The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-01-20

needless The simple fsot that they arc
made shows thai the dspsrtm cnt were
spending ten millions Of dollars that u
was not necessary 20 spund, and to that
extent preying upon the people who pay
taxes. In other words i. was n grstuitous
robbery of the COMMUNITY, already groan-
ing under the enormity Of the public ex-
actions
We huve con Gned the supposed reduc-
ton to tho sum of ten millions Of dollars,
but If we compare Secretary Richardson's
estimates of what he wanted last year with
what he wants this yoar, IL viii! be seen
that it might be Just as well twenty
million, 81 ten. Here are the fgufes:
H. D. ~ octi. ';ato octi, II to
June 80, "a June 80, ',3.
For civil exensas. 81, $50 .00O sl3.0Oo,o9o
For foreign Inter 20
course ...... - ].tVOWOgaH rU,VVu
For indians ..... G,hO0OUO a,OyVWO
For pensions -. 2l,1s0,OW "0,OOo,No
For military co 49,.
Enlistment .. 3I.QOo,OoO .jVOo,WO
r n $s$ S',.: ;i;s,T o0oas l'9o9''
civil includ'g pub 1900. $50, ooo
lie buildlngs .... J4.O0O'VuO @,'SD1,VOVV
For In. on pub. debt 'u,voo,Ooo 'i,IOO,oVo
Total. =. 500, go, 900 slis,7oo, 600
A difference Of nearly twenty.ssysn
millions, q large part of which would APP
pear 70 be unnecessary. Why should the
civil expenses, bo increased Ia single
year by two millions OF dollars, foreign
intercourse two hundred thousand, Indian
two millions and half, war more than
ten millions, in a period 81
| absolute peace, navy Iya millions,
and miscel,aueous six millions
tss ,tse eiESs snc sf e 5Ii H amounts
rne FOOLISH FUZZY nbout Cuba may a.
count for a little OF ths additional sum /;
but, beyond that, We see no reason why
the government should not be operated in
1874 At . less expense than In 1873.
Do our readers know what this misuse
ofswenty millions Of dollarsreally mesnsl 2
e means the annihilation Of the labor Of
forty Thousand men forA year, at iva hun.
drsd do lars ayear. ItmsAns TIC On hi
latiou af tho interest Of nearly three hum
drsd and fifty millions of dollars st sir
per cent. I, means tbs, The labor
and capita Of the country. which
are the source. of It's income, arc para
lyzsd just to the extent in which they are
squandered in these probabilities. Every
dollar Of the ta Z impc ied upon va 20 sup
ply the waste is dollar ssblrac,ed from
the wages OF the workingnen or the prof.
its of the capitalists to support oilers or
encourage Extravaganza. = a "a ..
But with these truths staring US in the
face, congress teens with projects, not Of
economy and re;renchment, but OF aug
men,ed outlay. No one As yet has calcu.
lated tho sum total Of the burdens which
ass, the federal government in the way Of
railroad commissioners appointed TO eul-
barrass commerce under a prelext Of reg
ula.ing 1t, and c,nal projects, aud river
improvements, and telegraph pur-
chases, and savings banks and
what not but it would
be very short estimate 70 coniino the
amount to that OF our present national
debt---all OF it to come out of the people at
a time when the agricultural classes are
mad with suffering, when the mercantile
classes are almost PROSTATE under the
effects OF a mo aclary crisis, and when the
vorkingmen parade the streets OF our
cities uttering cries wholly new to uS, and
which are only heard at intervals among
the oppressed populations Of the old world
Do the gentlemen at Washington un-
derstsnd these things2 or will they 20 on
with their petty and preposterous project,
until outbreaks worse than panics bring
them suddenly TO their senles We wan
| economy frat of all--thorough. rigid. uni
l rear interests "a sne' cSanu y-as.va1 IT.. III
and not the schemes of spectators and
lobbyists.-INew York Evening Post. -
Administration journal.