Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-05-06

what are you going to tell US
about tonight, Uncle Ted?" asked
Jack after he had been teasing his
Uncle for a good half hour for a
story.
"Wen, Jack" answered Uncle Ted,
Il don't believe could tell you a
better story than to tell you some
thing about how the Wilson admin
istration at Washington has thrown
the money of the country, which
really means the peoples money,
around like so much water First of
all, so that you will better under
stand what / am going to tell you,
you must realize that the only way
a country can succeed is by having
its people contented. That is, you
and | and every one of the more than
100,000,O00 people in the United
must be satisfied wath at least the
most Of the things that are being
done by the men who run the gov
eminent as our representatives, Uu-
less most Of the people Of any coun-
try are happy and satisfied some
thing happens to the country, Rev
buttons start, wars start and every
thing that goes with them, when
things are run in such a way as to
make most of the people unhappy
and dissatisfied You can't force or
make people content.
But to get to the real story.
People are just beginning to realize
what taxes mean in this country.
The income tax has just made every
one stop and realize that each and
every one of us owes something to
our country"
"What is the income taxi" asked
Ruth
"Ask your dad,' answered Uncle
Ted. "He paid one this year all right
It means paying certain amount
of money to the United States ac-
cording to the amount of money you
make. Our taxes are now very, very
high. We pay taxes on nearly ev-
erything. OF course, the heavy ex-
penses of the war account for lot
! of it but there would not be near so
much to pay if there had not been
SO much money wasted by the Wilson
Administration in Washington. The
way the public money is spent at
Washington is terrible. Not long
ago Senator james w Wadsworth,
Jr., from the state of New York
made a speech in New York City in
which he showed how much more
the Democrats with President Wilson
at the head of the government have
spent than was spent before by the
Republicans. In order to understand
what he said you must know this:
the various branches Of the govern
ment in Washington, like the War
Department, the Navy Department,
etc, tell Congress how mech money
they want These amounts are call
ed appropriations Since the Repub-
licans get control Of Congress, they,
Of coruse, have cut down these APP
preparations so that the Democrats
can't spend as much as they could
when they controlled not only the
Presidency ard the departments but
Congress- too. But Senator Wads-
worth showed that during the first
three years Of the Wilson admins
traitor, ia 1914, 1915 and 1916, the
appropriations amounted to more
than $1,000, 100000 each year. And
that amount is $100,000,000 more
than the highest appropriation made
when William Howard Taft, a Re-
publican, was President. After that
we entered the war and in 1916-1917
$4,000, 100000 was authorized to be
spent In 1917-18 nearly S22 ,O00-
100000 and in 1888, $4,000 600
900. Senator Wadsworth says, AT
the close Of the war Congress
directed the turning back into the
Treasury of a portion of these vast
sums remaining unspent. By the
time the last contract is stettled and
the last bill paid, we will find the
war has cost us at least $36,000O0
600, and / would not be surprised If
it appropriated $4,000, 10000
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