Arizona republican., 1903-03-12

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 On the Fertilization bill, reduction of s11O,53S7S.
 On the Indian bill. a reduction ot s47s, s,O77.6s.
 On the Legislative, Executive and Ju- dicial bill an increase of s2,199, ,272.16, made up chiefly on account of the transfer of s926, 46O to this bill from the Sundry Civil bill for expenses of the permanent Census Office and by the ad- dition of s5O0,OOO to enable the Attor- ey-General to enforce more effectu- ally the interstate commerce and anti. trust laws.
 On tn military academy bill reduc- ton of s1,974.O75.75.
 On the naval bill an increase of s3.- O2O, ,92S.sO.
 On the pension appropriation bill an increase of s5.37O.
 On the post office bill an increase of s15.0s4,s51.
 No river and harbor bill was passed at the late session. The one enacted the previous session appropriated s26.- I'll, ,442
 On the sundry civil bill an increase or s22. .1Os, ,5s5.97. In this bill there was in- cluded s2O. .233, ,15O for the continuation of river and harbor improvements un- der authorized contracts. which sum Is an increase of s14.4S4, ,3s2.5O over the | amounts appropriated the year before. An examination of the details of the permanent appropriation estimates also discloses the gratifying result of decrease in the annual interest charge on the national debt of $2,00O,0 900 for the ensuing fiscal year.
 AS Chairman Cannon explained, the sum total of appropriations for the two l fiscal years 1903 and 1904, made by the late congress. amount to S1,554. 10s. 514 .S4 | This sum exceeds the aggregate of ap> propriations made by the previous con- gress for the years 1901 and 1902 by s113,- 1 619075.97, and yet an analysis of the appropriations made by the two con- i greSses shows that the congress just expired appropriated alone for the navy for the postal service, for improve ments of rivers and harbors, and for the construction of public buildings the sum of s115, 1882, ,136.49 more than was ap- propriated for those objects by the preceding congress for 1901 and 1902. l To state it another way: The late congress gave in excess of appropria- tions made by the Fifty-sixth congress s17 ,49O, ,946.S9 toward the increase of the navy, an expenditure that is indorsed by the whole people, for by this gener ous provision for the upbuilding of our navy they realize that our country is placed in the position where we can maintain our rights on the high seas of the world and repel from our shores. with the aid of our now nearly perfect system of coast defenses, the invasion of any foreign power.
 1 For the postal service the increase in appropriations over those of the pre- vious congress amounts to s54, ST ,221, | sum greater than that service cost 1T. any fiscal year prior to that of 1888; anG service is now more nearly self-sustain- ing than it has been at any time dur ing the past eighteen years. The uni versal and unprecedented prosperity throughout the country is unmistak ably attested through this most sensi- tive pulse of our whole system of gov ernmental machinery.
 For the improvement of our water ways and the harbors for commerce along our seaboard the appropriations for the periods mentioned show an in- crease of s3s, ,526 12O.75
 Public buildings authorized by the late congress, to be constructed in our
 chief cities and towns, have required appropriations of s9, ,9S7, ,S47.S5 more than
 was appropriated by the Fifty-sixth congress.
 And in addition to these increased ap-
 propriations, made at the two sessions
 of the Fifty-seventh congress, the sn
 of 50.13O,000 was appropriated toward
 the final and speedy achievement of oul
 greatest national ambition. the con-
 strction of the isthmian canal.
 MT. Cannon closed with the happy re-
 mark that the republican administra- tion of our government, the dominance
 of republican policies in both branches
 of congress since 1897, has given us 2
 system of taxation that has produced .
 national treasury richer than was eve, | enjoyed by any nation of the earth
 and has rendered possible these grea'
 expenditures for the public welfare. S-Exza..sE.lEaz.z .larzzzzl1a.