Here this 6 by 9 document gets a
little befogged in its finances. If it
really desired to state the gross
oniount of money to be accounted
for it should have added 15 cents/ier
capita for the reduction of cask in
the Treasury, making $10,43 per
capita for the period under consider
ation, to be accounted for as follows:
Payment A redemption of the Democratic debt $3 13
Expenses incurred in consequence of Democratic
rebellion 5 28
'Current expenses of the administration, (peace
standard), at currency value 2 02
Total ptr capitt (currency) 10 43
The current expenses in currency,
reduced to a gold basis—the average
premium on gold being for that fiscal
year 23 2-10 per cent.—makes the
year’s expenditure under Grant, as
already stated, 1.61 (gold) jirr capita
—an expendiutre less by 13 cents
jper capita, than the average during
the twenty-four years of Democatic
nile, as stated in 6 by 9.
Again, 6 by 9 states that the
amount of Federal taxes extorted
from the people by the present ad
ministration during the fiscal year
was $411,255,477.63, wbun the facts
are that the taxes collected were:
Customs duties $194,538,374 44
Internal taxes „ 184,899.75:1 49
Total tax- a collected 379,438,130 93
Received for lands sold and from other
sources—not faces 31,817,348 70
Total receipts as above 411,265,477 63
In this ease G by 9 comes within
thirty-one and three quarter millions
of the truth, not nearer. This is
pretty good guessing for a Demo
cratic committee—nearer, in pro
portion to the amount involved, than
they generally come ; but it is a big
mistake for such a little document.
But Democrats seldom call things
by their right names.
