The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-03
REPUBLICANS PRACTICE ECONOMY

Denying the declaration of the Democratic national committee that the Republican con. gress appropriated $6,OO0000,000 for the year 1921 and will appropriate like amount for 1922 Representative Martin B. Madden of Hi nois, a member of the house appropriations committee, said recently in an address in the house of representatives:
 "To nail the first misstatement 1 wish to say that the appropriations made for 1921 amounted to $4 780, ,S29 ,51O35. Of this sum $1S6 492 3S3- 45 was for deficiencies for the fiscal year 1920 and prior years with the conduct of the bus- ness of which the Republicans had nothing to do. It also included $S000O0,000 on account of governmental management of railroads with which the Republicans had nothing whatever to do. Leaving out the extraordinary obligations lcreated prior to the induction of the Republicans Ieither,lnto the control of congress or the admin Istratlve side of the government the appropria- tions for 1921 were $3, 794 337 126.90 instead of $6, OOO,0OO, a difference of more than $2 20O,OOO,OOO, between the statement printed bv the Democratic national committee and the ac tual fact"
 Mr. Madden then gave a detailed statement of the appropl ations already made for 1922 amounting to %l ,432 0OO,O00, and pending ap- preparations amounting to $7l90OO,O0O, or an aggregate of $-151 100000 to be authorized by this congress. In addition to this there will be permanent and indcfinatc appropriations for interest on thc public debt, the sinking fund. and other obIis 1tions which this congress can not change, am bunting to $1,33GO OOOOOO, &2f '0OO,OO0 of mi, ,,cIjancous appropriations, aud %3O,O0OOOO of miscellaneous drficicncy auDro- .miatiouS, makinga grand total of %3,53 OOJOoD for the year 19l2, which Mr.. Madden assert d, i, quite different from the %&,O0000OOOO mnn- toned by the Democratic national committee, Mr. Madden then continued:
 "Thosr figures do not include the %3J1 100000 of deficiencies appropriated for in the last two deficiency bills Those deficiencies have noth ing whatever to do with the appropriations for l922. They had little to do with the activities of 1921; they were obligations created before by the preceding administration.
 My own judgment is that we will not need to raise by internal revenue taxes more than $2,lO0,OOOOO0 Ii has been said by many that We would have to raise $4, LOGO, 100000. believe that the estimated miscellaneous receipts, from the government average about $1OO,O0I O00 q year, and it + estimated that we will recciv" from the custom. revenue under the new tariff act $5oo,o0Q.0o0. That makes $3,500,00o GOO, and we will receive from the postal rcvcn- uc of $4,000,000OOO, and with appropriations not exceeding $3,50O,O00,OO0, with possible pay mcnts, according to the secretary of the treas ury, of not to exceed $40l4,000,00O I see no reason why we ought not to be able in the new revenue act, when it comes up for consideration, to take off the excess profits tax, the high bracket of income taxes, the railroad freight and passengers tax, which amounts to 800 100000 year, and all of the obnoxious soda water fountain taxes and things of that sort, and substitute for them nothing but economy"
 Mr. Maddcn's address, of which this is a sum mary, was greeted with hearty applause