National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-06


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Mr.. N1BLACk, Of Ind, inquired whether the
dsaeit rs6Ted to did not result from the fact that
and 10 nos history repeating Itself in this ConErsss
Deesuse We are too timh TO Increase TAXATION:
MI GARFIELD said that was probably q.
sent Eo Issr ,ss Sat
Tonsress met. IN December, the Secretary OF tho
tsc Ussary net them with the announcement thst
Wanted an increase II taxstion. in oeostderfp9
sn auestipa the Pertinent Inquiries we're, 10 there
IN. csuse .nd " the me near future. and 60 what
Ouo SAuss was to Be found in necessarily in
efeasoa expenditures and . decressod revcaue,
Increased until, In the latter wear ia nSur.s
were one hundred millions. He then proeee.isd 10
explain what had become Of this surplus. and sc.
t.ths amount 33ls 500 o. had repesicd. Yst
sitter quitting away that large amount there vss 3
ss.p!a: Q. Ss2o0S &C., q receipt; above ssPeoai;
not have been the casa II expenditures had NOT
also hesn rsdncsd. Al the close Of the last fsesi
year. for instaaes. the sspensss wsre ESQ ~
therefore, something extraordinary must have ee-
nrred q the end Of the last year.
xo snen how ne iss.sxes I'D been reduced. hs
the income tax, the resssvs was reduced -, -
eO. In 1871 there Was . further rsdaetion by rss-
days y: .ss e e: I e &c ssa %sy.
and Means COMMITTEES tlGr. DAwnBl said that .
iurtAsr feducsion q l,soayeoo was the utmost
snss sS.Es y:das
tien Of 5000, ooo at Mr.. DAwEs' reauest,
!. Mr.. 0ARv,.lD then quoted from III. DAwxs'
the repeal Of the tax on tea and eoiies hsd -
been in tho interest Of the cousumer-khas it d.
privei the country Of 100000, and that II that
deficit, for that amount would Of itself Be- sur-
plus. ;
He know II was pepular to reduces taxes, and
dens, but in doing - Il vas very lnvisete emit
too deep into the revenues. He did not doubs
that all would be we'll pleased to- see tax,iion 70.
duced. The Lady 90diva had, according 70
Tennyson, won herself Immortal fame by reliev-
ing people of taxation: but IL by reducing Ne
9n ana dn Me1Esa oss e5sa at nor. q and
naked through the world. Can any one deny
that II there e to be deficit, IL results from The
hundred millions, since that time We have cut
down the revenue one hundred and forty nil.
lions7 But while this was being done the other
side Of the ledger showed that We had also been
There has been an effort to create an imprsssion
that the estimAtes. the expenditures and the apr
the
papers on this subject, he would refer to the
speeches Of Mr.. DAWES and Mr.. BscK % this
statement that the Book Of E;timates had nov
grown to be . most bulky volume, and explsipsd
that BY saying that whom he went ON the Com
too nsen oondsnsed, and Ss SUI suSsssssd ssssssr
elaboration, which made the volume appear nero
bulky: That was all, 20 far a. bulk was eoa.
book contained estimates for many moro millions
than the enlarged book did. Besides. the fast
was lost sight Of that thers was . vast dinerenoe
that last submitted, in which there had been large
M. BECK, Of Ky. int.uuptlns, said that
psctsd to show that the Secretary OF the Treasury
had Attempted to deceive the House and the
country on this subject. He would show that he
book Of estimates prstends that he had only ex-
pended ol0s, 0o0o00.
After some REMARKS with regard to the sinking
Just to compare accurately the expenditures OF
one year with those Of another, and to demonstrate
I'll. quoted the .aPsndtures ios several year; e
sinking fund, s3l7 600 co., In 1sil SslS ooo IN
ls72 ems 900 900; Ia 1878 t2oi and in 1874,
e29o. CO., 600: Ihsr: was thu, steady d:c.s.ss
priated. In these expenditures were included the
dehcieneles. Take out the dsnciencies for the
last year. and there would be LEFT less than ESQ.,
900 900 a. the expenditures Of that year.
Of the expenditures grew out Of the late war. OF
the amount appropriated for the current fiscal
year the sum Of tl5 62 81 grew out Of the late
penditurs Of the GovsFnnsnt, including the sink
Ing fund. Amer an examination he had found bat
one single place whore there had been extraya-
gentlemen to tell him at what point the expendi-
lures growing out Of the war could be cut down
with honor 60 the nation. For the naval AID mill
9e2 or eighteen per cent. Of the whole. For the
civil service proper-for extraordinary expenses
of the several kinds and for public works the total
ar sNP Rlrh mar
cent. Of tbs entire expenditure. Il would thus DO
seen that the greatest expenditures grew out Of
four per cent, and this was in great part for PEN
Mr.. GARFIELD hal drawn his own oonclu-
snd
hazards to the limit OF the revenue. After the
COMMITTEES had cut down - tarss II could the
when II became necessary. The Committee on
Appropriations would strike down all sxpsndi-
lures that could be stricken down. and postpone
having done that they would not cut down
another dollar anywhere because OF any fear Of .
deficit. II Il 10 found that In Its reductions the
tatingiy restore the appropriation. He called at
tenti0n to the fact that all the money that was ~
CURED not contained In the book Of estimates.
He tnstancol such ~ one million dollars for the
new State Department buildings; . large smouns
for the Centennial, II Congress should determine
asi an az :e e
inytOn, which had never bssn In the book Of
estimates, and there would be at least three and
half millions for the Southern Claims Commits
sion, pension bills passed by Congress, and othes
These, according to his tMr G.'s) best eonclu-
sivns, would run ths amount Of estimates up 70
>330, 0oo, 900. lie then proceeded to show wherein
the committee bad made reductions. and said that
m the Army, the navy, and the fortincation appro-
Priaton bills slrsady passed Tie apptopfiastS q.
In lie Psnc.aS bill th4 fesaaiioa1 Su.a +. :. .a
ooo. In the Indian BILL o. 900 900. In the mlscsl-
laneous bill, TO b. reported, the committees could
they expsetsd to reduce, among other things, the
following amounts yis: For buildings and grounds
IN The Dstsict q Golane!s fsOo oo6 for Saildings
500 600 and nom the river and Rarbor bill prob
ably on, goo. The pension bill would scsrcely
show . reduetiou, although the gentleman whohad
as:ss sad u 81 rsd sa
night b halfa million. The Military Academy
bin would b. reduced elo, 900 below last ysas.
tion Of esl,s 900 below the estimates % pub
the board Of Public WORKS, the
Sa:a sSs.s 4 asa::
wosid sustain the e6M@litss they. could reduce
he exPsadisurss szciusIvs Of the sinkny fund, to
In eoseiasioo, Mr.. aAnvrnD rsfsrssd to the
pablic works that bad besn projected and carried
Dut under tho auspiees Of the Government, and,
han and the enterprise that carried them out,
be believed that thsf further construction should
% temporarily abandoned, until such time a. the
isoiing over the whole fisid, he cid not believe
here would b any deficiency such - was spprs-
Mr.. BECK, ofKy, said he had rot known vhs.
ne biil would BE- esiisdup, and could not BE- ex-
pected to b ready to 20 on; but when he obtained
Ihs aoef he would shov that the expenditures o.
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