The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-03-07
ALLISON Tells
OF EXPENDITURES
EXPLAINS HOW NATION IS TO
USE BILLION DOLLARS.
coUETRY's NEEDS GROWING.
Largest sum Ever Appropriated BY
Any Congress-Many Big improve
ments Undertaken BY the
Government.

spective1y. OF the appropriations com
mittees, and by Representative Living
stone, the minority member OF the
house committee, regarding appropria
ti0ns which have been made during
the short session of the Fifty ninth
congress, snow that the appropria'
tlons aggregate ss19.s4s,679.6S, OF
which s756, 622,674.27 is for the annua
expenditures of the government for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908
The balance Of the grand total Is tc
be used as follows:
y Twelve millions, four hundred and
thirty-nine Thousand. six hundred and
eignty-fiye dollars and thirty-six cents
for emergencies and deficiencies on
account of the fiscal year 1907 and
prior years; 100000 for miscellane.
Gus objects. such as private claims
ana the like, authorized IN special
acts. and $14s.SS6,32o for permanent
annual appropriations to meet the In
terest charge on the public debt, the
requirements OK the sinking fund, ex'
penses OF collecting the revenues from
customs, redemption of national bank
notes and other purposes. The reye-
nue. of the government for 1906 are
estimated at ss50,O00,000, which, II
was stated. would leave surplus OF
S20,000.000, and not deficit, as hal
been predicted in some quarters.
During the Fifty-nintn congress as
whole, 1t was stated that S19S,0O0,.
900 had been appropriated in excess
of the total for the Fifty-eighth con-
gress. Analysing the increased ap-
preparations for the year 1908, over
the current fiscal year, the total of
which is given as $40.000,000, the in
creases are distributed in part as fol
lows:
For the army, $6,70O.000; fortifica-
tons, s1,S00,O0O; legislative, execu-
tive and judicial. $2,400,O00; postal
service, s2O.OoO,OOO; pensions, $1,000
600.
1t was stated that while the river
and harbor bill carried approximately
$50. 900, 600, the expenditure under it
would be but $27.00O,O00 during 1908.
The appropriation on account of the
Panama canal duriag the Fifty-ninth
congress was increased over that dur
ing the Fifty-eighth by s69,5oo,000,
During the same time the postal ex-
penses Increased s50,000,060
Sum Almost Dazing.
Representative Livingstone, pre-
senting the views Of the minority on
the subject, agrees as to the total,
which. he says, is an increase Of s40,-
35s,494.47 over the appropriations
made for the fiscal year 1899, made at
the first regular session of the Fifty
ninth congress which covered substan-
italy the entire expenses of the mil
itary estimates on account of war
with Spain He continued:
Enormous as are these approprfa-
lions for the next fiscal year there
should be added to them further sums
Of s25 100000 on accounts of contracts
authorized in the naval bill for addi-
tional warships and for which no sums
whatever are yet appropriated and
the sum OF s4s,S29.34e for contracts
authorized in the river and harbor ap.
preparation bill in addition TO the APP
preparations made in that act.
THESE sums added to the total ap.
parent appropriations of the session
make the tremendous sum of 1884,
77S,028.63 carried in direct appropria.
tons, or authorizations at this ses-
sion OF congress, establishing a new
record for federal appropriations, ap.
preaching the prodigious sum Of a BIZ.
lion dollars for single session OF
congress.
"The highest estimates placed on
the probable revenues OF the govern.
ment from all sources during the com.
Ing fiscal year indicate that they will
be at least s1OO,Ooo,oo below the ap-
preparations and authorizations for
expenditure chargeable to the session
Of congress Just closing.
Cost Of the Military.
tine increase for the army over
last year is se,71s11767; increase for
the navy. $2l,Se7.O0O, with the author.
ization for two new ships; increase
for Notifications, s1,S44,OO0; increase
for pensions. s5.5Gs.OOO. II this mill
tary spirit and extravaganza is 10 con.
ti7ue. the ways and means committee
had better get busy and provide a
large increase in the revenues"
Mr.. Livingstone concluded with this
remark:
4 wish to heaven we could give the
Philippines away to Japan and get out
OF that country. whose cost to us nc
one can even predict 1 received a
letter the other DAY from a debating
society In my district asking my opin.
ion whether Cuba should be annexed
TO that question ] want to reply right
here. We have got enough OF that
kind Of rats now