The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-10-19
.EMPTY TREASURY NOW
FhCto UNCLE SAh
Democrats in Time of Peace, Levy
War Taxes" and Resort to Bond
Issue-Tax North and West, but
Let South Escape Burden.

Washington, Oct, 1S-The Demo-
cratic party is claiming credit for
prosperity although everybody knows
that the prosperity caused by war or
ders and big crops is not due the De-
mocratic party.
How about the prosperity of Uncle
Sam? If the government itself is
prosperous under the management of
the Democratic party, there is nothing
more to say.
Uncle Sam is not prosperous He is
in hole. His treasury has deficit,
and his managers have piled up a
lot of expenditures at the recent ses-
sion of Congress, which forced the i'm
position of new taxes and the issuance
of bonds. Uncle Sam must go into
debt at this time when the Demo-
Gratis are boasting of prosperity.
Disbursements Exceed Receipts.
The excess of disbursements over
receipts ias reached $25,00O,00O
since the first of July. That is only
the beginning. Many disbursements
have been carried over" on the
books, and will show up next year
If the Democrats are successful in
November they need not care. If
they lose they will turn the deficit
over to the Republicans.
Spend Two Billions a Year.
The total appropriations this year
will run over $4,000, 100000. This is
now a o-billion-dollar-a- gov.
ernment, so far as expenses go under
Democratic administration. But il
is not a two n-dollar-country
when 1t comes to raising revenue by
Ordinary means, such as the customs
duties, internal revenue, public lands
receipts, etc. So the Democratic par
ty has imposed new and unusual and
discriminating taxes, besides provid.
ing for issuing bonds to take care OF
the Mexican border expenses and the
purchase of ships.
About s266, 100000 of this fiscal
years enormous expenditures will be
on account of national Defense y
which is supported by all parties
Subtracting that sum, there remains
an excess of at least $250,00O,0OO
over the appropriations of last year
which the Democratic party could
have saved by carful and economic
legislation.
Provide for observing Democrats.
All sorts of extravagances have
been permitted to creep into the ap-
preparation bills this year. The gov.
ernment service has been expanded
unblushingtly in order to give "de-
serving Democrats" fat jobs. About
10000 new Offices have been created
ranging in salaries from 5000 a year
up to $4,000 a year. The depart.
ments have been authorized to enter
upon new and experimental. fads
which will demand bigger appropria.
tions next year unless the Republi
cans obtain control and shut off these
foolish experiments.
The failure of the Democratic tar.
if law to bring in sufficient revenue
is to be met by new taxes. The in
come tax is increased and its applica
ton widened. Northern industry is
taxed and southern industry is left
untaxed. A scrutiny of the new re
venue law reveals that it is cunningly
devised all the way through to ia,
northerns and westerns and let south
erners off as lightly as possible. II
is sectional measure as we'll as q
measure discriminating between in
dividuals.
Another Democratic Bond Issue.
After having made these taxes as
high as they dared, the Democrats
framing law were confronted will
a bill of $25,OOO,OOO to pay for the
administration blunders along the
Mexican border. This sum cannot be
squeezed out in taxes without raising
fuss, so the money will be raised
by borrowing. In this time of peace
and wonderful Democratic prosperity
Uncle Sam is to borrow SIPS, 100000
on his Panama Canal bonds to pay
the cost of mobilizing the army and
national guard on the border and then
demobilizing them. The King OF
France marched up the hill and then
marched down again, but it is not re,
corded that it cost him $125, 5,OO0,O ,OOC
to execute his brilliant exploit.
Prosperity! If you see a seedy
old gentleman with a goatee feeling
hopelessly in his empty pockets, and
then signing mortgage for $125,-
100000, don't talk to him of Demo
cratic prosperity, for he may be-
come profane. His name is Uncle
Sam.