New-York tribune., 1874-12-17
TIE GoyLay4Lsr EsnHIIEs FOR ie7t

REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE-~rr cosroF
co1NI\o-p.p4.rlIaNIs WuOsE L&g->,Ls MUST
BIZ GEEArEE.
Tho Committee on Appropriations Lave sub
nited % tho House ~ Represent t.yes fle ID maHs
appropriations foi tAc legislative. executive ana lidciI
expenses the Government for tAa a. Ic"r en3i
jane 90 1874 and also made sAor' report n eA'
PLANTATION OF is manu- r and matter.
The Committee state Tat advance sheets 't tIe o5oA
Of estimates furnished them b, the it ~ Depart
ment and manuscript reports IN prt fo-i tue other
Departments together with personal cxpl1ItiouS from
the Officials IN charge 81 these D.''Ftneat-i
have euable! t.om u scan thoroughly the basis
OF their zee. ia- oG.A u. The estu q s. t-y claim
balance nue. mo.e evenly VIA tie ap. .upiiau34s
o. the pr, gious than IS usually t case. and
thus the ta.a or reduction had been rendered less
a5orous than hcioto;ore. Never heirss tAe 'omut'e
deemed thar q .On-t.crtole cutting GOHn "t te est"
mates might ll.ae. T"e!r attempt "a- successful
the amount oi The estimates. S--.4'o,jl ST. beng re-
duced TO SI9GJCij ", >uowu; decr,a, o. - so3ji -
II some clses however, the Commit &c tio-t - "'d
10 alloy the a.n .uUt asked for Tbs f...r coug'e
with the estimates f the q nerA. L.a- pA'a' t.e
Patent OH geo e., Oa'c, ani the Post-CA e l.
the Mat -cry.-c, Win tc concurrence Oh ' o'c AS 40
charge Of tnAt Z, ,i..cnt, reduction 800 81 "as
made cons..or .bc portion OF t.is rC"~..VA arose
from he election ol estimates ior t1o 5 oIes AZ
Charlotte. y. c. ,nd Boise Cay. I.ah -.t' -o o1 1'e
TN uS a.uoGJ "a work done a. taoae t9.-' I'D iIe
arrangement Of tie Mint at N'w ..eau' Ga ul"re
working OASIS reduction VI tue cs.E .~s for tAe
independent treasury. $SJ55J @as prlncu.ny Sde 10
the decrease OF tDe alo4ut ior cont.n-o.t cx..n.c
,f the W-olc service. IL Was recoui-,A-e! t-ii
the Charleston, >. C., odice s-oa. Dc Gi,
continued ~ unnecessary The e.-..-'..s -or
he expenses 90 G. !'otul tie Internal --- ""'e
reduced s}1o,3JJ wACL w.s thought poem. .-i''' IN
der the aJA of CJaGrc'' io"". 'it c''."- II
of this p.aucA ol t4o -crNi e. lie Nav Departments
estimates wcsc ooucurleI a5 ihcy -a c-4c'y ,He
same as the .p.r p,ttlJn, o. ~st }es. -. "~f d.
parttneut estimates were redlceI 50 3d. ad the esti
mates for ,onp-i.ss i'm of an the
clerks i.5,GG IT,, reduction la tbs Treasury Depart
meut $sl 3d. contested in dsa.ioTa-ce . Zoe lpvhet
ton for tempor,ry clerks ana limitation .. 'yHtA-eAs
expenses.
IA the D,paltm ut OF Agriculture and the BG,.au OF
FIuca ION only the Gsual limitation Dad been made
upon the estiDatcs reducing them sl'3t 1 ie former
and e. 20 IN the latcr. The decrease bc ne est
mates pen-, II rritoria ,rerlm., 627 %
was mainly made ry dropping out the ii-n o' printing
Tor the Irrutorr-, Wlch WELL hereafter 3D. h' = iLe
GuyeruIuca, 4 -tiu. Once at " ts1lu-tfh tA' p"ic
tom IA Tho rs MAGE. iur t.' exp n~ta 90 t. H.'lAl
loan va, S3l.i5 ,5 and 'nl- .c4uovn N1s "N,.Nc %
ine e..y.p,e, .. ta' A1tO..,. cI.r .!.'F.
Auqcalc O. t.y l'g, Oi tee Committee 30 Pho most
important l-tvr, Vl.rn ley rcce.v'. "u' r,a- ovt
ilc estimates. II. j. LniormIn, Dire ;og tdc Mint
forwards Comparative 81 tcic"t a tr 'ta ,'ons %
t,e aiint during iHr nyc u>cl Yeas tlG.,- JIn" 3D.
tn %1rt + l3.l c,r,ig cxlrisss II the u u- were Ge
faycd OF he glu .ron Dc cuu.aE 4u0 issue
OF the slssldilry silver a.d toea coi.s; auI before
the year 1870 moneys optdur. for li= g. M otLcr
operations sJ u,ei to deiray MINT rNp's'S Tne
eXpcudlt lures have been almost inVF"o i 'NcrSs" "i
the appropriations DIrluE thc Nv Jt1r, 10 -aot tEe
excess expenditures over eHru1gs announced 10
SluO4 50; IN TIE Years lo1JSli e. g. O6i - actual
increase, sc5LIly % DdrLg tHe Ne.s lst.-sSi tAere
coined l+lGi Cti goa 'oHs ah"uniii 20 Ito 10
Sl65O 296 20 10 go silver dollar, vI!". >2i615J
800 subsidiary aINor COINS, value e. Ooo iJi hJ1
Iia.o0s510 minor c0las value slJJ.9.L Ddrlns
tno years Is7o-!s-i there were col..i s5siS-'
god CONS. value Slt961s30 6925,al9 silver dollars
ue s6925,3 .6 L2i.2O uL sIdldiS SILVER COINS Naue
ss5;li % Aid i2OOJ 80 MINOR tOinS vA'"r SIy-i2O
&c statement hnONs mat durluS thc 4.ft years
IA, urulOuct Jaere has 9ccn an increase ot
sizes igs silver d0hltS; anu 2s55eo subsieitr> silver
A., yluc >GS SGJ 10. On tug V'acr baLI theFc bar
been a dec:ea e OF s,f'97a s1.i cons. VAldo
s53s7 sSG So aud deere OF 765.2,'oJ pieces OF
ro,. MINOR cOIntg,. rhe trade dollar nad become tho
ummercsl CDi1a aud Japan, anu iae demand
for for several mOutls had been Largely - eXcess VI
supply.
CoIu,u!ss.oner g. Burdett OF the General Lad Onca
prott against Iy reduction OF the iOrCe " M oce,
aud asked that instead the force De in creased Tho
force employed in the oIhce Is the lhat was
toe recognzed wants u 20 since when The popu
atlou of the cOuuQy was "a 0O0 900 Instead ot
tCOVOOOO; men The Work Of supervision was over 10
inse"d OF now SO land offices. made the OF
were in round numbers 100000 OF acres.
now they are 0O00.00o; tneu the dispoeals
we're SoOWO or acres while IN 1873 tbo
disposas were l3C0coO0 acres" The current business
fofce larger Oy 30 clerks than necessary AT The date
when the present organic was provided seventy
nyc clerks IN addition 10 those nov allowed could bs
constantly ana probably employed with not less than
formed aud ARREARS brought up.
Attorney General Williams forwarded several letters
FROM United States MarsAAls pgosestlng asainst ths
abolition of their mileage.