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GOVERNMENT PL; MILLIONS BY 1 Thousands of Employes in Dep? Dropped and Useless Bureaus Consolidation Will Eliminat and Expense?To T< (Washington Dispatch to N. Y. Herald.) The forthcoming- reorganization of the executive departments of the gov eminent will bring a saving of not less than $300,000,000 to the taxpayers during the first year, but during me succeeding years the saving win be even greater without sacrifice to the service, in the opinion of Senator Reed Smoot (Utah), chairman of the joint congressional committee which is about to undertake the work. Thi s will be possible, Mr. Smoot believes through an increase in government efficiency, a change in the system of collecting taxes which will make unnecessary the present largo staff of field agents, the elimination of competition aniong bureaus which now have virtually the same work to perform and the dismissal of needless corks at present employed on use x i v.i At least 25,000 ? maybe more ? of the 100,000 federal clerks in Washing ton are to be dropped from the rolls Upon the fair basis that it costs $2,000 a year to maintain :i clerk in Washington including salary, this alone means a reduction in government oxprr.se of ,$50,000,000. The hope is that 8,000 now engaged in the field in collecting taxes can be spared once the tax system is revised to make the collections less difficult. On the basis that it costs ! $3,000 a year to maintain these agents the saving would be $24,000,000. Out of an annual government expenditure of something like $600,000,000 a year for construction and gener-l' al engineering work, now in the hands of 38 separate government \ agencies, the expectation?based on ' the estimates of engineers themselves?is that at least 20 per cent can be saved through unified direction and proper organization under one 1 department. Such a saving would be | in a year $120,000,000. It is evident to those who have 1 made a preliminary envestigation of conditions that other great sums can 1 A fli vnnrrVi t V>n irlnt m.i n f I bureaus which are similar in their ] functions, but for one reason or ' another set into different depart- ' ments. Such advantages to the taxpayer would come through unified di- ' rection of these bureaus and the ere- (1 ation of a single staff to handle : questions of personnel, accounting, : disbursements and the like. The truth is that the joint con- ' gressional committee, which is just,1 now preparing to plunge into the work of re-organization that may require two years, hopes to exceed r\ saving of $300,000,000 a year, hut is setting the figure low so that it may be on the safe side. There are some in congress who believe that once the government machine is looked into by competent business efficiency en gineers an annual saving of as much as $1,000,000,000 a year can be accomplished. The more conservative congres sional leaders do not expect such a thing- as this, especially if the government continues its present scope of activities. If such a saving is to be accomplished, thov believe, it will I have to come through a curtailment of certain work of questionable value rather than by the application of efficiency methods. Now 20 per Cent Inefficient. Considering1 that the approximate cost of the government is $5,000,000,000 a year, which, roundly is the amount of tho present annronriat;on>. I a saving of $1,000,000,000 a year j through the application of better business methods would mean that the government is 20 per cent inefficient. Congressional leaders who are warning the people not to expect too much believe it is nearer 10 per cent inefficient and that the figure for saving will bo something like $500,000,000. although for publication they are willing to bo quoted on not more than $'300,000,000. Tho exact method to be pursued by the ioint congressional committee ha?* not been decided, but in all probability it will engage a staff of business engineers to assist with the work. Hearings are to ho held and the engineers are to be turned loose in the departments, to study methods and to suggest improvements. As rapidly as! these are found to he desirable the changes will be made, so that the taxpayers will not have to wait until the work is entirely completed hefore they will enjoy the benefits. In general it is the feeling that the most effective reorganization is, first, to acomplish a realignment of the diferent agencies grouping thorn or consolidating them into departmenes which seem to be the logical place for them, and then, second, to set about making them more efficient. To attempt in an instant to put into effect a broad scheme of reorganization turn ing from tho present system to one entirely new, would, in the minds of those who have made a careful study of the situation, precipitate much con fusion, and work to the disadvantage rather than to the advanage of the government. In a general way it appears that not less than two new departments would be necessary in such a realignment of bureaus and other agencies, to be offset by the abo'ishment of at least one department and the possible consolidation of another. The two departments which are in mind to form are: The department of public welfare, as recommended by President Harding in his recent message to congress, Which would take over various work XI VNSTO SAVE I REORGANIZATION \ ? 