The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-09-04
Republican Reckless Expendi-

Paul. Mi8re>0-a. oa Moadss
AUgzss 3lsr. Hon. William Jeu-
niDgs Brtsu. tie Democratic
candidate for President sddres>
ed I'd inlU-us coBuo8Ese Of peG-
pie Nr- BEyzB's principal topic
Eas Republican exflsTsgs1re-
Addressing hiuSslfio - farmers.
be declared that they lad special
rezSoD fer complaint heeaase ib-y
have paid ulcTe than rAeir shsre
Of the taxes collected. and r.
ceive1 less f1aa tbeir shar- 10 rb-
benefits Ehieb a0Eed from th=
expenditure 0i the cgTgsorsiiols.
He received a great demonstTa
tlou up5a 5rl-- 54l.u1 2eei i,r
Governor JOHNSON, znd IL bi~
preliminary Frmsrks took occss-
700 10 .aE1 ;B- G0srgovE aa1 urge
IL a-zE-Is 20 1sslsl ~ C el-ctis :
lIs a. ra-Ir Chi-f Executive.
Mr. Brg al SAID III bis speech:
IGE CL1Z4L q L1IgAT4GASCE
The Democratic platform makes
Republican exlFatsgsnee one OF
the Issues OF the present can
paigo. The Republican platform
i silent On the subject and nat
arally 50 To have promised econ
eny E6gld have been a noekerr.
aud 10 have defended the appfo
pfia-ious made oy the last Con
gress would hsve been inpos
sibls TIE Fifty-frst Congress
was commonly called the Billion
Dollar Congress. The sppropria-
tious made by that Congress Gov
cred two years. amounting for the
frs: tine 10 $1,000 900, 900. or
$500, 000, 600 year The extrav-
agauce Of the Congress contrib
u;ed TO The overwhelming victory
Won by the Democrats in the
campaign Of 1890.
The last Congress, however.
has made a new record in e1trav-
agance In spite Of deficit of
more than $50, 900, 900 in tbe last
fiscal year. the appropriations
made during the last SESSION
amount 10 more than $1,000.
900. 900. or twice as much as the
appropriations for a single ses
sion of the Fifty-frss Congress.
The increase over the year before
vas $50, 600. 900. shosing a
growth il expenditures far in ex-
cess Of the growth of the populs
liOn.
DUMPED INTO OFFICES AND
ARMAMESTs.
While this tendency to extrav-
agsnee is in nearly all of the de-
psrtments. il is especially notice.
able IN the Army Department
and the Navy Department. The
army Is nearly twice as large az
in 1896, and the appropriations
for ,he army more than three
times as great as they were IL
years ago. The expenses Of the
navy are also about three times
as much as they were decade
ago. The increase 10 the appro-
pEiations for the army and the
navy alone, are $l20, 600, 900 a
year, In excess of what they were
III 1891 The imperialistlc policy,
Tor wbich the Republican party IS
now responsible, is the only
excuse for this enormous and
increasing drain upon the tax
payers.
FARMER SPECIAL SUFFERER.
While every element of our pop
ulatioO suffers TO a greater or less
extent because of the unnecessary
, expenditures of the government,
the farmers have special reasons
for complaint. because they have
10 pay more than their share of
the taxes collected and receive
less than their share OF the ben
efts which flow from the expend-
lture of the corporation. Nearly
all of our Federal revenues. ex
cep ing postal receipts. are col
lected from the internal revenue
taxes aud import duties, and
these are taxes upon consump.
tion. Taxes upon consumption
always oserburdeD those Of mod.
crate means aud uDderbnrden the
rich. Ii the Federal taxes could
be separated from the price of
the article i'll wni b they are
concealed and each persons per-
capita tax be shown. it would be
found that the Federal tax now
collected. would be in effect q
graduated income tax. the largest
percentage being collected from
the small incomes and the least
percentage upon the large in
CONS. And 10 aggravate the
case still more, the approprla-
tions which unfairly Cypress the
farmers are spent in the cities,
so that the farmer enjoys few
direct benefits from the appropria-
lions and scarcely any direct