The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-05
S919,948,67963 IN
 APPROPRIATIONS. Annual Expenditure of Govern- ment Ending June 30, 1908 LIVINGSTON COMMENTS
Says If Military Spirit and Extrava- gance Continue the Ways and Means Committee Must
 Increase Revenues.

Washington March 4.-statements were made to the Senate and House today by Senator Allison and Representa- tive Taw- ney, chairmen respectively of the appro- priations committee. and by Representa- tive Livingston, the ranking minority member of the House committee regard- ing the appropria tions which have been made during the session.
 The total appropriations aggregate $919,- 94S,679 63, of which $75G, ,622, 67427 is for the annual expenditures of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. The balance of the grand total is to be used as follows:
 Twelve million, four hundred and thir- ty-nine thousand, six hundred and eighty five dollars and thirty-six cents for emergencies and deficiencies on account of the fiscal year 1907, and prior years $l,000,000 for miscellaneous objects, such as private claims and the like, authorized in special acts, and sl49,Ss6,320 for per- manent annual appropriations to meet the interest charged on the public debt, the requirements of the sinking fund, eX- penses of collecting the revenue from customs. redemption of national bank notes and other purposes.
 The revenues of the government for 1908 are estimated at $S5O 000, ,O00, which it was stated would leave a surplus of $2o, ooo and not a deficit as had been predicted In some quarters.
 During the Fifty-ninth Congress as a whole. it was stated that s19S 100000 had been appropriated in excess of the total for the Fifty-eighth Congress.
 Analysing the increase appropriations for the year 1908 over the current fiscal year, the total of which is given as $40.- OO0,000 the increases are distributed ill part as follows:
 For the army, $6.70OOO0.
 Qualifications, $1, ,S00,000.
 Legislative, executive and judicial $2 400, coo.
 Postal service, $20,000,000
 Pensions. $5,OOO0CO.
 $83,0o0o00 for Waterways.
 It was stated that while the rivers and harbors bill carried approximately $S3,- OO0,U0. the expenditure under it would be but $27 ,G00,0G0 during 1908.
 The appropriation on account of the Panama canal during the Ffty-ninth Congress was increased over that during the F'ifty-eighth by s69 9500,Oo0. During the same time the postal expenses increased $50 000, eco.
 Representative Livingston, presenting the views of the minority on the subject, agrees as to the total, which he says is 'an increase of $40 ,395, 47 over the ap- propria tions made for the current fiscal year 1899, made at the first regular ses- sion of the Fifty-fifth Congress, which covered substantially the entire expenses of the military and naval establishments | on account of the war with Spain n mon fs...e for the next fiscal year. there should be l added to them the further sums of $25- OO0000 on account of contracts authorized in the naval bill for additional warships and for which no sums whatever are appropriated, and the sum of $49, ,S29 349 for contracts authorized in the rivers and harbors appropriation bill, in addition to the appropriations made on that ac- count.
 These sums, added to the total appar- ent appropriations of the sessions. make the tremendous sum of $99i. 77S. OPS. .63 car- ried either in direct appropriations or authorizations at this session of Congress. establishing new record for federal appropriations approaching the prodig- ous sum of billion dollars for a single session of Congress-
 "The highest estimates practicable OH the revenues of the government from ali sources during the coming fiscal year in- dcate that they will be at least one hundred million dollars below the appro- priatons and authorizations for expendi- ture chargeable to the session of Con gress just closing.
 "The increase for the army over last year is $6 1S,1l7.67 Increase for the navy over last year $21 .SG7, 900. with the author ization for two new ships Increase for Notifications I,S44000 Increase for pen sions 8. .691 .010
 If this military spirit and extravaganza is to continue the ways and means com mittee had better get busy and provide d lnrpe incrna SC in Inc reNen11ns :,