The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-03-13
SOME BIG FIGURES.
The Appropriations Made by the
Last Congress
Are Talked About by Mr.. sayers, Chair
man OF the House Committee on APP
prOprlatIons-Work of Five Con-
crosses Reviewed by Mr..
Henderson = Inter
estlng Facts.

ative Joseph D. Sayers, the chairman
of the house committee on appropria,
tions, made public yesterday state.
ment showing the appropriations fol
the congress just ended, as compared
with those for the Fifty-frst and Fifty.
second congresses The appropriations
made by the Fifty-third congress, in
GLIDING permanent appropriations,
show reduction of $40, 7e5, $50. ss under
the appropriations made by the Fifty
second congress, and $i5,34l, AIS. 90 un-
der those made by the Fifty. 6sSt con-
gress. Mr.. Sayers shows:
First-rhat the bills including deficiencies.
as passed by the house, made reduction under
the estimates submitted to congress Of $40 36j =
3S9.52
Second-That the bills were Increased as
reported from committees to the senate 81, ,43l,
573.77 tB
Third-That the bills were increased as
passed by the senate S1917O,136
| Fiurth-That the bills as they became laws,
including miscellaneous appropriations appro-
| priated less than the estimates S16 434 4S0 40:
more than as they passed the house, IS, 030 =
SU9O3; less than as they passed the senate, S1l,-
lS922IOl; less than as the laws for 1895, So t2i-
e553i
Fifth-That the permanent appropriations
! which are not subject to the action of congress,
| are increased by the estimates of the depart
ments i'll 800 1902.
AS compared with the laws of the
last session of this congress the total
reductions were $26 Gal, sol. .6G, includ-
ing 81, ,643, 1SO on account of river and
harbor bill none having passed at this
session., and the total increases were
SS@, S22. 81, making net increase by
all OF the bills, including permanent
appropriations, over laws passed at the
last and extra sessions of this congress
IS, S77, ,3209S
when all of the acts of the session
are printed and examined it is not be-
lieved that they will be found to ap-
propriate quite so large sum. But
even that amount is smaller than the
total OF miscellaneous appropriation of
the previous sessions of congress with
in the past twenty years
Notwithstanding the considerable
reduction made in the total appropria-
tions OF last session under those of both
the preceding congresses, the appro-
priations for deficiencies ut this session
are less than they were at the last ses-
sion, and even less than the average
for the two sessions of the Fifty-frst
congress.
Towards the new navy this congress
has appropriated nearly $23 600, 200,
while the new ships it has authorized
to be constructed in the future will not
cost within $4,000, 900 of that sum.
Except an increase of 1000 enlisted
men in the navy, rendered necessary in
order to put into commission the war
ships authorized by laws enacted dur
ing previous congresses, and for an ad-
ditional force of men liz the internal
revenue service, required to enforce the
collection of the income tax, the sal
aried list of the government has been
reduced by this congress more than 600
persons, with annual compensation
amounting to quite three-q quarters of
million of dollars.
Representative D. b. Henderson, of
Iowa, the ranking republican member
OF the house committee on appropria-
tions has prepared an elaborate re.
view of the appropriations for the past
five congresses, and summarizes the ap-
preparations as follows:
Forty-ninth congress, $746, 342, ,491.5l.
Fiftieth congress, SSH, 96S, $50 80
Fifty-first congress, $9SS, AT 1894
Fifty-second congress, 81, ,027, 104, ,547
tifty-third congress, 5000. 33s, COL. O4.
1T will thus be seen," says Mr.. Hen
derson, that thus far we have had but
one billion dollar congress- namely,
the Fifty-second. The Fifty-frst con
gress came so near to that figure that |
the present chairman of the committee
on appropriations, Hon. Joseph D.
Sayers was pleased to call it the Bill
lion dollar congress.
''In estimating the work of the Fifty
third congress in respect to appropria-
tions, it is entirely proper to add to the
total appropriations the authorized
contracts for they constitute mort
gage upon the futurc) and when these
are considered, amounting as they do
to S21,6S6, 7G4, they bring the grand
total of the Fifty-third congress up to
81 ,0l2, ,0o5, 455. 04."
Referring to the S5,OOO,O0O appropri-
ated for the sugar bounty, Mr.. Hender-
son asks: why was it made?" He
answers the question by saying that
the democratic party made the law
that cut of this bounty to protect the
sugar industries of the country at the
same time that they removed protec-
lion from our laboring men and our
farmers and every great American in
iustry. This congress, he continues.
has thought proper to pay this vast
oounty to southern interest that has
while giving no remedy to
'thers who have suffered from the pro-
'isions of the cruel tariff law which
his congress has enacted"
Mr.. Henderson shows that if to the
lmount given as the appropriation by
he Fifty-third congress of 5000, $685.
9l. o4 there be added the annual inter
st charges on the loan recently nego-
lated by the government the appro-
'riations of the last congress would
ggregate $092, 1921, 2S1.o4.
Alarming Spread OF SMALLPOX.
ST. LOUIS, March 9-The epidemic
# smallpox has spread to such an ex-
ent that the city and state authorities
ave decided TO take heroic measures
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