Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-18
millions saved.
Chairman Sayres Makes a
Statement of Expenses.
A SPLENDID RECORD.
The Reduction Amounts to Over
Forty Millions,
HOT DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
senators Chandler ana Harris GET
Warm over Remarks Made Iiy the
ForIner-senator White to Go ON
|. Dc Finance Committee 70 Succeed

statemen, OF the amount appropriated
BY the session Of congress 1ust closing
as compared with past sessions where
the statement represents the Views OF
the Democratic majority in the COM
mittee and In the house on the eco
nomic government expenditures. Mr.
sayres statement reads as ioilows:
The appropriations made during the
eNtraor 1inary session and the FIRST reg
ular session OF the present congress
yielding permanent appropriations
show reduction OF SIS, od5,9sg under
Tie appropriations made at the lust
session Of the last congress and de-
Quoted tie amount OF the river and
herbor Bill Sl,4t3,lSD, which should
be done FOR the purpose OF COMPARE
son. naamuch as no river and harbor
bill was passed by the last congress
At IL last session, the reduction Is
SlQ,alu.i6g.
AS compared with the laws passed at
the last session OF the last congress the
following reductions are shown In the
following table; Agriculture bill, Sl0l,-
4i6; army bill, Si32, ,5j; legislative. etc,
but which carries in the main the great
salary list OF the government, $551501;
military academy bin, $2G,03S; pension
appropriation bill. Sii,gis,I $50; sundry
civil bill, $a50J,53 ON account OF de-
ticieucles, SO, 456,440; on account OF per-
manent appropriations Including yll,-
100000 for sugar bounty, which Is ahol-
lshed, and Sio0.O00 expenses under cleo
ton laws that are repealed, Sl4, 1888, j95
Total reductions. 1861, ii9. The bills
showing Increases over the last laws
are as follows; Diplomatic and consul
lar bill, S6l73; District OF Columbia bill.
si3l, 1863; forthcation bill, $2l6,9i9; In
dian bill, Sl.i15,4 OS; naval dill, same,
Si239, O65; postofiice bill, SS232, 2s5; river
and harbor bill uotaD, S1l AIS, $50; mis-
celaneous. $50, 500. Total Increase. 49,
7sg 900.
The secretary Of the treasury in sub
hitting the annual estimate 10 con-
gress in December last stated that he
had included therein no amount for
the payment Of the bounty on sugar.
but II the law authorizing Its payment
should not be repealed It would be
necessary to add to the estimates FOR
1895 for permanent appropriations the
sum of Sll 900 600. But on July l the
commissioner OF Internal revenue esti-
mated that the sum required to pay
this bounty, II not repealed. would
be Sla,2OO.O00 for the fiscal year 1896
and SlG50O,0O0 for the fiscal year 1884.
The expenditures made for bounty on
sugar have been as follows: Fiscal
year 1872, SL55oO2S; fiscal year 1898,
Sg,oG9.539
The postohlce bill makes the usual
increase Incident to the growth Of the
country and It's commercial interests,
the number of postotices having in
creased during the period between
lune 30. 1870, and June 30. 1894. by 1904;
the number of post routes by 45lI, the
miles Of annual travel In transporting
the mails by 1876, 875, the length OF
post routes by 2G,737 miles, the annual
revenues from the service by Sl5,09s,-
l55 and the total annual expenditures
bv $685.. sos,
The sundry civil bin carries IS. 400. 600
toward payments under contracts for
river and harbor works authorized un-
der laws passed during the fifty-frst
and fifty-secund congress. For river
and harbor work there was approprl-
atcd at this session, including the
amount carried by the river and har-
Dor bill Sll ,473 $50 and Ss,iO0.00O for con-
tracts In the sundry civil. the total
sum of s19.S71.i $50. during the first ses-
sion Of the Inst congress there were
appropriated by the river and harbor
| bills S2Oqh 03S more than was appro-
urlated at this session.
At the present session there has been
appropriated the sum Of S1,S0O,0l) to-
ward meeting the river and harhor
contracts authorized by the Fifty-tirst
! congress and s1lO0,000 toward such
1 contracts authorized by the Fifty-sae-
/ ond congress. leaving S54iS7is Of iha
1 former and $la,2633G8 OF the latter, or
| S1gTi2I47 In all OF the river and har-
I Dor contracts yet to be appropriated
I for. To finally equip and complete
/ and arm the fifty new vessels OF Inc
/ navy built or authorized II u esti-
| mated that there Will yet be appropri-
ated the further sum OF S23.0so.si4,
/ making total Of Sii2.06el33 which
| the new navy as now authorized VIII
cost.
4 subjoined statement shows that
OF the appropriations made at this
| Eegsion s65,44i 900 were required under
laws passed daring the Fifty-iirst CON
lrcss; that only s3i.575.i91 were ap'
proprlated by the first session Of the
| ITlftv-arst congress under those laws
That OF the appropriations made dur
ING the two sessions Of the last con
cross si75.78G.GiS were the result o.
those laws and that only Sl2gsosll
we're appropriated Al both sessions o.
| INA Flfty-ilrst congress under those
laws. which 1t passed entailing slel
enorInous obligations upon its success
s0rs Dnring the present session y
ronaress me salaried list Of the gov
eminent has been reduced hy i,.2 ~,
tnnn 400 in number and pYer f'v'.vy'
IL annual cost. and more salaries haF'
hasn raIursd than Increased
mr. sal-ras attaches elaborate "a
NJ "a ne statement, which give II
detail the points he mas Su''''-'''''
herein.