Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-06

readers to read and ponder over the
figures given, which are guaranteed to
be correct, and then prepare to act so
as to put a stop to the reckless ex-
penditures. Every wage worker. every
business man feels the effects of the
waste of money by the federal gov
erLment in proportionately decreased
profits and increased cost of living and
doing business. The figures published
by the World shows that
During the four years of Grover
Cleveland's second administration the
total appropriations made by congress
amounted TO $1,795, 99S,O1S.
During the last four years of Roose-
welt, Taft and my policies" the total
appropriations made by congress
amounted to $3,736, O29,262. This is
more than double the Cleveland APP
preparations, an increase of nearly ST.
900, 100000
During the four years of Cleyeland's
second administration the total appro-
priations for the army amounted to
sos, 397, 1913.
During the last four years of Roose-
welt, Taft and my policies" the total
appropriations for the army amounted
to 1871. 653, 2S0, an average annual ap-
preparation almost as great as the
Cleveland total.
During the four years of Cleveland's
second administration the total appro-
priations for the navy amounted to
$109, 43O,232.
During the last four years of Roose-
welt, Taft and my policies" the total
appropriations for the navy amounted
to S495, All, $50, nearly five times the
total appropriations under Cleveland.
During the four years of Cleveland's
second administration the total sundry
civil appropriations amounted to S116,-
357,26O.
During the last four years of Roose-
welt, Taft and my policies" the total
sundry civil appropriations amounted
to 1892, 412.7O3.
During the four years of Cleveland's
second administration the total river
and harbor appropriations amounted to
SCI, 229 ,666.
During the last four years of TOose-
welt, Taft and my policies" the total
river and harbor appropriations
amounted to s142,541,74O. Although
extravaganza of the $52,00O,00 river
and harbor appropriation made in the
last days of the recent session, he new
ertheless signed the bill.
Senator Aldrich, the republican lead
er of a republican senate, has said that
the affairs of the national government
could be run for $300.000,000 a year
less than they are now costing.
If the American people think they
are not paying for this waste ard eX-
travagance and jingoistic folly, will
they explain who is paying for it? If
they think these swollen expenditures
have no relation to the increasing cost
of living, then where is this money
coming from? When, in addition 10
local and state taxation, congress is
also spending a thousand million dol
lars year, somebody has to provide
the money, and yet we have yet to hear
Of a Carnegie or Rockefeller endow-
ing the federal government.
When only a few years ago we had
me billion dollar congress we now have
the billion dollar session and the two
billion dollar congress-. Unless this
waste of public money is checked by
ballots at the polls, how long before
we shall have the two billion dollar
session and the four billion dollar con
gTess?
Here is one issue that comes TO the
democratic party ready made from the
hands of its opponents. The money
eXactions of no trust. of no monopoly,
have equaled the money eXactions of
the United States government since
the spirit of Rooseveltism began to
dominate public expenditures.
Back to the old Tjlden platform-re-
trenchment and reform!