THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER. OREGON
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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