8 irtment At Washington to Bi ; Abolished?Department e Duplication of Effort ? ike Two Years. 1 such as public health and education. < The department of public works, ' which would have charge of many | bureaus of similar character that now 5 are scattered through other depart- : ments without any apparent rhyme ! or reason. i ne department oT puouc works , would, in a general way, take the 1 place of the department of ihe inte- ( rior, at present a hodgepodge of bu ] reaus a sort of dumping place for ( agencies that do 101 seem to fit any other department. Vh0 matter of "lie consolidation of theory that they are intended 4.o 1 serv* tho same purpose, lhat of i?i>i? li- defense, lonp 'ins been ronsidered as a possibility, and the propo.-a! has lu?d tiie indorsement of many who aiv f'inr uir with the vovk'hi.'s of the go\ 1 eminent. The suggestion is nuu'e that th? denarM ?ent of pulmc welfaie -h.udd take over at least these services: !\\im the d part men; of the into- 1 rioi?-The office el ln-liai affairs. tinUnit?"! States lnd:an service, ihe l?ureau of education, the United States hospital for the insane, Howard uni- ' versity, Freed man's hospital and the board of Indian commissioners. From the department of the treasury?The office of the surgeon-general of the United States public health service. From the department of labor?The children's bureau. From the other government cstab- ; lishments, now independent?United States employes compensation com- ' mission, federal board for vocational education, United States interdepartmental hygiene board and the Colum- 1 bia institution for the deaf. Work Affecting Veterans. There are other agencies which, to the minds of some, would seem to fit into this department, chiefly the bureau of war risk insurance, now under : the treasury department, and the bu- . reau of pensions, now under the de- ' partment of the interior. President Harding in his message recommended the consolidation of the bureau of war risk insurance, the pen 1 sion bureau, the federal board for vocational eduaction and other agencies which have to deal with veterans of wars into one great service, to be administered by a director-general of service to war veterans. Steps already have been taken to accomplish this, and it will not wait on the general scheme for reorganization. \\ hether it is to be placed in what might possibly be a new department as an independent agency is a matter which will be determined when the reorganization ararngement is more clearly defined. The proposed department of public works would, in a e-enprnl wa\r bo nv. ganized with the following services: From the department of the interior?The general land office, the geological survey, the bureau of mines, the war mineral relief commision, the reclamation service, the national park service, the division of capitol buildings and grounds and the Alaskan engineering commission. From the department of agriculture?The bureau of public roads and the forest service. From the treasury department? The office of the supervising architect. From the war department?All national military parks, monuments and memorials, the board of engineers for rivers a no harbors, the board of engineers of New York city, the office of the supervisor of the harbor of New York, the United States engineer offices, the Missippi river commission, the California debris commis sion, the board of road commisioners for Alaska and the office of public buildings and grounds and Washington monument. From other government establishments, now independent?The office of the superintendent of the state, war and navy buildings, the Rock Creek and P01 imac parkway commis sion, the commission of fine arts and the federal power commission. Shifts in Departments. The general proposal would extend the authority of the department of commerce, taking into it certain agen cies at present under other departments which seem to fit into the com ! mercial activities of the country. The weather bureau, for instance, would be. transferred from the department of agriculture, the patent office from the department of the interior, the United States coast guard, which protects merchant shipping along the coast, from the treasury department; the lakes survey office and the inland and coastwise waterways service, from the war department; the hydrographic office and the naval observatory from the navy department and the commission for the standardization of screw threads, at present an independent organization, which officials believe might as well be abolished and its work taken over by the bureau of standards. It seems obvious to those studying the situation that it might be well to establish a bureau of insular and territorial administration, under the state department, to take the place of the bureau of insular affairs ;tf th* war dftnartmont.. Snrh ??