The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-14
DRAINS ON THE TREASURY
Eztrayagant appropriations Dis
euSSed in the Senate.
Mr.. Hale Declares Congress Is In
capable of Appreciatins the Ex-
tent of the Expenditures Being Au-
thot lied - Mr. Lodge CritIeIses
Government Aid to Expeditions.

The consideration OF the Agricultural
Appropriation bill was resumed in the SEN
| ate today, the question being on the COM
nittee amendment as TO mapping the soils
Of tie United States. wa an amendment
| offered by Mr.. Money to restrict The maps
ping to tobacco soils
Mr.. Hale made point Of order against
the committee amendment as being TN
authorized by law The scheme, be said.
would in the end, cost hundred million
dollars K would never end until every
State and every county was visited by a,
corps Of engineers. In the interest OF
moderation he made his point OF order.
Mr.. Proctor in charge Of the bill. re-
piled that as The proposed expenditure was
but $4,000 It would take LOO years to-
reach the amount suggested by Mr. Hale
Mr.. TiIlmau inveighed against what he
called uisgaTdliness on the part Of Mr.
Hale ard Mr. Pettus contrasted the prop
Osition 10 spend s2Z5, 000, eco for the benefit +
Of shipOWners and shipbuilders, and the
proposition II spend less than 500. coo for s
the benefit Of more than half the populs-
ticn Of the United States Look. he ex-
claimed. on the two pictures
Mr. Hale repeated his prediction about
the ultimate cost Of the proposition The .
farmers. he said. did not demand it. They 4
knew the soils of their farms and their !
adaptability to various growths. The
farmers we're practical, hardheaded nnen
and took no stock in the fanciful scheme
OF some expert in the Department OF Ag-
riculture-
1T seems sometimes, he continued
that there Is nothing so thankless as to
object when (aS at presently every interest
2 nd zeEe
Treasury. In the great Decentralization
which has seized upon the public mind
and upon Congress. we are incapable OF
reading or understanding or appreciating &
the tremendous expenditures We are au-
thoriZing- When the people realize it
those who are responsible for It viii cali
upon the rocks and the mountains 10 hide
them Every measure is urged because it
has some great Industry Or interest, or
class behind it.
When We get TO the end Of this Con-
gress and figure up the appropriations. the
sum viii be larger. very much larger than
any estimate that has been made; and it
IS lust IN such times as this that danger
comes in
In the course OF a long discussion. Mr..
Lodge. commended Mr. Hale for his warn
ing about extravaganza He spoke OF the
River and Harbor bill being weighted
down with demands for every port and
river and SAID II was an open secret that
that bill was in danger of failure on that
account He also instancad the growing
demands for appropriations in aid OF ex-
positions-S5, CSC Geo for st. Louis. $500, 600
for Buffalo. and SO oa-aud said that that
was great industry which was growing
I'D.
II was the same with battieaelds of the
Revolution and of the civil war. One or
TWO OF them had been properly taken as
places OF public interest and now there
vas an industry in the line a great real
estate movement in battIefeIds And il
was so with monuments. There was
continual pressure to have the Govern
nent raise monuments IN different States
70 locate heroes and local events.