The Baptist headlight., 1894-05-23
ODD ITEMS OF EXPENSE.
Some Little Known Uses to Which the Ma.
tiOn's Mo.ey Is Put.

are mentioned by the ST Louis Globe.
Democrat Away down in Arizona,
near the city of Florence, there is a
ruin of the dwelling place Of some
prehistoric people. 1t is called Casa
Grande. The government pays
man $3.50 year to watch Casa
Grande and see that some arch1 olo-
gist doesn't carry it away for exhibi-
tion purposes.
Secretary Gresham has tried 10 get
Along this year with So, 900 for bring,
ng home the remains OF diplomatic
md consular officers of this country
who died abroad. In view of the
probable increase of mortality among
the unusually large number of these
patriots VINO have responded to the
call of Josiah Quincy and have gone
to places where the climate is bad,
Mr.. Gresham asks $40, 900 the COM
ing 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 vaccination of
Indians is a charge of ST, 900 q year
Uu UuG u uluCQ OUdUCo 4AGao0AJ' AAS
condit on of Lo, the poor Indian, is
/ the inspiration Of much sympathy
among certain Caucasian philanthrOp.
lists. The regular budget for the
red man this year reaches S6, 931,
1861. Next year year it is expected
to 60 to s., 09S, ,6l1.43, This covers a
multitude of things which civilized
people have never thought of. For
Instance eve.y one Uf the 600 men
| Crows gets $40 suit of ''goOd wool
en- clothing, consisting of a coat, hat,
pantaloons, flannel shirt, and woOlen
socks" Every one Of the 700 women
Crows gets "a flannel skirt, pair of
WOODEN hose, twelve yards Of calico,
and twelve yards of Gotten domestic. /"
The end of the Indian budget is
not in sight, The Indian is as good
stayesf as the pensioner Away
back in 1874 the Government stipu-
lated to pay the Six Nations OF New
York State a certain sum-several
thousand dollars-everY year, and it
Is still do ng 1t. There are annul-
ties which have been paid TO the
Senecas religiousIy since 1877. The
Shawnees have been getting good
round sum yearly since 1894. These
and many like them are permanent
annuitieS. Some of them have run a
hundred years. Most of them have
been in operation fifty years. They
seem to be just as good for another
century. There are the Pottawa.
tonnes of Indiana and Michigan.
They have worked the white man
beautifully. In 1895 they got one
permanent annuity, which has been
paid regularly ever since. In 1903
they soaked it to our grandfathers for
another annuity In 1918 the Pot.
tawatomies came again, and this
Government agreed to pay them an.
other o-much-a-year without any
limitation of time. The fourth per
manent annuity for this thrifty
tribe was fastened upon the Treas
ury in 1928 Retween that time
and 1896 four more permanent an.
nuities were added to the Pottawat.
omies' list. And they have been
paid faithfully every year. They
will be paid next year and the year
after, and nobody knows where the
obi cation will cease. Three OF these
annuitieS are payable in IS lyer," and
silver it was for the Indian all
through the war and afterwa d,
when folks never saw the color
of coin. Another annuity IS r
'specie;" two more in money" The
other two annuities illustrate more
forcibiy the farcical. Every yeal
since 1926 the Government has sol
emnly delivered 10 the PottawatO
m es fifty barrels of salt. And every
year since 1925 this Government has
maintained a blacksmith's shop witt
equipments and supplies for three
lblacksmiths at cost OF 81, 00S. 90 {
year for the POttawatOmies
The disbursements to these PaJta
watOmies, who long ago ceased to bt
Indians in all but name, amount Il
$40, G47. IS. They must according II
the treaties go on forever They are
permanent
The Creeks have the oldest Of these
annuitieS 1t started in 1890. The
Ch ckasaws began To draw Il perma
nent annuity in 1899 The ChUck
taw> were put on the roll for SO, 900
year as early as sos. l. it any won
der that the more civilized he get
the more tenacious the Indian grow
OF his tribal relation and Of Uncl,
Sans Iaternalism?