The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
APPROPRIATION VERY
NEAR THE BILLION MARX
Chairrnen Allison and Taw-
ney Give Resumes of
Big Increases
DEMOCRAT TALKS OUT
Describes People of the
Island Possessions
as Rats

WASHINGTON. March 4.-Statements
were made to the Senate and House
today by Senator Allison and Repre-
sentative Tawney, chairmen, respect
lively, of the appropriations committees.
and by Representative Livingston,
ranking minority member of the House
committee, regarding appropriations of
the session. The following is resume
of the statements:
The total appropriations aggregate $sis.-
GAS, $50, Of which $756, ,622, ,6I4 is for the an
nual expenditures for the fiscal year ending
is to be used as follows: S12,439. .6s5 for emer-
gencies and deficiencies on account Of the nscai
cellaneous objects, such private claims and
the like authorized in special acts, and $l49, $50
the interest charge on the public debt, the re
quirements of the sinking fund, expenses or
collecting the revenue from citizens. redemption
OF national bank notes and other purposes:
The revenues of the Government for 1908 are
estimated at $3.50, ,oo0, 600, which will leave a
been predicted in some quarters.
During the ffty-ninth Congress as whole
sles 600 900 has been appropriated in excess of
the total for the Fifty eighth Congress-
Analyzing the increased appropri-
ations for the year 1908 over the cur
rent fiscal year, the total Of which is
given as $40 100000. the increases are
distributed in part as follows:
For the army Sc. 100. 600; for Notifications.
81 500 600; legislative executive and judicial.
81, 400, ,000 postal service $4,000 600; pensions,
While the river and harbor bill carried ap-
proximately $50 ooo. 600. the expenditgre under
The appropriation for the Panama canal was
increased over that during the Fifty-eighth Com
postal needs increased $50 900 o0o
Representative Livingston, present
ing the views of the minority on the
subject, agrees to the total, which he
says is IAN increase of S40,5S9,544 over
the appropriations made for the cur
rent fiscal year and $57,266.i93 over the
appropriation for the fiscal year 1899.
made at the first regular session of the
Fifty fifth Congress, which covered
military and naval establishments on
account of the war with Spain. Con-
tinuing, he said:
Enormous as are these appropriations for the
next fiscal year there should be added TO them
the further sums Of SIS 900 900 on account Of
ditional warships, and for which no moneys
whatever are yet appropriated, and the sum Of
and harbor appropriation bill in addition to the
appropriations made In that act
These sums added TO the sessions total ap-
parent appropriations make the tremendous sum
of $994 US 029 carried either in direct appropr-
ations authorizations at this session OF Con-
gress, establishing a new record for Federal ap-
propriations. approaching the prodigious sum of
billion dollars for a single session OF Con-
gress.
The highest estimates placed on the probable
revenue Of the Government from all sources
during the coming fiscal year Indicate that they
will be at least one hundred million dollars be-
low the appropriations and authorizations for ex-
penditure chargeable to the session OF Congress
just closed.
The increase for the army over last year is
S6. 6.7ls1ls; increase for the navy over last year
is S2l. .s67, 900, with the authorization for two
new ships; increase for Notifications, Sl,s44,-
600; increase for pensions. S5.69l. 600. II the
military spirit and extravaganza is TO continue
the ways and committee had better get
busy and provide for large increase in the
revenues.
Livingston concluded with this re-
mark:
wish to heaven that we could give the
Philippines TO japan and get out Of that coun-
try, the cost of which to no one can even
predict. l received letter the other day from
debating society in my district asking my
opinion whether Cuba should be annexed. To
that question l want to reply right here We
have got enough of that Kind of rats now.