Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-28
EDITION rRspAY ApRr,a 1otsA1r LAKE
Second Session. Fty-Eighth Congress- Has Adjourned


mltteo on appropriations, submitted q
serieb OF tables, p. eparpd by tho clerks
~ ue appropriation committees, show
NIB an Increase OF S2s,O00000 over tho
appropriations for last session. Ie
sGye the principal items OF increase az
For the navy sl6,OOo,OO0, on account
OF the postal service, Including rural
iree delivery S,00000 Ha also stated
that there IL an Increase OF yS.SSl, 900 I'm
the PERMANENT annual appropriations,
the chief items being $1,000. OOO for the
pank note redemption fund, and the
next most important item being s?,250,-
wy Tor the irrigation reclamation fund,
Mr.. Allison also spoke OF the Increase
IN the deficiency appropriations, the
principal item being IN that connection
the loan OF si,600,Q00 made 10 tho 81.
Louis exposition, Replying TO an In.
curry from Mr.. Aldrlch, he said that
outside the loan to the exposition the
cost OF that institution TO the national
treasury, including the cost of the gov
trnmental exhibit, is about Sc 100000.
Speaking generally, Mr.. Allison said
The appropriations We're In the main
for the conduct OF the government and
he expressed the opinion that they
would not be criticised. He also re-
fered to obligations assumed and said
those Of this year are less than for
many years previous.
While Mr., Allison was speaking Mr..
Kittredgc presented the conference re-
port on the Panama canal bill aud II
was agreed to without comment.
The house resolution fixing p. m.
today as the hour for final adjournment
OF the session was presented and was
adopted without being referred TO a
committee.
Resumlng, Mr. Allison said the obi
cations aside from appropriations In.
CURED at the present session amount
TO $2i.O000O0
Mr.. Culberson presented a review OF
appropriations for the past 10 years,
covering the last administration Of Mr.
Cleveland and the Mckinley and Roose-
welt administrations. He said the
total expenditures under the Roose-
welt administration had been $3.50, 600
600 or S2ll ,000 900 greater than the four
years Of the Mckinley administration.
and SSS9.OOO,O0 600 greater than IN the four
years Of the Cleveland administration.
lHeHt lllNicaocS Hc Suu-hlNlucu 40 ioi-
lows
Civil administration $3.50, 900; ma
val, S23l 100000, military S2s4OOO,0OO. He
also said that for 1906 the total .appro-
priations on account Of the military,
including pensions would be $685., 0OO
and said that excluding the expenses
Of the Bocr war, the military expendi'
lures Of the United States for 1908 were
S32O0000O more than those OF Great
Britain for that year; slSl 100000
greater than those ~ Germany and
sl39,00O.OO0 in excess Of those OF France.
Replying to Mr., Allison. Mr., German
placed the total appropriations of this
session at $751; 100000 and the obliga.
lions incurred at over $2i.0O00O0. or
more than $500, 100000 all told, not In.
Guiding the appropriation for the Pana-
ma canal. He said the figures were
amazing ana predicted that II would
be impossible 20 make expenditures at
this rate without increasing taxes. He
attributed the rapid increase 10 the am
b.tion to make Of the United States "a
great world power" and said that We
had reaped no harvest exceDt loss Of
life and decentralization In every branch
of the governmental service,