The National tribune., 1903-05-07


is not necessarily compulsion; it is only
the expression of the conditions essential
to peace and order in the state. In the
final analysis law may become the express
sion of the conduct of the true man. II
ever all men become true, penalties will
disappear, and the restraints of Govern
ment may be removed.
The development of the average man
along lines of individuality is a corollary
of our Republican system, and on this
continent is growing up Il power which is
greater than its units and broader than
its parts. 1t is as vital, exact and abso-
lutte as the life of any American. This
National life is a thing to be fostered and
developed. Money does not make it. but
helps sustain it. Wealth is not its condi-
ton, but affords helps to broaden and ele-
vate it. Every citizen owes to his land
love and devotion, and the share of sup
port which he is able to give.
How one town becomes thrifty and en-
terprisiDg; how education advances, man
hood takes on fresh value. and society
flowers and bears fruit, while a neighbor
ing town sinks lower and lower in all the
elements of progress and attractiveness,
we have all seen. How one state or
province runs the race of vigOr and swift
ness while the other Lays behind, the
chronicles constantly tell us. How one
nation marches in the forefront of civil
cation and another grOpes and grOyels in
middle-age darkness, is the spectacle be-
held by mankind in every century.
He fails to appreciate true manhood
who regards the individual simply as
farmer or n preacher, a student or q teller;
for over and above his tasks he is man
first of all. Just so the state has its tasks.
but it has q life broader than they can
be; and in order to perform them, that
life must be noble and many-sided Even
into the humdrum matters of revenue and
expenditure this thought has penetrated.
We must give unto Cesar the things which
are CeSars, because Government is our
roof-tree, and because the character of it
goes far to determine our own character
Because, there is National life. the
leyies upon people become drOits rights:
the payments which the citizen makes are
indeed duties. and the apprOpria tons made
therefrom must be jealousy guarded both
against undue extravaganza in supplying
necessary functions, and dwarfing, ener-
waiting paternalism in providing super
tiuOuS ones.
SOME NOTABLE ITEMS OF EXPENDITURES.
Not only may the study of these various
items of expenditure be profitable from
philosophical standpoint. but there is q
living, human interest in following some
of them to their minute details.
For example, it will astonish many
readers to learn from the foregoing table
that the legislative branch of our public
service-our Congress-costs 81 $50. 600
year, of which sum, however, the pub
lie printing and binding absorbs more than
one-half The salaries and mileage of
Senators foots up S491 900. while the
salaries OF Senate officers and employees
cost $4,000 more, or SUI. 900. This
would indicate that the honorable Senators
provide themselves very comfortably with
attendants, especially in view of the fact
that the officers and employees of the
House of Representatives receive less than
one-fOurth as much aggregate pay as the
salaries and mileage of the members.
Possibly, the fact that Chauncey NJ. De
pew has cornered the side whisker privi-
leges of the Senate accounts for its greater
relative righteousness. Stationery and
newspapers cost $4,000 year in the
Senate and $4,000 in the House The
Senate Committee which attended the
funeral of President Mckinley spent So
1851 on that sad journey, and the House
Committee spent S6,2J0.
The item of $213,5S5 for the Executive
Office" embraced:
Salary of the President. $50 600 90
Salary Of the Vice-President.. =. 1,G3O.41
Salaries, Executive Office 4J.747 40
Contingent expenses, Executive
Salaries Civil Service Commits i4''oz'''
sion .................... 93,G4G.74
Travelling expenses, Civil Ser
vice Commission .......... 7,57S.1O
Among the expenses of the Judicial
Branch o. the Government are: Salaries.
Supreme Court, $4,000; salaries. Circuit
Courts, Si60,0S4; salaries, District Judges,
S326, $50; salaries, fees and expenses of
United States MarshaIs. S1,151.35l:
salaries and expenses of United States
District Attorneys. $780,, $40; support of
prisoners, United States Courts, 1874 .OOS:
fees of jurors, United States Courts, S61I.
S5S-prisoners and jurors being, evident
ly, among our most expensive luxuries.
Space will not permit a detailed con-
sideratiOn of all the great departmental
disbursements, nor would the general in
terest justify it. In recent issue of this
paper the writer treated at length on the
expenditures for the postal service. 1t
will suffice here to refer to two or three
of the important executive branches.
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Aside from the Department of Posts,
that Of Agriculture probably touches and
interests more of tbs people than any
other. OF its disbursements some of the
leading features were the following for