New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
pc,reSen,atiVe Rainey
Warns Against Proposed
Federal Increase
CALLS 1T GREATEST
NATIONS HISTORY
Saws L. s. Budget in 1918
Will Exceed That OF
War-Beut Russia


ar..t,rrtor. Dec. 2o.-TaXes so oner-
..st tbe mere suggestion OF them
.,.ld rcsul, .n tho defeat OF the SEN
.... or Ponrcsentative doing the talk
-uin have TO be levied by 1918, and
-, the greatest salary grab IN the
STORY o. ths nation" is being rushed
.s,,prb Congress with scarcely word
y, ,rote.l Representative Henry
r,,,ev. o. Illinois. ranking Democratic
..-b,r OF the House Ways and Means
Committee. declared to-day.
4re are fsce to face with the neces-
,.r Tor providing more revenue he
I'D The Understood bill has accom-
.r.b.8 an its trainers expected 1t to
...o-,n,ish. 10 was yielding al that we
'-,,-5s5 hat it should yield when the
- broks out. The Democrats re-
80, meant loss Of Sso,ooo.ooo IN
.,,.,Be. We supplied this by taxing
..,or.s and by taxing corporations
N. ,,,ect TO increase our army and
.,vv sppropristions over $5oe'ooV'VVV
,,sr and the deficit IN sight Is &C
.,p,ted FOR by this increase.
~ou- appropristons for 1915 1t Is
.ou apparent, viii be $2So,0oo.o00 in
....s. ~ our revenues from AL sources.
,,s this does not include payment for
-. Danish West Indies. payment 20 Co
rnbia under our treaty with her, nor
-. Increased expenditures for main
tanning our army on the Mexican Dor
Der which are nov in sight.
SeoooO,OOo Salary Grab
We are also face to face with the
greatest salary grab in the history o.
q, nation. This salary grab is 20 be
shared by nearly 100000 government
,mploves. and may amount 10 over $50
ctoooO a year. 1t is 10 be carried
through all the supply bills. Members
~ Congress. in preparation for II. in
creased their own clerical allowances
900 81 wear. and increased the salaries
81 their political sppointees TO per
cent
che excuse for this tremendous raid
=, ire Treasury is that the cost Of. Nv
Ing "a not what 10 was a rev years ago
s,d the salaries of these employees have
80 been revised for half a century.
mis- nosition overlooks the fact tnat
+hov we're fixed under the Spolls sys-
ION, FAR in excess Of what they ought
~ have been. Government emp owes are
-oceiving more now than is PAID go SIM
,1ar enplovment outside Of the PUBIC
service. Demands are also beng MADE
for the massage Of the Nolan minimum
wace bill which will add S2O.OOoOO
vegr 10 the expense OF the national gov
eminent.
After the European war IS over
after the dead are all buried and thelr
graves are marked, after pensions are
rrovided for the manned and Tor the
widows. after the bond issues o. me
warning nations are adjusted Russia
vii nave budget OF 81 .600,0 100000. as
,ur,inr that the war Will be over az the
beginning Of our fiscal year 1918.
aThe Russian budget. alwaysthe larg-
est i'm the world, will then be the
largest among the nations now a. war,
but our budget will be larger than the
Russian budget for that year, and Tor
succeeding years. and viii reach al
most 81 .700.O00.000
Where Will 1t Come From:
How is this enormous sum 20 be met
We ehave taxed the larger incomes as
high as We can tax them. We have
taxed the big estates almost as mucn
3. We ought 10 tax them.
"On account of the increase Of dry
territory VIC may be confronted with
loss Of revenue there. We collected
last year from distilled and fermented
fouors s237, 100000. more than we
,ver collected before, but we cannot
expect this TO continue. We have
practically exhausted the less oppres-
fye methods Of collecting revenues
Ind by that ] mean the methods ~nic1
tTect the least number Of people. and
70 viii be compelled in the future TO
rssor, 20 methods Of taxation which
vii reach greater numbers Of people
IN this country and we may as well
/, prepared for IT,