St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30
The Economical j Democracy,

] The Economical Democracy.
"'l'he expense Of the government, as>yos
! have probably often heard, have increased
7 enormously wstb'n the past few years
sI1ha amount q money at the disposal d
Itgoyornmeut for this year IL more THAI one
.Ihtn1red millions Of dollars, This, / know
hts' sometimes been disputed, but | have
here the oiIl';iaE statement Made by the
Clerk oi tlo House If Representatives
! showing that more tIlan eighty, one mill
! ions were specifically appropriated at the
lastaosslou of Congress, And there are III
Etehnite appropriations to pay claims, the
precise mmonnt Of whiol, is not yetknovn,
i wlrioh amount, ut the lowest estimate to
Ithfca millions and q halt, making oye1
IeightN fo''r millions, and there is an unex
1 rectea balance Of appropriations made last
iyear, amounting to sixteen millions. .-
lIheso SUMS altogether mike more than
Ione hundred millions Of dollars at the dis
Iposal Of the administration for the present
4 fiscal yoor know il IL said that it is usi-
far II charge all tiia to ho present year;
that 4 surplus will remain at chc enc Ct
the yoar 10 be carried 50 tho next list: but
Il think It is much moro IikoI5 that the
administration will come ia win Iefc;-
eney bill, and ask for some ten millions
E:more, as they did at thfs last Congress,
than that any surp plus will remain. The
expenses Ct the government during thcad-
u,nistration Of General Pierce We're s.;,333s 3,
S2Q, ,bs'2 This is nore Ian al the oy~
pcJlses pf The government from, 1890 when
it was organized, tor thirty years together,
lincluding the wax with Great Iritian in
lol2. General ptarce expended n,orp mo
)|.ncy during four years Ct peace than QUIZ
government expended tov the GYst thirty
years att,>r rs pr.re;aizution. In 1893, 1hc
expenditures NJ the go'<aa,u;ent i'r ali
pt1rI<5s&S, o tsI1s::jxa Of the .nuS1}ic Aabt,
were At4s4,asU Ii 1867 the .eSrenscs Of
I dhe government, exclusive Of The public
debt, wore 81, ,032 $50 ,TS. ,rllo pro rata
according to the population IL 1913 was
o'.tantS; on each individual. The pro IA,
"a IL 1871 was 81 >5,,3s " cent, por Alau
.sa'Att $:.s3 :sce=o1lssz A> !<pt'atint!
Now tl1es>' facts ought u at!1act tI,,3 ;,tte0-
tion ot the country; but perhaps Il were
to 2tate Ill detail some Of she vaS+ctl1!ncss
Ct this 9y)ycrnmort---s<nne ut' the means
hy which these expenses h;.v& heo0 iacrca-
sed, 1t Nuu}d strike sol1c minis m0y .or-
cibIy. will c,ll your attv,l5ion to tI"
| city Of Chicago. You hay q cuxton4
house located here In 40, or t,G the
, fiscal year, ending June, 1868, the last
year ot Eflil1lor1'N administration there way
collected at CtlioaGo. 81 !j,>G* RI i2ix nleu
were e'nploy@d Il collect it, and they were
pala ~ So j.. That Was little over rwo
per cos'v, Eor tae year entlin~ June, 81
1856, there WAS collccto1 at Cnioaeo ,$l35.
t62 Al. Sixteen non were smpjnyr1 in
is collection and they were paid VII 5 5 33t$4 e
- tor doing it, Now ask }ou, living
right here tx you do, is there any rea:s}n
ior: this inoraastd expenditure: Gan YOU
tell me why 1t cost ten per cent. the last
Ascai ycar 70 collect the rovenuc at the
port, and oial J q little over two per cent.
tour years ago? Is there any reason }:or il
except that tbs government wanted to
ohy"e: st 'ne 'nohoy upon IaFof's'S: | @,
w. w. ~ ~ 1st''','' o'h A,'o" "''a'lI i3'
tlz0e tn 1 '"SAo 'a''J 1taS1 pt S"2S'1'lSa
H. s~'' -" s.''' '''N "f'PtaSe' 4A''lk C"&S
:,'E ''I' ''eS' 'e'''o'' I'sne'Eed !&nEht3E ~---
49,: 'h5, m'!S' sos'"'i1 i}io Office 1oide1&. b'As
oa;ai n';ao ,o ~ ye'H Z Slus'e, casG have tic
I.sl thns o'l 'I<+o ''1N l. WIZ sS''e icE
,nnnt | |'~or> "~,sx,3 ~, >o'' ~" nu" ~, ae govern
nt1a. l n'%;nt rft">'s '4oosI '1ieFc aFa soIao
nlraat Io 'l"'I in. &c 1f c&le2alS'''es 1oF
~ this nsn, a,'o 't'g"1S axe o<l' "rISe 1ian
t1srn WIS .,,,1I, ''n'1'.o1, =, u%lc"afe
How n,anv s' '>na " . ,n ,n''' @":,'.,.f 's''
co]aot o tbs. a'',~', n~' w. soa buritSe '9oh-
s,,rno.a a','I. lIo @'>Da? .''h "'T n'"c' ooyol
sNpp''.. S'',s &'' 'o' u: it toeh e'&ht
slS ~, T rfs,.tt st>s' u toI4eG' 'os az ~
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