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...conspicuous example of such a one is the Secretary of War. Now that the fighting is over he is still proceeding as if peace were a thing of the future. Congress decided some time ago that an army of 280,000 was the maximum required for normal times; it provided for funds to pay only 175,000 of this number. Mr. Baker, instead of taking the hint, has indulged in a costly recruiting campaign which has brought the army up to 228,000 men. The bill for this action was $40,000,000 and how much more will be required...
...rendered slow by the present existing laws and by the indirectness of officialdom. In the meantime, the incoming flood of prospective citizens still continues, so that those in charge of the work must shoulder the double burden of campaigning for reform while attending to duties far heavier than normal. Italy's decision to withhold her share of immigrants until matters shall be adjusted is thus extremely helpful in that it comes at so opportune a time...
...fact, this useless interregnum will be costly and dangerous whenever it occurs in troublous and critical times. In normal times we may overlook the waste it involves; but it becomes a matter of first rate moment in such times as this. We ought to take advantage of the present demonstration of its unpleasant possibilities to end it. Congress should submit an amendment to the states without unnecessary delay. Chicago Tribune
...which is causing ruin in one part of the country. That the remedy proposed is regarded is only temporary is shown by the fact that the tariff bill would be in operation for only four or five months--till the next harvest; it would not be permanent legislation for normal times...
...best thing I know about the human being is that under normal conditions he wants to demonstrate his standing as a man among men by proving himself a worker among other workers. In America at least the workmen do not want a larger share in the management so much as they want the satisfactions which should go with the job but are too often taken away from them by the hard-fisted and driving foremen...