuring ahead of time whether he could ever pay his bills. This, however, is what congress hns been doing from time immemorial, with this difference, that where an ordinary buBlncss mnn cannot squeeze money out of tho atmosphere if ho needs it, congress con-gress does thnt thing by taxation in various forms Tho moro money there is wasted tho moro is squeezed from everybody by congress. A budget system will soon bo a governmental necessity, nnd it is a good time to begin having one now. |