Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1891 — total Appropriations, $1,003,000,000. [ARTICLE]

total Appropriations, $1,003,000,000.

The enormous extravagance of the last Congress in voting away the people's money in order to make tariff reduction impossible will almost certainly result in a large deficit next year, and Already there is talk about the necessity of devising new methods of raising revenues to me t the permanent appropriations saddled upon the country by the protectionists. The total appropriations made by the last Congress are calculated by Senator Allison and ex-Congressman Cannon to have been 8988,000,000; but in this sum they do not include the direct tax refund, wnich will amount to more than 815,000,000 additional. The total is thus more than 81,003,000,000, making an increase of over 8170.000,00) more than the appropriations of the previous Congress.

When the country is brought face to face with an empty treasury next year nobody will be rash enough to propose a further Increase of tariff duties. The people have already shown what they think of McKinleyism, and they will stand no more of it. In finding new ways of raising revenue an income tax graded according to wealth is already mentioned by some as most likely to m-'et with favor In the next Congress. When such a system of direct taxation has been introduced it will prove the entering wedge for the destruction of the protective system. Under this system the rich are not bearing their due share of taxation. When, therefore, the people have found that another system can be put into operation, will shift the burdens of taxation froni the poor to those who are better able to bear them, they will soon become eager t> give protection itself its death-blow. The equalizing of the burdens of taxation is the ctyingneedof the day, and the taxing of the many for the benefit of the few is the first great injustice which rnustgo.