The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-08-06

$50 ustional 1inaasss.
IN has bsooms second stature with the
socpefhsad Seymour and Blair Journal
- . utterly dsnouncs the sxtrava-
aanes - Ne domiaant party. Their
pibesD, tsem with alternate bewailing
and vill6cation under such captions -
'snepsbllcan ExtAvieancs," "Ths Cost
q Radical Hissule," corruption In
High rlsces," &C., 10, without end
Thee articles consist In partial state
nsnls, gross misrepresentation and
a6uaal liss Ia aboat equal proportions.
They declare over and over again that
The national debt h not being, nor like
Is = b reduced. That TIE burden Of
tAulilioa u growing, and, under Rspub-
iicAn administration, p likely to grow
heAyjes. That the national revenue h
dlvSrtsd from IT. proper channels, and
ssed % lssd "lasy nigges" and enrich
Yovstnmsnt o6ioials, instsad Of to dis
-chaEg4 national obligations.
"A weapsn b furnished By which oil
sAsss aad k1ndrsd allegations may b
met and PIT 10 shame In the oflcial
sspest - d. A. Wells, Special Revenue
6alnminionee. From this We learn that
d1ssAg ~ Assai year Of 1878, which
cl6asa Jnns Soth, 1888, the Income to tho
Tssasary was 80, 80. 900. OF thls sum
9lA,eoS, Ssl was paid to tho public cred
itaps. X large proportion Of this amount
vas back Interest on the compound
Interest aoGss, In which case the three
years' interest and the principal were
paid OF together aud The NOTES cancsled,
thereby Eeducing the aggregate interest
on ths national debt TO $l20, 900 900 per
aanam. All the othor expenditures
amount to $50 .o14. 674. leaving asurpius
of nearly thirty-five millions Of dollars
10 the treasury. This aggregate expen-
dfturs y rendered 20 large by many
cGa,sss that cannot recur. For instance,
thirty eight millions paid for bounties !;
~ and 90 third millions for reimburs-
lng State war claims; three and one
fourth millions for Freedmen's Bureau !;
Ave millions for property lost or destroy.
- 10 tho military service; and smaller
sums lo9 national cemeteries, and COM
nufatioa Of nations. Many Of these
itsms DO not appear at all In the esti-
mates for 1859; and those which do,
will probably disappear hereafter - i'm
rpoEtAnt Items.
The cost Of the War Department va.
greatly enhanced by Indian troubles
during the year just closed; but only
amounted to SO, 7la, 40, instead Of the
- hundred and fity millions which
Dsnaosratic speaker and Journals have
dsssshsed in saying would be required
~ . standing army 70 keep the soutl,
In subjec&ion."
Commissioner Wells also officially
states that tho national debt has been
reduced two hundred and fifty millions
,of dollars between August slst, 1885, and
IJnns 30th, 1888. When we take into
conaideration the hundreds of millions
which were paid to soldiers upon their
xnaster out In the wsv Of back pay and
boantiss, and to Stats for the cost Of
fitting out their own troops for the war
and also the fact that nearly ten thou.
soad articles or products have been re-
leaeed nom taxation-amounting il the
aggregate to an annual reduction Of tax.
alton Of $l67 ,O00, 900, not including the
reduction In the income tar. When VIC
take these things into consideration, the
reduction already made In the debt
should eflectually silence all charges Of
wastef0lness and extravagance. A tab
MAR statement from Mr.. Wells report
10 .Aepauded showing the receipts and
expenditures Il the U. 8. for the fiscal
year 1875; aud comparing the latter
with the expenses for 1850. Cut It out
and preserve II. that yea may be able Ia
,reftlts these false erins Of reckless waste
and Systematic robbery.
The receipts fer lsV-s ffom all sources
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sl.l.as,ssl ''
f0e0es sxpsnditares xD,vll.04
Ssss#a 81 80 n.
safpias os4,7x,77;
he expenses for lsr-s and 1895 compare q.
1uaIJw.
1879 Ell 10000 slS5.S GO