The Southern herald., 1897-09-24

is frequently 'h4Es ap' a maA;a oF
',J - gjvs the Slgl' frus. ana
5.4s. 4lnapJ..ss = -aanc= y lad
lp
The Dinglry b!ll claims . BE 3!s-'
timely IN q: for purpose ol rr7e-
nu-, and its sugar schedule IS un-
i3ublrlly revenue one. I;aitnsd
- SO increase the income Of the
cnvrrnnen. As 20 put il on a solid
anAncis! basis again and g. nd Of
me deficits caused BY the defective
Wilson bill and the BAD results iol-
lowing these deficits,
I, aas ftllsn far short # The Re.
plBic4ns' an;iripa;ions. There was
a bis boom in imports, and, conse.
quen.ly 10 revenues. from March TO
Jaly, dueto the many impnr,atiOns
II goods brough! in 70 escape the
higher dniy provided by the Ding
ley bill; bG! ever since ,hen-lhal
i, ever since The new law has been
in operation, s,asna,ian has prevail.
led q aur imporitrAde, and a shrink,
age in our revenues has resulted,
We actually gJt on playing basis
during The ils. few months Of the
Wilson act-uu Ter the threat Of the
Dincley bill-aud our income met
cur expenditures; bat during Au.
gust We made a most lamen,ed
showing, and have 90, back 10 ,hr
bal system old fcils.
The friends Of the Dingley bill!
expected, or, rather, hGped, that i;
would yield sl6, 0o0,o00 in customs
revenue per month. To their hor.
ror, the recrip'. for August tell to
les. than the expectations, and our
custom houses collected the misera.
ole sum OF 81 900, ,W0 for the month
The worst feature Ct the case is that
while the revenues have shrunk the
expenditures have increased. The
Republicans have the reputation OF
running the government on an ex
pensIve, il tan ex'ravagant basls.
Under them the expenses increase
IN every department, and they enjoy
the credit Of ofhaving first established
the bil!ion-dollar Congress. |! was
known, for instance, that the mo-
nent Mckinley went in the rigor-
GUS guard tha. Cleveland had placed
over the pension list would be re.
moved, and that the pension doors
would be thrown open to veterans,
their sisters, their cousins and
1 their aunts.' - The election Of Nc.
kIuley was Immediately followed
/ by a downpour OF new pension
claims, the like Of which we have
never known before. The old for.
mality Of marriage license wa:
! dispensed with, and now the so.
called common law wife" Of vet.
eran-thatis, the woman who never
was married to him and never wa;
his wife-can collect his pension
after death which opens, one car
readily see, a magnificent vista o.
fraud and treasury spoliation. Mr.
/ Cleveland had brought the pension
raid 10 halt. The burden wa.
heavy enough, in truth, under him
but it was at least not increasing
Under the Republicans il has begun
10 pile up again as only pension:
can. When Mr., Cleveland left OF.
tee the number Of new pension:
applications filed per month wa.
5000; under Mckinley they hayein.
creased TO 10000 a month. Pen.
sions disbursements are almost 50,
000,00 per month greater than last
year, and still booming upward
The War Department has increased
its expenditures for July aud Au.
gust 81 900, 900 over last year. Alto.
.ether toe expenditures for July and
August were s14 100000 more than
in 1892, the last year OF good times,
and s23 100000 more than in 1881
The deficits Of the past tive
months are s25, 500, 900, and il
looks now as though the Dinglpy
bill will not yield enough revenue
; 10 meet the expensive system the
Republicans have inaugurated, es,
pecially in the Pension Bureau l
will certainly not do SO during thi:
fiscal year, and we will have Il
lace deficits with their deleteriUu'
Effects for some nine or ten month!
TO come, unless Congress is able tt
find some source of revenue. In.
creasing the revenue will moi suffice
to get the country out of its tinan
cial troubles iflhe Republicans per