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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER. OREGON PAGE THREE Moss Aztec Assortment Of l-'K.liX DISHES, .TAKDIXAIvKS. I I.OWEU 1W1WI.S And HAXaX(i HASKETS CASH VARIETY STORE Big Values for Litile Money Where Your Taxes Go How Uncle Sam Spends Your Money in Conduct ing Your Business By EDWARD G. LOWRY Anthor "WsshinKton Close-Ups " "Banks nd Financial System." etc. Contributor Political anti Economic Articles to Leading Periodical! and a Writer of Recognized Authority on ti National Government's Uuainesa Methods. A Thought for Independence Day Heppner Herald $2.00 per Year i 1 Where will You be At 65? Out of 100 average men, at the age of 25 today 54 Will be Dependent on Others 36 will be'dead 5 Will be working for a bare living 4 Will be well to do 1 Will be Wealthy You may be one of the hundred today, but where will you be at the age of 65? It depends upon how you can answer the following question Are You Saving Systematically? One Dollar Opens A Savings Account With This Bank Farmers and Stockgrowers National Bank Heppner, Oregon NORMAN'S ICE CREAM "Best in the West' Always ready to Serve TAKE A QUART HOME FOR LUNCH McAtee & Aiken Printia tint Pleases -! The Herald A Bargain if Taken at Once 640 acres, every foot in cultivation, all fenced good drilled well with plenty of water to ir rigate garden, four-room house, one-half mile from school, 11 miles from raihoad. Price OInly $20.00 an Acre. $2,000.00 down, Terms on Balance Roy V. Whiteis Fruits and Vegetables Fresh, Clean and Palatable. Fresh Shipments Received Daily. We Specialize in Things You like to Eat Fresh Strawberries Sam Hughes Co. Copy ng at, Western Mewspttper Umou XXVI. EASY COME, EASY GO liack in 11)12, when Mr. Tul't was l'resident, and when the gross ex penditures of the government were about one-quarter of what tliey are now, lie became exercised and con cerned about the higjedy-piggledy, un scientific, disorderly, grub-hng metliods by wliicli your money was expended for public purposes. He said then what is equally true now, that the activities of the national government "are almost as varied as those of the entire business world. The operations of the government affect the interest of every person living within the jurisdiction of the United Slates. Its organization embraces stations and centers of work located in every city and in many local subdivisions of the country. "This vast organizalion lias never been studied in detail' as one piece of adininlst rat ive mechanism. Never have' the foundations been laid for a thorough consideration of the relations, of all its parts. No comprehensive ef fort has been made to list its mult 1 farious activities or to group them in such a way as to present a clear picture of what the government is doing. Never lias a complete descrip tion been given of the agencies through which these activities are performed. "At 110 time has the attempt been made to study all of these activities anil agencies with a view to the as signment of each activity to the agency best fitted for its performance, to the avoidance of duplication of plant and work, to the integration of all administrative agencies of the government, so far as may be practicable, into a unified organization for the most effective and economical dispatch of public business." This extraordinary and indefensible situation, which exists today as fully and completely as it did when Jlr. Taft portrayed it seven years ago, came about quite mitiiruUy and simply through our tolerance and slackness. For years and years the government lived and grew and extended its ac tivities 011 Santa Clans money. Its In come came as easily as money in a letter. For years and years the national income was greater than the expenses. Every year there was a surplus. The government was precisely In the position of the Rockefellers and the Cnrnogies and the Itothsohilds. Its problem was not how to get money enough to live on, but how to spend its Income. It naturally got In the way of throwing some of it to the birds. It lived like a remittance man. Yon jnay remember that back in Die time of the first Cleveland administra tion one of the problems of public discussion was: "What shall be done with the surplus?" Then there was a change of administration and Corporal Tanner was made commissioner of pensions. The whole country was amused and bad a hearty laugh when he announced his policy: "(!od help the surplus!" Them was the halcyon days ! Sir. Gilbert, the present undersecre tary of the treasury, In an address paid : "The estimates for the year 10'J0 show that over a billion dollars of ex penditures were authorized by the last session of congress In addition to the amount shown In the usual compiled statements of appropriations. In fact, the practice has reached such propor tions ns to be almost a national scandal, and It Mas vigorously de nounced In the President's last ikii'iual message. "It has become the first principle of strategy on the part of people In terested In appropriations for various special purposes to frame the matter so i to authorize the use of the public funds indireciiy. or in indefinite terms, or by authorization for ex penditure of unexpended balances, per haps appropriated originally for oli.er purposes, nr by authorizations to divert government rore'pts before they ever roach the treasury. Efforts are made to find general words which do not speak In terms of appropriations am! cannot be readily calculated. "'Pie last session of the present ennr-'ress, for example, authorized ad ditional expenditures out of balances of prior appropriations and from re ceipts to Hie amount of ever ,r,io'ini. bOo. including over f lOd.OniMM Ki f(,r the shipping board. The pres-ent ses. "ion of congress by similar procedure takes credit for refusing appropria tions for the shipping hoard, but. at ; the same time, purposes to authorize the expenditure of receipts in amounts s that may reach ns high as $li(Ki.(HKi,- POO, I'.y the indefinite appropriation for the railroad guaranty about $c,r,0. 000.000 was in effect appropriated without appearing In any of the state ments of appropriations. You Kee how It goes. First Weaving Machine 1733. Weaving lias been practiced from tn earliest times; the aid of machin ery dates from n:i.'l, when the fly shuttle wus invented. Financial Freedom The goal that every right-thinking, foresighted man or woman should be Financial Freedom Independence from financial troubles and worries of everv kind. Make the declaration to yourself today that you will practice Thrift whenever opportunity permits and thus assure ' yourself of that freedom which makes for a bright and comfortable future. Our forefathers had to practice Thrift in many ways before they were able to attain personal Liberty for us. You have but to save a small amount: each week, place it in a Savings Account with us, and thereby gain that goal that all seek Financial Liberty. Once the battle is started, you'll find it easy to keep up and win. First National Bank HEPPNER H!D1!RM, HEIF.HVr J OREGON T 1 Fruit ";'cirs Economy Sure Seal Selfsealing Masons Wide and Narrow Tops Regular Masons elosGroce m Company ry