-> tration would have charge of tne relations between the United States with territorial and insular governments. The consideration brings up, of course, the long discussed subject of transferring the prohibition enforcement service from the treasury de IE HORRY HERALD, GOHWA i ?? artment to the department of jusice. Back of this idea there is much entiment, since there is little justiication for a law enforcement or;anization as part of what evidently vas intended as purely fiscal department. The department of justice is harped with law enforcement generally, the collection of evidence and he prosecution of those who violate he laws. The fact that the prohibition enforcement service is a part of the treasury department came through a sentiment in congress that the service would have to collect certain Internal revenue taxes, always in the Hands of the commissioner of internal revenue. It has been said that such a transfer of the enforcement service would mean a saving of not less than $100,000 a year. The actual transfer has been delayed to a large extent by the realization that the reorganization of the government departments is coming and that it might be better to wait for the present. May Abolish Comptroller. The office of the alien uroperty custodian, created during the war as tin independent agency, might be transferred to the department of justice or perhaps to the treasury department, for the sake of more economical administration. The organization. however, is winding up its work, and it is merely a matter of time before it will cease to exist. Considerable favor attaches to the suggestion that the office of comptroller of tlie currency, supervising the national banks of the United I States, be abolished and the work he' taken over by the federal reserve board. These two fiscal agencies of the treasury department go hand in hand in their dealings with the banks of the country, and economists believe that the federal reserve board would be able without difficulty to supervise the work now performed by the comptroller. This would mean a revision of the banking laws, perhaps only slight. At present the comptroller of the currency, along with the secretary of the treasury, is an exofficial member of the federal reserve board. Of slight importance, but indicative of the general lack of system for the conduct of the government is the fact that the botanic gardens in Washington are under congressional supervision. It seems to those familiar with the situation that this brance of the government might properly be transferred to the department of agriculture. Til o Kr\n vr) rvf vMo/lif nftnw " A * ..v, MVU1VI V/A I I I V. VI I t tl U " | I <uiu tUllciliation exists as an independent government commission, but essentially its work pertains to the settlement of labor disputes. The belief is that it might as well be abolished and its disputes taken up by the department of labor. New Bureau of Supply. The method by which supplies and equipment are purchased for the government lends itself to the suggestion that a bureau of supply be created to serve as an independent agency, functioning for all the departments and independent bureaus and commissions. In this way, economists believe, the government would be able to save large sums of money in various ways. Up until 11)10 the various branches of the government of the District of Columbia bought their supplies independent of each other, making their own contracts and placing their orders as they desired. The evils of such a system, the lack of a definite price to a large consumer and the taking of proper discounts in HMO' prompted the creation of what is known as the general supply committee to aid the secretary of the treasury in mailing contracts for paper, pencils, desks, typewriters and the whatnots required for the operation of the government. The supply commit too Vuis rlr?no <r<wi I vv^rb- iii obtaining1 uniform prions for such government purchases, but it is a guiding agency only, and the department stil! places their orders independently, paying for I he supplies from their own funds and receiving the materials for storage. Any reorganization scheme that is i undertaken should include, say thos* who have looked into the matter, the institution of what might f>e called a bureau of supply, which would make these purchases for all the departments, doing away, therefore, with the different supply sections that are maintained. Orders for such supplies could he made in quantity then for a year at a time, and the ! materials stored. There arc many obvious advantages of such a system. The "Interior" Department. The most striking argument for the need of a reorganization of the government departments is in the character of the work performed by the department of the interior in consideration of the reasons for its establishment in 1849. The purpose of the department was to administer the affairs of what was then known as the "interior," or that section of the country to which the state governments did no apply. The business related in the main to questions concerning public lands and the