The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-03
YEAR WILL 1lhelEfGIi.
TO BE MANY MILLIONS SHORT IN
yUHEE. ieGS.
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
EstimaHsD thaa Congress Must Raise
Sun q esseA0oyNee.


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Washington Dec. u.-secretary
McAdoo estimated tonight that undor
existing rsvsnus laws the govern
msnt's dehcit on Ipns-,ao. 1919. will
DO ss7s. 0 900 and that in order to
meet this condition snd give. the
treasury ths necessary working bal
ance Of 100000. 900 congress will
have to raise sa7s. 900. 600 additional
revenue dusiHg thsreonnsns fiscal year.
The rsscystsry tsksA " for granted
THAI poRdS S1iN be. issued for $751;
$4,000 70 ssipbwss the, general fund
for {, sls2sA1s. = sess,mated sxpsndi-
tursp Ter the Mexican border patrol
up to {nHst 30, lgl7. and, fer sa1.sss.,
600. rNstimAted expenditures for the
Alaskan railway to June 30. 1918.
Thia would leave t1sa.sl7.ooo to be
raissA .bx tAFatiqn- i.
The yealth. ma resources Of the
couptrys ere go great" Mr.. McAdoo
said, that Il viii not. - dif,Guit to
raise this amount approximately
ssoo. . e,0pol Nv internal taxation.
which seA hA Adistrabrted In such o
way - Net r. bear heavily or unjustly
upoe- snxpcdy~ s',ns n,
"co9sreeg haa, already authorized
the inHst q hands to, provide the
Sso.o00.o 900 authorized for a merchant
marine and the, $4,000 900 author,
issd for = pttFate. plant ! presume
that tppds MI. b authorized by the
oonGFSss t9e the sas, aDo. 900 requirsd
for Ne purchase Of the Danish West
Ano44kr. ~. - ruyss. r.. tfs
'sxAees y apt, included IN tina forc-
going anything for an omnibus pub
liz hpaldiRsR Shrl'n >sss 49, ~ .
Il earnestly hape that .sven "A ia
some OF, The ,itanAs ,yAh,h arp INCLUDED
In the asikpates. Aaterial sredpctians
and savingA nay 20 ahscteds" a~s.n
The sRcrssasxrarefacfd his comment
with che stateNant HAT It was not
for tAe .tssAsusx dspeStmspt 10 pre-
pare revpppaemsssuyes and, that wha,
no sad, merely s-sxprssssa his pers
sonsasylsws, lie said he oppp.sa Apsa
issuss n met eprrspt expenditures
but that ~ UaA llrSRes u. issuAs bende
for ,ss,Qh upssmAnept ,tpyeatmsnts az
the Alasta rsAlrselaepd purchase .ef
the QHpioh ,Nsg& ,Indaes, q wen - for
ex~&RlarAipesx - pepditupss due to
no>tpno1 ennsrGesdea
49,
o1Dape Early
1(qvplA IA. War.
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WaRpLRG&QQ,r Dec, 31r.-In. q signed
docpmeRtr add1Sepd. lite, the, nation,
mopo rshaRek0. Reslstea. and. ysynen Of
vartousr dep~pmh,atipns, representing
manT. aeqttons, OF the country, have
unitedtnpe fwssnlmg ssssipst what they
dsclap nay be u premature peace u
Eurppe. Which .:maY bring q curse
instaa4 e. . BLESSING: IT. ,.o,,,.
AmopG the stSpsrs Of thu, document,
made pphlAc, here today, are Lyman
Abbott presidents Hibbsn Of Prince
tom. Wipstos Chuschill. the author;
PRESIDENT Kipg az ,oberlin college,
CHORD Pinchot, George w. Psppec.
PhilAds.phia: I've, Rev. william A.
(Bily) Sunday. James A. Speer, chair
man. of the LAymen's Missionary
movement: the Rev. c. X. Nelson,
Episcopal bishop Of Atlanta; the Rev.
Philip u. rRhtassender, Episcopal
bishop Of Pennsylvania; the Rev.
william sI-axrspcs, Episcopal ,.bishop
OF Massachusetts the. .iSey. Harry +.
Frosdyck OF Union Theological semi
uary: the Rev. Charles p. Andorson