The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-16
THE FIGURES FOR III


bearing on the follieS and e1travs.
sances OF the sixty-third Congress.
One comes from the Democratic
Chairman OF the Committee on Ap-
Dropriations. and the other from the
ranking Republican member OF that
COMMITTEES. Representative Gillstt.
They agree substantially on one thing
only-that the appropriation OF the
last session totalled f1.115.12l. 400:
that contracts involving additional ap-
preparations Of s37.4Oo. 900 were au-
thorized and that a treasury deficit
was certain. Mr.. Fitzgerald carefully
avoided giving the sum total appro-
priated by the sixty-third Congress.
no doubt believing the pronigacy Of
one session was enough TO answer
for Mr. Gillett having no reason TO
conceal anything. placed that total at
{2,23i 100000. which. he said. was
fii3.00O,0OO greater than that Of the
Sixty-second Congress and S177.OOO.-
900 more than the last Republican
congress appropriated.
Mr.. Fitzgerald estimated that
!. should the condition OF the treasury
continue as at present until June 30.
the total deficit would be S133. OO0. 900
Offset. however. by the income tax col.
lections. which are estimated at
about S3O.OOO.OOO. Mr.. Glllett was
comparative in his statement with
regard 20 the condition OF the Treas.
ury. declaring that IL has not been
so empty since tie Cleveland admin.
istration."
Naturally there was no agreement
on the responsibility Cor the empty
: Treasury. Mr.. Fitzgerald. desiring to
save as much Democratic bacon as
he could. claiming that the tariff was
. not to blame. and that until the out
break Of the European war the I'm.
j oerwood law had proved an effective
revenue producer Just how the
Democratic Chairman OF the Appro-
priauons Committee Ggues this out
2 we are not informed. but II Is singu.
lar that a man who has been 80 Civ
en- to criticizing his own party's acts
of extravaganza should ignore its own
q figures on the tariff. Let us consult
these Democratic figures in rebuttaI
Of Mr.. Fitzgerald's statement
Just a. the years OF prosperity be-
% gan to dawn when William Mckinley
was elected President in 1895. 90 de
preston began TO sprout when Gov.
ernor Wilson was chosen President in
d 1912 on a platform pledged to a tar.
IN for revenue At that time there
was a trade balance IN our favor
amounting TO SlG2.OOO.OOO. Nov the
mere effect OF his election produced
results before any legislation OF a
free trade character was enacted. one
year from the date OF his election.
November 1913. that trade balance
had declined 20 s97357.OOO a loss OF
364.OoO.OOO compared with the month
Of his election the year before. Il
? was In October OF that year that the
Underwood-simmons tariff bin was
passed. and from that time on until
the outbreak OF hostilities in Europe
over imports increased and our er.
ports decreased
In November. 1913 a portion OF the
Underwood law became effective. and
the remainder IN January. 1914 And
the decline was correspondinrly
steady In January 81 ran down IN
N9.22l,O00 IN our favor. In February.
70 f25S76.0O0-goins down. in March.
TO $4,000 in our favor-sun going
down in April tho bottom dropped
out and the whole thing went con.
pleteiy Democratic. for IN that month
the balance against us was sfI2I0.
OoO-not for us. but in favor OF our
commercial competitors In the world
In June the balance was st-7 Don
against us. and IN July g5.5a9O00 iu
favor of our Industrial rivals. and Id
20 that hour nobody had dreamed of
a European war.
What was the cause of the tremfn.
dous slump IN our trade from frr7
.
100000 for ua 20 gll.g0O.O00 AGAINST
usf The war; No. there was no
var. and all nations were at peace
What was So The tariff law OF The
Democratic party Frea trade has
wrought tbis destruction every time
81 has been attempted in The history
q our land This depression We were
learnedly Informed by tbo President
vas due to a rFyrHoi0FIoaI condition.
state ~ mind We'll Do ia nov
state Of trr Treasury. ard tha nd
minIF'ra''0n. confronted by vaun.'
me deficit o. 100000 51U or more
VII coon raten uu as t0 uhatHrr ar'
Ho' 'n1t 's "a mere mental efrIU. .