Rock Island Argus., 1894-08-18
ECONOMY SHOWN.
Democratic Statement Of the
Appropriations.
ANALYSIS OF THE AMOUNTS VOTED

list of Reductions and Increases in the
D19srsas Bills Total Decrease Com.
pared with the Appropriations of Last
Session Figarsd st Over oAO. .000, COO
Com@snss % the saos Voted for Rivsrs
end Hasbors and Other Purposes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S-Congrees being
sbous ready to adjourn and legislssion for
shis sssston completed, the mathemati-
clans Of the two parties are busy forging
out campsign artillery from the business
that has been done. The first piece COM
pletel Is based on the appropriations and
was done under the supervision Of
Sayres, chairman Of the house appropria-
tions committee. The statement repre-
s,nts the views Of the Democratic ma
jority In the committee and In the house
on the economy Of governments expenses.
Sayrcs' statement reads ms follows: The
appropriations made during the extraor-
dinars session and the first regular ses-
sion OF the present congress, including
permanent appropriations. show reduc-
tion Of ~, $50. .oso. under the appropria-
tions made at the last session Of the last
congress. and deducting the amount Of
the river and harbor bill, sl1 1913, / 80 which
should be done for the purpose Of COM
parison, inasmuch as no river and harbor
bill WINS passed by the last congress at the
last session, the reduction is ~, 800, 16o.
A List Of Reductions.
As compared with the laws passed at
the last session Of the last congress the
following reductions are shown in the
~. Avr 81 Ixt
bill, eisa, '555; legislative, etc, bill. which
carries, in the main, the great salary list
Of the government. s55, 500: military
academy bill. sa6.oaI; pension appropria.
tion bill, l4,s4o. $50; sundry civil bill, $s,-
G6 ,5a5; deficiencies, go, 4j6. 40; permanent
appropriations Including sll,OO,O,U for
sugar bounty, which is abolished, and
s&50,00p expenses under election laws that
ARE repealed), s,i,Sg3. .593. Total reduc.
tions. sss, ga, IL.
Where the Figures Are decreased.
The bills showing increases over those
Of the last session Of the last congress are
as follows: Diplomatic aud consular bill,
tj.4s3, District of Columbia, SiSl ,3t'0; forti-
fcation bill, si26 go; Indian bill. q, ,415, ,4OS
naval bill, q, 3, Oh; postoffice bill. %, 2s2
80; river and harbor bill (totaD. eli, ,4s3,
1s''; miscellaneous, 81, 800. Total increase
sl9.'ss,es ,es2D
The secretary Of the treasury in sub
mitting the annual estimates to congress
In December last stated that he had in.
cludsd therein no amount for the payment
Of the bounty on sugar. but that IL the
law authorizing its payment should moi
be repealed IL would be necessary to add
TO the estimates for 1896 for permanent
appropriations the sum OF Gil, 100000.
Cost Of the sugar bounty.
But in July last the commissioner oi
internal revenue estimated that the sum
required to pay this bounty, IL not re
pealed. would he SIS. 900 600 for the fiscal
yenr 1895 aud sl1.5OO,C0O for the fiscal yea,
is.si The expenditures made for bounty
ON sugnr have been rs follows: Fiscal
year 1902, s., $50, ,02s; fiscal year 1893, %,
go 532; fiscal year Is.4, t13, 3,S10.
The postoffice bill makes the usual in
crease incident TO the growth Of the coun
try and its commercial interests. The sun
dry civil bill carries T., 4OO, ,OOO toward
payment under contracts for river ant
harbor works authorized under Law,
passed during the Fifty-tirst and Fifty
second congresses.