The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-11
DINGLEY La w 4 FAILURE.

HI eNtaG vi IG Il
,ublicans. the Dingley law has proven
/ fat faIlnre AS a revenue getter. Dn-
ring the five months Of the fiscal year
inst past under its operation q deficit
SIG 01 ,494 has been recorded ant
tie Republicans themselves have CIV
en up tile hope that this deficit VIII
ever he overcome by increased
imports.
The Philadelphia Press, j Of the
ablest Republican papers IL tie
country. recently said on tins ~ssAjstt
.+Wilen Congress meets, a week
hence, 1t will find ITSELF canif"ni.t!
with i deficit If ahoat $50. 000 200 TT
the present iical Year. liz difference
between the expenditure and tile in
come Of tie government fof five
months since July /. 1897, may be a
little larger or a little smaller tian
Till, sun, but it will not vary greatly
from these ti.ules. Tie deficit 10
Nov. 70 vas 46,379,474. an increase
Of IS 80. 4633 Outing the month.
heavy paym.nis 1T the opening of
December viii increase this deficit.
reckoning tile ordinary receipts and
expenditures of the treasury.
Making eytis allowance for the
gteat flood OF lmierts last spring and
and SUMNER, the present fiscal Year
will SEE Il deficit. independent Of this
cause. Of some $50. 0C0, 900 to $4,000
900. The aggregate deficit viii IL
about twice this. Such Il deficit cail-
not be allowed t. continue by 4
Republican Congress. Tile RepHbli
can party i solemiy pledged not onlg
To make the revenue larger than
current expenditure, bnt to make IL
sufficiently large to reduce the d-bt
ana establish The soivency OF the
treasury beyond peradventure.
This is Indispensable. No public
need can take precedence OF this plain
duty. Face 10 face with a deficit,
Congress INST reduce expenditure and
increase taxation
Commenting on the nttetanets Of
the Press, tie Times-Democrat justly
remarks
..The Congress will be vastly
unwilling To reopen the tariff question
enee mote, after Wrestling with 1t til.
fur mouths in the summer; and the
prestige Of the Republican high-tariff-
efs will fall to zefo when tile country
leaiBs that, in spite Of ali the Wanting
as 10 what the grand results OF
|Din.leyism were to be, the national
legislature have still before them Tie
task If So arranging tie taxation a. q
make tile revenue equal The expendi-
lures u tile government
1t seems to Us that we heard during
| thu late campaign our late Republican
friends throughout tile land railing al
Democrats because Of their inconpe-
teney t . provide q sfficitnt revenue
for the government What have the
Republicans 4 say nov about incom
potency to provide a sufficient reye-
nue. ? How DO they account for thel,
o,rn lncompetency?
The Democrats accounted for their,
by the annalment by the Supreme
| Court Of the income tax clause of theil
tariff law /; hut our Republican friend,
have not even the consolation of hav
ing a part Of their law knocked out
II stands intact, such as they wanted
it. and passed 1t; and Notwithstanding
the deficit grows month by month
and the END is no vet.
Truly, we commiserate our friend.
III their sore perplexity and if we bt
permitted To offer coincidence, ~
would say unto them weep not y.
know how you feel, for " Q nave beef
there before ourselves The Lore
| chastenetli those whom he loveth tina
they may learn charity and revile no
their neighbors when sorely dis
tressed.