Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-27
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Az the enormous amount 81 one shir
Of the gross annual product Of the indus
try ofthia country u Asid 10 DO absorbe
BY taxation, q reduction OF taxes
what people certainly have . right 4
expect. but 10 reduce taxes involve'
NECESSARILY, q reduction ofexpenses, an
10 do one without The other 10 = dolusioi
and false pretense. The expenses hav,
not been reduced. for the policy which
n no been changed SDeIusion also at
tends the device -of reducing the ias
upon certain srticles OF manuiaciur'
without ia oorrespoadingl reduetion o
tariff, which il. in fact, bnt airing thai
much more protection 10 manufacturers
4 who will bav eritirf heir powers q make
the people pay q mpeh for then good.
as ever, so that he nsniIiscturers gql
al the advantage. and the great class q
consumers none whAteverA Mr. Brooks'
resolution, offered in the Sub. COMMITTEES
of Ways and Means of the House on the
Sd inst, set forth truly that additional
imposts has been imposed by the act OF
June 80, 1864. and subsequent acts,
which were then understood aud pledged
to provide against and oiIset the internal
taxes Of the same date on Ike articles,
and those taxes having been lately Aboi-
ished in the act of March 81, 1868, the
import duties shall undergo corre-
spending reduction. But this resolution
was voted down. and the subcommittee
of the Committec ;ou Ways and Means
have taken such action as will postpone
the tariff bill till the December session,
so that there is no chance OF having a
corresponding adjustment Of duties by ?
revision Of the Tariff till that time.
There are limitations also that in few
days special clauses will be taken out Of
the internal tax bill, now pending in the,
House, relating principally 70 the tax on.
whisky and tobacco, and passed. and
then the main portion of the bill
will be allowed 10 goiover until the next
session, there. not being time for
both the House and the Senate 70 act on
the whole measure Months Of precious
time, involving an expenditure Of mil
lions, having been wasted in. q partisan
attempt to upset the President and revo-
lutionize the Government, Congress
must now, instead OF availing itself of
the opportunity to perfect a proper tax
bill to say nothing Of the tariff, make
haste to adjourn in order to, devote the
coming four months to the next Presi--
DENTAL election. But have not the peo-
plsiof this country right to demand that
reduction of expenses without which, as
we have indicated, there can be nc, per-
manent reduction of taxes? The gene
raj reduction Of the public burthens,
which the people so much desire, can
never be had while it suits the purposes
of party TO keep mp the expenses of
war in q time of peace, on the
theory that the South is a. hostile,
though conquered country, and must be
held in itssplaces BY the military arm.
The appropriation bills passed and pesd-
ing make q total of 1852, 000, 900, and we
may expect q like annual outlay as long
az the policy Ia pursued of keeping the I
South ia Subsection. The passage Aof
such bills as are proposed for the "ad-
mission Of States (ueveE according to
the republican doctrine sfone period, out
ofrhe Union 10, nowise helps the matter, \
as, by reason Of their injustice and the,
continued proslration and anarchy that
are inevitable under Them, the burden, of
the military, freedmep's bureaus, etc., is
still expected, to be kept up. ,sssiwarc \
Z Both the cost Of our military and semi
machinery and Of our civil list
is far beyond what it need be, The army \
Of Great Britain, whicS numbers 2i3, 900
men, cost. in. 1857 $74,383.9 t6, which
embraces every item of military expen
iitures, while in the same year the ex- !
penses Of our army Of 10000 men were
$50, BAL ,b55 for "'strictly ordinary sex-
penses," being nearly nine and, q half
million more than the cost Of the British
army, three times as large as ours. This
Is shown by some statistics prepared by
he New York Ford, which also gives
he following table. showing thateven in
he civil service the expenditures of the.
United States exceed those of, Great
Britain by s10.O1l, 1892, while the totals
foot up an excess against the Emitted
States of $40, 8S4,770: ~ fra ass. I.ls
statement of someI Of the ex-
penditures Of the United States and Great
Britain for the year 1857. made up from the
report Of the British Chancellor Of the Elk
chequer. and the statement of Mr.. Sehenck.
chairman of the House Committeeion, Ways
and Means:
Interest on debt...-..$ Isl ,5sl Sl2s S0a ,2a9
,iyil servicer--.-Y--", 5i,rV.oT sa.os.0s'i|
ar pr proper $50, sal, 5s5 y ~ "a TlesGog1
Pensions .. 20, 936, 55l nclla islL latg
3oun,ies.r. -ll.ssl,S.9 Ile, l6o.s5, dN,sss.A6
- s.................. 81, o64,0l 53.si2,blS
TotaIr. SEA-, 0a6. 594 sos, 2Q1 S24
Excess against ,he U. States. 4s Ss4, 40
"There are three other items Of British
expenditure for which we have no equiv
llent here, and there is one item of our
for which there is no equiv
slent in the British budget, SO that be-.
&een these no comparison can be made. !
But adding the amounts Of these, name
y: the expenditure Of the consolidated
un1, the revenue department and the
packet service to the British budget, and
be expenditure for Indians to our own,
md we have as the total cost of the
British Government for 1867, 1885,, 303,- i
49,, and as the total cost Of our own
Government for the same year, $780,
I23, l25. la other words, the govern
nent which should be very much the
cheaper was SLIPS, 706 the dearer."
There can be no hope OF permanent
relief of taxation so long as this, enorY
nous waste Of public money continues,
and a policy OF subjugation is pursued
which requires large military establish
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