Show BONDS gONDS AND MORE BONDS That the finances of the country are in bad shape is not denied by the ad administration administration ministration and those charged with re rc responsibility responsibility In providing money with which to run the government during the next fiscal year Chairman Towney of ot the appropriations committee of the lower house has called a meeting of that committee In advance of the assembling of or congress to begin the work of paring down the estimates submitted by the I Heads of the various departments The TheO government O has issued of ft Panama canal bonds to obtain money mone for current expenses and It Is certain that by the end of or February or orthe orthe orthe I the first of ot March the remaining 45 will have to be issued Extravagance has run riot at Wash Washington WashIngton ash ashington ington for tor several years years past and nd the climax seems to have been reached in inthis Inthis Inthis this last year ear sevelt The re receipts receipts of the government gov have been steadily falling off and will probably continue to do so as the importers will naturally ri hold off the new tariff bill bIU Is framed The wae wave of prohibition which has swept oyer 01 r the th country count late lately lately lately ly Is another factor In keeping Uncle Sams treasury depleted d If It the coming corning session of congress does not hew to the theline theline theline line In the matter of making appropriations other bonds will have to be Issued before b ore 1910 then When Grover Cleveland succeeded to the the empty empt treasury left leCt by the Har Harrison Harrison Harrison rison administration there was a great cry c raised about Issuing bonds In times of peace even though the plates for tor printing the bonds bon s had been made before Cleveland Cleeland was sworn in This time the Democratic party cannot be charged up with the b The fhe Re Republican RepUblican Republican publican party part has been in power for twelve years ear with complete lawmaking power Speaker Reed said ald this was a billion dollar country co nt Under Room Roose Roosevelt velt elt it has become a two to billion dollar country countr but bonds will have hare to be Is Issued issued issued sued to pay the bills There are no ho signs of prosperity in the vicinity of oC the treasury department |