Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-09

| Americans in the Chinese railroad
loan seems assured.
Our traditional relations with the
Japanese empire continues cordial a.
usual, it is declared. The arrange
ment of 1908 for a cooperative con
troI of the coming of Iaborers to the
United States has proved to worl
satisfactorily. The matter of a revi
sion of the existing treaty between
the United States and Japan which il
terminable in 1912 is already receiv
ing the study of both countries"
Economy!
Perhaps, continues the message
the most important question pre-
scented to this administration is thai
of economy in expenditures and sui
fciency of revenue The report Of
the secretary shows that the or
fiscal year ending June 80, 1910, viii
exceed the estimated receipts by S34,
075,620 If, to this deficit is added
the sum to be disbursed for the
Panama canal, amounting to $38,000,
900, and $1,000,000 to be paid on the
public debt, the deficit of ordinary
receipts and expenditures will be in
creased to a total deficit of $73,075,
500. This deficit the secretary pro
poses to meet by the proceeds OF
bonds issued to pay the cost of con
structing the Panama canal. 1 ap-
prove this proposal"
Canal To Cost 100000.
The president says that the cost of
engineering and construction of the
canal which will be completed Jan,
uary 1, 1915. will be $297,766 900 in
stead Of $139,7O5,2OO as originally es.
timated. Other expenses increase the
cost by $75,435,0O to total of $685.
100000.
Surplus Revenues.
The estimates of the expenses OF
the government for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1911, are less by $42..
100000 than the total of apprOpria-
tiOns-fOr the current year. so far as
the secretary of the treasury is able to
form judgment as to future income
and compare it with the expenditures
for the next fiscal year, ending June 80
1911, there will be no deficit in the year
ending June 80, 1911, but a surplus of
$50, 900. This does not include
canal pynand ifrrac
In the present estimates the needs
Of the departments and of the govern
men thaVe been cut to the quick, so
to speak, and any assumption on the
part of congress, SO often made in
times past, that the estimates have
been prepared with the expectation
that they may be reduced, will result
in seriously hampering proper admin
istration." Efforts being made to re-
duce the cost of governmental admin
istration and the question of dismiss
ing useless employees are discussed.
Civil Pensions.
Mr. Taft notes the objection to the
establishment of civil pensions, but
says he is convinced that no other
practical solution of the difficulties
presented by the approximation of
civil servants can be found than that
of a system of civil pensions.
sugar Frauds.
I regret to refer to the fact of the
discovery of extensive frauds in the
collection of the customs revenue al
New York City, in which a number OF
the subordinate employees in the
weighing and other departments were
directly concerned, and in which the
Refining company and others. The
frauds consisted in the payment OF
duty on underWeights of sugar. The
government has recovered from the
American Sugar Refining company al
that it is shown to have been de
frauded of. The sum was received III
full of the amount due, which might
have been recovered by civil suit
against the beneficiary of the fraud
but there was an express reservation
III Tic COlII act vi StlLiSIlSIG ny WilICL
the settlement should not interfere
with, or prevent the criminal prOsecu
ton of everyone who was found to be
subject to the same.
Criminal prosecutions are now
proceeding against a number of The
government officers. The treasury
department and the department o.
justice are exerting every effort tx
discover all the wrongdOers, including
the officers and employees of tie com
panies who may have been privy tt
the fraud 1t would seem to me tina
an investigation Of the frauds By
congress at present, pending the prob
ing by the treasury department ant
the department of justice, as proposed
might by giving immunity and other
wise prove an embarrassment in Sc
curing conviction of the guilty par
ties"
The Tariff.
President Taft discusses the tariff
and the operation of the maximum
and minimum clause in the act. He
says that in the working of this, fear
has been expressed that the power
conferred and duty imposed on the
executive is likely to lead to a tar
if war. 81 beg to express the hope
and belief that no such result need
be anticipated" Mr.. Taft says. 81
conceive that this power was reposed
in the president with the hope that