The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-30
REPUBLICAN, STATEMENT.

| REPUBLICAN STATEMENT.
Representative Joseph <G. Cannon
OF Illinois, senior Republican mem
Der of the house appropriations com
mittee. and chairman of the appro
priations committee during the
Atty first, or "Reed'' congress, has
prepared a statement setting forth a
comparison, from his standpoint, OF
the appropriations for the present
and the fifty first congress. 1t is
captioned, "Pension appropriations
reduced $29, 1000, ,504, total of other
appropriations increased" 1t says
Mr.. Cleveland, by his estimates,
asked congress to appropriate for
the public service for the coming
fiscal year, including permanent
appropriations, $500, 1852, $40, and
congress has appropriated for such
service $500, 1858, 1853. This, in round
numbers, is 80 millions less than the
president asked for the public SER
vice. A long part of this 30 millions,
however, will be appropriated next
winter by way Of deficiencies.
A comparative statement of appro-
priations made at this congress for
the fiscal year ending June 30 next,
with appropriations made at the first
and second sessions OF the last con-
gress (the fifty second congress), and
at the first and second sessions of the
fifty first, commonly known as the
"Reed" congress, shows-and such
is the fact-that the appropriations
this year are greater by $27, 1858, 1858
than were those made by the first
session of the fifty first, or Greed"
congress. The statement also shows
that the appropriations made this
year are $28, 1886, ,989 less than those
made at the second session of the
last, or fifty second congress. This
reduction is governed by the item
for pensions alone. There was
appropriated this year for pensions
$29, 900, ,504 less than was appropria-
ted last year. It will be noticed,
therefore, that the appropriations
this year, excepting pensions, are
greater than the appropriations
made last year, $263,515. The total
appropriations for the fifty first, or
"Reed" congress, two years, were
1888, All, 1888; those for the fifty Sec
ond, or last congress, two years,
81, ,027, 1O4, SAT.
Mr.. Cannon then gives the state
ment issued by the treasury depart
ment on July OF the expenditures
and receipts of the government for
the past year, and those of the pre-
vious year, and continues:
This statement does not include
the postal receipts or expenditures
therefrom and as they balance each
other it is not material to state them
here. 1t shows the receipts OF
the United States for the twelve
months ending June 80, 1894, to
have been $ss, 1853, 1892 less than the
receipts for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1893. This statement shows
also that the expenditures for the
twelve months ending June 30, 1894,
were $16, 1884, ,595 less than for the
twelve months ending June 80, 1893 |;
but this same statement shows that
the payment for pensions made for
the year ending June 80, 1894, were
SIS, 1870, ,572 less than they we're for
the year ending June 30, 1893. In
other words, exclusive of pensions,
President Cleveland, for his first full
fiscal year, expended 1926, ,877
more to carry on the government
than was expended in the final fis-
cal year ending President Harrison's
administration.
There have been many increases
In the salaries Of democratic officials,
and especially In the diplomatic and
consular service. The salary Of the
first assistant secretary of state ia
increased from $500 to $4,6O0.
The minister to Belgium Is increased
from $1,000 to $40, 900. The minis
ters to Switzerland and Portugal,
Messrs. Caruth and Broadhead, are
increased from 5000 to %, 500 res
pectively. The minister to Mexico,
who receives an annual salary ol
~, 800 has the salary Of his sec
retary of legation increased from
s1,8 800 to .$2,850. The ministers to
Nicaragua and Costa Rics, for the
first time, are allowed secretaries oI
Legation at $1,000 each, while the
bureau of American republics is cuI
down from CSC, 900 to $40, The
six auditors Of the treasury depart.
ment are increased from $4,000; tt
900 each.
, THE NEW SUGAR TARIFF.
The sugar clause Of the new tarif
law Is as follows:
"on and after January !, 1895
there shall be levied, collected ant
paid on all sugars and on all tani
} bottoms, syrups Of cane juice O.
Of beet juice, mslada, concentrated
mslads, concrete and concentrated
molasses, . duty Of 40 per centum q
valorem, and upon all sugars abov'
limo. 10, Dutch standard in color