Gunnison news-champion., 1912-10-11
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Under q proper doxnward revisioa
Of the Republican tarif schedules Tho
peeyie of the Uuited states would save
q 000 0o0. .00o each year or over sI0
per family on manufactured sooas
alone
President Tafts vetoes Of the wool
tariff bin and the steel tariff measure
passed ty a Democratic house COST
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES ABOUT ss5o ooo. .0oo pea
ANNIA
The cost Of conducting the federal
government MORE THAN DOU BBED
between the close Of President Clevs-
lands second administration Demo
eratic) and the beginning Of Presidens
koosevelt's second administration fRo-
pubiican)
AS the DIRECT RESULT OF HIGH
REPUBLICAN TARIFF SCHED
ULEs the people Of the United statss
pay a tar FROM NINE TO SEVEN
TYEIGHT PER CENT on food anl
ordinary household articles used In tAo
home by every family rich and poor.
The total cost Of running the federal
government In 1860 was Sos 900 900.
The amount Appropriated at q single
session OF the Sixty -nrst congress fge
the fiscal year 1911-si OFT .133 44s a.
WAS more than double the amount
1854 4ss ob5 ob513-appropriated for the
hscal years 1897 and 1898 ct both seo-
sions of the Fifty fourth congress. the
last congress of the sscond CLEVELAND
administration
Only eight years elapsed between th0
close Of the second administration -
President Cleveland snA the beginninD
of the second Adnintotsatiao ~ PpeGk
dent Roosevelt and yet the amount A.
proprfated during the four years Of the
la Ter - e3s42 203 3.5771s-wss more
than double that appropriated In the
four years Mr. Cleveland was at the
helm-viz. y s71.5ss5747
For 1910. the last fiscal year provid
ed for In congress under President
Roosevelt. the highwater mark In sp
preparations I'll .044. .401 s5712 - was
reached
President Taft's estimate to the last
session of congress for government
support for the fiscal year was 81 .040.-
Gas 026 55
In other words governmental e.
penses for the FOUR YEARS Of Presi-
dent Clevelands administration Den
ocraticl we're only $3.50 ssl .551 80 more
than President Taft's tRepublican) &C.
innate of the amount necessary to Gov
er the expenses of ONE YEAR OF
President Taft's administration
Congressman John j Fitzgerald OF
New York a Democrat and chairman
Of the committee on appropriations. in
addressing the house Aug 26. 1912, on
the subject OF appropriations said.
Thoughtful men have watched with
alarm the rapid increase I'm the cost OF
Government in the United States He
further said that two causes seem re-
sponsible for many present evils
One the UNFAIR AND MUST
SYSTEM OF TAXATION by which
90 undue share of income by those
whose circumstances In life are not
considered more than reasonably com
Portable is taken through our customs
laws for the support of our govern
ment; the other, the difficulty or iuabil-
ity to readilst our system OF taVation
and 10 remove many taxes from the
necessaries OF life so long as the GOV
FRNNFNT Is EXTRAVAGANZA
CONDUCTED. or the Anstrumentalf-
ties provided for the conduct of the
public service are either inefficient or
are not utilized so as to render the
most effective and comprehensive re-
suits"
Mr. Fitzgerald then called attention
to the fact that the Democratic party
pledged itself n intrusted with power
10 DO two things-REDUCE TARIFF
DUTIES AND RETRENCH PUB
Lie EXPENDITURES by eliminating
waste in administration and the abolt
ton OF useless. inexcussble Offices.