Tuesday, February 14, 1921
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
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Where Your
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How Uncle Sam Spends
Your Money in Conduct
ing Your Business
By EDWARD G. LOWRY
Author "Wuhington CloM-Upf," "Bank mm!
Financial 8ymtem." etc. Contributor Political
tod Economic Article to Leading Periodical!
and a Writer of Recognised Authority M the
National Goremment't BuiinoM Method
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CHANCE TO FIND OUT
Just now a belated effort Is under
way to find out some of the facts
about government business and gov
ernment employment. The Bureau of
the Budget lias been organized and
is In operation under the direction of
Charles G. Dawes.
Both houses of congress are work
ing on the problem of reclassification
of government positions and salaries.
The Veterans' bureau has been or
ganized and has taken over the bureau
of war risk insurance, that part of
the public health sen-lee which had
to do with veterans, and all of the
work of the federal board for voca
tional education except that part
which had to do with the treatment of
persons injured in the industries.
There is also the Inquiry being made
by the Joint committee on the re
organization of the administrative
branch of the government of the two
house of congress, of which I have
spoken. Walter F. Brown of Ohio Is
chairman of this committee, represent
ing President Harding. The members
of the committee are, on the part of
the senate, Senators Smoot of Utah,
Harrison of Mississippi and Wads
worth of New York. The members on
the part of the house are Repre
sentatives Reavis of Nebraska, Temple
of Pennsylvania and Moore of Virginia.
The job of this joint committee is
to "make a survey of the administra
tive services of the government for the
purpose of securing all pertinent facts
regarding their powers and duties,
their distribution among the several
executive departments, and the over
lapping and duplication of authority."
In reporting the resolution from the
Judiciary committee to the house the
members were told :
It is a matter of common knowledge
that millions of dollars are wasted by
the government by the almost endless
duplication of activities. There has been
no fundamental change tn the adminis
trative activities since the organization
was devised by Alexander Hamilton, and
the result is that activities entirely out
of harmony with the functions of depart
ments have grown with the passing years
until the government of the United States
has become not only the biggest business
In the world, but the world's worst man
aged business.
The purpose of the resolution Is to
ascertain so far as possible the extent
of the overlapping and duplication of ac
tivities, with the view that numerous
commissions and bureaus may be elimi
nated and a great Bavlng effected in the
governmental expenditures. The commit
tee ftjels that no more constructive legis
lation is possible under existing condi
tions than the legislation proposed by
the resolution. With the present condi
tion of the nation's finances and the bur
dens the people suffer because of exces
sive taxation, any legislative measure
looking to real economy should commend
itself to the sympathetic attention of the
house, and we feel that the passage of
this resolution and the work of the com
mittpe which will be done under Its au
thority will result In the saving of mil
lions annually. '
It can be predicted with considerable
assurance that noihing will come of
this proposed voyage of discovery un
less we, the shareholders In the enter,
prise, maintain an active, lively, sus
tained interest in It. One thing is al
ways true of the house of repre
sentatives it Is representative. ,1f
we breathe warmly upon it. It glows.
If we are Indifferent It becomes cold.
This Isn't the first time that a plan
has been set in motion to find out
something about how the government's
business is conducted.
The earliest inquiry Into the nd
m'nlstrative methods of the executive
departments was made by ttie Cockrell
commission In 1S.S7. Six years later,
In 1803, a joint commission, of which
Representative Dockery was chairman,
was appointed to examine the status
of the laws organizing the depart
ments. President Roosevelt In 1005
named an Interdepartmental committee,
of which C. II. Keep, assistant secre
tary of the treasury, was chairman, to
consider department methods. Presi
dent Taft In turn, In 1010, named a
commission on economy and efficiency
of which Frederick Cleveland was
chairman.
Broadly and generally speaking,
nothing came of these enterprises.
You and I commonly anil vaguely
known as the public were not In
terested, nnd neither was congress.
That ended It.
But Just now, at this moment, we
have the best chance we ever hud to
find out about our common business
and how to Improve It unci les-.cn Its
cost to us. The burden of supporting
It Is heavier than ever In-fore.
Von will perhaps notice nil through
these ai-t'c'es that the information
supplied me about the tri ti'i;i1 fnrt
of l'o eminent empbn rtn-nt and govern
ment business are In terms of
estimates and approximations. This
Is one of the defects of government
organization. It is so large and so
formless, and Its parts so unrelated,
that exn'1 and precise Informail'in
bout the whole Is virtually unob
tainable. It Is of the greatest urgency and
need that the people shall" know
bout their government, but they will
find It difficult to learn until the gor
rnment knowi about Itwlf.
Ranger Wood has returned from
a three days trip to read the snow
stakes. Less snow was found than
on even dates a year sgo. Snowstake
No. 44, on the head of Big Butter
creek", registered 22 inches; a year
ago it was 26 inches. Stake No. 31,
on Ditch creek on the Heppner-Rit-ter
road, registered 34 inches, last
year it was 4 4 inches. Due to the
cold weather the top layer of sncw,
consisting of from 6 inches to a foot,
is very dry, making snow-shoeing
quite good.
The last wagon to have passed over
the Heppner-Ritter road is reported
to have made the trip immediately
before the storm in November. A
trapper with a saddle horse and pack
animals is reported to have made the
trip about Christmas time. The
Ranger states that there is nearly
four feet of snow where the road
crosses the summit.
Very little logging is being done at
any of the five sawmills along the
north boundary of the forest of this
district. The Ely Mill, near Gurdane
to preparing to begin logging. Claud
Jarvis and Walden Straight have es
tablished a wood camp at the mill.
The Willow creek mill is doing some
logging and cutting some fence posts
aa a side line.
INCOME TAX POINTERS
Clyde G. Huntley, Collector of In
ternal Revenue, calls the attention of
Oregon taxpayers to the fact that
without any exceptions the following
persons must file iircome tax returns
for the year 1921, not later than
March 15:
Every single person who had a net
income of $1000 or more.
tivery marieo person who had a
net income of $2,000 or more.
Every head of the family who had
a net income of $1000.00 or more.
The exemption for a single person
is -$1,000; for a married person
$2,500, if his income does not exceed
$5,000. If the net income of a mar
ried person exceeds $5000, he is al
lowed an exemption of only $2,000.
The exemption allowed for depen
dents under 18 years of age has been
increased from $200 to $400, but a
return must be made in order for the
taxpayer to claim credit for tho ex
emption. In other words, a return
must be filed, although the taxpayer
may not be liable to the payment of
a tax after claiming the exemptions
to which he is entitled under the law.
What's Holding You
Back?
Certain habits arc handicaps. They
either hold up your advance in money mat
ters or keep you "Marking Time."
There are good habits too, that grow as
fast as bad habits. Saving money is a good
habit, one that grows as you continue to
practice thrift.
To start a Savings Account here with as
small a sum as One Dollar may be the means
for you to break some habit that is slowing
down your progress. Try it.
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