The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-07-13
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Washington, d. c., July 6, 1905
That the actual realization of the
fact that the Treasury deficit is
growing faster than any Republi.
can, even the Secretary of the
Treasury believed possible, is crea-
ting CONSERVATION among the stand
patters is demonstrated by their
willingness to discuss seriously the
reimposition of the war taxes.
That they are seriously discussing
such programme and some of their
number even advocating such
course is conclusively shown by the
recent statement of Senator Dick of
Ohio who said, when asked by
your correspondent what he sug-
gested as proper course in the
light Of the $24 600, 900 deficit:
Il have come to the conclusion
that about the best thing to be done
is to impose the Spanish War rev.
enue taxes on numerous articles,
especially the stamp tax where the
taxation is barely felt by the mas
ses of the people. Injustice is less
likely to be done III that way than
by imposing larger sums on vari-
Gus lines of business and making a
few lines carry the whole thing l
have not gone into the subject in
detail but my idea would be to af
fix stamp tax on checks, stocks,
bonds and legal papers, patent med
icines and all such things"
XXX
In other words, the leaders o. the
Republican party in Congress, hav-
ing been forced to All appreciation
of the fact the present tariff makes
all for protection and does not
yield even enough revenue to run
the government propose to tax the
people still further to pay the ex-
penses of the government rather
than to so change the tariff sched-
ules, which their own President
has told them must be changed if
every man is to enjoy "a square
DEAL" so that the duties may yield
sufficient revenue to pay the ex-
penses of the administration.
XXX
The claim has been made for
years by the leaders of the Dem-
ocracy that the Republican party
was owned by the trusts, the pro-
tected industries and the monopo-
lies, but majority of the voters
have been unable to see or think
e clearly enough to appreciate the
truth of the charge. 1t has re-
NAMED for Republican President
to point out to the people that the
protected hogs must take their feet
out of the trough" And even in
the face of that assertion, the Re-
publicans in Congress who well
know that they are elected with
the campaign funds contributed by
the protected industries, dare not
pare the tariff until it shall produce
sufficient revenue to pay the federal
expenses but on the contrary pro-
pose to leave the tariff alone while
they tax the people still more tc
raise necessary revenue.
XIX
The stand patters maintain that
they dare not open up the tariff
question on the eve OF a Congress
sional election. Dare not, they
would tell you If they told the
truth, because they fear more the
wrath of the protected interests
which are their creators, than they
fear the wrath of the people who
are supposed to elect them and
whom they are supposed to repre-
sent in Congress.
M*#
The war revenue taxes yielded
over SIoo, 900, 900 year for three
years, points out Mr.. Dick. But
he did not add the obvious fact tina,
they took over $Ioo, 900, 900 a year
for each of the three years out oi
the pockets of the people. Sena'
tor Dick favors type of taxation
which will spread over wide sur
face, rather than fax which will
fall on a few industries. Natural
position for Republican Senator
who knows that there is 10 partic'
ular industry which does not owr
Republican Senator or two and
several Republican Members o.
the House, so that tax on any
ona or a decrease of the tax i'm