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Show American administration in the Island of Santo San-to Domingo has resulted in no inconsiderable saving of Dominicnn monoy. Tho payroll hns been purged of unnecessary and Incompetent officials, of-ficials, positions hnvo been abolished wholesale and reductions have been made in salaries. The result is a Bavlng of about 10 per cent of the entire Dominican budget "with no los3 of efficiency. effi-ciency. All this h,as been accomplished by the officers of the United States navy who are administering ad-ministering Dominicnn nffnirs and It suggests the great pity of a situation at homo where extravagant ex-travagant Southern politicians are multiplying jobs for "deserving democrats" and squandering tho public money as if there were no end to it. |