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' -"TH -Mf-..: - ' '7 The Commoner VOL. 1G, NO. w k-i " W yS 28 10 H It- t r Democratic Revenue Legislation (By Hon. P. M. Simmons of North Carolina, Chairman, Senato Com mlttoo on Finance.) Tho necessity for additional rev onuo legislation was duo to the ex traordinary oxponsos of tho Mexican situation and tho broad programme of preparedness upon which we have decided to enter. Tho republican party in tho coun try at largo is malting strenuous, al most frenzied efforts to malco tho people bollevo that tho increase in tho appropriations of tho past session of congress were made necessary by and are tho result of reckless oxtrav party wish tho country to understand that it has taken tho back track upon tho question of preparedness; that it has taken tho back track upon tho question of sending the punitive ex pedition into Mexico; that it lias taken tho back track upon the ques tion of mobilization of our forces to meet tho situation which was created in Mexico and in tho United States as tho result of tho Columbus and other raids and as a result of our punitivo expedition in Mexico? Did tho republican party, when tho army bill, carrying ?11G, 500,000 in addition to the usual appropria tion, assail these additional appro . II.' 1.1 iV oo i",'uu . uganco ana wasteLuincss on uie pari. prlatlon8 as extravagant and un of tho democratic party and tho con- nec0S8ary? 0n the contrary, did not gross. t . tun leaders of the narty then insist : There is no foundation for th s ft j p programme -involving charge. Even a superficial analysis ft much , r eXpenditure, and was will show that it can not honestly bo not thQ lnadequacy o tho programme made. Manifestly it is an effort of ftnfl of thM0 approprlations, the tho opposition in a presidential cam- gravamon 0f their complaint and pnign to capitalize the financial de- orltlolsm of thls measure? mauds growing out of an extraordln- Wlmt tho attltud6 of tho re ary s tuation for political purposes. publIcan party with respect t0 the This charge of extravagance in- ineeMeB made in tho naval volved two questions: bin ,n the aonate? It is a matter 0f First: Whether this increased ap- common knowledge that upon both propriatlon on account of prepared- tneso mcasUres loaders insisted upon ness and the Mexican situation, car- iarger appropriations for these pur- rying $393,991,000 was an oxtrava- poseB than wa3 made instead of gant appropriation for the purposes les8er ones. How many republicans lor win, u was inane, . unci umt votod against these bills? Tho rec- nocessrmiy involves tho question of 0rd shows that there was no division whethor the purpose itself was an 01l tno final passage of the army bill, unworthy one. which means that the vote was unan- Second: Whethor tho appropria- lmoUB in favor of thG bI11 Upon the tions for tho fiscal years 1917 for naval bIU therG were 71 yeaB and 8 purely normal purposes is wasteful uayg and extravagant. W'G aro entitied to specifications, Lot us first consider these charges wo have had only general charges as they relate to proparodness ap propriations. What was and is tho attitudo of tho republican party with respect to theso appropriations? What was and is the attitudo of that party in the country as represented by its most distinguished leaders, among them tho present republican candidate for tho presidency and ox President Roosovolt? What is tho attitudo of that party upon this ques tion In. tho present national cam paign? Does tho republican party purpose to put itself in the attitude ofopposition to tho necessary appro priation and expenditure for pre "parednos sand for defense on the border and in Mexico? iToes that JFJIJEJE TO:' ' Asthma Sufferers A New Home Cure That Anyone Cim Una ' Without Discomfort or Lonh of Time. Wo havo a Now Method that euros Asthma, and Wo want you to try It at our expense No matter whether your caso la of long-standing or rccont de velopment, whether It Is present as oc casional or chronic Asthma, you should pond for a tree trial of our method. 