Indians. In the years that followed, though, when states were organized and took over for themselves what properly were their own functions, the duties of the department of the interior diminished. Whereupon congress, looking for a place to dispose of a (lot of work, promptly assigned tc that organization such new government functions as could not b placed elsewhere. The result is that the department is a hodge-podge of all sorts of activities and long age outgrew its usefulness. The need for the coming reorganization was forcefully expressed ir the report of the congressional joint commission of reclassification oi 1 i ~ - _ Al - 9 9% . - " " naixncs in ine civil service whicr was submitted to congress on Marcli 12, 1920. This commission, composed of members of the senate and th? y, S. 0., SEPT. 8, 1921. Citation. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA County of Horry. BY J. S. VAUGHT, ESQUIRE PRO HATE JUDGE. WHEREAS, Susan Holmes mad, suit to me, to Krrant her Letters 01 Administration of the Estate of and effects of Peter Holmes, deceased. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Peter Holmes, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to he held at Coo way, S. C., on September 10th, 1921 next after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 26th dnv of August Anno Domim 1921. Published on tho 1st and 8th days of Sentember, 1921 in the Horry Herald. J. S. VAUGHT, Probate Jndure. I How's This? J IIALL'S CATARRH MEDT^TNE will do what wo claim for It?euro Catarrh or Deafness caused by Catarrh. We do not I claim to cure anv other disease. HALL'S CATARRH. MEDICINE is a | liquid, taken internally, and acts through tho hiood upon tho mucous surfaces of I the system, thus reducing- the inflammation and restoring normal conditions. All Druggists. Circulars free. 1 P. J. Cheney ?& Co., Toledo. Ohio. o I COPY | SUMMONS FGR RELIEF I (Complaint Served) (STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry Court of Common Pleas. Vug.nia-Carolina Chemical Company, a Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. C. I?. Dusenbury, Southern Li fv & Trust Co., a Corporation. J. \V. Holliday, and Burroughs & Collins Comprny, a Corporation, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: I - i 1--- ' i wu tin.- nt-reuy summoned and required to answer the complaint in I this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said [Complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within [twenty days after the service hereof; I exclusive of the day of such service; | and if you fail <to answer the com| plaint within the time aforesaid, the ?pintiff in this action will apply to I the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated August 17th. 1921. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Southern Life & Trust Co., Absent defendant: TAKE NOTICE That the com plaint in the foregoing1 stated action and tho Summons of which the fore going is a copy were filed in tho ofof tho Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Hor County, at Conway, S. C., on the .'50th day of August A. 1). 19?1 H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. W. L. PRY AN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. o Rub-My-Tfsm is a powerful antir ^? n * ? flcjnn, v/urea miecteu cuis, old sores, etc.?adv. o NOTICE OF DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned J. M. Horn, as administrator of the estate of J. L. Hoin deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate in and for Horry Count* at his office at Conway, S. C., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, on th'? fi) Monday in October, next, for a fiin discharge as such administrator. Dated Sept. 1st 1021. J. M. HORN, Ad'mr., of J. L. Horn, Deceased, td. To Cure a Cold in One Day TaKe LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablet*.) Il topa the Couiih and Headache and works off tlu old. E. W. GROVT.'S signature on each box. 30c B U SIN ESS SITU A TION CHANGED August Was Quiet and Bar Earnings Statements Marie for Financial Pessimism The general situation in businesi has changed little, with business ir 'August (|uiet, says a monthly review of the New York City Bank. Th< bad earning1 statement of indu stria companies and numerous dividenc suspensions created a pessimistic at mosphere in financial circles. The American Sugar Refining company, with 30,000 stockholder: and a steady dividend record for 3< years, found it advisable in the fac< of conditions in the sugar busines: > to discontinue dividend disburse ments. The balance sheet of th< Central Leather company l'or Juin , 30 shows a profit and loss deficit o ; $6,040,890, which compares with J ' surplus on Marc!*. 31, 1920, of $30, ! 