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LTHOUQH the ensuing sea
flL son will be in one sense
what is known as an off
year in governmental ac
tlvities, owing to the fact
that there will be a "short
session" instead of a "long
vfl session" of congress, there
I JVf will be inaugurated several
1 projects of far-reaching
Importance. Probably the most im
portant of these new departures wul
be the seheme for modernizing TTncle
Sara's business systems as represented
In the routine of the departments at
WnsUington and their "branch offices"
scattered all over the country. This
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CO/y/..0 MVC *300,000,000 A YfAR O/T/7<3
ME?/* oi> or Doz/vc
Is the undertaking which is one of the
pet projects of President Taft and to
carry it out congress has appropriated
the sum of SIOO,OOO.
Every since he entered the White
House President Taft has been im
bued with the conviction that the ma
chinery of government could be oper
ated at much less expense than has
been the case for years i>ast. Among
practical business men the Federal
government's wasteful and costly
methuU of carrying on its business has
for years been nt once a Joke and a
reproach and Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island voiced the general opin
ion when he recently declared that he
could administer the afTairs of the
biggest business institution on the
continent and by the Introduction of
modern methods and policies save
felly $300,000,000 a year over the
prer.ent cost.
The recent legislation by congress
was designed merely to enable the
president to start the ball rolling for
reform In the conduct of the Federal
business. With SIOO,OOO set aside to
Inaugurate the work, the president is
to employ accountants and
Belfast's Great
N MANY respects Messrs
Harland & Wolff's shipyard,
* Queen's Island, Delfast, is
f .-. ,• the most remarkable con
!f V S cern of the l< ' Dd ' n ,be
-—;—: — world. For many years past
thoy have taken the lead In the con
struction of the largest ships afloat;
they have cut two of the finest liners
on the sf as in twain, and added con
sidcrable to their dimensions; and
they have built half a vessel, the stern
ha.f, and had It towed safely fiom Bel
fast to Southampton, whore It was
built into the other half At present
on tho stocks of their North yard
tvo mammoth White Star boats ol 4.">.-
000 tons each are fast, approaching the
launching stage. This line's entire
fleet ha;t been built by Messrs liar
land & Wolff.
Fro n the available record it ap
pear-. ihat the first Belfast built ship
wa* a wooden schooner of 150 tons,
tin builder be ing a local Presbyterian
clergvmau. This was In 1836, but It
wn not until I*so any serious attempt
*a' made In the shipbuilding line so
far us itolfast wus concerned. In
that ji ar M<>.-i.-. Thomas llarnes it
Co., in r (tuition to startiug the Belfast
iron w.irks, erected a small slip on
tli • now famous Queen's Inland, which
•inn long since loi>t 111 Insular posl
tion though . till retaining the name
*Ulch v. as given It after the late
Qu •< ti Victoria's visit In ISI9. pluvious
to which It w iui known as Bargain's
Island. The Ironworks proved a fail
ure, owing to |lie heavy expenses In
ctirr d In bringing the coal and Iron
dton' to Itulfust, but the hiuull ship
yard thrived exceedingly under the
»ute rv it-ion of Messrs. Kobert lllek
sol h Co., who acquired It frotn It*
leurders.
Mr. K'dward J Harland, an English
man, 'a* manager foi Me,.-r? Hick
wn, and In 1869 he purchased the con
cern iron Me. «i>. lllek on, as well km
n hfnsll : aid adjoining, b< longing to
tie ISelfast Shipbuilding company,
vhers wooden vetiuvls only wero bultt.
experts from official and private life
and to inquire into every phase of the
methods of transacting the public
business of the government in the sev
eral executive departments and other
governmental establishments. It is
expected that many of the recommen
dations for reforms which will be
made by these business physicians
can be carried out promptly with no
other authority than tho order of the
president, but where congressional ac
tion Is necessary there is assurance
that it will be forthcoming.
