Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-03-13
THE APPROPRIATIONS S
Bills Carrying Sl,440, O62, 545 Passe1
by the Fity-sixth Congress.
CHAIRMAN CANNON'S STATEMENT
Says Congress Has Reduced tppropria-
ti"ns Si"3.i5O.O9t Under Those Pro-
,ided by us Predecessor and Has
Made an Annual Reduction in Taya-
tion Of sal .Oo0.OOO

Washington. u. G. The total OF APP
preparations at the second session of
the FIFTY sixth Congress. Just ended.
according I" u statement prepared 10y
Chairman Cannon OF the House Ap-
propriat ion Committee" iS SIGg.91 .;S,
ana the grand taal for The culirr Con
grcSS. Sl.ito0 0,;3.5i against 81 t.56S.-
.l2.'II hy til" Fifty ifth Congress.
Mr.. Cannon'S Statcmrnt adds:
The increase over the approprla lions
made at the first session of this Con
grcSS is less than $50 ooO. .OOn. and This
sum is moro than accounted for hN the
increase nt Si0.l2ii:,n made on ne
count Of the POSTAL service and nv Sl3.,
!l:.OII in the bill that provides for the
maintenance of our naval "StahlSh-
mcnt ana for tn" construct ion. arinor
and armamcni of The new Ships of the
navy
Slight increases are shown in the
bills providing for The horticultural nr-
naltmcm the army. The diplomatic
and consular service. the government
OF the DiStric; of Columbia. rortitc.I-
tions. the Indian service. and for lcgiS-
hut these increases are more than off
set hy the substantial reductions which
arc indicated in the Suudry civil act
i'll deficiencies and for permanent APP
preparations. Included in The last
named is The provision for our annual
interest charge. which 10y lrgiSla,io ion
enacted by this Congress has been re-
duccd in II sum that will amount an
, nually 10 so iOO. 900 The increase on
account of miscellaneous objects is
occaSioncd by the appropriation Of
SI.2Io. .OOo authorized by legislation ut
the first session Of this Congress for
the 81. Louis ExpoSition
The total appropriat ions mad" ut tho
two sessions of the FifIy-Sixth Con
greSS arc SIPS. 40 09l 80 less than the
appropriations made during the twn
regular sessions of The preceding Con
2rcsS. Th" new rcvcnu" law passed
ut this session viii il is estimated re-
'tucc taxes for The comm" fiscal wear
S+l 100000. bringing our total cSiim-
atcd income for the coming fiscal
year. including postal revenues. Ia
S61J6:;::;. or
| The large dcGcirncics provided for
during tn" fiscal wear 1900 hy the first
regular session of the Fifty fifth Con.
- .'..ti
were almost i'm their entirety To cover
tn" EXPENSES "f The military aud naval
establishments durin" the fiscal wears
1890 and 1000 Incident To the war with
| Spain.
The mos marked increase indicated
IN the appropriations for ordinary cX
r"nscS of thc Government made for
tn" two wears 1901 ana 1907. M The
Nv" sessions of ihiS Congress. over
mos" OF the Two preceding years. 1893
and 1900. provided for by the Fifty
( NTH Congress. is for fh" postal sorry
Zee" This is III" onr branch of the
public service That cannot nc re-.
strained IN It's growth u registers
WIN precision ana cXacinc>S the wei.
rare of the nation. aud ia" lgricultur.
A. industrial and commercial comdi-
non "l the country. Thai the growth
pi ia" postal Scrvic" for IN" two wears
provided FOR 10y This Congress iS near.
~ eight per cCut. greater than WAS The
growth OF the appropriations made
therefor by the Fifty fifth Congress is
II source of COngrgtIIl1IiOu