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JNoitner tno re publican leaders nor their candidate for the presidency have done more than to malco broad and general statements based on the fact that the appropriations for the year 1917, in cluding all. this preparedness pro gramme, Is in excess of that of former years; and, instead of speci fications, they aro throwing out vaguo hints of pork barrel legisla tion and liko innuendoes. In connection with this republican charge of extravagance, invented and promulgated for purely political pur poses, a great deal has been said about the republican surpluses and democratic deficits. I have taken the trouble to look somewnat into una matter or sur plus and deficits, and I find a very remarkable situation with respect to surplus and deficits depending up on tho total annual receipts of the government, by referring to page 235, report of th secretary of the treasury, 1915. I find, beginning with Mr. Cleve land's first administration, that dur ing" his four years there were two surpluses and two deficits. I find that thero were deficits dur ing each year of the four years under Mr". Harrison's administration. I find that during Mr. Cleveland's second term there were two deficits and two surpluses. i llnu that under Mr. McICinley's administration there was one deficit and threo surpluses. I find that under Mr. Roosevelt's first administration there were two deficits and two surpluses. I find that under Mr. Roosevelt's second term thero were two deficits ana two surpluses. I find that under Mr. Taf t's admin istration there was one deficit and threo surpluses. I find that Mr. Wilson had two surpluses and one deficit. I further find that during the last ten years of the republican adminis tration 'the total deflcite' exceed the total surpluses by about4j68,q00,000. It has been a favorite republican suggestion, repeated in the report of the minority of the .finance commit tee on the revenue bitfjrnen assail ing the emergency bills and other revenue legislation of the adminis tration, to contend that if wo had the Payne-Aldrich tariff ;lt would not be necessary to resort to such legisla tion as is now proposed in order to raise tho money to meet the expenses of tho government, including pre paredness and that it would not be necessary to increase taxes upon in comes, and to levy atax upon inher itances, munitions, and so forth, as proposed in tho revenue bill. The absurdity of this contention is shown by the fact that under the Payne-Aldrich tariff, including the corporation tax it carried and ordin ary receipts from internal revenue and other sources, tho largest amount of revenue collected in any fiscal year during the life of that act, including postal receipts, was only $724,111,000 for tho fiscal year 1913, which amount was $10,000,000 less than similar receipts, exclusive of postal receipts, during the first year of the operation of the present tariff act and before the emergency taxes were levied. The average ordinary receipts of tho government, exclusive of postal receipts, during the four $ears, tak ing them all, of the ayne-Aldrich bill were only $698,106,446. Under the Payne-Aldrich bill more than half of our dutiable im ports came from Europe. There was then no embargo upon these import ations other than that imposed by the high rates of that bill. As re sult of the war conditions, practical ly shutting out the imports from the great manufacturing nritions ' of Germany, Belgium and Austria, our imports from Europe are today only five-eights of normal, while our im ports of the highly dutiable goods have fallen off in still larger, pro portion. It is apparent that if in these con ditions we had the Payne-Aldrich law, even if the normal expenditures of the government were much less than they are, it would be necessary in order to raise the nearly $400, 000,000 for preparedness and the Mexican situation to levy greater ad ditional taxes than ar.e. now neces sary to be raised. "' f GREAT AUDIENGErtlSpPLAXJDS liimaolf Mask tv.n. demonstration that contUeTYrt several minutes. - Ior "I shall not dwell in eulogy Unnn the personalmerits of our candS0 governor,'" Mr. Bryan said L opening his discussion of Iowa Wl politics. "Let me rather co,e lato my party on having selected" man of such high character and ability that he can lend strength to the party. I am interested in mr success because I am interested in the cause of prohibition. "Tho argument that prohibition does not prohibit is resorted to as a last "-stand by those who have no other argument. Interviews like that with the mayor of Davenport published in Des Moines and Chicago papers yesterday are always sent broadcast throughout the country where prohibition is 'advancing in order to stop its movement. "If that is to be the argument against tho amendment when it comes up for a vote in Iowa you can not afford to let the former saloon keepers, the distillers and the brew eries pick out your governor for the next two or four years. 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