The president has placed this entire
overhauling of the governmental busi
ness systems in the hands of his very
capable new secretary. Mr. Charles
D. Norton, who had quite an interval
of experience as assistant secretary of
the treasury before coming to his pres
ent post and who while in that depart
ment Inaugurated the"house clean
ing" of the treasury's business sys
tems which became In effect the fore
runner of the broad rejuvenation that
is now to sweep the entire Federal es
tablishment. Mr. Norton has Invited
the leading experts in the country, in
cluding such authorities on the sub
ject as Maj. Charles Hlne, the reor
ganization experts of the Harriman
lines, to submit written programs for
governmental business reorganization
and from these propositions he will
select plans, to be carried out. It is
the supposition that Mr. Norton's
vate business experience as the pro
prietor of one of the largest general
insurance agencies in tho country for
years before he entered the govern
ment service will stand him in good
stead In select lug improved business
Two years later Mr. Harland'was Join
ed In partnership with Mr. Oustavius
Wilhelm Wolff, a wealth;. German, and
In 1574 Messrs. Walter 11. Wilson (de
ceased) and William James Pierre
(now Lord Herro), pupils of the Arm,
j were also made partners in the con
cern, which was subsequently floated
! us a limited liability company.
The business of the firm from the
; very outset continued to Increase by
| U-aps and bounds. In the year 1884,
| exactly 15 years after Mr. llarlaud
acquired the controlling Interest in
I the concern, there were launched
from the Queen's Island yard 42 ves-
M-iti, aggn gating 105,625 tons burden.
In (lie three years ending 1890 their
lotal was 31 vessels, ol 126,175 tons.
On three ocaslons since they have
lohlev d the record 12 months world's
output, the figures being: in 1907, 82.-
'240 tons; in ISIO3, 110,000 tons, and in
i I9as 106 528 tons.
But perhaps one ol the longest of
1 xt'vcral very tough tasks undertaken
iiy the firm of liar land & Wolff was
the lengthening of the Castle lino
Koyal Mall steamer Scot (now the
I Oceana, of the Dutch Ued Star fleet).
It was In 1596 that the Scot, a Green
| ockhullt steamer of some seven or
eight thousand tons, was sent to llel-
I last to have 50 feet added to her length
amldthlp. Messrs. liarland & Wolff
| undertook the jol> The vessel was cut
' 111 halves, and with the aid of power
| ful Jacks the two end» were pulled the
j required distance apart. Kach end
' was several thousand tons dead weight,
' yet the work was accomplished with
; out bit< h or accident of any kind to
the complete satisfaction of the own
ers Towards the end of the same
i i<ar the Hamburg American llnor Au
• gitsta Victoria was »imlltirly length
ened liy 60 feet.
Still more remarkable, probably, was
the building of the bow iMirtlon of thq.
rejuvenated White Star liner Su» vie,
wh> n that vt > "l was taken piece
meal off the rocks at the entrance to
ihe KngiL-h i-banuel 3 ume four ur five
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1910.
systems for the government.
While Mr. Norton will have the gen
eral direction of the new project ho
will have the assistance of a board of
directors, as it were—a commission
composed of one executive officer from
each department and Independent bu
reau at Washington and this commis
sion will co-operate with the experts
in bringing about the big reform. The
present movement, it may be added,
is not designed so much to enable the
cuttinff off of a clerk here and there —
although doubtless many clerks will
be retired as a result of Its economies—
as to formulate an entirely new struc
ture of business methods.
Several of the government depart
ments have started on overhauling of
their business systems without wait
ing for the general reconstruction and
what has been accomplished thus In
piece-meal fashion gives a forecast of
what may be expected later. In the
U. S. land office, iir instance, book
keeping methods have been so sim
plified that a single volume now holds
the records that formerly required
twenty-one different books. In one
office 16 standard printed forms now
do the work that formerly necessi
tated 83 different documents and In
the postoffice department $175,000 a
year Is being saved In twine bills by
means of a new tying device. Ind
dently it may be noted that some of
the most radical economies that are
expected as a result of Uncle Sam's
latest move are looked for in the mail
ing rooms of the departments where
tons of government documents are
wrapped, addressed and mailed each
day.
years ago. The stern portion only
was saved and brought round to South
ampton, where it remained until
Messrs. Harland & WolfT built the
bow end, 260 feet long, in the south
yard, subsequently, with the aid of
three Liverpool tugs, bringing the
weird looking half ship right down
I the Irish channel, round the Land's
I end, and up to Southampton.
I The repairs to the China, of the F.
