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Show THE CITIZEN 13 1 voters and OMEN THE BUDGET SYSTEM . wave of home economics fbe action in- which has swept across the the past few years, has housewife aware of what j rd budget means. Not that we of us adopted it for our but it is our !try which is to blame for that and we do not have proper respect in budget, of the fhe budget is an outgrowth movement in business. Wher-e- r econ-u- y it is applied, it works for it takes account of the funds liable or necessary, and distributes m to the best advantage. It makes and jystematic survey of necessities brides that these shall be supplied, no overlapping it that there shall be t waste, and so it reduces the to the lowest sum which ef-aen-cy do. running up expenses and have iding out afterwards that you ex- ent a great deal more than you ted to. In government, it lets each avoids It know how much it can tve in its work, and each department ut make plans accordingly. housewife buys. When the thrifty goods for a dress, she pensive reads the pattern on the goods and, isting and turning it, plans for all into the e parts before she cuts iods. She is then sure that she will it find herself short a half a sleeve Had she a skirt gore at the last. it the goods recklessly she might ive had to buy more goods. This is what the budget system les for government funds. It cuts the It irment according to the doth. ikes the government live within its come and we are the only nation the world which is doing that today. makes both ends meet, because all u planned ahead and the ends were ovided for in advance. Epartment But to riget, fc'e, leave the figurative, what the applied to government ex- - ITn for the taxpayer this appropriations nearly dollars. It has shaved has done is to cut billion fo that much. government expense taxes, the budget has saved man, woman and child in. the L;ted States an average of nearly ictual fo dollars this year. did we happen to apply the et system this year, and why net ago ? A beginning, looking towa:d todget system, was made under sident Taft, but the Democratic ad- - How l8 istratoin N 11 would have none of it. Republican congress elected in tried to establish the tod to check the Waste, rt it. laurels to the side that is the longest winded. This is thoroughly demonstrated by the fact that, although the big fourth section case, that involved many hearings and the expenditure of thousands of dollars, is still pending before the interstate commerce commission, the railroads are not waiting for the decision of the commission, but are filing additional fourth section applications. The only way to obtain permanent justice, and avoid the necessity of spending thousands MAKE LONG AND 8HORT HAUL CLAUSE ABSOLUTE of dollars annually to obtain a square deal, is to get law passed in congress The long and short haul clause of making it mandatory that under no the interstate commerce act as it now circumstances, shall the roads charge stands is totally ineffective in the more for the short haul than for the matter of insuring permanently fair long in other words making the freight rates to the interior territory. long and short haul clause absolute. It is merely an inducement to perpet- This is one of the commendable obual contention and holds out the jects now being undertaken by the budget sys- extravagance but President Wilson ve- Every woman knows that under this Republican tax law she and her family no longer pay 0 per cent, tax on all kinds of wear-- , ing apparel, perfumery, cosmetics, medicinal preparations, and such toilet articles as tooth paste and soap. These reductions save the average taxpayer" $35,000,000 a year. 1 Every child knows that under this Republican tax law there is no longer a tax at the soda fountain, or for ice cream or candy ; or footballs, baseballs, fishing tackle, and other sporting ss the first acts of this present was to pass again R was immediately the budget signed by dent Harding and put rigidly into ith the result above mention-would have saved us many mil t dollars could it have been en-f during the eight spendthrift ocratic years we have recently trough. For the lack of it we R P i Bout-kovsk- y, . has devised an ingenious scheme for multiple scenery," whereby two scenes are painted upon one canvas. Colored lights are thrown which bring out upon this certain colors while concealing others, so that with the same stage setting either a landscape or an interior may immediately be brought into view. Playing several acts with one set of scenery is an idea that should appeal strongly to producers, both as a novelty and from an economical pant of view. Scientific American. drop-scen- e, The present Republican Congress enacted a new tax law reducing federal taxes approximately $820,000,000 a year. It is being charged that this law does not benefit the average taxpayer. Every man earning $5,000 a year or less knows this Republican tax law allows him $500 more exemption; if he has dependents it doubles the exemption allowance for them. This saves the heads of average families" $100,000,000 a year. i i A Russian widow, Mme. Ivan Lifting the Burden From the Back of the Average Taxpayer goods. These reductions save the average taxpayer a year. $39,-000,0- 00 Every family knows the taxes on goods shipped by freight, express or parcel post were added to the retail price. The Repub- lican tax law repealed those taxes, saving the average taxpayer $1,000,000 a day. The taxes on railroad tickets, saving the average taxpayer $250,000 a day; on lodge dues and insurance premiums, saving the average taxpayer $20,000,000 a year; phonographs, pianos and other musical instruments, sav0 ing the average taxpayer a year, were all repealed. $12,-000,00- Out of $820,000,000 reduction in taxes, the average taxpayer participated in $662,000,000 of the savings. between the Republican executive departments and the Republican Congress in reducing public expenses and appropriations made this reduction of taxes to the average taxpayer possible. If the burden upon the back of the average taxpayer is to be still further lightened it is necessary to elect a Republican Congress in order to carry on the program of public economy. Co-operati- of intermediate Rate Association and should have the loyal support of every resident of the interior territory and every other individual who believes in fairness and justice.' 3 ex-aditur- es ill will be paying Democratic debts for a long time to come. To the Republican party is due the entire credit of starting the budget system, of trying to put it through when it was vetoed by a Democratic president, and of inaugurating it immediately when the Republican party came into. power. on This Advertisement Contributed by Z r i i i H f J 1 |