The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-29

the campaign? How do we know but what
1t is?
This is one of the evidences of the
growth of Imperialism.
''The head of the government can do no
wrong.
"An assault upon his policy is an as
sault on the people, and hence the peo-
pies money can be legitimately used for
his vidication. My speech charging adj
ministration extravaganza seems also to
have created some excitement. And this
time the administration puts forward Mr..
Horace A. Taylor. He makes a statement
after call on the President. He Is de-
| scribed in the reports as acting secretary
of the treasury The secretary's absence
from his post for these many weeks makes
it necessary that some one should act
for him, hence Taylor. I will read you
what he has to say.
Crhe speaker then read from a newspa-
per clipping the interview referred to)
Nowhere Challenges Figures.
Now, you will observe that he no.
where challenges-the figures given by me.
They cannot be questioned. They show
that after taking the fifty millions paid
for the Panama canal rights, this govern
ment spent one hundred and sixty mil
lions more last year than it did seven
years ago under democratic administra-
tion.
II called the attention to other figures
and evidence establishing, as l claimed
extravagant tendencies, and | ask you
now to note that Acting Secretary of the
Treasury Taylor does not mention them
Nor does he deny that the expenses ex-
ceeded the receipts last year by over for
ty million dollars; nor does he deny that
for the first sixty days of this year the
expenses exceeded the receipts by s24-
100000 In this connection [ call your at
tention to the fact that the expenditures
so far this year are greater than they
were a year ago for the same period.
Since the 30th day of June there has been
| spent $19S, oslo or. During like period
last year there was spent $179, ,16S, ,697.
Purpose of Interview.
Returning to acting Secretary Tay-
lor's interview, 1t would seem as If its
purpose-if it had any beyond that OF
| creating a mist-was to deny my asser-
| tion that there were administrative or
ders forbidding government officers from
making public any statements of esti-
| mates on which future appropriations are
| based
He says you will recall this is a mis-
| take. Mr.. Parker seems to have unfor-
| tunately acquired from untrustworthy
| sources considerable misinformation.'
MY answer is that the treasury de-
partment, of which Mr.. Taylor is now
and for some time has been acting head,
on the 7th of September last issued this
| order:
! Treasury Department, Office of the
Secretary, September 7, 19O4-Division OF
Appointments.
" 1.-The Heads of Bureaus and Chiefs of
| Divisions, Secretary's Office, Treasury
| Department:
Gentlemen-It is requested that no
| information bearing upon the estimates
| of this department for the fkcal year end
| ing June, 30, 1906, be made public until
| the estimates shall have been approved
| by the honorable secretary of the treas
| ury.
BY direction of the secretary.
"'(Signed) w. H. HILL,
Chief Clerk
~ have copies of orders issued to other
| departments, which l took the precaution
| to obtain before making public the
| statement now challenged.
How 1t Affects Farmers.
81 understand that the majority of
| you are farmers. As l was born. and
brought up on a farm, and have lived
upon one for number of years as a
| matter OIL c0OlCt, llllllh l. uHutfsldllu q
| great deal about the burdens that have
| increased upon them.
"The farmer has suffered more posi-
| bly, than the wage Garner by excessive
| tariff duties. Hundreds of thousands OF
farmers in this country have voted fol
high tariff. Every time they did II
they voted to add to their burdens-tc
add to the cost of nearly all they buy
Some were stimulated to do 1t by this
suggestion that 1t was necessary to builo
up our infant industries. AS | said tht
other day however, many of tf/se indus
tries have at last become giant industrie.
The largest of these is the United States
Steel cooperation with stocks and bond!
amounting to s., ,40O,0O0000. Now, suppos'
collector of that corporation should
come to each ow you to contribute 81, IS O
$25 year toward the support of tina
corporation; would you do 1t?
rs there any argument that could pos
sibly be adduced that would persuade yol
that it is for the good of the countr.
for you with hundreds of thousands o
| others to make a small contribution to
| ward the larger profit of that institution
Certainly not. Is 1t not just as absurd fo
you to contribute to that corporation in
| directly? Every time you buy a plow
a shovel, sewing machine, a MOVING
machine, or other article containing stee
you are contributing a very substantial
part of the purchase price towards swell
ling the profits of the steel interests
| E,Very 81 w nav for efa raiIa uearJ,