Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
THE PRUNING KNIFE
Applied by a Congressional
Committee to EXtrava-
gances for the Fair.
SOME FANCY SALARIES
That HuSt Be Scaled Down Before
All Will Be Exactly Right.
TIE DIRECTOR GENERALS WAGES
Shouldn't Re Twice as Much as the Pay of a
Cabinet officer.
SOME FANCY SALARIES
TIE DIRECTOR GENERALS WAGES
GEN. ST. CLAIR TALKS FOR SOUVENIRS

committee OF the House Committee or
Appropriations, to-day submitted to the
full committee the report agreed on by him
self and his associates The report recon-
mends that the Department of Foreign
Affairs be abolished and its duties dis
charged under the auspices of the Director
General.
at further appears" saws the report
'that officials connected with the local
board are also salaried officers of the United
States. The committee is impelled, there.
fore, to suggest that the compensation OF
such officials, together with those of the
chiefs of the Is great departments, shall in
no case be fixed at amount to exceed
81 OO0." The report continues:
1t is also recommended that the salary of
the Director General be reduced from Sl5,-
600 to s. 600 per annum, and that the COM
pensation of the Secretary of the Commits
sion be fixed at 5000. While it is true that
the Office of the Director General is one of
great dignity and responsibility, yet it
would not seem that in these respects it sur
passed the positions of the members of the
Cabinet of the President of the United
States. In this connection the committee
congratulates the local board upon the re-
duction of the salaries of the President of
the Exposition Company and his officers of
STAFF.
Reductions That Should BE Made.
1t will be noted that these reductions were
made subsequent to the investigation at Chi
cago and amount to 2l,7OO annually, exclu-
siye OF the salary of s6,O 600 allowed the presi-
dent, and which he voluntarily renounced.
Your committee is persuaded that reduc-
tiOns should be made in the salaries of other
employees, but forbears other specific sugges-
tions, inasmuch as the Board of Directors of
the Exposition contemplates rigid scrutiny
OF expenditures, as appears from the resolu-
tion unanimously adopted at the meeting OF
April l9 last The inquiry ordered by this
resolution will, in our opinion, result In
the decrease of compensation to employees,
and in limitations upon expenditures at
many points other than those to which refer
ence has been made.
In renOuncing this criticism upon expend-
ltures the committee does so in the most
friendly spirit TO the Exposition, for it rec
oEuizes that this great undertaking is gov
CCnel by many conditions that are not en-
li-htened by precedent and experience. The
committee is fully aware that it has been
especially subjected to stress and strain by
reason of the limited time intervening be-
tween the inception and the formal opening
81 the Exposition. Inasmuch, however as
IL Is now apparent that the time VIII be
ample to complete the preparations for the
opening, the management should studiously
avoid the extremes of either parsimony or
extravaganza.
Some Suggested Reforms.
Under the head of suggested reforms
the report saws:
The Board OF Reference and Control OF
the National Commission and the Executive
Committee OF the Board OF Lady Managers
have full power to act in the absence of
their respective bodies. Your committee is
OF the opinion that it is wholly unnecessary
to provide for more than one meeting for
each organization during the fiscal year
1888. In fact, the duties now discharged by
the National Commission and by the Board
OF Lady Managers can De as efficiently per-
formed by the Executive Committee of each
organization as by the respective bodies in
full session. since, however, section of
the act of April IS 1890, gives alone to the
majority of the Worlds Columbian Commits
siOners the power to modify the rules and
regulations relating to entrance and admis-
sion fees and other rights affecting the pub
lie, it would be well if this suggestion were
agreed to, that the section should be
amended as to give such power to the Board
OF Reference and Control when the National
Commission is not in session.
It is proper to state in this connection, as
shown by the hearings, that several COM
plants were brought to the attention of
your committee, and in no instance did it
1ail to make such inquiry IN respect to them
as its limited time would permit There
were charges that in the letting of certain
contracts favoritism had been shown, and
evidence tending to establish this was Of
teued but your committee does not find that
the charges were sustained, although it re-
greCs that more publicity was not given in
Limit to the Investigations.
cation into channels which were manifestly
outside of the legitimate scope OF its author
ity, and where issues were raised, clearly
the subject of determination by other bodies
entirely outside of Congress, the committee
left them to the Judgment of such tribunals.
In conclusion the committee expresses
without reserve its confidence in the as
sured success of the Exposition - and adds:
In every essential feature il stands nm
TiygIpl in all Ti1np Fifrv-SiN
colonies have accepted the invitation to
participate in the enterprise and have ap-
pTOpriated s., $4,000 for that purpose. 1t is
expected that 20 other foreign countries
viii also be represented. Complete exhibits |
viii be made by all the countries which !
promise attendance % Of which will erect |
special buildings for their own DISPLAYS
Thirty States and Territories of our own Re- |
public Will erect buildings and make special |
exhibits, for which S3 49,. 500 has already |
been provided. 1t becomes obvious there |
tore, that the expenditures of the local cor
pOratiOn, Of individual enterprise, of the |
states ana Territories and of our. own and of /
foreign governments will reach the sturend- |
Gus aggregate of not less than $50 600, 900 for |
exposition purposes. In its scope and mag |
ni1cence this exposition stands alone. |
There is nothing like it in ali history. 1t |
easly surpasses all kindred enterprises, |
and viii amply illustrate the marvellous |
genius OF the American people in the great |
domains OF agriculture, commerce, manu- |
factures and invention, which constitute |
the foundation upon which rests the struc-
Estimates on Cost and Profit.
The committee submits several estimates |
received from various persons as TO the |
total income and expenditures on account
OF the Exposition, and then gives its own
estimate. 1t places the total income at
S29,2I54 $50, made up chiefly of gate re-
celptS, ~, 100000; concessions, q, SOC, 600;
subscriptions, - ga, 900, and Chicago CITY
bonds S5,OOOOOO The expenditures are |
put st Sl9, 3l9 OSS, the committee deductiug
3,l5l ,O24 from the expenditures as esti-
mated by Mr. Higginbotham, the largest
item taken off being $500, 600 for an in
tramural railway. In this connection, the
report SAYS, the committee has not sug-
EesJed any reduction in the 5000 900 an
proprated for the construction of the art
institute near Lake Front Park. though il 1
seems excessive. 1t also thinks the con-
rtruction departments expenses could be
safely reduced and the total limit brought
down TO SlS, 500, 600.
The committee then makes an estimate of
income and expenditures to Nav 1, 1893,
the date OF opening. 1t estimates the in
come at SO, 763, 19S, and as to expenditures
takes President Bakers estimate of SIG
596, ga and deducts therefrom 81 .41O674
making the committees estimate of ex
penditures Sl5,5+6, ,OO9, leaving deficiency
OF S4, 1872, 800
Worthy Tribute to Chicago
The report further saws the committee en-
tertains the klndest appreciation of the
novel and interesting woman's building
feature of the Exposition, and trusts that it