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Show ALL-RUSSIANS FACE DEFICIT OF 14 BILLIONS OMSK. Nov. 27. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The all , Russian government faces a certain j deficit of 14.00ii.000 rubles for the cur-, cur-, rent year, according to an estimate !made by Finance Minister De Hoyer. iThls ma easilj amount to 17.000,000.- j 000 because of contingencies hlch it is impossible to foresee. The total revenue for the year is computed at 4.000,000.000 rubles at the outside. Expenditures wil! total 18,-200.000.000. 18,-200.000.000. In a recent analysis of the financial finan-cial status before the budget and fi nance committee of the government, De Hoyer outlined the budget tor 1919. ordinary revenues, according to calculations cal-culations made by various departments, depart-ments, should give 4,019,000,000 rubles, he said; but this total Is likely to be reuueeu to itoi uvi-r d.vw.vw.vvv vy the loss of the Perm and Orenburg districts and by restriction of the Kalv of spirits In the war rone. Ordinary expenditures he estimated at 8,413,000,000 rubles of which about 3.000,000,000 represents interest on and payment of government debts. Extraordinary Ex-traordinary expenses connected with the war, pensions, subFldt etc., for the first six months were 93,000,000 rubles and it was estimated that for the second six months thie item might Increase to 100.000,000. As a matter of fact, the business of caring for refugees, refu-gees, which was Included under this head. ha6 already run the total expenditure ex-penditure up to 400,000.000 rubles for the second half year. The total direct- expenses for the first half year on account of the civil war was 3.863.000.000 rubles. As for the second 'half, during July, August and September the army, coat the government gov-ernment over 5,000.000.000 rubles. Thus in Siberia. Mr. De Hoyer pointed out, only approximately 20 per cent of the government's expenditures is covered by its revenues. The remaining re-maining 80 per cent Is represented by papr currency Issues. The remedy ll threefold, the minister minis-ter said; to cut down expenses; to increase in-crease revenues; to regulate currencv circulation and if possible obtain loans abroad. It is difficult, he continued, con-tinued, to help matters at the present time by cutting down military expense. ex-pense. This he thought might be done later when it became possible to ascertain ascer-tain the actus number of men fighting fight-ing at the front. "We must increase the income tax and establish taxation for the profes-sivans profes-sivans such as doctors, lawyers, architects." archi-tects." he ld. "Property and Industrial Indus-trial taxei must be Increased. Peasants Peas-ants should not have their taxes In-creased In-creased since the gains would be more than negatived by . the discontent which would necessarily be created. "We mus' encourage gold mining. 'Real estate taxes in towns needs rs vising and aupnienting. Railway taxes and customs dues should be greatly increased. in-creased. Goods must be divided into j three classes, indispensable, useful, and needless, and must be taxes on an average two, five and ten per cent, respectively. re-spectively. Taxes on wines, spirits kerosene, tobacco, tea, etc., should increase to I keep pace with depreciation of the ruble. ru-ble. Government monopoly of spirit 'sales should be continued. This alone gave 300.000,000 rubles revenue last year. It may be possible to tax salt." nn |