I and O. line, and the Pails, of the Am
' erican line, were also remarkable un
dertakings, as was also that of the St.
i Louis lor the lattt r company. The
China.
it was in 1870 the first Oceanic was
built on the Queen's Island for the
White Star company. It was u vessel
! considerably under 1,000 tons. The
| second Oceanic, launched in 18!)2. has
| IK times the tonnage almost, while
: even up till the present day no one
outside the management of the firm,
with the exception of the heads of
the White Star company, knows the
exact dimensions of the two giant
. boats now being built for this great
1 ocean carrying lirm, so welt has the
secret been guarded. That they will
! be between 820 and 840 feet In length,
and of about 46,000 registered ton
nage. Is the extent of knowledge of
I the outside public regarding these
i monsters
The firm can In no He:is* be regard
| ed as builders for speed, elegance and
comfort for ocean voyagers being
! their especial motto. None uf the
' boats built by them Is Intended to ex
1 ced 21 knots or 2lty knots, which. It
Is understood, will be the rate of trav
; ellng of the coming White Star levia
thans. the motive power of which will
lm on tin combination principle of
reciprocating turbine engine*. At the
present moment between 11 mm ami
13.000 employees are In constant em
ployment, working at high pressure
| nlghi and day shift, and reo« Ivlutt
; wag ito the tune uf tver X 2 000 pt>i
: wi i k. while the me* uf concert
j Is abo.it 120 acres
GOSSIP
Cruise of World for Naval Cadets
WASHINGTON.— The fighting ships
are going on another cruise,
partly to rthe sake of the cruise and
partly to advertise the nary and at
tract young men to it. Sixteen of the
battleships will turn their prows away
from the home land and steam off into
the Atlantic, bound on a tour of the
European ports.
For months the publicity experts of
the navy department have been ex
ploiting the voyage for the purpose of
getting young men to recruit. Not all
of them will be chosen togo, but they
all have an equal chance and those
who do not go this time will go the
next time, for it is the purpose to
have these cruises every year to make
the service more atractive to young
Americans and cause them to enlist
in BUCIJ numbers as are required for
the proper manning of the fighting
ships.
When this cruise was first an
nounced. several months ago, the navy
department issued advertising matter
to draw recruits. One of its most ef
fective documents was a circular let
ter, prepared at Washington, but sent
out from tho various recruiting sta
tions. It was written In a heart-to-
Put Under Bonds to Keep the Peace
MEXICO is a striking illustration of
the way modern business puts na
tions under bonds to keep the peace.
A naturally turbulent Latin-American
republic, mainly Indian in blood, pays
coupons on its government "bonds to
oltizens of 21 nations. That is the
number of countries represented last
year. In 1907, coupons on Mexican
government bonds were redeemed for
citizens of 16 nations.
Every country so interested, through
Its citizens, in the stability and hones
ty of the Mexican republic, is an in
fluence on the side of peace and or
der in Mexico. In a very real sense
the Mexican nation has given bonds
to keep the peace by selling govern
ment securities to foreigners living
under many flags.
Less directly, but still in ways that
count heavily the sales of private
property to foreign Investors are also
equivalent to giving bonds to keep the
peace. In the last quarter of a cen
tury American capital to the amount
of not less than $1,000,000,000. accord
ing to excellent authorities, has been
Invested in Mexican mines, planta-
Bank Failures Due to Lax Examiners
CLOSE upon the heels of the radical
shake-up In the ranks of the
United States bank examiners, by
which 20 men were shifted to new
fields, Controller of Currency Murray
announces that he will make a per
sonal In vatlgatlon of conditions in all
examinafton districts. In deciding
upon this course of action the con
troller says:
"In almost every case of a national
bank failure since I have been con
troller the Insolvency could have been
averted hud the national bank exam
iner determined the true condition and
reported his findings in time for me to
force a correction In the administra
tion of the bank's affairs."
After citing that examiners of failed
Want to Shorten 'Long Green' Notes
THE length ami breadth of the paper
money Issued by the government
are not fixed by statute, but by habit
the notes iii e 3.04 Inches long and 7.2K
Inches wide. The treasury department
renews the plan mure than once pro-
IMised before to reduce these dl
menslon The slae talked about Is
2 b Inches by six Inches, which has for
some time B 111 used with favor In
the Philippines. Our people are fa
miliar with the notes as they are and
tills have been fitted to them, Put
traders and bankers handled the frao
tloual currency of war times with ease
and that paper was smaller than that
the treasury Is now cou.slderlng
The e»st of the change would be In
providing au. entire u»w *• n»s of
heart stylo. The cruise meant, ac
cording to the letter-writer, "that
thousands of young Americans will
have a chance to see the world and
get paid for it. Do people who save
for months or years togo abroad ever
regret It? 1 want to ask you this Im
portant question: Are you willing to
travel If you are well paid for It, or
would you rather stay at home and
read about It?"
