The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
A BILLION DOLLARS
LITTLE SHORT OF AMOUNT IS AP-
 PROPRIATED.
Fifty-Ninth Congress Has Provided For Expenditures Of $9f9,94s,670 For All Purposes--Living-
 sfon,s Views.

Washington, March 4.-Statements were made to the Senate and House today by Senator Allison and Repre- sentative Tawney, chairmen respective ly of the appropriations committees and by Representative Livingston, the ranking minority member of the House committee regarding the appropriations which have been made during the ses- sion.
 The totaf appropriations aggregate s919.94S,679.e3 of which $756,622,674.27 Is for the annual expenditures of the government for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1908. The balance of tha grand total Is to be used as follows:
 $12.439. .6S5.36 for emergencies and de- fieiencies on account of the fiscal year 1907, and prior years; $1.00O,000 for miscellaneous objects. such as private claims and the like. authorized in spe- cial acts and s149.sS6.320 for perma- neut annual appropriations to meet the interest charges on the public debt. the requirements of the sinking fund, ex- penses of collecting the revenues from customs. redemption of national bank notes and other purposes. The reve- nues of the government for 1905, are estimated at ss50,o00.000. which 1t was stated would leave a surplus of S2o,- 100000, and not deficit as had been predicted in some quarters. During the 59th Congress. as q whole, it was stated that s19s, 100000 had been appropriated in excess of the total for the 59th Congress.
 Analybing the increase in appropria- tions for the year 1908, over the cur rent fiscal year, the total of which is given as $40.00O.OO0 the increases are distributed in part as follows:
 For the army s6,700,000; Qualifications s.I. .I judicial $2,400 ,000; postal service $20,- 100000; pensions.T s5,0O0,O It was stated that while the river and harbor bill carried approximately $SS,0pO,000, the expenditures under it would be but $27.ooO.000 during 1908.
 The appropriation on account of the Panama Canal during the 59th Con- gress was increased over that during the 59th Congress by s69,5O0, ,000. Dur ing the same time the postal expenses | increased $50.000.000.
 Representative Livingston,s present. ing the views of the minority on the subject, agrees as to the total which, he says, fs "an increase of $40,395, ,494 over the appropriations made for the current fiscal year 1889, made at the first regular session of the Fifty-fifth Congress which covered substantially the entire expenses of the military and
 
 war with Spain.
 Enormous as are these appropria- tions for the next fiscal year, there should be aded to them the further sums of $25,000,000 on account of con- tracts authorized in the naval bill for additional warships and for which no sums whatever are appropriated and a sum of $49,S29,349 for contracts author ized in the river and harbor appropria- tion bill in addition to the appropria- tions made in that act.
 These sums added to the total ap- parent appropriations of the sessions, make the tremendous sum of $994,77S,- 028.63 carried either in direct appropri- ations or authorizes at this session of Congress establishing a new record for Federal appropriations approaching the prodtgous sum of a billion dollars for g. single session of Congress.
 The highest estimates placed on the probable revenues of the Government from all sources during the coming fiscal. year indicate that they will be at least $100, 900, 900 below the appropria- tions, and authorizations for expendi- ture chargeable to the session of Com gress just closing.
 'The increase for the army over last | year is $6,71S,1767. Increase for the navy over last year. $21,S67 ,000. with l the authorization for two new ships. Increase for Notifications. s1,S44, ,O00; increase for pensions, s5,691, OGO
 If this military spirit and extrava- gance is to continue. the Ways and Means Committee had better get busy and provide a large increase in the revenues.