The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-10-26
RADICAL TWINS,
GOVERNMENT EXFRAVAGANCE AND
HARD TIMES.

b WslhereTlay before our readeHsomye9
staAs&cs dfI SO startling 9charhSter that
itis Slriost impossible to believe them.
They are nevertheless true, for they are,
taken ffomthe report of the fesister of
the treasury, John Allison, and are
published by the government, The state
msnt is 80 astounding that we give the
page and document from which we take
the figures, from pages 9S to 104 Of the
finance report ior Jthe year 1875 1879.
Ifthere is aay reliance to be placed on
official documents the figures must be
true, incredible as they. are. aoi oyal' poi
We propose to contrast the expenses
of the government before thsnwar and
since the war. We take the expenses Of
the government from March 4th hl789 to
June 3Oth, 1860 on the one side, and on
the other from June 90th, 1865 TO June
9Oth, 1861 years before the war, and
the last 10 years since the war.
To be fair in the matter we shall de-
duct on both sides the amount paid for
pensions, for interest on the. debt, and
the debt itself, and compare the expen-
ditures after making these deductions,
The statement needs no exaggeration,
the bare naked facts almost surpass be-
lief. Here are the figures for the II years
before the war:3.l NtI aTfIlN
Balance in Treasury Mar. A. l7S9..:r. ,.......None
Total revenues to June SO 660"Sl 1904 AZ VA u
Balance in Treasury ".", S29Is 5SO7o
Total Expenditures. I'll 497 .6lS8I
Debt Mar. 4, 1885, T463,d76.62 Ng.4I
June 30, $780,. 64S42,2S7.S ar.g .f
Debt paid.......,S 1854 lsS.64, 4,p5s q $3.50 fa.,.
Interest paid, ,,...". f96,5S7 .lI96l a.. ,o,
Pensions paid.,""" 77SS9,57S76 2S5,O9O,9I2.Ol
....l ---------- ----'. -------------
Net Expenses. .,.".$l, 1856 400, ,S7l 80
Now for the figures during the last ten
years: '"'N
Balance In Treasury June 80. 1868 lsS3ole54.7e
Total revenues to r"N'" 1876. $3.50 ,1Ot, 1914
.t.r 3,845,452,S ,S35.47
Balance in Treasury June 80, 1885,, 12l,SS5l 1893 90
Total Expense. ............ S,72S, S,b67 764347
Debt June 80, 1856. .S2 77S! !286, 1880
. 49," 1885, 2, ,lS0, 1896 .O67 80 zs.--.r ''-e1
-o5o,,-, 49, l.H
Debt paid. 69204l, ,lOoA
Interest paid.-..... ,209, ,O43 lO3.S6
Pensions paidm"." 2ol 1861, ,ll7& 2VTLIol,SZIs2
Net Expense. 646 3l6,sl6O O5
Deduct net expense before the war 81 4S64O6,S7134
Excess.,,.,,.....~. ......S ,l59, ,9O9, ,744 IL
These ten years commence one year af'
ter theaclose of the war. They are ten
years of profound peace, yet the above
statement shows the astounding fact,
that the ordinary expenses of the govern
ment in these ten yeaos exceed the en-
tire ordinary expenses Of the government
in the II years before the war by $780,
9S9 744.72! Our radical friends are claim
ing that the extravaganza in the govern
ment is caused by the payment Iof the
debt, interest on the debt, and pensions.
The above statements hows how false this
assertion is. .rfU .IlFlFl|g
But the II years before the war were
not all years of profound peace, there
were wars and also other large extra )rdi-
nary expenses for which allowance should
be made in this comparison. The expense
of the war of 1912, the Mexican war, a
number Of protracted Indian wars, pur-
chase of Florida, purchase of Louisiana,
Mexican indemnity, and other items Of
extraordinary expenses amounting in the
aggregate to over $3OO,OOOOOO, should be
deducted, Making this deduction the
net OF dinary expenses would be as fol-
lows: ........ ........
The last 10 years $l646,316,31605
II years before the war. l,lS6, ,4O657l 80
$459, ,9O9, ,74472
These figures tell their own tale, tale
of proAigacy, extravaganza and corup-
ton without parallel in al history,
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