Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-02
QUEER ITEMS OF EXPENSE
Uses for Uncle Sans Money That
Arc Not Generally Known.

Arc Not Generally Known.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Some
curious items enter into the expense
account of Uncle Sam. Away out in
Arizona. near the city of Florence,
there is ruin of the dwelling place
of some prehistoric people. 1t is called
Casa Grande. The government pays
Z man $3.50 Il year to watch Casa
Grande and see that some Chicago
;irclaeologist doesn't carry it away
for exhibition purposes.
Secretary Gresham has tried to get
:1olg this year with $1,000 for bring
ing home the remains of diplomatic
and consular officers of this country
who died abroad. In view of the
probable. increase Of mortality anon.
the unusually large number of these
patriots who have responded to the
call of Josiah Quincy and have gone
to places where the climate is bad, Mr..
Gresham asks $4,000 the coming year
for diplomatic mortality.
Another item of close relationship to
the last mentioned is $1,000 to bring
home the widows of those diplomats
who died abroad.
The vaccination of Indians is Il
charge of $1,000 year on the United
States treasury.
The condition of Lo-the- poor Indian
is the inspiration of much sympathy
among certain Caucasian philan-
thropistS. The regular budget for the
red man this year reaches S6,931, 15G.
: 81. Next year ii is expected to go to
! S7,O9S,f11. Al This covers Il multitude
of things which civilized people have
never thought of. For instance, every
suit of good WOODEN clothing. consist
| ing of a coat, hat. pantaloonS, flannel
shirt and WOODEN socks Every one
of the 700 women Crows gets "a fan
mel skirt. pair of wooden hose. twelve
yards of calico and twelve yards of
cotton domestic"
! The end of this Indian budget is not
in sight. The Indian is rs good Il
Stayer as The pensioner. Away back
in 1904 the government stipulated tt
pay the Six Nations of New York state
a certain sum--severa1 thousand dot
larS-cvcry year. and it is still doing it
There are annuitieS which have beer
paid to the Senecas religiously since
ISL. The ShawneeS have been getting
Il good round sum yearly since 1874
These and many like them are perma
nent annuitieS Some of them have
run a hundred years. Most of then
have been in operation fifty years
They seem to be just as good for an
other century.
There are the Pottawat tonnes of In
diana and Michigan. They have work
ed the white man beautifully. In 179.
they got one permanent annuity, whicl
has been paid regularly ever since
In 1909 they sOcked It to our grand
fathers for another annuity. In 1917
the Pottawa tonnes came again, ant
this government agreed to pay then
another so-mucha-ycar without an,
limitation of time. The fourth per
nlanent annuity for this thrifty trib
was fastened upon the treasury il
1898 Between that time and 1896 fOu
more permanent annuities were adde'
to the Pottawatomies' list. And the
have been paid faithfully every yea
They will be paid next year and TIL
next after. and nobody Knows whcl
the obligation will cease. Three o
these annuiticS are payable in "Silver,
land silver it was for the Indian III
through the war and aftcrward. Whr
white folks never saw the color o
coin. Another annuity is in "specic;
two more are in money The othe
) two annuities illustrate more forcibl
the farcical Every year since 1872
the government has so1emnly deliyere
: / to the Pottawatomes fifty barrels @
} salt And every year since 1926 thi
: government has maintained 4 blacl
: smiths shop with equipments and SUI
plies for three blackSniths at Il cos
, of $1,O0S99 a year for the Pottaw:
: tonnes.
: The disbursements to these Pottawt
tonnes, who long ago ceased to be II
dams in all but name, amount to $50
, 64765. They must, according to tn
treaties, go ON forever They ar
| permanent"
The Greeks have the oldest of thes
| hnnuities. 1T started in 1890. Th
, Chickasaws began to draw n perms
nent annuity in 1899. The Chocktaw
| were put on the roll for $4,000 yea
as early as 1905. Is it any wonde
that the more civilized he gets the NOR
tenacious the Indian grows of his tr
bal relation and Of Uncle Sam