Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1813-06-26
Frca. he " Z. Acenins Post June ..

TIE Budget.-1'he committee ofways
and means IN their estimate Ut supplies
for the year 1911 have put ;iomn $500
ooo dollars TO be produced by the reve-
nue. as now established. WE would Just
ask these gentlemen if in estimating
the revenue at the above sum. they took
into consideration, the present state Of
from which the most Of this
sum, ii raised at all, must be producedo
DID they reeo!!ect that We hayea non
importation act.wlIch excludes all Bril-
tish goods fram our country Did they
know that all our ports, from .ew-
l ork to the Mississippi Inclusive are
biockade,; , O4' did they take II i,r
granted; that, let commerce be ever so
Imuch depressed, yet ii will still pro:
iduce a revenue TO the government
For their estimate of the sans 10 h..
produced by tie direct taxes, we would
Iask, ii they t!io6sht Of the above cir
?-N here is the 300
dollars foreign tomuageto come srnn,
when no vessels foreign or domestic,
can come into oar ports? WI here is the
salt To come froir, on which 100000
dollars duty can be raised Will The
government grant licenses 20 imuort in
from tie West Indies or E.ycrponl
How can the suSar-Feiners pay 2qo 600
dollars on refined sugars. when their
HOUSES are Shut up Cor warl Of sugars 80
refine ! As TO the 500 900 dollars cal
culated on licences. il this Is to be rais
cd oil licences TO sell imported Goods, i.
will fail Of producing ,he contemplated
amount, as there VIII soon be no inrciea
goods To FctaiI--it appears 10 u5 iiat.
although the committee in their isl OK
expenditures Tor 1871, have calculated
to borrow bit ab0nt seven or eight mil
lions Cor carry ing Gil The war : every
one knows that il viii require AT !,.:er
%. 900. 600 yet they will fail III + Is
ing enough to pay the interest % cycn
what they have calculated. here are
NJ taxes in their list which can be re-
lied on, but the land, carriage. whisltey
land stamp taxes. and IL is not certain,
that these will be collected in season
for the year 1914, a. sc il we'll Ine~m
that there are balances or the old direct
tax still due from some of The southern
states. On fhe whole, If our adm;:is-
liratiun goes On with the war, nd hts
nothing 10 rely uDon for supplies, L,tter
than Tie me ,B1 provided By thc CON nit
zee, We may Slf'ly predict that in les :;
than two years from ibis time the go-
yern rent wi!i become bankrupt.
Mons. GaiiniiH-lt appears by the
foiIowing letter T., the editor Of the
Statesman, hat I've Senate are mol
1ni'e satisfied wi,i ti;c conIGci or tic
4 President in senling Of l,r. GailaiS
10 Russia. and leaving The Tre..sIrs
ailhouf ANY re- ponsikic bead. II docs
uot reflect much credit CA he talents
(, 3 the Presidents other friends, TO i'fs
int ti,at none uf tIem are capab,t o.
managing The aF.irs of ihe Treasury
" carrying GU ne9ociaiion with a r.
reign power. We Thick If there are
Iuot men Of talents in the country who
iIcan perform lbo.e duties, the presidens
.,pugI; to import few more foreigners.
50 that all tie dru1Sery ocoliee nee
not fail or one poor GcncvaB.-it Is
surely too much for. one man 70 ma@aSe
=, BE affairs u +" net:an. both q; bone nad
'iabro2d