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Show H MONEY TO KEEP THE H FLAG FLYING Tho Democratic ndm'nlstratlon is ' now brought faco to faco with a gravo financial problem. Where Is It to procura revenuo sufllclont to pay for tho larger nntlonnl dofenso which tho wholo country Is demanding? As Iho result of Inadequate fiscal legts- latlon, coupled with unprecedented cxtravaganco, tho administration brought tho government to tho end of last year w th a not deficit of $35,- 000,000. Hut that deficit Is growing rapidly at tho rato of noarly halt a inilliou dollars every day with no check In sight. Still worse, the now sugar tariff will soon cut down rovo- nucg from that sourco so greatly that another halt million deficit every week Is piomlsod !u that quarter. Tho country which Is still at penco ft with tho whole- world Is now paying H a lionvy war tax, but that tnx will end I wlUi tho current year. Unless- It ho rouowed by act of Congress thoro J will bo another lack of Incnmo for tho govornment which will add mightily to tho already swell' ng de- H Thus tho great questions which Congress must nuswer very promptly B aro tlioso: How can tho law's be changed so as to placo tho Federal I government upon an oven kco' J Whcro can tho hugo sums demand- H; ed for national dofonso bo objalnod? V Evidently tho next session Is to be W no tlmo for cheap claptrap or stump V speech oratory nt Washington. Con- K grossmon must roallzo that their duty K tu tho country Is of moro Importance L than making campaign lltoraturo for BK themselves. If that 8Ugar larlff llnB BJB to bo kicked Into tho Umbo of dls K credited legislation, nobody will suf K for, and tho Kodoral Treasury will 1IK tm bo mucl1 boofltod If other tariff HI "BBHb sclieduloa which havo done nothing BBflu BBBBflBBl iut cut rovenuo need rov slon, let nt .'ongrcssman hosltnto to eat tho dlsl jf crow which his own lack of fore jlght prepared. Tho program for I moro ratlonnl dofenso In tho shapo ol a greater army and navy is Impcrat Ivo, and It Is up to Congress to pro vldo tho funds. Pot theories mu si tnko a back scat when It Is a cast of keeping Old Glory on top. I'll la-delphla la-delphla Ledger. |
