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Excerpt from The Budget and Responsible Government: A Description and Interpretation of the Struggle for Responsible Government in the United States, With Special Reference to Recent Changes in State Constitutions and Statute Laws Providing for Administrative Reorganization and Budget Reform
I am glad to write a Foreword to this book. Mr. Cleveland I have known for a number of years. He is a pioneer in the reform Of the wasteful methods Of govern ment finance in municipal, state and the federal field. He is not a mere public accountant he is a student Of gov ernment, and he has thought out methods for avoiding the ordinarily Sloppy and irresponsible manner of man aging the public business in 'a Democracy, by giving to our ubiquitous sovereigns, the people, the knowledge which they should have Of the numerous monetary trans actions Of their agents in which they are interested. The great problem Of popular government on its practical side is to create machinery by which those for whom govern ment is carried on, and who should control and direct gov ernment in a large way, shall be advised of the facts, and upon those facts, correctly interpreted, shall exercise dis criminating criticism and ultimate decision. Mr. Cleve land rightly conceives that one of the great defects in the past which has led to wastefulness and ineffectiveness in government finance is the failure to keep the public thus advised. This leads to invisible government which does not make for either efficiency, economy or honesty. Mr. Cleveland regards a proper governmental budget as very important in eliminating invisible government.
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