The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-10
REPUBLICANS
ExTRAVAGANCE
Government Cost More Than
Doubled Under Roosevelt.
DEMOCRATS GREAT RECORD
Startling Figures Which Show That
the Cost Of Our National Existence
and the High Cost Of Living Must
Be Reduced.

Under n proper downward revision
of the Republican tarifr schedules tho
people of the United States would snve
,OO0,000000 each year. or over 500
per family on manufactured goods
alone.
President Taft's vetoes OF the wool
tariff bill and the stool tarin measure
passed by Democratic house COST
THE PEOPLE or THE UNITED
STATES ABOUT $3.50 100000 PER
ANNUM
The cost OF conducting the federal
government MORE THAN DOUBLED
between the close of President Clcvo.
lands second administration demo.
cratic) and the beginning of President
Roosevolts second administration Gre
publican).
AS the DIRECT RESULT OF HIGH
REPUBLICAN TARIFF SCHED.
Ul.ES the people OF the United Statos
pay n tax FROM NINE TO SEVEN.
TY.ElGHT PER CENT on food md
ordinary household articles used In tho
home by every family, rich and poor.
Tho total cost of running tho federal
government In 1860 was s55 ,000, 900
The amount appropriated at n single
session of the Sixty.hrst congress for
tho fiscal year 1871 81 ,O27 l33, +A6. ~
was moro than double tho amount
1854 i9G 5.13-appropriated for tho
fiscal years 1897 and 1898 at both ses.
sions of the Fifty-fourth congress-, the
last congress- Of the second Cleveland
administration.
Only eight years elapsed between the
| close OF the second administration OF
| President Cleveland and the beginning
of tho second administration OF prcsi.
| dent Roosevelt and yet the amount Rp-
propriutcd during the four years OF the
latter - $3,Sa2. .2O3 Stills more
than double that appropriated in the
four years Mr. Cleveland was ut the
helm-viz. $l.S7l so .S57a7.
For 1910, the Inst fiscal year provid.
ed for in congress under President
Roosevelt the highwater mark In ap-
proprintions - $l.04i.d .d0l .S57l2 - WAS
reached.
President Tafts estimate to tho last
session of congress for government
support for the fiscal year WAS 81 .040..
GiS ,O2G55
In other words, governmental OK.
pensoB for the FOUR YEARS OF Preni.
dent ClovelandB administration Dsm
ocratlc) were only SS3O,S6l ,551 .02 more
than President Taft's (Republicnn) es
innate of the amount necessary to GOV
or the expenses of ONE YEAR OF
President Tnft's administration.
Congressman John j. Fitzgerald OF
New York "A Democrat and chairman
OF the committee on appropriations, In
addressing the house Aug. 20, 1912. on
the subject OF appropriations said.
Thoughtful men have watched with
alarm the rapid Increase In the cost OF
government In the United Statcs." Ho
further said that two causes seem ro'
Bponsiblc for many present evils:
"Onc. the UNFAIR AND UNJUsT
SYSTEM OF TAXATION by which
an undue share Of income by those
whose circumstances in life are not
NDllhlu'l'N lil'I' Nll'll i'hh''"''J '''"
Portable iB taken through our customs
laws for tho support OF our govern
mont; the other, the difficulty or inhbil
ity to rcndiuat our system OF taxation
and to remove many taxes from tho
ncccRsnrios Of life, no long M the GOV.
ERNNIENT rs EXTRAVhGANTLY
/ CONDUCTED. or the instrumental
ties provided for the conduct OF the
public service are either inefficient or
are not utilized no ns to render tho
most effective and comprehensive ro-
suits"
Mr. Fitzgerald then called attention
10 tho fact that the Democratic party
pledged Itself II intruBted with power
10 do two thlngg REDUCE TARIFF
/ DUTIES AND RETRENCH PUB
Lie EXPENDITURES by eliminating
wasto In administration and the nboli'
| ton OF useless. incxcuBablc ofices.