El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-12-11
RUSS GOVERNMENT
FACES A DEFICIT OF
"A MILLION RUBLES
HSlav Regime in Bad
Financial Fix. Is
Quite Evident

Omsk, Dec. 9.@(Correspondent OF
The Associated Press)-The aILRus-
sian government faces a certain de.
ficit Of 14,000.000, 600 rubies for the
current year according to an esti.
mate made by Finance Minister DE
Hover, This may easily amount To
$4,000, 600. 600 because OF contingen-
cies which 1t is impossible to ~foresee.
The total revenue for the yeaF is
computed at 1900 100000 rubles at
the outside. Expenditures will total
Is, 200,000y0O0.
In a recent analysis of the finan-
eial status before the Budget and
FINANCE committee Of the govern
ment, De Hoyer outlined the budget
for 1919. Ordinary revenues, accord
ing to calculations made by various
departments, should give 4,019, 000, 600
rubles, he said: but tnis total is like
ly to be reduced to not over 5000
100000 by the loss Of the Perm and
Orenburg districts and by restriction
Of the sale Of spirits in the war zone.
Ordinary expenditures he estimat-
ed at 5000 900 rubles of which
about 3,000,00 200 represents inter
est on and payment OF government
debts. Extraordinary expenses con-
nected with the war, pensions, sub
sides, etc, for the first six months
were 93,00A,000 rubles. and it was es-
timated that for the second six
months this item might increase to
100000, 900. AS q matter of fact, the
business Of caring for refugees, which
was included under This head, has al
ready run the total expenditure up
to 400, 100000 rubles for the second
half year.
first half year on account Of the
civil war was 3,S63,000 600 rubles,
As for the second half, during July,
August and September the army cost
the government over 5,000,000,000
rubles.
Thus in. Siberia, Mr.. De Hoyer
pointed out, only approximately TWEEN
ty percent OF the governments ex-
p~enditures Is covered by its revenues,
The remaining eighty percent is rep
resented by paper currency issues.
The remedy is threero1d, the min
lister said; to cut down expenses; to
increase revenues; to regulate cur
rency circulation and If possible OBJ
tain loans abroad. 1t is difficult, he
continued, to help matters at the
present time by cutting down mill
tary expense. This he thought might
be done later when 1t became pos
sible to ascertain the actual number
of men fighting at the front.
We must increase the income tax
and establish taxation for the pro-
fessions such as doctors, lawyers, ar
chitects," he said. Property and in
dustriai taxes must be increased.
Peasants should not have their taxes
increased since the gains would be
more than negative by the discoB-
tent which would necessarily be ere
ated.
We must encourage gold mining
Real estate taxes in towns need re.
wishing and augmenting. Railway tax
and customs dues should be great
ly increased. Goods must be divided
into three classes, indispensable,
and needless, and must be.
taxed on an average two, five and
ten percent respectively.
Taxes on Wines spirits, kerosene,
tobacco, tea, etc, should increase to
keep pace with depreciation OF the
ruble. Government monopoly Of spir-
it sales should be continued. This
alone gave 800, 100000 rubIes revenue
last year. It may be possible to tax