Naturally, when It Is put up to him
In that fetching fashion, the young
man concludes that he would a good
deal rather travel and get paid for it,
and he hies to the nearest recruiting
station and enlists. Long cruises cost
a lot of money, but they bring in
young men and the navy must have
young men even if they do come high.
Another heart-to-heart letter Is ad
dressed to the young man who is
tireA of his Job. "Perhaps you are un
happy in your present lob," writes the
recruiting officer. haps it doesn't
pay you enough. » there is no
future to it. Perhaps your present
work will never satisfy your burning
ambition to win great success. Well,
now if you want to change your Job,
I'd like to have a talk with you and
tell you all about a bluejacket's life
in the navy."
If the young man Isn't tired of hia
Job that letter Is calculated to maka
him tired of it.and the navy gets an
other man. Other appeals are mada,
but the cruise talks are what bring
the best results.
tlons, railroads and other Mexican
property. European money has poured
Into Mexico in a similar stream.
Of course, no Mexican government
ever guaranteed the security or the
profitableness of such Investments.
No government of any great power
would undertake to collect from the
Mexican people, as a nation, money to
make good the losses sustained by
Americans , making unwise invest
ments in Mexico. It is not a question
of such compulsion.
But every power which has many
subjects who have staked money upon
the stability of the Mexican republic,
the justice and solidity of the Mexican
government, and the general sanity
and regard for business obligations of
the Mexican nation, will exert more
or less pressure upon Mexico if that
country should ever default as a na
tion or encourage its citizens to re
fuse to pay their just debts. In the
aggregate these forces brought to
bear upon Mexico can be trusted to
have a deep and wide influence there.
Such international business bonds
of peace are constantly becoming more
important in many parts of the world.
Every year the financial and commer
cial ties which knit the nations to
gether increase in strength. Always
the tendency of the times is toward
the creation of closer international re
lations and a surer sense of common
Interest in the preservation of peace.
banks had offered excuses that they
had been unable to learn In advance
of a bank'B true condition, that offi
cers and directors of banks would not
correct conditions brought to their at
tention, or any one of another doaen
reasons, Mr. Murray in his statement
says:
"Many of the examiners state In
their reports of examinations, forward
ed to the controller's office, that It is
a hardship not only on the examiner
but upon many of the members of the
directory of country banks, to ask the
various boards to meet with the ex
aminer during the progress or at the
closo of the examination.
"This Investigation by the controller
and his chief of the division of re
ports is also an Investigation Into the
methods employed by every national
bank examiner, and upon seeing them
make an examination of several banks
and afterward holding a meeting of
the directors, he will be able to deter
mine who of his examining force, II
any. are inefficient."
plates nnd that would bo much great
er than the renewal of such as wear
out. On the other hand tho experts
reckon that a saving of 1G12.003 a year
rutty be made by the reduction In size.
The secretary will ask congress to
conform the bank bills to the new dl
menslons at government charge for
new plates.
The work of so modifying the paper
currency would require 18 months, so
that no sudden appearance of the
smaller notes can be expected While
engravers and printers might be busy,
the scheme would pass Into au old
story.
The department hesltat'-H to KO for
ward In the matter without public ap
proval and Invites criticism and sug
gest lon The clipping off of more than
half an Inch 111 width and 1.2N Inch In
length saves so much In paper and
permits five notes Instead of four u
be printed on a sheet. The guess how
much longer the smaller note will law
thsii the pre rut paper can be
(!• | only bv trial
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man who has all the
business in his line in
this community.
Mr. Merchant —You say
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how. But at the same timo
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<3 Make this community buy
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C[ Advertise strongly, consist
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they look at your ad. Talk
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satisfaction as your wife would
get if you pave her a box of
cigars 'or Christinas.
Advertising in This Paper
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