Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1894-08-21
FOR GOVERNMENT.
WHAT 1T COSTS TO RUN UNCLE
SAMS MACHINERY.
he Chairman of the House Commit
tee on Appropriations Shows
What Congress Has Appropriately,
and Gives Comparisons.

propriations, has completed an official
statement Of the amount appropriated
by the session of congress just closing,
as compared with past sessions. The
statement represents the views OF the
Democratic majority in the committee
and in the house of the economy OF
government expenses. Mr. Sayres
statement reads as follows:
The appropriations made during the
extraordinary session and the first reg
ular session of the present congress,
including permanent appropriations
show a reduction of SIS, ,S35, $3.50 under
the appropriations made at the last
session of congress, and deducting the
| amount of the river and harbor bill,
| $11 1913. $50, which should be done for
| the purpose of comparison, inasmuch
as no river and Aarbor bill was passed
| by the last congress at its last session,
the reduction is $4O,3U9, 1G9. AS COM
pared With the laws passed at the last
session OF the last congress the follow
lng reductions are shown as follows:
Agricultural bill, $1O1 ,476; army bill,
%6322, ,7555; legislative, etc, bill, which
carries i'll the main the great salary
| list of the government, S551 ,3O7; mill
taly academy bill, $26,O33; pension bill,
$14, 949, $50; sundry civil bill, $780,
$50; on account Of Deficiencies $1O,-
| 456. 40; Or account of permanent APP
preparations. including $11 100000 for
sugar bounty, which is abolished, and
| $45O,O0O expenses under election laws
| that are repealed, $14 4,393,593. Total
reductions, $4S,624. .119.
! The bills showing increases over the
| last laws are as follows: Diplomatic
and consular bill, SG,473; District of
| Columbia bill, $131 1863; fortitication
lill, $126,949; Indian bill, $l,475 ,4OS;
naval bill, same, 2223 ,O65; postotfice
bill. SO 232 .2S5; river and harbor bill,
total, S11.473, $50; miscellaneous, $780,
| 500. Total increase, $19, 1SS,229.
The secretary of the treasury in sub
mitting the annual estimates to con-
grcss in December last, stated that he
| had included therein no amount for
the payment of the bounty on sugar.
tut that il the law authorizing its pay
ment should not be repealed, it would
be necessary to add to the estimates
for 1895 for permanent appropriations
the sum Of 100000 But in July
last the commissioner of internal reve
nue. estimated that the sum required
to pay this bounty, if not repealed.
would be $4,000, 900 for the fiscal year
1895 and SIT 100000 for 1896. The en-
penditlres made for bounty on sugar
have been as follows: Fiscal year
1892, $T,55OO2S; fiscal year 1893, &c.
569.532; fiscal year 1894. $13.O73379.
The postotlicc 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
June 30 1890, and June 30, 1894, by
7,4O4; the number of post routes by
| 4,514: the miles of annual travel in
transporting the mails by 74.G15,375;
the length Of post routes by 26, 737
miles; the anLual revenues from the
| service by $15.MS, 100. and Ihe total
| annual expenditures by 11.952,5O9
The sundry civil bill carries IS. 100000
| toward payment under contracts for
river and harbor works authorized un-
der laws passed during the Fifty-trst
and Fifty second congresses.
| For river and harbor work there was
| appropriated at this session. including
the amount carried by the river and
harbor bill, $11 ,413,1SO. and SIS, 100000
for contracts in the sundry civil bill,
the total sum of S19,S73, $50. During
the first session of the last congress
there was appropriated by the river
and harbor bill $2O95. OBS more than
was appropriated at this session.
ha
appropriated the sum of $1,000 900 to-
ward meeting the river and harbor con-
tracts authorized by the Fifty-tirst con
gress, and S7.100.0O0 toward such con-
tracts authorized by the Fifty-second
congress- leaving $5.44S,779 of the
former and $1i,2G3.3GS of the latter
or $19,712,117 in all of the river and
harbor contracts yet to be appropri-
ated for.
To finally equip and complete the
fifty new vessels of the navy it is esti-
mated that there will ret have to be
appropriated the further sum of $23,-
OSO,9!4, making a total Of S112.U62,-
163 which the new navy as now au-
thorized will cost
subjoincd statement shows that of
the appropriations made at this ses-
sion $65,441 were required under laws
passed during the Fifty-trst congress:
that only $34,574 ,191 We're appropri
ated by the first session of the Fifty
hrst congress under those laws: thar
OF the appropriations made during tho
two sessions of the last congress Sl75.
I36.61S were the result Of those laws
and that only $127,3O9,111 were an
propriated at both sessions OF the Fif
ty-flrst congress under those laws which
1t passed cntailing such enormous obli-
cations upon it's successors.
During the present session of congress
the salaried list of the government has
been reduced by more than 600 in NM,
Der and over 100000 in annual cost
and more salaries have been reduced
than increased.
Mr. Sayres attaches elaborate tables
10 the statement which gives in detail
the points he has summarized herein