The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-07
STEWART BROTHERS. DIstrbutors. ST. JOSEPH. MO
EXPANSION OF EXPENSES.
Appropriations This Session Amount
to $7o9, 729, 476.

Washington, June IA carefully pre-
pared statement on the appropriations
Of the session has been made by Sen
ator Allison, chairman of the senate
committee on appropriations, and
Chairman Cannon, of the house COM
mittee on appropriations, in accord
ance with custom. The statement says:
1.-THE appropriations made by the first
session of the F'ifty-sixth congress
amount to s7O9, 729,4 ATS. This sum in
cIudes $131, PAT, 1856 estimated to be on
account of or incident to the late war
with Spain, and deducting it, the re-
naming amount. $57S, ASP, 321, represents
the ordinary appropriations made for
the support Of the government
TT will be observed that, after de-
Quoting the amounts estimated to have
been appropriated on account OF or IN
cident to the war with Spain for the
ensuing the current and the last fiscal
years which cover the period since the
beginning of the Spanish war, the ap-
prOpriatiOnS for the five fiscal years
including the two Immediately pre-
ceding-are as follows:
"1S91-$515, S45, 1874.
"1S9S-$52S, 1876 079.
"1S99-S532, 81 6SS.
''l9O0-$554. 27S S66.
"19O1-$578, 4S2, 321.
This shows an apparent excess in
/ the ordinary appropriations at this ses-
sion for the fiscal year 1901 of S49, 49,
POP over the appropriation for the fiscal
year 1898, which Immediately preceded
/ the Spanish war. The chief increase
for ordinary expenses for 1901 OVER
/ those for 1898 are:
| Increase Of the navy, $7,0S1, 916.
pensions, $31. 9S1. $40.
Postal service. exclusive of newly
| acquired territory, $17,7S2, 800
! Twelfth census, 100000
Permanent appropriations Qnclud-
/ ing 81 GOO for requirements of sink
! ing fund and S4,000,0O0 for redemption
/ of national bank notes., $6,634,OOO
THE total of these increases is $780,
2O2. S26
"These increases in federal appropri-
ations need no defense, and but a word
| of explanation.
THE amount for the department of
agriculture is only a proper compliance
/ with the natural demands of the agr1cul-
! tural interests of the country.
For pensions the amount simply rep
resents the natural increase of the pen
sion roll.
For the increase of the navy the ex-
cess over the appropriations of 1898
is necessary for the construction,
arrnor, armament and equipment of
/ battleships, cruisers, gunboats and tor
/ pedO boats heretofore authorized, and
/ is no more than is absolutely necessary
toward placing the navy exped1tlously
/ in the proper condition universally de-
manded by the people for the national
| defense.
Much of the natural increase is at
| tributable to the increased volume OF
! business in the treasury, war and navy
4 departments incident to the war with
Spain. although no part of it is included
| in the table which is submitted of in
creased appropriations on account OF
war.
+ Under permanent appropriations
aside from Sc 900, 600 for interest on the
a /, IL soc
appear; one for "a 900 600 for the re-
demption of circulating notes of nation
al banks out of funds deposited with
the treasury for that purpose-the
transaction being purely one of book
keeping and in no way aftecunS the
public funds. The amount of estimated
redemptions out of bank funds is simply
"a 600 600 greater than in 1898 and by
process of bookkeeping that amount is
added to the appropriation for 1901.
An increase of 81 600, 600 is made IL
the amount estimated to meet the re
quirements of the sinking fund for 100
over the sum estimated and included il
/ the appropriation for 1898. This IN
crease is on account of the Spanish wal
loan of 5000 900, 600. The appropriation
| amounts as nearly they can be arrived
at, on account of or incident to the
war with Spain during each of the three
sessions OF congress held since the be
ginning of that war are set forth in de.
tail. The amounts thus appropriated
during the two sessions of the last con
gress covered the period to the close o
the fiscal year, 1900. and aggregated
1882, 562, OS3.
"Of this whole sum it is estimated by
the treasury department that to June s.
instant, the total expenditures will no
exceed 1892, 0O0, 600, leaving a surplus o
$50 OO0 900 after meeting outstanding OBJ
| legations to be covered into the treas
ury. Thus, for the conduct of that mo
mentous. war and its resultant effect
congress amply made appropriation
and the administration has wisely ant
prudently made expenditures from tn
liberal sums thus placed at it's dis
posal''
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