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

The Economical d Democracy
5sss@.s.I'he expense Of the government, lis YOU
| have probably often heard, have increased
Enormously within the past few years.
I'ha amount q money at the disposal. of
l,gpyernment for this year is more chan one
hundred millions Of dollars, This, / know,
has sometimes been disputed, but have
There the official statement made BY the
tf.ilerk d tile House 'd Repre- 81 YES,
showing that more than eishts,one mill;
ions were specifically approI rialed at the
lastsession Ct Congress-, and there are IN
Itefnite appropriations e nay claims, the
precise amount Of which Isl not yetknewn,
(which amount, 1.-THE lowest estinlate 10
Ithres millions and q hall, making over
Ieightta fS,slr millions, and there is al, mex
llpectea balance Of appropriations made last
EEyear, amounting to sixteen millions -
These SUMS altogether make more than
Zone. hundred millions Of dollars at the. dis
Iposai off the administrator for tic present
fiscal yeor, I know it ~ said that it is M
fair to eiarggesall this to The, present year;
THAT asurplns 5siiI remain at she enc Of
the year 10 ecsrried 10 thc next list: but
/ think il is much more likely, that the
administration will come, IN with ,lefici-
Iency bill, and ask for some ten millions
I:more, rs they did at the~ last Congress,
Than hat any surplus will remain The
| .exper,ses Of the government during thead,
n1inistgation Of General Pierce were $780, .,332
/ 82Q,632 This Is more than all the Ok
|penses Ut tie government from 1890 Wnesl
Fit was ORGANIZED, FOR thirty years together,
including the war with Great Britain III
llSl2 General Pierce expended more mo.
Isney during four years Cd pe1ce chan >our
"a yenment expended for the. frst thirty
years ;,ftar It's or&ranization.# Tn 1923, che
lozSIae1tasaSe tt,s tho gqYtanmeat FIR all
i1urtsijsaiss, eA ga,ssiya OF the public debt,
wore l5'4 SOS 81 1861 the expenses Of
IIhe gov s eminent, exclusive Of the public
ldebt, WsresG5 {A;}}22 y555o, rs. The pro rata
laccordilg to the population II 1898 1923 was
/ "a ealltS:S|a each .indiyidtAl, The pro IA,
Il il. vas 81 Is cents per
1ls.es IL -7-
Now these facts ought to attract tho i,ttte1l-
|tion Of he.country; but perhaps II I were
TO state In detail some Of the wastetulncss
lot this soyemment-~sone Of the means
by which these expenses have been increa.
i sed, it would strike solne minis morn FOX
leibly. I will call your attention to the
! city Of Chicago. You have a CUSTOM
/ house located here. in 1885,, IL Tor tbs
lfizscal year, ending June, 1858, the last
/ year d Flll1nore'S administration, there wax
collected atChica g, III II ,&6S s. Six lael
were employed t. collect it, and they were
Ipma 81 $50 II. That was a little over twe
I per cent, For the year ending June, 81
I 1896, there was collected at Chic}eo, s As
INb2 AZ. Sixteen men were employed il
lis collection and they were paid Si4 ), ) Il Il
- tor doing it. Now | ask you, living
! right here as you do, is there any reason
Il Tor this increased expendituros Gan yor
\ tell nae Why it cost ten per cent. the las
fiscal year to collect the revenue at tIis
Iport, and only . little over two per cent
four years ago. Is there any reason for il
except that the government wanted tt
! Ishower the money upon tavorltes? Yes
there is . reason.] / don't know wl,atit ID
The Democratic party must be sustained :
!. Laughter and applause.l I think that
!, tha hest reason, # Renewed laughter T.,
They must susta'a The Office holders i5u
chicago ~ only 3 single ease I have Tx
i official report here and I will state a few
other cases - show you how the govern
meent expends, money There ara some
|other points wlyre ths expenditures fol
| collecting the revenue are much worse than
,s|at this point. At Wilmington, Dclcwar.
there was collected in 1867, $4,000 IS:
How many men do you suppose il took
i collect that amount, and how much do 70,
| suppose ahey got for it? 1t took eigh
!, men, and the expense Of collecting was il
o4o ~ Laughter Gentlemen, yo,
5 begun entirely too soon. Ihore aro the bet
t ter sort ofeases, Az Annapolis, Maryland
were was collected the same yoar ssssI I =
. renewed Laughter ! How many mensd'
y you suppose u took to collect il? It tool
& fo'ir rlen, and they we're paid for their scr
81 I, :. - ~. Eabt Jcfacakc, IN Ssui y.
gafol1na, 1886 were collected inI1sh7 \
Laughter 1t toek seven 1aen to DC it,,
La haus 'ltter. And an economical govern
n men Under Il Democratic administration
: prla1is itself on it's economy, paid sevte'
! men men e collect this, $50 IS, The sum Of 81,
! laOl 4 laughter. At Port Oxford
= Oregon Ierrltory----floW you would expec
something extra VACANT over thereafter
n was collected SIS IS, and it took Two me- ID
TO collecs. it, and they were paid for col
!. Letting tl ~ 4 % @. LGreat Laughter. T.
4 Can any of.you make the calculation I
4 the per, centagse that was paid 10 colles
al the IS s.. ( belieyc il was about 500 /
! 1 Dor think the government ouglE
70 get rich s.. 81
z From q Seaator 1fam6e1p ! sspeech ia Chicago