Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-03-09
THE APPROPRIATION.
Char rman C.n,,,n,ss D.o.
ment Showing Expenditure of
Money by Congress.

ashington, March 6.-The official
statement Of Representative Joseph G..
Cannon (Hl.), the chairman of the
house appropriations committee, sum-
ming up the appropriations of the
fifty-ffth congress, shows an aggre-
gate appropriation by the entire con-
gress of 81 ,566, s9O, O16, and for the ses-
sion just closed a total of $673, 1858 400,
with authority for contracts subject
to future appropriations amounting
to $70,000,000. Chairman Cannon's
statement in full follows:
"The appropriations made at the session
or congress just closed. amount approx
imately to $673, 65S, 400, and show an APP
parent reduction of $219, STE, 900 under the APP
preparations made at thepreceding session.
This is attributable to the large expenses
occasioned by the war with Spain that were
provided for during the preceding session.
The entire appropriations made by the
alIty-hfth congress aggregate 1855, $50,
O162S OF this sum s4S2, 562, 0S3.47 is directly
chargeable to our late war with Spain or
incident thereto: ..Deducting this charge
from the whole amount of the appropria-
lions, the remainder, s1,0S4, 327, 632S1, repre-
SCENTS the ordinary or normal appropria-
lions made by the Fifty-fifth congress.
A1AS opp4OpA1dI1O11S 1udu6 NY l116 pre-
ceding congress, Fifty-fourth, amounted
to $l,044, 58O,273 81. A comparison shows an
increase In ordinary appropriations made
Dy this congress over those made by that
congress, the Fifty-fourth, of $39, 747 900; but
TINS apparent increase is more than ac-
countad for by increases under eight items
alone, namely for pensions, $4000,000; for
the postal service, s16,OoO,oo0 for rivers and
harbors, including work under contracts
previously authorized, $4,000 900; for new
ships for the navy, Sc, 600 900; for beginning
the work of the twelfth census, 81, OOO, 900;
Tor the Paris exposition, $1,200,00O; for new
public buildings including the building for
the department of justice, and for site and
partial construction of the new government
printing Office about $4,000, 900, and for pay
ment OF judgments rendered against the
government on account of French spolia-
tons and under the Bowman act, So, 1Q0, O00
These very natural and necessary increases
IN public Expenditures, on account of the
pension list, the growth of the postal serv-
Ice, IN" response to the demands of COM
merce, the improvement of the great
waterways of the country, and for increase
OF the navy, the construction of needed
buildings to accommodate the government
service in the cities of the country, the talk
ing. of the census, the participation of the
nation in the great exposition to be held at
Paris next year, and the payment of the
French spoliation judgments and Bow
AAAAAA e.c' Se1oeo 81 1o1AS CoAS1uefeu ny anu
pressed upon congress, aggregate $39, $780,
OO0-more than dissipating the entire ap-
parent increase in the ordinary appropria-
lions by this congress over those made by
the Fifty-fourth congress.
I'm addition to the direct appropriations
made at. this session, contracts were au-
thorized, subject to future appropria tons
to be made. by congress, amounting to
about $50, 100000. Of this amount, $44, O0O,-
600 is for additional ships for the navy
22,50O,000 is for work on rivers and har-
bors and something over 100000 is for
public buildings. The contract system is of
necessity applied to the construction of
new warships, which require periods of
years for their construction In the case
of river and harbor improvements and the
construction of public buildings, experience
has shown that the authorization of con-
tracts lends materially to expedite and
cheaper the same"