The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-07
REPORTS CONFLICT
CANNON AND LIVINGSTON ON THE
APPROPRIATIONS.
BOTH MAKE COMPARISONS.
APPROPRIATIONS OF FIFTY-SIXTH
CONGRESS SI,440,O62,540.

Cannon shows Decrease as Com
pared with the Fifty-fifth Con-
gress of SI2S. f0O, ,O91-Mr. Living
ston Compares With the Fifty
fourth and shows an Increase of
S395, ,372-The Army Has Cost
3O,O0O,OOO for Two Years Since
the War as Against $4,000, 900 for
the Two Years Previous to the
War.
Washington, March 6.-Representative
Cannon, chairman of the House Commit
tee on Appropriations, and Representa-
tive Livingston the senior Democratic
member of the committee, have prepared
statements of the appropriations of the
Fifty-siXth Congress, which will be print
ed in the Congressional Record tomorrow.
Both place the total appropria ations of the
Congress at $1,44OO62, ,545, placing those for
the first session at $40, 150.S62, and for the
second session at $729,911 6SS. Mr.. Cannon
publishes a table showing the expendi
lures of the previous Congress at 81, $685.
2l2,6S7 and Mr.. Livingston makes COM
parison with the Fifty-fourth Congress,
which appropriated $1,OH H,5SO,273.
In his statement Mr.. Cannon says:
'Of the total appropriations made at
this session, at least $3O,OOOO0O will not,
in the light of past experience, be ex-
pended. This considerable margin be-
tween actual expenditures and appropria-
tions made by Congress indicates a sum
total of expenditures during the fiscal
year 1902 of not exceeding $699 ,911 ,6S3.07.
This sum includes $4,000 900 on account of
the fund requirements for the fiscal year
1902, which. of course, under the terms of
the law, will be met only to such extent
as surplus revenues in the treasury may
permit. After meeting the fullest ordi-
nary requirements of the public service
under the appropriations which have been
made, there will surely remain sufficient
revenue for 1902 to meet not less than S3O-
100000 of the requirements of the sinking
fund
Heavy Increase in Postal Expense.
'The most marked increase indicated in
the appropr ations for ordinary eXpSnses
of the government made for the TWO
years 1901 and 1902 at the two sessions of
this Congress over those of the two pre-
ceding years 1899 and 1900, provided FOR
by the Fifty-fffth Congress, Is for the
postal service. The necessity of these in
creased appropriations to meet large
business demands is referred to as cause
for congratuiation. The appropriations
have been reduced SIPS 150,O91 by this
Congress under those provided for by its
predecessor, and this has rendered posi-
BILE reduction of taxes in the sum of
81, 100000.
with a continuance OF the wise admin
istration enjoyed by the country, there Is
every reason to anticipate a further re-
duction of public expenditures in the near
future and a corresponding further reduc-
tion of taxes"
Mr.. Livingston says:
1.-THE Fifty-fourth Congress was the last
one that made appropriations for the
support of the government prior to the
beginning of the Spanish-American War
'sThe Fifty-sixth Congress is the first
Congress apDropriating for the support
of the government since the close of the
so-called Spanish-American war The
difference between the appropriations
made by the Fifty-sixth Congress and
those made by the Fifty-fourth Congress
amounts to $685. 5482, 272.
During the session just closed the de-
maids of the people, through their rep
resehtatives, for the construction of the
Nicaragua canal have gone unheeded and
those for new public buildings have been
persstently denied. The river and har-
Dor bill has been permitted to fail. The
payment of just claims of honest people
against the government has not been
provided for.
Army's Heavy Cost Since the War.
1.-THE most casual examination of this
table makes comment practically unneces-
sary. 1t shows that the army for each
of the two years prior to the Spanish
American war cost a little over $23,O0O,OOO,
and but little more than A6,000,O00 for the
two years covered by the Fifty-fourth
Congress, while for each of the two years
since that war, 1901 and 1902, it costs $1l5,
OOO.OOO or $3.50 100000 for the two years, ex-
elusive of deficiencies that have been pro-
vided for in large sums out of appropri-
ations made for expenses of the Spanish
war during the Fifty-flfth Congress.
1.-The navy cost for the two years is
1S97-9s, is $69. 1921 900, while for the years
1901 and 1902 these appropriations amount
to nearly $14i 100000.
For the payment of pensions the appro-
priations show an increase Of nearly IS
100000 for the two years.
"In a word, this table shows that the
price to the people of the policy of this
administration that has been thrust upon
them by the Republican party is in round
numbers 800, 100000 within a period of two
years and the half that is contemplated
mas not yet been put in operation"
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