Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
A NEW DYNAMO FOR swANToN.
OUR ENORMOUS EXPENSES.
Some Tart Points on Coming Political
Issue.


Some Tart Points Coming Political
Issue.
Especial correspondence Of the Transcript
Washington, oct. 2s
The chief of the division Of bookkeeping
and warrants has Just submitted to Soc
rotary Gage what is known as the com
tined statement of the receipts and dis
bursements apparent and aCtuaD of the
United States for the fiscal year ended
June 3d. 1899" This is one Of the most in
tercsting of all government publications.
In 1t the budding statesman might see an
issue that will some day attract the at
tention Of the American people. The
growth of the country has thus far been
so rapid and its increase in wealth and
prosperity so marked that no one urging
economy has had much of "A herring
There Is almost no public interest in the
subject to-day At Just what point in
the country's history public expenditures,
which are increasing at 4 geomc tric1l IA
ito compared with population, will finally
summon the attention they deserve. re-
mains to be seen. The net ordinary ex-
penditures of the government excluding
interest, in 1900 were approximately 81
100000 From 1890 to 1870 they averaged
about $l3oGoo00 annually. by 1860 they
had reached fG0,GC0.0c0, I'm 1850. $4,000 0OU
while in 1895 and thcreabouts preceding
the Spanish war federal expenditures. in
Guiding interest. had come to he comput-
ed at million dollars a Gay rhat figure
has now become a meWory. While it is
yet too early to tell what our expenditures
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