The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-08-28

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+. At the same time it 10 well enough for
Western men to understand clearly the light
in which the matters sre regarded at the
East. 1t is possible toimprove the charac-
ter of our legislation, md this Improvement
will be demanded just SO soon as our people
perceive the advantages that would result.
For the rest, patience and time will make all
right. Eastern capitalists will not always
remain in ignorauce Of the resources OF the
West, the intrinsic value of our property
and the general industry and honesty OF our
people. Chicago Press Il Tribune.
Exirasngance Of the Democracy.
We make the following extract from
Trumbulrs great speech at Chicago, and
commend it to the perusal Of the people Of
Iowa. ....-. Il
The expenses of the government, as you
have probably often heard, have increased
enormously within few years. The
amount Of money at the disposal of the
GOV ernment for this year is more than one
hundred millions of dollars. This know
has sometimes been disputed, but have
here the official statement made by the clerk OF
the House Of Representatives, showing that
more than $Sl 200, 700 were specially appro-
priated at the last session of Congress, and
there are indefinite appropriations to pay
claims, the precise amount OF which Is not
vet known which amount at the lowest estl-
mate to over three millions and half.
making over $84, 200, and there is an
unexpended balance Of appropriations made
last year, amounting to more than sixteen
millions. These sums altogether make more
! than hundred millions Of dollars at the
disposal Of the Administrations the pres
ent fiscal year. know that it is said that
it is unfair to charge all this to this year
that surplus will remain at the end Of the
wear, to be carried to the next ilet, but
think it is much more likely that the admin
! istration will come in with deficiency bill
and ask for some ten millions more, as they
did at the last Congress, than that any sur
plus remain.
The expenses of the government during
the administration of Gen. Pierce were
1892, $40, 632. This is more than all the
expenses Of the government from 1870, when
it was organized, for thirty years together,
| including the war with Great Britain in
1872. Gen. Pierce expended more money
during four years of peace, than our gov
ernment expended for the first thirty years
! of its organization.
In 1923, the expenditures of the govern
Inent for all purposes, exclusive Of the pub
lie debt were S9,1S4, l54 SO.
In 1857 the expenses Of the government,
exclusive Of the public debt, were So, 032,
$50 IS.
The pro rata, according to tho population
in 1924, was 81 cents to each individual
| The pro rata in 1857 was 81 % 7 er man
81 cents to 81 %, according to the popula-
! ton.
Now these facts ought to attract the at
tcntion of the country but perhaps if were
! to state in detail some Of the wastefulness
! Of this government, some Of the means by
which these expenses have been increased, it
would strike some minds more forcibly.
will call your attention to the city of Chica-
90. You have a custom house located here,
and in 1854, or for the fiscal year ending in
June 1888, the last year Of Filmore's ad-
ministration, there WAS collected at Chicago
Sill sos 50. Six men were employed to
collect it, and they were paid S2,SS2 -.
That was little over two per cent. For
the year ending June 30th, 1856, there
was collected a Chicago Sl45 CO., a.
Sixteen men were employed to collect
it, and they were paid sl4, $40 80 for doing
it.
Now | ask you, living right here as you
do, is there any reason for this increased
expenditure: Can you tell me any reason
why it cost ten per cent the last fiscal year
to collect the revenue at this port, and only
a little over two per cent. four years ago:
| Is there any reason except that the govern
ment wanted to shower the money upon IA
voritcS! (Ycs there is reas0n.) don't
know what it is. 1.-The Democratic party
must be sustained. '-Laughtcr and APP
plause.l | think that is the best reason. Re-
newed laughter.l They must sustain the
Office holders. But Chicago is only single
case. have the official report here, and
| will state q few other cases to show how
the government expends money.
There are some other points where the
expenditures for collecting the revenue are
much worse than they arc here. At Viii
mlngt0n Delaware, there was collected in
1851, 2,044 95. How many men do you
suppose it took to collect that amount, and
how much do YOU suppose they got for it ?
1t took eight men, and the expenses of coll
lecting was Sl5,S4S So! [Laushter.l Gen
tlemcn you began entirely too soon. These
are the better sort of cases. At Annapolis,
Maryland, there was collected in the same
year S3I5 .. Renewed lauyhter.] How
many men do You suppose it took to collect
that 1t took four men, and they were paid
for their services $9S3 ~. At Ocracoke,
North Carolina, $50 % were collected in
1857. Laughter 1t toook seven men to do
it, laughter,1 and IN economical govern
ment, under a Democratic administration,
priding itself on its economy, paid seven
men to collect this $50 55 the sum of s.
30l 81. [Laughter.l
At Port oxford in Oregon Territory-now
you would expect something extravasant
over there-there was collected s. IS, and
it took two men to collect it, and they were
paid for collecting S2,7o5 oS. Great laugh |
ter Can any one of you make calcula- |
ton of the per centage that was paid to col |
lect that IS IS? believe it was about FIVE
hundred to one. Don't YOU think the gov
ernment ought to be rich? At Monterey in /
California, the amount collected in 1851 was
S41 >, three men were employed to collect
it, and were paid for doing it, S7,O50 95.-l
At Buffalo there was collected in 1857 the .
sum of 10, l40 SO. There were ten men |
employed in its collection, and they were |
paid Sl6,S99 81.
will not weary you by reading this report
farther. 1t is the official report from the .
Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a
resolution of the Senate calling upon him to I
Know how many employees he had in the /
different custom houses, when he paid them,
how much was collected, &C., and here is .
the official report from every collection dis
trict in the United States. have singled |
out a part Of them as examples. [.'When
can we have the report psi You can have
this published it is a public document
l"iias Dougla SCOT it?''l lpresume he has,
Tor 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.
In 1850 Congress passed law appropri-
ating 81, 200 annually to defray the ex-
penses of collecting the revenue east of the
Rocky Mountains. During Taylor and Fill
more's administration the whole revenue
east of the Rocky Mountains was collected
for about $4,000, 900 per annum, leaving u
surplus of more than $l,60O,O0O at the
end Of the four years. .-.r.