The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-22
i'll be maintained.
NO Part of Monroe Doctrine.

but how South American states
shall behave toward each other, or
whether the yshall govern themselves
wei lor be prosperous, is not part of
the Monroe Doctrine Until The people
shall amend the Const tuition SO as to
permit the execution of the remark
able policy suggested by the letter of
Secretary Root Is perfectly safe 10 say
that we shall have no more need for a
larger army than we formerly had.
In the conduct of the War Depart
ment alone therefore can be saved to
the people many millions a year. which
the administration not only does not
propose to save, but is frank enough
to say it. Take another illustration
which | recite as furnishing strong
presumptvc evidence of cXtraVagahce
Seven years ago under Democratic adj
lniniStration the civil and miscellaneous
expenses of the government rinety mill
lions of dollars for the year.
Nov what has haprened?. So ire
mendously have our expenditures un-
der that head grown during the last
ceven years that the last fiscal year
that they amounted to one hundred
and ci2hty-six million dollars. More
than double the expenditures of 1897.
Il have on another occasion referred
to the waste of money in the Philip
hundred and fifty million dollars, in
addition to the twenty million dollars
paid to Spain for the opportunity of
taking it's lace in vast ng lives and
money on the Philippines, asserting
not q dollar of it will ever come back
to us. The answers so far have de-
trayed a desire to destroy the effect
the statement should have. To that
end an issue is attempted to be made
as to the amount expended.
The defenders of this policy of
waste say that l put the figures too
high An examination of the speech IS
Of Senators and Representative in
Congress recently made, including that
Of Senator Hoar in the Senate of the
United States, May -, 1902, will show
u1at my statement of cost was an un-
derestimate, as it was intended to be.
The Proof of Extravaganza.
Edward Atkinson, whose fame as
statistician is secure in the conf
dence Of his countrymen, in a letter
to the New York Times of October 90,
1874, estimates the cost to us at two
hundred millions year and the prob
able cost to date at twelve hundred
millions of dollars. His letter should
be read by every voter. The vast sums
thus expended come out of the pock-
1t will be returned to them, and it is
for them to determine whether they
are willing to have their money OK
pended in support of such a policy.
If they are, then other islands and
other countries may be added 20 our
possessions until their cost of main
tenance compels every worker in this
country TO support Il soldier and his
family as well rs himself and his own
nf nff ni.ll 70 of
ministration asks that we support our
Charge of extravaganza by specifica-
tons. The figures given above will
fully answer that purpose They not
only raise the presumption of eXtraV-
aGance, but they prove it. Il further
bill of particulars will be furnished rs
soon as a Democrtic administration
has had a chance to examine the books
The result of this extra ordinary in
crease in our expenditures has been
to create deficiency in the annual
rece ,ptS.