The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-08

Foreign intercourse for 1871 cost. ST 604 373
Foreign intercourse for 1850 cost. -. Z. ,14sIa3
Cost in 1871 was greater than in 1880. $45s s2so
Miscellaneous expenditures for 1871 -
miscellaneous ss expenditures for 1850 20
cost..... ,...... --- .2O,lUo 233
Cost in 1871 was greater than in 1860 $40 4ds $40
The military service in 1871 cost SIS, rs, ,9a1
The military service in 1850 COST. 16.4722o2
Cost in 1871 was greater than 1866. $40 BOZ 7s0
The Indians in 1871 cost - 81 4se. .sga
The Indians in 1850 cost 2,9n, ,121
Cost in 1871 was greater than in 1850 81 4s5 ,s76
In 1871 the naval service cost $19 ,o27
In 1850 the naval service cost 11,5146 649
Cost in 1871 was greater than in 1860. 81 ,9l6 ss
| Total net expenditures on a peace basis in;
t1s7i greater than in 1850 by $65 ,910,5 ,573.3G 3s
! That the expenditures of the Gov
/ ernment in 1871 should be greater
than in 1860 is natural. The develop
/ ment of the country and the conse-
quent creation of new offices all. tend
to that result. The misstatements of
] Mr.. Dawes are therefore as unwise as
they are untrue, for no sane man
would believe that the government
/ could be administered in 1871 for as
i low amount as in 1860. It shows
/ therefore, how unreliable are the
statements of Mr.. Dawes, and while
he committed an act of bad faith to
the House, he at the same time un-
derestimated the intelligence of the
people. 5te
MIR. Dawes asserts that4he revenue
has been reduced during the last two
years; ,$S5, 100000. I have not0nly
! proved that statement to be untrue,
but have shown by the figures given
| in Secretary BoutwelPs financesreports
| that the revenue, instead of given
/ decreased $S5, 5,000,0 900 during the last
| two years, was in fact increased, DUR
| ing that time over ffty-two million
] dollars. and within three years it
has been increased over fifty-six mill
lion dollars. 1t is true certain taxes
have been abolished butit is equally
/ true that certain other revenues have.
been Increased. For instance, accor-
] ding to the last finance report, while
/ $l50 100000 of internal revenue were
collected in the fiscal year 1869, only
$143, 100000 were collected in 1871.
On the other hand the tariff tax
in 1869 only amounted to $780,
100000, but was increased to $685.
/ 100000 in 1871 and so with other
revenues ISIS 81 8f5Ifea sH .us
If one were to believe the state
ment of Mr.. Dawes, the expenditures
| of the Government for 1871, exclusive
] of the money paid as pensions, amount
ed to about $68,0O0OO0.' What then
became of the $3S3.323, ,944 of taxes
collected during that sameyear? Mr..
/ Dawes, with his usual felicity, would
doubtless reply "Oh, it was applied
/ on the reduction of the public debt"
THE PUBLIC DEBT. iissiiis
And how much was the public debt
reduced during the yerr 1871 ? Ac-t
cording to the statement of the Reg
| istef. Of the Treasury, finance report of
| 1870, page 276, the public debt in 1870
amounted to $2,396, ,458, $780, Accord
| ing to the last finance report, page
4 1863, in 1871 the debt amounted TO
| 50, 353, ,211 1888, making a reduction in,
1871 of only $50, l67, ,261. Yes, the fl
nance reports prove that although
more than three hundred and, eighty
three millions of taxes were paid by
the people during 1871, the debt was.
] only reduced about thirty-threee mil
lions. These facts are within the
reach of any one who will take the
trouble to examine the finance reports
made out at the Treasury and no SUBJ
ject so vitality affects the material in-
] terests of the country.raf.ilo4es ~ E,os
t PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE DEBT. -
Persons like Mr.. Dawes have sought
to create the Impression that great
credit was due to the President on the
score of the reduction Of the public
debt. If it were true that the debt
had been rapidly reduced, the credit
would belong to the taxpayers, and
not to the mere agents who handed to
the bondholder money paid by the
people. But it is not true that the
money paid by the people has been
wisely, or honestly expended. It is
true that millions have been stolen,
and that the Treasury itself is in
state of hopeless confusion. "ia
On the first day of July, 1869, (see
page BIT, finance report for 1869 the
public debt amounted to So, 2,1S9.002,-
4S0, and according to the monthly
statement of Secretary Boutwell,, on
the lst day of June, 1872, the debt
amounted to 1926, 1888 ,523, showing
reduction of $193, ,16S,967, and not
one dollar more, Now, during that
same period, the people paid into the
Treasury more than 81, ,16S, 100000; so
that after subtracting the amount of
; the debt reduced, there still remains
to be accounted for nearly nine hun
dred and SeYeuty-fiVe millions.