The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-23

ton OF SIS, $50, $3.50 under the apprOpri'
atiOns made at the last session of the
last congress and deducting the
amount Of the river and harbOr bill,
81 I73. $50, which should be done for
the purpose of comparison, inasmuch
as no river and harbOr bill was passed
by the last congress at its last session,
the reduction is $40, 1903, 1859.
"A s compared with the laws passed
at the last session OF the last cong ess,
the following reductions ale shown in
the following table: Agricultural
bills, Sl0l, 476; army bills, 1882, 1855;
legislative, etc, but which carries in
the main the great salary list of tbs
government, 1851, 076; military bill,
! S76, O33; pension appropriation bill,
$l4 ,949, $50; sundry civil bills, 81, $685.
456, 45O; Oh account of permanent ap'
propriatians (tncluding $11 ,O00, 600 for
sugar bounty which is abolished and
$3.50, 900 expenses under election laws
that are repealed, $l4, 1893, 503. Total
reductions $48, 624 , 119.
The bills showing increases over
the last laws are as follows: Diplo.
matte and consular bills, $6,473; Dis
trlct of Columbia bill, $l31, 1863; tortif-
cation bill, $216, $40; Indian bills, ST.
475, 40S; naval bills, So, 233 ,065; pOstof-
flee bills, So ,232, 285; river and harbor
bill (totaD, ST., 473, $50: miscellaneous,
$29, 5000. Total increase, $40, 7S8, 229.
The secretary of the treasury, in
submitting the annual estimates to
congress in December last, stated that
he had included therein no amount
for the payment of the bounty on
sugar, but if the law author
izing its payment should not be
repealed it would be nee
essary to add TO the estimates
fer 1894 for permanent appropriations
the sum of $l2,000,0 600 But in July
last the commissioner of internal
revenue estimated that the sum res
quired to pay this bounty, if not res
| pealed SIS, 2C0, 900 Tor the fiscal year
1895, and II 800 600 for the fiscal year
1894. The eXpendi ures made FOR
bounty on sugar have been as follows:
Fiscal year 1892, 81, $50 ops; fiscal year
1898, 1868, 532
"rhe postotfice bill makes the usual
increase incident to the growth OF the
country and its commercial interests,
the number of postotfices having IN
creased during the period between
June 80, 1890, and June 80, 1894, by
74O4; the number Of post routes by
1914; the miles of annual travel in
transporting the mails by "A, 6l5, 1916;
the length of post routes by 26 1877
miles; the annual revenues from the
service by $l5,O9S, 155 and the total
annual expenditures by $l7 $50, sos
'rhn Il h nj 90
600 towards payments under contracts
for river and harbOr works authorized
under laws passed during the Fifty
first and Fifty-second congresses.
For river ard harbor work there was
appropriated at this session, includ-
ing the amount carried by the river
and harbOl bills, S1l ,473. $50, ana S.
AGO. 900 for contracts in the sunday
civil, the total sum of 1888, $50.
During the first session OF the last
congress there was appropriated by
the river and harbJr bill s., COS, 0S3
more than was appropriated at this
session. At the present session there
has been appropriated the sum of
81 300 900 towards meeting the river
and harbOr contracts authorized by
the Fifty-tirst congress and 81, 100 DOC
| towards such contracts authorized by
the FIfly-second congress, leaving
S. ,449, no of the former and $l4 1853 ,36S
of the latter, or $l9,712, 147 in oil OF
the river and harbor contracts yet 10
be appropriated for.
"To finally equip and complete and
arm the 50 new vessels of the navy
built or authorized it ia estimated that
there yet Will be appropriated the
further sum OF 1923, $50, 1854, max
ing total of $ll2, 062, 1853
which the Lew navy as now authOriz
ed will cost. A subjoined statement
shows that of the appropriations
made at this setsion $65, AL 600 were
required under laws passed duling
the Fifty first congress-; that only
S3l ,574 l01 were appropriated by the
first session OF the Fifty. first congress
under those laws. That of the appro-
prations made during the last two
sessions $175, 96,6lS were the result Of
those laws and that only $127, 300, Ill
were appropriated at both
congress under those laws which
it passed entailing such enormous OBJ
legations upon its successors. During
the present session o: congress the
salaried list Of the government bad
been reduced by more than 600 in
number and over $500 600 in annual
cost and more salaries have been re.
duced than increased"
Mr.. Sayer attaches elaborate tables
to the statement which gives in detail
the points he has summarized herein.
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE sen
ate finance committee met at 10 O'clock
today to further conside' the free
sugar and other separate tariff bills
referred TO it yesterday. The Repub-
lican members of the committee said
they could not take the responsibility
of reporting these bills and if the
Democrats desired to have them re
ported they must do it with their
majority; that the Republicans had
| fOur man hers of the finance commit