Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-05
MONEY APPROPR|ATE TED
Mr.. AIIison's Summing Up in
the Senate.
NEAR TW0-BILLl0N LINE
Large Excess Over the Fifty-E Eighth
Congress.
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
His Explanation That Nearly Every
Supply Bill Was Increased, but
That There Will Be Surplus.

| Senator AllisoA's statement of approprla-
| lions during the Congress that has just
| come to a conclusion is being commented
| on as of great interest, as it shows that the
| Fifty ninth Congress came very near
| touching the two-billion-dolar line. Some
years ago there was a great outcry be-
| cause the appropriations of the Fffty-frst
| Congress amounted to a billion dollars, as
it was popularity termed. or thousand
| millions, in more exact language. The ap-
preparations of the Fifty-ninth Congress
come within a few thousand of $780,
| 100000.
| based were the joint work of Mr.. Thomas p.
| Cleaves and Mr.. James C. Courts, clerks Of
| the committees on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| tees of the Senate and House of Repre-
| sentatives, respectively. Mr.. Allison, in
| summing up the contents of these interest
| ing tables, said in the Senate:
MI. Allison's Summing Up.
THE total appropriations for the session,
| available for the fiscal year $685. are S919,-
| 94S619.63. These include, of course, the
| annual appropriations and also the perma-
nent appropriations which are not made in
| the annual bills. OF the permanent appro-
priatlons, S51 COO,OOO is to meet sinking
| fund obligations for 1908 provided for by
| statute; also $2O,GOO,OO0 estimated redemp-
ton of national bank notes in 1908 out of
deposits by banks for that purpose. That
| is a constant fund, replenished from day
| to day by deposits of the national banks
and drawn from as national bank notes are
redeemed. So the $4,000, 600 is not
charge upon the revenues of the govern
ment.
There is also included in the 1913, 94s,-
619.63, $13 439,6S5. 80 of appropriations under
deficiency bills, all of which will be ex-
pended during the present fiscal year. and
will not run into the next fiscal year These
items make in all SOC, 439, $50. Sc that should
be deducted from the 1919 .94a 6T9.6s, maxi
ing total appropriation OF $50, sos 994 q
chargeable to the revenue for the next
fiscal year. The estimated revenue from
all sources for the next fiscal year Is $780,
there will be surplus Of $40 600 GOO in
round numbers at the end of the fiscal year
1905, and not a deficit.
THE increase of appropriations for the
year 1908 over the year 1907 amounts to
$40 1888. 494 Al. Those increases over the
current fiscal year arise chiefly from three
| to- four sources. which I will name. First
| the army appropriations are increased &c.
| 100000. This may be accounted for by the
increase of the army at the present session
| by the provision for coast artillery. The
fertilization bill for the next fiscal year
amounts to 81 $1,000 in excess of the ap-
preparation for Notifications during the
current year. The appropriations for legis-
lative, executive, and judicial expenses for
the next fiscal year have been increased
| s2.4OO.OOO. The increase In the post office
| appropriations for next year over the cur
rent year amounts to $20.OOO,O00. The
pension appropriation bill is increased So
100000 The river and harbor appropri-
| alton exceeds that of the current year by
| $37. 100000. That is accounted for by the
fact that for the current year we passed
no river and harbor bill. 1t is said, and 1
have seen it stated that we appropriate
$9O,OO0,0OO for rivers and harbors AS
matter of fact, the appropriation bill for
rivers and harbors for the next year
amounts to $37, 1873. O93.'
right here that, from a very careful COM
putation made, the expenditure of eighty
six or eighty-seven million dollars carried
by the river and harbor bill will not ex-
coed $27 100000 year. many of the ap-
preparations running even up to six years"
Mr.. Allison Continues.
Mr. Allison continuing: THE sundry
civil bill carries $12.OO0.OOO more than the
sundry civil act of last year, largely &C
counted for by various items which are not
very large individually.
THE permanent appropriations this year
are increased $500. 900 in round numbers.
These increases are caused, first, by the
appropriation for meat inspection of 5000
eco; second, for forest reserves of 81 20O,-
600. and. third, for the reclamation service
of AOOO.OO0. The reclama ton fund, of
course, Is a separate and distinct fund and
this AUO,OOO Will De taken from that
fund.
1.-The appropriations for the Fifty-ninth
Congress exceed those for the Fifty-eighth
Congress by 1888, $50, S54. It Is interesting to
note the items that make up this increase
rivers and harbors. 81 200 800; pensions,
s., 900, 900; post Office appropriations, $780,
100000. / emphasize the latter item to show
how rapidly our appropriations for the
postal service have increased, amounting to
100000 more for this Congress than for
the Fifty eighth Congress. 1t may be worth
while to note that this increase Is not OBJ
jected to by any senator. so far as I know
or by the House Of Representatives.
The Panama canal appropriation for the
Fifty-ninth Congress also shows an increase
of $3O.5O0.OOO over the Fifty-eighth Con-
gress. know Of no one who objects to this
appropriation; at least the appropriation
for the Panama canal Is supposed to be
made by the unanimous Judgment of both
Houses Of Congress, with the approval of
the American people. 1t is also worth while
to note as / pass, when we hear so much
said about a deficit in the treasury, that by
the act of 1902 the policy was entered upon
of constructing the canal by means of loans
The cost of construction was not to be paid
out of the current revenues of the govern
ment. Therefore in any statement that Is
made. the appropriation should not be
charged to the current revenues Of the gov
eminent"