The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-11
GOVERNMENT ExTRAvAoANcE.

Nhio SsNSphduto arc bun9 cAIldih-
ing what great accomplishments have
been made since the day Theodore
Roosevelt became president; agita-
ting still more OF the reckless expen.
dltures which arc bringing the gov
ernment treasury to$ard the pawn
shop for relief, men of business grow
tai lack of attention and desplcable in
competency of those who rule the
White House councils.
Bradstreet's. with that calm man
ner of relating the businesH history
of each week, In the issue of August
eighth, has this to say OF the first
month OF the fiscal year 1908:
early indications as to the
amount Of the excess of govern.
ment expenditures over receipts
for July were borne out by the
final figures for the month. The
receipts for the first month OF the
fiscal year amounted TO $52, ,169-
4bi, a decrease OF over s1,30O,000
as compared with those for the
preceding month and OF over S3,-
100000 as compared with Suly,
1907. The expenditures for the
month amounted to $77,03S, 1893,
an Increase OF nearly $27,500,000
as compared with those for the
preceding month ana OF over s10,-
100000 as compared with those
for July last year. There was, as
VIII be seen, an excess OF expen-
ditures over receipts amounting
to over $24 100000. This is one
OF the heaviest monthly deficits
in the recent records OF the gov
ernment. In fact, TO find 1t ex-
ceeded we must 80 back to May,
1904, when the expenditures were
swelled by the payments on ac-
count OF he Panama canal"
II seems almost impossible of ere
euce. Think OF an Increase in ex
ense Of $24.000,O0O and decrease
4 Income Of almost $4,000,O00. AM
Ae great fleet Is still In New Zea.
land waters--at an expense so great
the secretary has been unable to
property compute the detailed &C
counts. Inieed, If the report be cor
rect, land such figures are never
lsed until the authorities have proof
'ead them and ascertained tbey tally
With the records) II seems there is
40 department OF the government bur
- mounting higher and higher, and
lot TO exceed three OF said depart
nents having increased facilities fol
the people.
Secretary Taft added 10 the war
Judget at the rate OF a million per
nontn, ami a large amount OF thai
vas required to allow the corpulent
easy-going, good-natured gentleman
o properly entertain the dignitaries
yho Hooked about when he was log
Slng about to see what the world was
loing In time of peace. The war de
artment had TO have an allowance
or more than 100 new items, and we
ascertain the men who fight for the
lag and maintain government at the
1sk of lives got almost t1e thousandth
lart of the increased cost!
Il cost $4,000 TO transfer Colonel
stewart from active duty to the de.
set post in Arizona This was made
necessary by the lack OF the coloners
patriotism. The president requested
lis resignation because he had q
tayorite he wished 10 advance, and
When Stewart refused. the one refus
ng was ordered transferred TO a
esert and deserted Arizona post al
owed one private TO assist i'm keeping
he desert lizards and dragons from
'ttachng the centipedes which flour
sh in that section OF Arizona!
The expense OF Mr.. Taft enroute
rom Pekin, China, where he visited
he dowager empress, to ST. Peters
lurg, was also Included In the expens,
1t last year-ending June 30, 1908.
The specials" like Frank kellogg
ieney, Bartuse and other men whom
he president admires, gopher the
'reasury for some few millions, but
nat aids in creating copy" for the
iycophants who started la 10 max,
he Roosevelt administration the circu
alton building champion OF yolloN
newspaper ioml
The congress wisely reduced the
budget demanded by the variou.
gendthrifts in charge OF departments
)nt We are building two more great
var vessels. Whether these are tC
sail the other route around the wo7ls
and carpy personal letters from In,
animal hunter to the feet commaLdel
5 not known az this time. but som,
great achievement OF that nature. oi
. try and aail them up the rivers L
shoot coyotes with for the pleasure
81 hone streplous officer may be ex
pected
Travelling toward bankruptcy at IN.
rate Of sSOo,0OO.O00 annually. with n,
reason assigned Tor the great increas
cd cost II does seem that tor once IA,
cry cs infant industries. Republican
prosperity and glory VIII fail 10 en-
list the voters for continuation o
the chlldlke and nauseating eccen
tricities which mark all the pnbli,
and private moves OF the preson
White House exeeutivol