Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-06
Wasbins tan News.
By Tavenasr.

arlington, April-A deficit Of
four million dollars for the first twen-
ty-six days CT April
A deficit Of more than nineteen nail
lion dollars so far this fiscal year!
A deficit of S19e, 057, ss7.s6 sinee.J June
80, 1857!
The-e are features Of Taft "cut-to-
the-quiek" economy, about which 80
much IS heard everywhere save in
Washington.
Here are more illustrations of Re-
publican business administration:
Msrhle baths for Senator's,
Autos TO carry them 100 rods between
their offices and the Capitol
TouriI cars for the President, Vice.
PRESIDE and "Uncle ,loe.n
White House receptions which
"rival the glory of Naroleon's court, =
al one of which, accrdli G 10 the Wash
Ingtop Post, ia dazzling ravine of
gold blazed before the vision
Another group of "cut-to.the'
quick economics includes:
Mere than $500 for appolinaris
water for the senators.
Hundreds of thousands Of dollars to
keep the senators in vaseline, castor
Gil, olive oil, bromo quinins, hair tonic
costly perfumes, glycerins, bergamot,
.,ai1 brusba. oInfhoa hrushna troxat :
ing expenses in attending fusefals,
etc,
Then we come to this item which
stands by itself:
The addition in the last eight years
Of 99, 225 federal officeholders to the
payrolls of the republic, at an increase
of expense to the p ople of mere than
seventy million dollars. This item
helps to explain why it is costing the
Taft administration more than twice
as much to rua the govern ment than
did Cleveland.
How does this riotous extravaganza
effect the treasury? is asked. These
figures tell US:
Since June so, 1907, the total balance
in the general fund has dropped from
S272, 06l, las. Al to $50, 0o3 ,557.61. With
an average daily deficit eating it's way
into this remaining eighty-two million
dollars, but short time can elapse
before the government will have TO
sell m ore bends to secure more money
to meet more extravagances. Outstand-
ing bond issues are national debts.
How does all this conc I'm the aver
age citizen? This is how:
The per capita appropriation by Con
gress jumped from So in 1880 TO
Sl2 40 in 1909. Since the government
raises the bulk of its revenue at the
eustora houses and internal revenue
offices, you, Mr.. Reader, are paying
for Republican extravagancein in
creased prices.
There is no use Of your correspond
ent reporting fur her on the proposed
investigation of the sugar underweIgh-
ing frauds, or the alleged illegal sale
of rich Philippine sugar lands to the
sugar trust. The trust has shown IT.
self powerful enough to prevent probe
by Congress. Just how 1T was able
to protect itself from an investigation
the writer does not pretend TO know.
All that is known is that nine resolu-
tons providing for a probe of this
thieving trust have been introduced
in this Congress, and everyone OF
them has been chlorofor.. ed. The
brother of President Tat was the At
torney General Wickersham was fer
merly a law partner of this BROTHER.
The attorney general says the sugar
trust should not be Investigated, and
the President sustains This view.
awe expect that the customs re-
ceipts will fall off from now on" said
high official of the treasury 10 the
writer. "The recent increase in the Gus
toms receipts was largely if not wholly
due to the interruption Of business
while the tariff bill was in the making.
Importers held their orders because OF
uncertainty Of what the new rates
would be. AS soon as the tariff bill was
passed, these delayed orders were sent
abroad and the increases in the GUS
toms receipts of the past couple OF
months are merely temporary and do
not by any means indicate that the
new law is TO he q much better reve-
nue. producer than the old one"
"Aldrich is not a candidate for re-
electloa and therefore is no longer an
issue" is what the Republicans are
preparing to say from the stump in
the approaching Congressional eiec-
tons. But such progressive Repubii-
Col RI,