The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26

for pensions. ret!rements and interest
on war debts.
Bui can perhaps. bes, tell about
what found in the budget b. show
nS how each dollar | pay in taxes to
tn" government * divided up--and the
editor has agreed TO publish some little
diagrams 10 illustrate the facts even
more graphically.
dollar. go cents goes for war--a!though
don't want any war. The next iars-
est proportion Is asked to Improve
harbors and rivers. ana costs over :
cents out Of any dollar. Some OF this
IL pork" and represents unnecessary
expenditures secured by Congressmen
10 make themselves strong with their
const!tuents-and that, OF course.
don't want and ain prepared 10 object
TO- but most OF 1t. say cents worth.
- probably necessary ANA uscfu!
FOR EVERYTHING. ELSE hit
THIRTY SEVEN CENTS ARE LEFT
The next larges; item is for the en-
enlargement OF agriculture. fisheries
ana stry-the great Agricultural
Department at Washington. the agri-
cultura! colleges and the control o!
national forests. This costs NE / cents
d year out of my dollar. ard j. money
well expended. only last year the gov
ernmeut showed me how TO grow my
potatoes more scIe9tiMcaliN. and gave
me hints OF chicken-la!sius which
we're worth good deal more than
cents on tho dollar OF the taxes
paid. I'm sure OF that
The next largest expense MAS 3 cents
for building the Panama Canal which
! pay with complete satisfaction. feel
I'm getting my moneys worth Goe-
tha!s is using my 3 cents IN way
that I'm proud Of It makes me proud
every time ! think OF my connection
with this job. and the more think
OF IL the prouder | grow. I'd give
Goethals cent more. at least, II he
said he needed it, for he's down there
honestly looking after my interests
suppose I've got 10 keep on paying
a cent ana a half a year to feed and
clothc the Indians. and sec that they
are not Immediately eN;inGu!shed by
too close contact with Christian civil
liZat!on. Never mind, ! charge it up
10 rental on land. and hope that some
day 10, the indian, may buy a farm
and settle down as citizen OF the re-
public. believe that selfsupport will
be far better for him--and shall save
my cent and half a year.
Now, there isn't Il better .two-stgse
show In America than Congress: and
it's not only amusing. but. a. Artemus
Ward would say. highly moril
show" | consider cent year a
III oderate price for the amusement and
when think OF the interesting and ex-
citing newspaper IL publishes, called
the Congressional Record
I've tried 10 calculate and can't the
fraction Of cent. the small number
Of mills. / have 20 pay yearly to keep
Mr.. Wilson in the White House. 1t
makes me feel almost as though l were
getting something for nothing At
least, it's Il real bargain.
I'M glad TO have had II look at this
new budget but when ! think OF the
disproportion in my payments between
the things don't want-such as 63
cents a year for war-and the things
do want--such cents for agri-
cultural Improvement. cents for the
Panama Canal, half a cent for assisting
the laboring classes. half a cent for
the entire diplomatic and consular SER
vice, and SO ont rather makes me
squirm, II makes me wish that Uncle
samuel did not possess such a cholerc
tcmperamcnt ana would take the ad-
vice of the ancient sagcs and beat his
mighty sword into more railroad iron
for Alaska. and build more schools
and encourage better health protection.
and number OF other things which
will really help the progress of civili-
cation.