The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-16

Inr6S lnllllOIlS. IN 1900, nearly IllT-
teen hundred millions, and in 1869, it |
is estimated by the Secretary Of the |
Treasury in his last annual report |
that they will ne three hundred and |
seventy two millions.
By comparing the public disourse-
mentS or 1869 as estimated with those |
of 1871, it Will be seen that the in |
crease since the beginning of our Gov |
erDmeut has been eight thousand six |
hundred and eighteen per cent, IN |
which the increase of the population
for the same period was only eight |
hundred and siXty-eight per cent.
Again, the expenses of the Govern
meht in 1850, the year Of peace i'm
mediately preceding the war, were
only sIXty-five millions, while in 1869
the year of peace, three years after the
war, it is estimated they will be three
hundred and seventy millions, an in
crease Of four hundred and eighty-nIne
per centum, while the increase of pop
ulatipn is only twenty-One per centum
for the same period. These statistics
further show that, in 1871 the annual
national expenses compared with the
population were but little more than
one dollar per capita, aud in 1860, two
dollars per capita, " lille in 1869 they
will reach the eXtFaYagant sum of
nine dollars and seventy eight cents
per capita. 1t Will be observed that
ali OF these statements referred to, ex-
hIbit the disbursements of peace peri
DDS. 1t may therefore be of interest
to compare the expenditures of the
| three war periods, the war With Great
| Britain, the Mexican war and the war
| OF the rebellion. In 1914 the annual
| expenses incident to, the war of 1912
reached the highest amount, about
| S3l, 600, 600, while our population
slightly exceeded 5000, 900, showing
an expenditure of only three dollars
and eighty cents per capita.
In lS47 the expenditures growing
out of the war with Mexico, reached
ffty-ive millions, and the population
about twenty one millions, giving
only two dollars and sixty cents per
capita for the war expenses of that
year. In tine year 1865 the eXpendi
ture called for by the rebellion, reach,
ed the vast amount of 10000 900, 900,
which compared with a population OF
/. 1000, 900, gives S3S, % per capita.
FROM the 4th of March, 1879, to the
30th of June, 1891, the entire expen-
ditureS of the Government were ST.
200, 100000. During that period we
were engaged in wars with Great
Britain and Mexico, and were .engag-
/
tribes. Louisiana was o. purchased
from France at cost of $4,000, 900.
Florida was ceded to US by Spain for
r s.. 900, 900. California. was acquired
, from Mexico, for SIS, 5,000000. and the
territory OF New Mexico was obtained
from Texas for the sum of $40, 900 600
Earlyiin 1861 the War of the REBEL
ion commenced, and from the first ot
, July of that year, to the 30th of June
1865, the public expenditures reached
/ the enormous aggregate of thirty
three hundred millions. Three years
! of peace have INTERVIEWED, and during
that time the disbursements of tht
Government have successfully beer
? five hundred and twenty millions
, three hundred and forty six millions
r and three hundred and ninety mill
: IONS. Adding to these amounts thre,
! hundred and sevCnty-twO millions
. | estimated as necessary for the fiSca
, year ending the 30th of June, 1869, WI
+ obtain total expenditure of siXteel
| hundred millions of dollars during
the four years Immediately succeeding
{ the war, or nearly as much as was ex
= pended the seventy two years tina
a preceded the rebellion, and embraced
g the extraordinary expenditures alrea
n DIV named. These startling fact
1
4 trenchment in all branches OF tn
a public service.
n Abuses which were tolerated durini
v the war for the preservation Of tn
! nation will net be endured by tn
!. people now, that profound peace pre-
a walls. The receipts from internal re
I venues and customs have, during tn
l. past thyee years, gradually diminish
q ed, and the continuance of useless an
; extravagant expenditures will in
d volve us in National Bankruptcy q
/ else make inevitable an increase q
J. taxes already too onerous, and, il
k many respects, obnoxious on accouu
IN of their inquisitorial character: On
J. hundred millions annually are expeI
"a ded for the military force, q large POI
/ tion of which is employed in the eXt
r. cutiOn of laws both unnecessary an
" unconstitutional, r.-
n One hundred and fifty millions al
a. required each year to pay the intere:
Df on the public debt. An army of Ia
1t gatherers impoverished the natioK
.s and public agents, placed by Congre
De beyond the control of the EXecutivt
to divert from their legitimate purpose
b. large sums Of money, which they co
u lect from the people in the name (
al the Government. JudiciOuS legisl
remedy defects, and avert evils, whiC
if suffered to exist, cannot fail to d
minish confidence in the public cou
1e ellis, and weaken the attachment al
lg respect of the people towards the
ce political Institutions. Without pI
d. Der care the small balance which it
ry estimated will remain in the Treas
he nv at the close of the present fisC
id year will not be realized, and ado
n tional millions be added to a de
70. which is n NV enumerated by billion
X 1t is shown by the able and compI
he hensiVe report of the Secretary of t
al Treasury that the receipts for the
le- cal year ending June S0th, 1868, we
he $4O5, ,63S, O83, and the expenditures
ro- the same period were 1877, ,34O, ,2S
ly leaving in the Treasury a surplus
So, S2S2, ,977 9S. 1t is estimated that t
o. receipts during the present fiscal ye
aS- ending June 80, 1859, will be S34
as 393, s66, and the expenditures $33
nd I52, $40, showing a small balance
hit s., ,24O, 39S in favor of the goVernme
of for t. fiscal year ending June 80, IS
. 1t is timated that the receipts W
ice amount to 1897, ,O0O, 900, and the expo
ht, diture5 to S303, 900, 900, leaving an
sly timated surplus Of S24, c00,000.
TO oUn INDEBTEDNESS.
co GO it becomes proper in this conn
= tiOn to make brief references to Q
- public Indebtedness, which has acc
III mulated with such alarming rapid
~ and assumed such colossal prop
w. tions. In 1898, when the Governme
Iii Iii commenced operations under the F,
30 eral Constitution, it was burden
he with an Indebtedness of seventy-f
oS millions of dollars, created during
da war Of the Revolution. This amOU
Nd had been reduced to forty-hve mIlliC
on i AS.is, - II 20 was ~
a. three years struggle that follow
- largely increased the national ol
he cations, and in 1916 they had attain
,T| the sum of one hundred and TWEEN
hss seven millions. Wise and eeonomi
legislation, however, enabled I
l. government to pay the entire amoI