The Independent . © Bam (g Underwood & Underwood In the trenches are Liason dogs, to carry important messages. And pigeons have proved more trustworthy than wireless. Central News The camel, Kiplings hairy, scairy oont, has his share in this war, too—in this case pumping water for the Tommies 9 NEWS OF #1% EFFICIENCY Mr. Perley Morses criticism of gov-ernment methods in a recent issue ofThe Independent has called forth thefollowing interesting rejoinder fromMr. E. Johannes, disbursing clerk, ofthe Department of Commerce: The writer of the article reaches theconclusion that the Government is no
The Independent . © Bam (g Underwood & Underwood In the trenches are Liason dogs, to carry important messages. And pigeons have proved more trustworthy than wireless. Central News The camel, Kiplings hairy, scairy oont, has his share in this war, too—in this case pumping water for the Tommies 9 NEWS OF #1% EFFICIENCY Mr. Perley Morses criticism of gov-ernment methods in a recent issue ofThe Independent has called forth thefollowing interesting rejoinder fromMr. E. Johannes, disbursing clerk, ofthe Department of Commerce: The writer of the article reaches theconclusion that the Government is not get-ting a dollars worth for every dollar ex-pended. Sight is lost of the fact that theGovernment is not a profit making institu-tion, and the writer of the article falls intothe error common to many accountantsthat a business or an operation which doesnot show a dollar and cents profit in itsaccounting methods is a business which isnot profitably conducted. Many Govern-ment activities deal with problems thesolution of which brings large benefits tothe people of the country which it repre-sents, but no dollar and cents value to suchprofits can be set up be
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