The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1894-08-25
MILLIONS OF MONEY ARE
SAVED,
Democratic Rule Versus Republican
Misrule.

lc government expenditures. Mr.. Say
res statement reads us follows:
The appropriations made during the
extraordinary session, and the first reg
ular session Of the present congress, in
ciudlng permanent appropriations,
show a reductions of S2S, ,835, $3.50 under
the appropriations made at the last ses-
sion OF the last congress, and deduc-
ting the amount of the river and har-
Dor bill, $11 ,473, ,1S0, which should be
zone TOR the purpose of comparison, in,
asmuch as no river and harbor bill was
passed by the last congress ut it's last
session, the reduction Is $40, ,3O9,-
/ 1859.
AS compared with the laws passed at
the last session of the last congress, the
following reductions are shown in the
following table:
Agricultural bill, slO1 ,476: army bill,
S632 .755; legislative, etc. bill, which
carries, in the main, the great salary
list OF the government, 1851, ,5O7; pen
sion appropriation bill, s14,949,7SO;
sundry civil bill. S7.5O6, 535: on account
Of deficiencies. $40, 456. .44O: on account
OF permanent appropriations. including
Sll 900, GOO for sugar bounty, which is
abolished, aud &450,OOO expenses under
electlon laws that are repealed, Sl4,-
393, ,oE'. Total reductions, S4S, ,G24,
119.
The bills showing increases over the
last laws are as follows: Diplomatic and
consular bill, SIS ,473; District of Colum-
bia bill, Sl3l,369 Notifications bill.
SIG $40; Indian bill, 81 ,475, ,4OS: naval
bill, same, 1925, ,065; postottice bill,
S., 82,5S5; river and harbor bill total, j,
$13, ,473, 1870; miscellaneous, 500, 500. To-
tai increase, Sl9,7SS,226.
The expenditures made for the boun-
ty on sugar have been as follows: Fiscal
year 1892. 7,55O,02S; fiscal year 1898,
SO, 56a,532: fiscal year 1894, Sl3,073,-
S79.
The postottice bill makes the usual i'm
crease incident to the growth of the
country and its commercial interest,
the number of postotfices having in
creased during the period between
June 80, 1890, and June 80, 1894, by T.
4O4; the number of post routes by ASIA;
the miles of annual travel in transport
ing the mails by 74,G25,375; the length
OF the post routes by 26,7S7 miles; the
annual revenues from the service by
Sl5, ,O98, 155, and the total annual expen-
ditures by $l7,952,50S.
The sundry civil bill carries IS, 400, :
600 toward payments under contracts
for river and harbor works authorized
under laws passed during the Fifty
first and Fifty.second congresses.
For river and harbor work there was
appropriated ut this session, including
the amount carried by the river and
harbor bill, Oil l.573, 1870, and Ss, 400, 900 in
the sundry civil bill, the total sum OF
s19,S73,1 ,1S0.
During the first session of the last
congress there was appropriated by the
river and harbor bill S2,O85, ,O3S more
than was appropriated at this ses-
sion.
At the present session there has been
appropriated the sum Of S1,3OO, 900 to-
ward meeting the river and harbor con-
tracts authorized by the Fifty.6rst con-
gress, and q, 100, 900 toward such con-
tracts authorized by the Fifty.second
congress, leaving $5,44S,7 of the for
mer and S14, ,&3,3 1858 Of the latter, or
S19, 7l2, 117 In all Of the river and har-
Dor contracts yet to be appropriated
for.
To finally equip and complete an d
arm the fifty new vessels Of the navy,
built or authorized, 1t Is estimated that
there will yet be appropriated the fur
ther sum OF S23, ,O8O, ,974, making total
of $1l2, ,O82, 1853, which the new navy, rs
now authorized, will cost.
A subjoined statement shows that of
the appropriations made at this session
S65, Al, 600 were required under laws
passed during the Fifty-first congress;
that only S34, ,574, 1871 were appropriated
by the first session Of the Fifty.first con-
gress under those laws; that of the ap-
preparations made during the two ses-
sions Of the last congress $175, 738, ,618
were the result of those laws and that
only S127, ,3O9, III were appropriated at
both sessions Of the Fifty.frst congress
under those laws which it passed en-
failing such enormous obligations upon
Its successors.
During the present session Of congress
the salaried list Of the government has
been reduced BY more than 600 in num-
ber, and over 500, 900 in annual cost,
and more salaries have been reduced
than increased.
Mr.. Sayres attaches elaborate table
to the statement, which give In great
detail the doings he has summarized
herein.
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