The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 08, 1921, Image 6
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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| 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:
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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.)
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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,
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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
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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.
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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>
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to the Court for the relief demanded
in the comolaint.
Dated August 15th, A. D. 1921.
H. H. WOODWARD,
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' 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>
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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
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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
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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.