Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-03-20
Appropriations by Last Congress

'"N "'N"'e VI INV oppiopiidtiOn OF
the Fifty sixth Congress Both place
the total at $1.44O, O52 ,545-at the
first session $7l1, l5O,862, and at the
second $729,9ll $50. Mr.. Cannon
publishes table showing the expeD.
ditures of the previous Congress at
Pl,56S, 2l2,637, and Mr.. Livingston
makes comparison with the Fifty
fourth Congress, which appropriated
81, O45. $50, 273.
MIR. Cannon saws the approprIa
lions of the late session aggregate
about 1928, GIL ,6S3, including $i23,
1S2,6SS for the postal service and
S53,O00,00O for the sinking fund.
The increase over the appropriations
made at the first session of this Con
gress is less than S2O.OOO,OOO.
The total appropriations of the
Fifty sixth Congress are SI2S,15O..
o92 less than the appropriations made
during the two regular sessions of
the preceding Congress,
The new revenue law passed at this
session will, it is estimated. reduce
taxes for the coming fiscal year Sal.
100000, bringing our total estimated
income for the coming fiscal wear. in
"ludlng postal revenues, to $685.
O42.
OF the total appropriations made
At this session at least $4,000. 600
will not, in the light of past expert
ence. be expended. This considera
ble margin between actual expendi
lures and appropriations made by
Congress indicates a sum total of ok
nenditures during the fiscal year 1902
IF not exceeding 5000. 9Il .6S3. After
meeting the fullest ordinary require
ments of the public service under
present appropriations there will re
main sufficient revenue for 1909 TO
meet not less than $4,000, 900 of the
requirements of the sinking fund.
The DEFICIENCIES provided for dur
ing the fiscal year 1899 by the first
regular session of the Fifty fifth Con
gress, amounting to $349, 772, 3S9,
were almost entirely TO cover the ex.
pensrs during the fiscal year 1899
and 1900 incident to the war with
Spain.
Mr.. Livingston says the Fifty
fourth Congress was the last one that
made appropriations for the support
Vt the Government prior to the he
ginning of the Spanish war The
Fifth sixth Congress is the first to
appropriate for the support of the
government since the close of the
Spanish war The difference between
the appropriations made by the Fiji
" sixth Congress and those made bv
the Fifty fourth Congress amounts
to $3.50. 4S2,272.
"Duringahe session just closed"
says Mr.. Livingston, 1.-the demands of
the people. through their representa-
tives. for the construction of the Mic
,ragua canal have gone unheeded;
for new public buildings they have
heen persistently denied The river
and harbor till has been permitted to
fail. The payment of just claims of
honest people against the government
has not been provided for.
Notwithstanding the heavy taxa
tion of the people and the enormous
sums that are collected each to be
poured into the Federal treasury, the
public works and internal improve
ments of every character throughout
the country have practically been de
MED by this Congress-
"The most casual examination of
this table makes comment practically
unnecessary. 1t shows shat the army
for each of the two years prior to the
Spanish war cost little over $23,
10000 and but little more than
$4,000, 900 for the two years cover
ed by the Fifty fourth Congress.
while for the army for each of the
TWO years since the war, 1901 and
1902, it costs nearly $ll5, 100000. or
$3.50. 100000 for the two years, ex-
elusive Of DEFICIENCIES that have been
provided for in large sums out of ap
preparations made for the Spanish
wer during the Fiftytifth Congress.
1.-The navy cost for the two years
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