Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-13

The expenditures for tie lfseal ysarS
 fs2e, ts21s and 1922 exesueixe of srab7- lie GeptN expenditures c;laegc4bie tv or-5
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 Fiscal year fs2 ;. <. :. lss,e7 .sez, ,sss --- s.TnesA figures siio1 d il5sanetiyrt sfs6fa 1922 uhdsf s2e oE sss373y g <f.ss sFhv$; show a reduction for ds s39 ur 2 srx 19z1 n. 1,74s.S1 19s1 se.sss < seifS .ss8 During the hscai year -iuss closed on; June 30, 1922, the ordinary receipts for tf1e year amounted to. fi,10s, ,fp4.f6o.a I-The total expenditufAs including ,hlic: debt iteins, cfargeahie against o-dinaryl receipts. were $sa.7ss.Se254Bs.E J A !, s.s F. The surplus for the year Is ssS13,a0f.5 ] 651. The total gross debt os the sovei-i- nent on June 30. 1921, was $2s.s77.45oJ- E552. The total gross dehts on June Q 0. 1922, one year later. was $z2.eeS ,3st.- 7oS. 2 The reductien-.i in, ske debt during the year amounts to st:o14 ,oes.stt
 1. On May. a1.. 1s1e. the total gross dAbt of the United States was s25.sie,y54.. i 7os. The reduction of debt during shis 1 period Is thus seen to amount. to isas- f s5a.4s2, ,3SS- 1s-ss. | sa The deductions in appropriatisus and lcensequent reductions tp expend ditures dt;Ting fhe past few years have mhde l possible a most gratifying reduction :n itaxes. The smotnt of the reduction for the calendar year 1921 Is approximately l SSe. .0oe ,00n, and the relief to taxpayers flor the calendar year is2z Is estimated J by MT. Madden to 5be not siess than I sS5o. .ooo, 900. ss, IF
 l.s Tie Soldiers. Hsnus s..s :; k k. < l , Upon nearly every one pf, ,,stthcs erner- I l.gcncies which have arisen sincee tneE last iaationals eiectioA, and tn respect to snesr I iy, every act of any rance Nfi lch < ascofigress has yFsassAd, sthefe have been { i.diffefence of opintnn.. Indeed son. many
 of these questions people of tHs same ! llpolitical1 faith have ditfe fered fAsHtly The passage of the Ssotdiers' fad tasted
 compensation bil n both houses E5f con
 gress by great ma l6rities sts oneSso such l ure. It was supported by democrats as 1 well as by republican,. It was.E advo- l cated and opposed with equal sehe- mence. Epithets have been hurled at l each other by those taking opposite sides of the. question: and a great deal
 of feeling has been aroused.
 The Coal and Railroad Strikes ' For several months the miners of l coal, both anthracite and . bttuminous. l have been el-a strike owing to differences l between them and their employers. The
 direct loss of wages has been stated to be over $4oo,0e0,ooo. The loss involved
 lin the higher price of coal and the indi-.
 rect loss in many ways Is incomparably
 greater than that and Is incapable of exact computation. s1-. The mi1isAand factories, the locomotives i and steamboats. and the individual users | of coal have all been caused the greatest
 incompetence and damage. The psoduc-
 ton and distribution oSf coal Hes at the, ], basis of heat. light and power, Of trans portat!on and the nanufactureofz coHanao t dities. saa - .s 1 In the interest of the general public, and for the preservation of society, and
 indeed. of civilization itself. some meth. i cd must be discovered by which difference
 les of opinion between employers and eni-