Show WHY WE ARE BURDENED WITH TAXES 0 if for every minute of time since the beginning of the christian era three dollars had been cist cast into the sea the sum would not equal what mcadoo cast away in his intoxication of profligate mismanagement of rail loads the above paragraph has been taken from an article which v as written by paul V collins and which received publication in a recent issue of Leslie 3 weekly it tells a terrible story and in a way explains wll the people of the united states are burdened with taxation but bul few people have even the slightest conception of the disgraceful waste graft and extravagance which was practiced iced throughout the entire administration of dent wilson and particularly during the war another portion of mr collins article leads is follows the fiasco of the government management of the railroads under secretary mcadoo has been so fully ex posed that it is not necessary to dwell upon it it is however how evel a part of the general orgy of wiste of the wilson administration costing the people in twenty six months the inconceivable sum of plus increased cost to shippers making maling a total loss to the public of to which must be added the reimbursement for depreciation of rolling stock and if for every minute of time since the beginning of the christian eia three dollars had been cast into the sea the sum would w not equal what w hat mr mcadoo cast away in his intoxication of profligate mismanagement of the railroads it exceeds all the costs of our ci il war it is the most stupendous waste known in all history prior to mr mcafoos McA doos control of the railroads the highest paid official of the government aside from the president in was as the chief justice of the supreme court salary mr mcadoo does not believe in cheap men so salaries of six of his subordinates were fixed at each and twentynine twenty nine others at higher salaries than that of the chief justice ranging from to two at three at two at and ten at no dollar a ayeal p patriots ignots foi M mcadoo cadoo I 1 with it all there was no increased efficiency whatever in the service tinder under the management of the railroad companies the daily average haul for each eich c car cir ir was four bundled ninety five tons of freight one mile but under mr mcafoos McA doos management he hauled only tons a mile per car although he added net increase of employees and increased the total payroll a year at the end of the jamboree of twenty six months was out of repair and the railroads had fewer locomotives and less cars than when the control had passed into mr mcafoos McA doos hands |