Glasgow weekly times., 1858-09-23

enue at this port, and only little over two
per cent. four years ago? Is there any rea-
son for it, except that the Government
wanted 10 shower the money upon favor
ties? [Yes there is reason. l don't
know what it is. THE Democratic party
must be sustained. Laughter and applause.
l think that is the best reason. Renewed
laughter. They must sustain the office
holders. But Chicago is only a single
case. have the official report here, and
| will state few other cases, to show you
how the Government expends money
There are some other points where the ex-
penditures for collecting the revenue are
much worse than at this point. At Will
mington. Delaware, there was collected in
1857, $4,000 95. How many men do you
suppose it took to collect that amount, and
how much do you suppose they got for ii?
1t took eight men, and the expense of col
lecting was $l5.84S 3s. Laughter
"Gentlemen, you began entirely too soon.
These are the better sort of cases. At An
napolis, in Maryland, there was collected,
same year, 1914 %. [ Renewed laughter.
How many men do you suppose it took TO
collect thai? II took four men, and they
were paid for their services 1888 AZ. At
Ocracoke, in North Carolina, $S2 30 were
collected in 1857. [Laughter.] 1t took
seven men TO do II; [ laughter; and an eco
nomical Government, under Democratic
Administration, priding itself on its econo-
my, paid seven men 10 collect this $50 80,
the sum of $2,3Ol 50. [Laughter.] At
Port Oxford, Oregon Territory-now you
would expect something extravagant over
there-ihere was collected So 85, and it
took two men 10 collect it and they were
paid for collecting $2,7O3 OS. [Great
laughter. Can any of you make the calcu-
latiOn of the per centage that was paid TO
collect the So 50? believe it was about
five hundred TO one. DON'T you think the
Government ought to get rich? At Mon
terey, California, the amount collected in
1857, was $45 25; three men were en-
ployed to cullect it, and paid for doing If,
S7,O5O 95. At Buffalo there was collected,
in 1857, $lO,l40 SO. There were ten
men employed in its collection, and they
were paid $l5,S96 81. will not weary
you by reading this report further. 1t is
the official report from the Secretary Of the
Treasury. in answer 10 a resolution of the
Senate, calling upon him TO know how
many employees he had at the different
custom houses, what he paid them, how
much was collected, Sc; and here is the
official report from every collection district
in the United States. have singled out
part of them as examples. when can
you have the report?I You can have this
published-it is a public document. Has
Douglas got it?J Ipresume he has, for he
sustains the Administration on every point
save one. will now give you some account
of the total expense Of collecting the revenue
for several years past.
sIn 1850, Congress passed law appro-
printing 50, 100000 annually to defray the
expenses of collecting the revenue east Of
the Rocky Mountains. During Taylor and
Filmore's administration, the whole reven-
lie east of the Rocky Mountains was collec-
ted for about So, 10000 per annum leaving
a surplus of more than $l,600,000 at the
end of the four years. During the four
wears of the administration of General
Pierce, he used up the $4,000 per an
mum, and every dollar Of the $l,soO,OOO
remaining over from the Fillmore admins
tration, besides. After Mr.. Buchanan came
into power, Mr.. Secretary Cobb. in his
first report, asked Congress 10 appropriate
So, 200, 900 annually to collect the revenue
in the same district of country where only
about So, COCO had been required FIVE
years before. What was the reason for
his vast increase Of expense?
"None was given. Congress did not
appropriate the So, 100000 asked for, but
il did appropriate $a,aOo,ooo for collecting
he revenue east of the Rocky Mountains.
The amount Of the revenue collected is
ess than during Fillmore's administration,
when it was collected for $4,000. .OOO.-
The reason of this increase is partly be-
,ause supernumerary officers have been
.mployed. General Pierce added more
han three hundred clerks at the custom
iouse in New York, and / suppose they
we're paid over a thousand dollars apiece
that alone would make 1890, 600; and so
t was that the average annual expense Of
Collecting the revenue this side OF Caliior-
ia during the Pierce Administration was
early a million more than during Fill