| Show government YOU AND I 1 SUMMARY As told by byrd trego to the record you and I 1 will keep in mind that the purpose odthe adra is the promotion of good government we I 1 understand that adu you and I 1 furnish the taxes to the government so it i t can operate the government makes through legal notices its reports on how hovi it I 1 spends our tax money money government can operate most effective effectively v when it carries your confidence an anday admy confidence when n we observe that cerA iii reports j 1 i afi ii V f k f 1 s s ft ski i prescribed by law are NOT published we reserve judgment yet find ou confidence shaken no government office cati can do its best work when it is under suspicion you may remember some instances where lack of reports prowl proved commissioners do not insist on regular publication of reports md financial statements it seems a waste to pay for legal notices und and publication of statements for for several years the board s saves aved money A day arrives when the popular man is thousands of dollars short in fact HE is not short you and I 1 are short we the undoing of men in official governmental positions A clerk may have a combination of jobs he is a good fellow and popular the have paid the taxes by false economy you and I 1 have given him the opportunity to misappropriate our money the blame for the theft can be rightfully attached only to the person who should have published the financial statements in legal notices in the newspapers but you and I 1 did not insist on legal publication in fact you and I 1 might have approved of the economy not realizing that one misappropriation usually involves more money than could have been saved after the money is gone we still face the unpleasant fact that we innocently contributed to the downfall dawnta dow nta of the popular fellow the experience of ages proves the necessity and wisdom of regular publication of governmental proceedings and finan financial diAl statements ants it protects those who pay th taxes and it protects those whom we entrusted with the spending thus only can good government succeed |
