The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-13
SOME ODD EXPENSES.
Bills That Have to Be Paid BY the
Treasury Department.


From the Globe Democrat.
Some curious items enter into the ex-
pense 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 a man $3.50 year to watch the Casa
Grande, and see that some Chicago arch8-
ologist doesn't carry it away for exhibit
ton purposes.
Secretary Gresham has tried to get
along this year with $1,000 for bringing
home the remains of diplomatic and con-
sular officers Of this country who died
abroad. In view of the probable in
crease of mortality among the unusu-
ally 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 s., 900 to bring home
the widows of those diplomats who die
abroad.
The vaccinations of Indians is a regu-
lar charge of 81 900 year on the United
States treasury.
The condition of Lo-the-poor Indian is
buO lAlSliidbAAlll VI AuuCn sym DdbuN dluOuR
certain Caucasian philanthropistS. The
regular budget for the red man this year
reaches $6,93l, 1861. Next year it is
expected to go to s., 09S, 611. Al. This COW
ers multitude of things which civilized
people have never thought of. For in
stance, every one of the 600 men Crows
gets a $40 suit of good substantial wooden
clothing, consisting of coat, hat, panta-
looms, flannel shirt and wooden socks"
| Everyone of the 700 women Crows gets
FLANNEL shirt, 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 as good a stager as
| the pensioner Away back in 1894 the
government stipulated to pay the six ma
tions of New York state certain sum
several thousand dollars-every year, and
it is still doing it. There are annuities
which have been paid to the Senecas re-
| ligiously since 1917. The Shawnees have
been getting good round sum yearly
since 1894. These and many like them
are permanent annuities. Some of them
have run hundred years. Most of them
have been operation fifty years. They
seem to be just as good for another cen
fury.
There are the Pottawatomies of Indi-
ana and Michigan. They have worked
the white man beautifully. In 1875 they
got one permanent annuity which has
been paid regularly ever since, In 1909
they socked it to our grandfathers for
another annuity. In 1918 the Pottawat-
omies came again, and this government
agreed to pay them another so-much-a-
year without any limitation of time.
The fourth permanent annuity was fas-
| tened upon the treasury in 1928. Between
that time and 1876 four more permanent
annuities were added TO the Pottawatom-
les list. And they have been paid faith
fully every year. They will be paid next
year and the next after, and nobody
knows when the obligation will cease
Three of the annuities are payable in
silver and silver il was for the Indian
all through the war and afterwards, when
white folks never saw the color of coin
Another annuity is in specie" two more
are in money" The other two annuities
illustrate more forcibly the farcial
Every year since 1896 the government has
sOlemnly delivered to the Pottawattomies
fifty barrels of salt. And every year
since 1926 this government has maintained
blacksmith shop with equipments at a