The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-18
TAWNEY DEALS WITH FIGURES Government Must Prac- tice Economy. WORKS AGAINST A DEFICIT Appropriations Committee Divides
 Its Work. Congress to Be Asked to Guard Money in Treasury--PubIic Buildings
 Will Not Be Easily
 Reduced.
WORKS AGAINST A DEFICIT

Tawney, of the House Committee on Appropriations. which was appointed yesterday by Speaker Cannon, today mittee by the appointment of sub-coa- < mittees as follows:
 Sundry Civil---Tawney. Smith. Browns low. Fitzgerald and SherIey
 Legislative-Bingham Gillett Brick. Livingston and Burieson.
 District of Columbia--Gardner. Mad den, Ereeland. Burleson and Bowers.
 Pensions--Keifer. Gardner. Brown- low. Bowers and Livingston.
 ortifcations-Smith, Gran. Gillett. Shelley and Fitzgerald.
 Dehciencies-Tawney Vreeland. Keif- CT. Brundidge. Jr., and Livingston.
 Permanent Appropriations--B Brick. Graf. Madden. Brundage and Burleson.
 At the close of the committee meet- ing today, Chairman Tawney dictated the following statement:
 "The Committee on Appropriations In Congress are confronted with situ- atfon that will require a very material revision of the items submitted for public expenditures for the next fiscal year ending June 30. 1909. in order to keep the appropriations within the pos- sible and estimated revenues of the Government.
 "The estimates submitted at the be-
  the new current year. totaied sSs5,96o.- 643 The estimates for the next fiscal year. submitted at the beginning of this season fin the book of estimates totaled $9s6,949.23S, or an increase in the estimated expenditures for the next fiscal year over the current year of l $100. .25S.645. The estimated total rev. enue for the next fiscal year is $S7S.- 123.0f1 while the actual revenue in- ciuding postal revenues received dur ing the last fiscal year which total revenue was larger than that of any previous year In the history of the IGovernment. was only ss46.725.3ss. l Tt will be seen. therefore, that on the | oasis of the estimated expenditures Iand the estimated revenue for the next fiscal year the expenditures as esti- mated. exceed the revenue by slfs.- S26,277. This excess does not include estimates for the regular deficiency and miscellaneous appropriations which | for the current year amount to $l5.- | I47s99. Nor does it include any new appropriations for spontaneous expen- ditures. From this excess total of sI1s.S2627T. however. should be deduct- cd s25,000.00e which is included in the estimated expenditure for the redemp- | ton of national bank notes. This ex- penditure is not made out of. the cur- | rent revenues but out of the. statutory funds obtained from national banks. l Governments revenues.
 "Deducting $25. 900 stiil leaves a deficiency of $S3.00o,000 between the estimated expenditures and the esti- mated revenue and shows the neces- sity for a practical revision of the es- inmates submitted by the several subs committees 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.
 From an elimination of statement | prepared by the committee on appro- | priations it appears that the princi- | pal increase lin the expenditures for | the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, is for the military establishment. in- cluding the army the navy and psn- | sions.
 "This increase over the current ap- propriations for the military establish- | mentments. amounts almost to $1eo.- OoO. .OOO as 1t does not include any es- innate whatever for new authoriza- | tions, such for instance as the build ing of battleships. important increases of estimates over current expenses are:
 "For the army $l1.12t.15i; for the l navy. s26s32S42. for Notifications, $3l.- 545.9s4: Tor pensions, s4,s0o.ooo. i's view of the almost certain decrease in l estimated revenues for the next nscai l year. and also in view of the fact tnat l war does not threaten this country if may be stated on the highest au- thority that Congress, in revising the | estimated expenditures, will. at this | session, endeavor to reduce most all of the budget for the maintenance or | the military establishment. rather than put the pruning knife to civli esti- mates.
 "Today's treasury statement shows that the decrea SC in total government revenues for the last fifteen days or November and the first fifteen days of December was $3,sTs.S4O. Members of the appropriation Committee think this rate of decrease from the reve- nues of the first part of the current wear Will not grow less If this shall be so, a fiscal deficit of $S1.000.000 will have accrued by June 3O, lSVs There was, however. a tthe close ot the last fiscal year a surplus on nano of revenue over expenditures Of sSA- 900. 900, and there Is today in the sev-, eral bank Repositories, S252,zf4,Sl9 que the United States.
 Thus while an anticipated denctt of $3l. 900. 600 at the end Of the current | year will be an actual dehcit It's cre- alton would call for no issue of bonds for defrayal
 "As current appropriations are pro- vided for by current revenues and as all expenditures for the current year have been authorized, the Sixtieth Congress, in taking into account q possible decrease of revenues. eonsid- CTS only the twelve months to follow June 30. 1907. It is the opinion Of some members of the Appropriations Committee. among them Chairman Tawney and Representative Keller of Ohio. that the intended decrease will { continue during that period. Sinof tne closest scrutiny will be given to all measures proposing appropriations of any kind and new authorizations, prominent among them in bills thus far introduced being public buildings. will be subjected to more than ordinary | consideration.
 rho situation as 1t presents itseif.s' i said Mir. Keller, may mean, after we get down to business. that not &in- gle bill calling for the erection of a l nuhiic building will be favorabiy re- \ ..orfnd h.s hha cnnnraif a-n ..-.--.