Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-23
The Governments Expenditures Far
Exceed Its Receipts,
SCnEMlNG FOR MORE TAXES


Nsw York Aug ga special 60 tho
THhu1e from Washington saysi
Secretary GuEy % engaged iu the
task OF asccrtaiulng whence che funds
are Co.. come TO pay ths lars,.y Increased
army recently determined upon by the
President aud segy Root This Iu-
GREASE makes demands upon che tlyls-
ury that may we'll cause some concern
amuug itH ghl.i r-igIulH. Th. receipts
ui the government dIl NOT m..t the
extraordinary expenditures when the
army wuH smaller and the problem Of
/ how Co meet tha cost 1f $1,000 addition
ul troops gives the treasury department
These Increased expenditures cannot
oven hr approximately hguryl Out
l The mUr" question % pay o. easily de-
| Dlugl. but go this must Doc added tho
| enormous expense ut additional trnua-
/ Iuri.llaH, the cost Of aubHlHiauCe,
/ which. with The army thousands N
| miles away viii require the .Np.ull.
| ture uf millions OF dollars thH added
| cost u. new equipment Tor $1,000 men.
| uui thu Iuuumrruhla Items that go Co
| make Hu effective nEhting army prop.
/ rrly clothed, thoroughly equipped Tor
duty and well ful ala these THINGS are
| lees conf cturul. paymuHtur General
Bates says 10 would be- impossible to
give q rough idea ~ the cost uf rgFla
uvuts or vi the military establishment
IN the Philippines without weeks VI
careful Investigation OF accounts This
b. now being done fUr the annual re-.
port ~ the secretary and until definite
figures are known, the puymnHtyr gene
erals department VIII not make "a
guess.
GAGE TAKING BEARINGS.
with plans muturgi. therefore, that
Involve expenditure running well up
into nine figures, socy. Gage. on whom
o. placed the responsibility of ssvyiliug
funds. has begun 90 take bic bearings
and prepare 90 meet these new de-
mands. The administration iH uuWlll.
Ing 20 make another bond Issue, but u
10 cannot be avoided this will by done.
sccy Gage has ample authority, % d.
asserted. 90 issue more bonds for the
prosecution % the war In the lhIllps
pines Tho war revenue law author
ICED the issue ~ ilulu0OOlg worth %
crvtlncatca OF Indebtedness and $780,
900 900 worth uf bonds. Two hundred
million dollars worth OF these bonds
was offered ut popular subscriptions
ana subscribed i've times over. The law
says that the proceeds OF the sale uf
those bonds shall be used 60 dgfray
expenditures authorized ON account %
the existing war. such proceeds when
received 90 be used only Tor the pur-
pose VI meeting such war expenditure
II ~ held IS the law officers VI the
government that the insurrecti0u iu
the Philippines Do ~ all intgnta ana
purposes "a part u the existing war
| with Spain. Tor when the law was en-
acted tho present condition % uuHlra
may have been anticipated. Congress.
too. authorized the Increase ln the
army after peace was declared and ut
"a time when 10 was known IA. only use
to which % was TO b. put was in maiu-
tanning peace 90 m, new pUaHyFGlJua
ana quollirg iuHurr,cuuns. Fur these
reasons ~ hIa been held that the aecro-
tary of the treasury hGs fun authority
Etill further Co yuCruuph upon the see
curltics authorized by the war revenue
act.
WILL NOT LESSEN TAXES.
II can DO said ON tho authority u
treasury officials who have teen give
ms the matter careful study Tor Hoy-
vral weeks, that the ftny -uINth Gone
gtess will not lessen the war tiAsH im-
posed by The act u June 10. 1898 In
some quarters tho Ulamur Tor "a ryduu-
tiun OF thDs" taxes has already begun,
hut the enormous expenditures Go De- IN
CURED IN the next two years not only
forbid curtuilmvut ~ these special
NNAANH NIN NNNINNNN .hNN NNANAN A.N'INAN NlN HA
the general scheme ana % hiuppuEy 90
the holes through which tho, sup
posed To- have been taxes have ESCAPED.
From ordinary Internal revenue tax
alton last year tho receipts were, iu
round uumbyrs, il,lOpoo 900. The war
revenues Included lu round numbers
500, 600 with the customs duties
ana miscellaneous receipts added. "a
big deficit followed ut the end uf thn us-
cal year n 10 admitted that cuHtnWH
duticr ought not Co be- further incr"gH-
cd. Tho only course therefore, from
which additional revenue can be- dee
rived II from war taxes or bonds, or
both.
ERRORS IN WAR REVENUE LAW.
Errors that oropt into the war row
enuc luW-yTrurH unavoidable owing 10
the haste necessary lu vtfrptiuT ltH pu-
pcimeut 100 some cases have defeated
the Intentions OF Congress, while in
others the courts have decreased tho
anticipated revenues Section 90. uf tho
law regulating the taxes CA patent
incidence etc. cAyWpiH from stamp
taxes ANY uucompuundyi medicinal
drug or medicine Under u decision "
Judge Brown, Of the New York district
court, this clause lifted out uf the list
" proprietary medicines that were 10
he supposed 10 De taxed, nearly ull coal
tar products and every conceivable
AA At ~ NiA'NNNiNHAN NtNNh 'sAA W NlNN
means be- brought within the definition
% the word "uuuumpuuudul."
This, the Internal revenue official
say has cost the government thou
sands ~ dollars The effort will ba
made 20 persuade Congress 20 remedy
this defect ln the law so that this
discrimination cannot exist, Congress
win also be- asked 90 remove the um-
huiguity of the language imposing u
stamp tax on proprietary medicines 40
as 90 include many that have hitherto
been able 20 escape through technical.
ties and by the Disgusting of their prod
ucts,
MORE STAMP DUTIES,
The revenue from tho tax on proprlo. |
taiy medicines lH not FU large us was |
estimated ana It may happen that COM |
greaH Will be- asked Co Increase the puss /
sent tax OF 2a cents on the dollar 900 uli |
patent incidence perfumes and uuHWr- /
ties, II has become apparent tI fhp /
revenue officials that NJ any ul .Uuutu |
Increase ln the revenues d. tu Doe reul-
lzed, II must como from the further inn
position uf stamp tuNgs just whore
10 Impose these taxes is the question
now huthurlnT those lu charge For Huy-
Hrul weeks data have been quietly ga |
.horrd by the secretary and are being
The following are some OF
The suggestions that ind favor among |
he revenue officials.
The imposition ~ "a stamp tax ON AN
nufauFgI UTDtUffDI urfIHlHH tho fhUUrN |