Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-28
HUGE EXPENDITURES
BYPRESENT CONGRESS-
Appropriations Amount to
the Startling Sum OF
$2,347,I27,699
WOMEN SUPPORT
CANDIDATE HUGHES

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-From out
the maze of confusing terms and con-
nicting charges. it is now possible to
give the correct figures showing the
amount of public money which the
session of Congress just drawing TO
a close has spent. It is S2.347, 127.
500. or in more Ineligible terms
2,347 million dollars. This is the
total to date of the money which this
session has appropriated" plus that
which it has authorized to be ex-
pended. but the bills for which will
not come in until after the close of
the next fiscal year The total APP
preparations amount to $1,710,4S2.722
To this figure must be added author
iations" for which appropriations are
not made, but for which Congress
has obligated itself to make appro-
priations of $685., 643.977. The total
appropriations" of the last Repub-
lican Congress 1.-TWO sessions)
amounted to S2,O54. 0000 900. The ap-
propriations of this Congress two
sessions) will total at least $3,4O0.-
100000. The increase in the appro-
priations due to preparedness Is
$3.50. 900 600. which leaves an in
crease of S2O0000,OO0 OF actual aD-
preparations over last session, to be
accounted for entirely by what Sena-
tor Smoot has termed "unequalled
extravaganza combined with inett'-
cheney unsurpassed" The Demo-
cratic platform contains two perth
ave denounce the profligate waste
Of money wrung from the people by
oppressive taxation through the Law
ish appropriations Of Republican
Congresses, which have kept taxes
high and reduced the purchasing
power of the peoples toll. We de-
mand a return 10 that simplicity
and economy which BELTS a Demo-
cratic government and a reduction IN
the number of useless offices, the
salaries Of which drain the substance
OF the people,
The other reads: "Our pledges
are made to be kept while in Office
as well as to be relied upon during
the campaign"
The Democratic managers have
been distress messages TO Washing
ton. begging their leaders in Con-
gress to try to make some better
fiscal showing. The above figures
and quotations show the reason why.
Hard to Please.
When Mr. Hughes was exposing the
gross abuse Of civil service reform
by the Wilson administration, its
shameless spells mongering, etc, the
Democratic managers here severely
criticised him because his speeches
were destructive and not construc-
tive.r Having disposed. for the time
being. of one phase of Democratic in
competence. Mr.. Hughes has now been
discussing the tariff. In one address
in California. for instance. he said
81 do propose that we shall have a
constructive tariff policy which will
foster, not cripple; which will build
up. not destroy; which will count
American achievement to be honorable
and not something TO be reduced
which will set the United states
ahead worthy OF competing in this
economic struggle with any nation on
earth" And from the West comes
the news that Mr. Hughes tariff
speeches are most enthusiastically
received" And yet the Democratic
managers are not satisfied. They de-
clared today that Hughes was talking
time-worn tariff twaddle." Reports
from Maine indicate that Republican
Votes are being made there by the dis
cussion of the tariff, and OF a true
Americanism which will make an
American proud of his flag anywhere
I'm the world-even in Mexico. And the
Democratic managers insist that the
Republican speakers are making
"spread eagle" speeches. In fact the
disgust expressed at Democratic head.
quarters is so pronounced that one
is led to suspect that the Democratic
managers would fire every Republican
speaker. including Mr.. Hughes, Il
they had the firing power.
Cnduly Suspicious.
According to reports from Wash
ington. the President and his advisors
are indignant because the union labO
men who are conducting the railwa.
negotiations have let it leak out tina
they are skeptical Of Mr.. Wilson's sin
cerity. that they regard his professe'
friendliness to labor with some meas
ure of suspicion. Possibly they SHOULD
nOl nave let lnell SCepllciSln leak Ou
but it is not surprising that the.
should be sceptical and suspicious Il
view of what DR. Wilson has himsel
said about labor and labor unions
Said DR. Wilson on June 10. 1909, il
a public address: you know wha
the usual standard of the employee /
in our day. II is to give as little a
he may for his wages. Labor is stan
dardized by the trades unions and thi
is the standard to which it is made 4
conform No one is suffered to d.
more than the average workman ca
do; in some trades and handicrafts n
one is suffered to to more than tn
least skillful Of his fellows can d
within the hours allotted to a day
labor, and no one may work out Q
hours at all. or volunteer anythin
beyond the minimum. / need not poin
out how economically disastrous sue
a regulation OF labor is. II is so un
profitable to the employer that i
some trades it will presently not b
worth while to attempt anything a
all He had better stop altogethe
than Onerafe AT an inaVitahla and in