Milford chronicle., 1920-04-16
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-Ups, Too
A ssNEW DAY" THAT WILL
BE @PAY DAY"

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What are you going to tell us abou
tonight, Uncle Ted2' asked Jack az
ter he had been teasing his uncle fol
a good half hour for a story
We'll, Jack" answered Uncle Ted
Il don't believe | could tell you bet
ter story than to tell you something
about how the Wilson Administration
at Washington has thrown the money
Of the country, which really means
the peoples money, around like sc
much water. First Of all, so that you
will better understand what l am 60
ing to tell you, you must realize that
the only way country can succeed is
by having its people contented. That
is, you and | and every one OF the
more than 100,000000 people in the
United States must be satisfied with at
least the most of the things that are
being done by the men who run the
government as our representatives.
Unless most of the people of any
country are happy and satisfied some
thing happens to the country Revo-
lutions 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. Peo-
pie are just beginning to realize
what taxes mean in this country. The
income tax has made everyone 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.
1t means paying certain amount of
money to the United States according
to the amount of money you make.
Our taxes are now very, very high.
We pay taxes on nearly everything.
OF course, the heavy expenses of the
war accounts for a lot of it but there
would not be near so much to pay il
there had not been so much money
wasted by the Wilson Administration
in Washington. The way the public
money is spent at Washington is ter
rible. 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 money 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 branch
es of the government in Washington,
like the War Department, the Navy
Department, ETC., tell Congress how
much money they want. These
amounts are called appropriations |
Since the Republicans got control of 4
Congress, they, of course, have cut
down these appropriations so that
the Democrats can't spend as much as
they could when they controlled not
only the Presidency and the depart
ments but Congress, too. But Sena-
tor Wadsworth showed that during
the first three years of the Wilson
Administration, in 1914, 1918 and 1916,
the appropriations amounted to more
than 81 100000 each year. And
that amount is S100,000,000 more than
the highest appropriation made when
William Howard Taft, a Republican,
was President. After that we enter
ed the war and in 1916-1917 $3,O0O,- ,
BOO 900 was authorized to be spent. In
1918 nearly $22,000,0 100000 and in
1888, S27 ,000, ,000, ,000. Senator Wads-
worth says, AT the close of the war
he Congress directed the turning !
back into the Treasury Of portion OF !
.hese vast sums remaining unspent
By the time the last contract is sett- /.
ed and the last bill paid, we will find
he war has cost us at least $36,OOO,- :
100, 900. and I would not be surprised i,
f it approximated $4,000, 100000
AREN'T there a lot more clerks in :,
than are needed?" asked :,
lack. =
well, 1 won't say that, but will z
how you by real figures / have here :
he truth about it. In 1916 there were Z
g 900 government employees in the !.
District of Columbia. Now, seven =
cen months after the armistice, there !.
re a little more than 100000 Of them -
N the government pay roll. In 1916, y
a Washington and other places, there :,
we're 100000 people working and be-
ng paid by the government. Right b,
low there are about 650,000. People y
will say, But it was necessary to have
many more to do the work piled up I.
" the war That is very true, kid >
lies, but remember the war is over. :,
We are really at peace and yet the =
wilson people who are running the NJ
keep on pouring out the ~
eoples money and so far as l can ~
ee, they don't care how it is to be 70
aid or when"
do these people who work for the =
overnment all do different things? y. \,
sked Ruth. of
mo, they do not. There is much oI eI
upIlcaIion OF wUTh iS ~
on hangs on to the powers given it us ta
uring the war and if it were not for -
le fact that this duplication of work, -, -
nd the hundreds of needless employ -
es being carried on the pay rolls, -
eans draining the United states an
'easury almost dry, it would be 81
lnny. The President doesn't try to -
leek this wasting Of money and nei- -, ~
Ter do any Of those who are sup ~
lsed to advise him. He care more ia
lout the 'dawning of a new day. as
J said when talking of the world
ub, than he does Of the peoples dol
rs. As Senator Wadsworth has
id, "A new day" is coming. Indeed We
) dawn is already upon us and it ou
i'll be a long, long day with little no
nance in it. It will be pay day. EV
other words, children, instead Of an
e new day President Wilson dreams he
,out while our money is being teI
rown away, there will be pay day
hen we will have to pay for the iaI
lste for which President Wilson's M
is responsible"
where will the money come from Ter
pay for the waste?" asked Jack. Dol
THAT is just what am trying to wa
ow you. 1t will come right out of
q pockets of the people of this Ge'
nnfrv in the form OF taxes. If we las