The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-20
To- REVISE ESTIMATES.
Task Before the Appropriations
Committee in Congress.
TAWNEY ISSUES Statement
Declares That Estimated Expenditures
for the Next Fiscal Lear Far Exceed
the Estimated Revenue-Appropria
tons for Army and Navy to Be Cut.

the Estimated ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tions for Army and Navy to Be Cut.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-Chairman
Tawney of the house committee on APP
preparations, which was appointed
Monday by Speaker Cannon, effected
its organization by the appointment or
subcommittee as follows:
Sundry Civil-Tawney, Brownlow,
Smith, Fitzgerald and Sherley. Legis-
lative-Bingham, Gillett, Brick, Liv-
ingston and Burleson. District of Co
lumbia-Gardner, Bowers, Madden,
Burleson and Vreeland. Pensions
Keifer, Gardner, Brownlow, Bowers,
Livingston. Notifications - Gillett,
Smith, Graft, Sherley and Fitzgerald.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Kiefer, Livings-
ton, Brundige, Jr., and Vreeland. Per-
manent opriations-Brick, Graft, !
Madden, Burleson and Brundige, Jr.
At the close of the committees
meeting Chairman Tawney dictated
the following statement:
congress is confronted with a situa-
ton which will require very material
revision of the estimates submitted
for public expenditures for the next
fiscal year ending June so, 1909, in or
der to keep the appropriations within
the possible and estimated revenues
of the government.
The estimates submitted at the be-
ginning of the last session of congress
for the new current year totalled
1856, 96O,643. The estimates for the
next fiscal year, submitted at the be-
ginning of this session in the book or
estimates, totalled S996,949,23S, or an
increase in the estimated expenditures
for the next fiscal year over the cur
rent year of $100,9SS,645. The estl-
mated total revenue for the next fiscal
year is SS7S, 123,011, while the actual
revenue, including postal revenue re-
ceived during the last fiscal year,
which total revenue was larger than
that of any previous year in the his
tory of the government, was only
$S46, 725 ,339.
Exceed the Estimated Revenue.
at will be seen, therefore, that on
the basis of the estimated eXpendl-
lures and the estimated revenue for
the next fiscal year, the expenditures
as estimated exceed the revenue by
s11S,S26,277 This excess does not
include estimates for the regular def
cheney and miscellaneous approprla-
tions, which for the current year
amount to $13,147, 1899. Nor does it in
clude any new appropriations for
spontaneous expenditures. From this
excess total of $11S,S26,277, however,
should be deducted $25, 900, which
is included in the estimated eXpendl-
ture for the redemption OF national
bank notes. This expenditure for the
redemption is not made out Of the cur
rent revenues, but out of the statutory
fund obtained from national banks,
which fund is not carried as part OF
the governments revenues.
"Deducting the $25,000,000 still
leaves deficiency of $S3,O0O,O00 be-
tween the estimated expenditures and
the estimated revenue, and shows the
necessity for practical revision of the
estimates submitted by the several
subcommittee having jurisdiction OF
the appropriations for the next fiscal
year, in order to keep expenditures for
that year within possible revenues,
and thus to avoid a deficiency.
1T also shows the practical impossf-
bility of congress at this session au-
thorizing new governmental services
or the undertaking of new projects,
appropriations for which would have
to be met out of the revenue incoming
for the next fiscal year-unless other
provision is made for meeting such
administration expenditures than to re-
uuire them to be betrayed out of the
current revenues of the government"
From an examination of statement
prepared by the committee on appro-
priations it appears that the principal
increase in the expenditures for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1909, is for
the military establishment, including
the army, the navy and pensions. This
increase over the current appropria-
lions for the military establishment
amounts to almost $100,000,000. In.
view of the almost certain decrease in
estimated revenues for the next fiscal
year. and also in view of the fact that
war does not threaten this country, it
NAV be stated on the highest authority
that congress-, in revising the esti-
mated expenditures, will endeavor to
reduce most of all the budget for the
maintenance of the military establish
fhon