640,498, a shrinkage of assets in 1! ' months of $36,081,394. , Instances like these indicate th< i havoc that the fall of prices ha > wrought among the industrial com panies. The common stock of th former company has sold down fron a high of 118 3-4 last year to unde ? I /1A ? * m; last week, and the common stocl ? of the latter from 104 3-4 last yea to 22 1-4., If the farmers who thinl they are the only sufferers fron i falling prices knew the facts abou ^ the losses of manufacturing* ant ' trading companies they would be les i unhappy about their own. Ther has been misery enough to go al I around. i The weakness of the whole list o i ' COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Served) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horrv Court of Common Pleas. American Bank and Trust Company, A Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. ] W. M. Rhodes, N. P. Jenrette, R. C. Harrleson, and Hank of Tabor, A corporation, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty days a-fter the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such sorvice; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in th in nrf inn will n t\>?li> ? "KH1" to the Court for the relief demanded in the comolaint. Dated August 15th, A. D. 1921. H. H. WOODWARD, J When] I Gr< These files F , help you 'Be^sr0^ I w< 1 These cheap expand; made by the National ] ri you at the Herald office, | plies. i See us about all | Horry | Conwt NO I IF YOU ARE EXPECTING T OR 1N CON CAPPS & i General 7i2i:21 tf 1 AddroHH: /V/t/r//e Beach, S. , stocks, notwithstanding the relaxa 1 . .. -- - i tion of credit conditions, has beei ' indicative of little confidcnce ii j early business revival. The bon< j market last month was not so bouy - ant as in July but showed goo< strength. r The demand for new money i * light. While the boom was on am ) the tendency of prices was upward 5 money was in constantly increasing s demand, for no matter what profit - borrowers made nobody wanted to us< [? any of them for so uninteresting i r; purpose as paying debts. That sit f uation has changed. People nov i have their minds fixed on getting ou - of debt. 3 Bank clearings have been runnini about 26 per cent below those of e|year apo, which in view of the fal ? of priros is a remarkably *ood sl^ - imr. Railway traffic has "been help * ed bv the bijr prrnin movement, bu i car-load insrs are about 20 per cen r belnw last vear. The earnings ar k makine a better showing, due to th r cron movement. k Tb? situpt'on of the cotton cm it wo"M p'^nlfv di^p^ter in n^rm* t ti^os. The ncrparo wa?i Hum J flV>r?ut p***" cont,. Pr?^ r>r>w th* r?/>n s ditton of the cron forecasts a lo> e vield ner a**re. Th#? oqrru.nvop I !l urmfiufl.Nv larce. and all in*Av#?cts i VA Vova V?Ar>n wnrt + irifr t ?hort crop, calculating that the gai Plaintiff's Attorney. I TO N. P. Jenrctte, R. C. Harrelson and Hank of Tabor, Absent De- I fondants: I TAKE NOTICE That the Com- I plaint in the foregoing: stated action I and the Summons of which the fore- fl going is a copy were filed in the of- I fice of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Horry v I County, at Conway, S. C., on the til 22nd, day of August A. D. 1921. | H. H. WOODWARD, 1 Plaintiff's Attorney I W. L. PRYAN. (L. S.) I C. C. C. P. Habitual Constipation Cured I In vo 21 Days I "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially- I prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly but should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days I to induce regular action. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c Qt bottle. I nnn ?v..t *n * ? uuu cures miliaria, villus ana rcver, Bilious Fever, Ccleis and LaGripoe, "r money refunded.?adv. I Business I | 3WS. [I I i'-'l/ carinS I I ,||| pPy for increases | ^ | ing files, and other things I b iberstok Co., are kept for I I and many other office sup- L I your printing jobs. I I in n II 1 neraici a xy, S. C. | I! WW WBZZMH ZMCjj j| TICE < O BUU1LD EITHER ON BEACH WAY, SEE US STANTON Contractor}* ' \ C. 'I / t ftS ... - in price upon the carry-over would i compensate for the loss of yield. It V r, may be that these efforts have been , overdone. The statistican of the New Orleans cotton exchange calcu" lates the total carry-over of all :1 kinds at 9,194,000 bales, but about 2,100,000 bales of this is held s abroad, and much of the domestic :\ stock is of low grade, carried over lf from previous years. The present ^ talk in the trade is that the now s crop will not make over 7,000,000 to e 7,500,000 bales and that when allowft ance is made for mill stocks and time required to get the 1922 crop v in the market, the supplies for the t coming year will not eoual a normal year's consumption, although probv ably sufficient to meet the world's a i demand if this remains at the pres- 1 II lent level throughout the year. \.. M v | In curtailing the acreavro in 1 r-, - WVVV1I , i- the southern farmers have increased I t their acreage in the grains, particular t ly corn, and will have a much better * e supply of home-grown foodstuffs for e man and animals during the coming vear than has hcen usual in the past. r> That this is following a sound ecoi' nomic nelicy hanMv can he question- i '? cd. hut it is a factor this year in i?* maWnp the northern farmer pav v more for his cotton nro^ds and get > less for his grain and live stock. It n is another repercussion of the fact ? that the rest of the world is not able n to buy clothing as usual.