The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-10-29
SENATOR BORAH ON
THE WILSON POLICIES
QUOTES DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
ON EcoNoMY-sHoWs
ExTRAvAGANcE.

.we demand a return to that SIM
nlicity and economy which BELTS
democratic government and reduce
t,nn IN the number OF useless offices,
the salaries Of which drain the sub
stance of the people. democratic
platform.
In discussing this plank in the last
democratic platform, Senator Borah
said in part:
ALREADY this year the actual ex-
nense Of our departments at this time
Is 100000 a month in excess Of the
last wear Of the republican admins
tration. That is not by reason of the
Fact that there has been any defalca-
tion or anything of that kind, but it is
because of constantly charging and
creating offices, providing salaries and
providing for those people who shall
do these things that ought to be i'm
nosed upon the individual citizen him
self to- do under the observance of
some law which has been passed for
his guidance That is only beginning
Of what we may expect in very short
time If these bureaucratic practices
continue
new board of appeals consisting
of three members, at $4,000 each, has
been created in the office of the secre-
tary Of the interior
For commercial attaches, to be APP
pointed by and compensated at. such
salaries as the secretary of commerce
NAV fix, and a clerk for each, at $500
and for travelling expenses the sum
of 100000 was appropriated for a
year.
Many Salaries Increased.
The salary of the private secretary
to the secretary of the treasury was
increased from $4,000 to $4,000, which
means that the salaries Of the private
secretaries of the other nine cabinet
officers must also be increased from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The salary of chief Of division,
created less than year ago under the
income tax, has been increased from
$500 to $500.
Six assistant attorneys general In
the department Of justice have had
their salaries increased from $4,000 to
$500 each.
The salary Of the assistant to the
o++ocro,, ooporal uoc incraaca during
the extra session on an urgent def
cheney bill from $1,000 to $4,000.
The salaries of our diplomatic rep
resentatives in Argentina, Chile and
Spain were raised from $4,000 to
$17,500 each per annum, and the SAL
aries of the three secretaries of the
legations to those countries were in
creased from $2625 to $4,000 each.
The mission to Paraguay and Uru-
quay was divided and a new minis
ter authorized, with new salary or
$4,000.
Political Pension Agents.
In the pension Office 40 special ex-
aminers, at $1,000 each, heretofore EN-
ployed to facilitate settlement OF the
claims for pensions for old soldiers
and whose appointments were con-
trolled bv civil service law, were abol-
ished. In their places five special ex-
aminers at $1,000 each, who are not
under the civil service, but are polit-
cal appointments. were provided fpr
I have no doubt that this bill Will
pass as It has been written, hut 1t Is
only another milestone in the terrific
rate which we are travelling along the
highway of extravaganza. But II
is to pass, let us be candid with the
people and tell them why 1t Is passing
and WHY 1t IL necessary to pass 1t
to meet our vast expenditures, to mee'
nothing less brazen and unrestrain'
ed and unblushing extravaganza. Lee
us be candid with those who put VI
the money.
Business Conditions Bad.
Now what are the conditions of tn
country from business STANDPOINT
What is the situation Of the people up
on whom we are imposing this tax
There is no occasion for exaggeratlon
A plain, simple statement OF facts Il
quite sufficient. The securities OF IN
surance companies and savings panK
have shrunk In value during the las
1S months. and prior to August
$500 900. 900. We are advised that OF
August the railroads Of this countr'
had defaulted In their bonds and note
to the extent Of $6oo,Oo0,00O We ar
advised also that railroad revenue
fell Off during the last fiscal year =
the extent Of s44.7O00OO. We are al
vised that business failures during IN
month of August, 1914, were TO IN
amount Of s4300OOOo. as against s2o'
600 900 in 1918. and s12,oOo,ooo !
1912. We are told also by those WI
ere IN a nosition to know that ther
are laboring men out Of employment
tn the number Of 2.50oOoo and 1000
900 more working on half time. w
know, furthermore, that the cost
living has not been, reduced, that tn
balance of trade has been go'n
Against us. and that business uneas'
ness and distress are not at all un