Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-22
In Connection With the Worlds Fair
Opposed by the Secretary
of the Treasury.
APUNGENr LETTER FROM WINDOW.
The Commission Must Go Very Slow in
the srture in Making Use of the
Funds of the Government,
BUT THE LIST RELUCTANTLY ALLOWED.
Report Of the Classification Committee on Subdivision o
Departments.

CHICAGO, October 2l.-PreSident Palmer,
of the National Worlds Columbian Com
mission, has received letter from Secretary
Window, in regard to the expenses of the
commission. The Secretary first states that
of the 81, 500. 600 appropriated, $500, 600 must
be used in the construction of Government
building, leaving 81, 100000 for other ex-
penses. For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1891, there is appropriated jointly $780, 600
for the expenses of the commission and the
uses of the Government Board of Control.
The Government board has estimated that
it will need $50 900, leaving $50, 900 for the
use of the commission. The secretary then
shows that in salaries for officers and other
expenses, the commission has disposed of
$780, 600 of this $3.50, 900, and that the ex-
penses of meetings OF the Executive Com
mittee now in session. and of the meeting of
the commission to be held on November Is,
will bring the total up to $4,000, leaving
only SAC, 600 to run the commission on from
tha; date till June 80, 1891. Continuing,
the Secretary SAYS:
CONCERNING SALARIES.
In consideration of the foregoing showing of
expenses, l have hesitate6 as to the approval
of the resolutions of the commission fixing the
salaries of Its officers, as described in articles
l5 and l6 of your bylaws. The act of April 25,
$780, referred to- makes the Secretary of the
Treasu Y and your commission Jointly respon-
SiSle for the proper and reasonable expenditure
of the sum appropriated by Congress for the
furtherance of the provisions of the act. 1t
does even more than that for it imposes upon
the Secretary the necessity of exercising proper
discretion in approving the compensation
fixed by YOUR commission for its officers
1t is fair to presume that Congress intended,
by this last mentioned provision of the law to
prevent the giving of what might be termed
unreasonable compensation to any of the Off
GERS of the co omission. But in arriving at this
determination, the Secretary of the Treasury
might take into consideration the opinions of
this representative body of men.
Il appears from your records, as before stated
that the commission has UNANIMOUSLY agreed
that the officers named shall be paid the COM
Densaticn stated. president of the commits
sion. Sl2OOO; Secretary. SlO,0OO; Director-Ge en-
eraL. $4,000: Nice-Chairman of the Executive
Committee, $1,000; employees in offices of Secre-
tary and Director-General SlU000.) If | were
to give my individual opinion this subject
influenced by the acts of your commission,
should not hesitate TO decide that the amount
named by your commission for salaries for its
principal officers is greater than that probably
contemplated by Congress in estimating the
amount necessary to carry out the provisions
of the act.
RELUCTANTLY APPROVES THE LIST.
the expendI res In contemplation by your
commission prior to January l next. contem-
plate SO large an amount that it presents an ad-
ditional reason why 1 should not approve the
compensation named, were alone responsible
for the expenditure.
You will observe that your salary list for the
years 1891, 1892 and 1893 will, without further
increase of employees amount to Sl65 0O0 or
about one-seventh OF the entire sum of money
outside OF the cos of the Govern
ment buildings. which is fixed as the
limit of expenditures growing out of the Expo-
sition. l have grave doubts, in view of the
facts as herein stated, whether 1 ought not to
return the resolutions submitted by your CON-
mission f. " revision as to the amount of COM
pensatio = be paid to your officers. On the
other nant dislike extremely to set up my
own personal views in opposition TO those of
the members of the commission who are more
familiar with the matter at issue than myself
therefore reluctantly approve articles Is and
16 of your bylaws, and beg leave to suggest in
this connection. that great care be exercised in
authorizing further expenditures, to the end
that your commission may not create def
cheney for the ensuing fiscal year.
Respectfully yours,
WILLIAM WINDOW Secretary.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
Immediately after this communication
was read before the Executive Committee.
Commissioner Martindale offered a resolu-
ton, which was adopted, declaring that all
standing committees be instructed not to
meet before the next session of the commits
sion, unless directed by the President Five
standing committees had asked the Execu-
tive Committee to meet, but none of them
will be authorized by the President.
The report ofthe Classification Committee
of the Worlds Fair, in reference to the SUBJ |
divlSons of departments, shows that in De- |
partment A-Agriculture, agricultural |
machinery and appliances, forest products |
there are 20groups, and these are su 6divided |
into 127 classes. Department B-Viticulture
horticulture and Horticulture, has six groups |
and 81 classes Department Cone of the |
most important, is divided into ten groups |
and Al classes Fish and fisheries are in |
cluded in Department D., There are five |
groups and 80 classes.
CLASSIFICATION OF EXHIBITS,
Department E-Mines, mining ar metal |
lurgy, has 26 groups and 113 classes De- |
partment E-Devoted wholly to machinery,
has 10 groups and 72 classes. Department |
C-The grand division created for the vast |
transportion interests, has groups and 80 !
classes. Desartment H-Devoted to manu- |
tactures, has q groups and 33 classes. De- |
partment J-Electricity, has 15 groups and |
81 classes. Department L-Education, lit |
erature, engineering and public works, is |
divided into groups and 15 classes. De- |
partment M-Ethnology, progress of labor |
and invention, has u groups an6 u classes. |
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