The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-05
MONEY TO THROW
At THE BRIDES
Republicans Place the Total
Appropriations for Recent
Session at $919,948,680.
REAL AMOUNT MUCH MORE
STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN
LIVINGSTONE.

Washington, March Attachments were
made to the senate and house today by
Senator Allison and Representative Ta*-
ney, chairmen respectively of the APP
preparation committees. and by Repre-
sentative Livingstone. ranking minority
member of the house committee, regard
| ing the appropriations of the session.
The total appropriations aggregate ssl9.-
S4S, $50. of which S756, 622. 674 is for the an
nual expenditures for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1905. The balance of the
grand total is to be used as follows:
So, 439. 6S5 for emergencies and deficiencies
on account of the fiscal year 1907 and
prior years: $1.000,60d for miscellaneous
OBJECTS. such as private claims and the
IKE, authorized in special acts. and s149.-
SS6 for permanent annual appropriations
to meet the interest charge on the pub
lie debt, the requirements of the sinking
fund. expenses of collecting the revenue
from citizens, redemption of national bank
notes and other purposes.
Estimate of Revenues.
The revenues of the government for
1903 are estimated at $3.50 CO., 600. which. il
is stated, would leave a surplus of $40.
OU0.000. and not a deficit as had been
predicted in some quarters.
During tho Fifty-ninth congress, as
whole, it was stated that s19S,60,0Oo had
been appropriated in excess of the total
Analysing the increased appropriations
for the year 1898 over the current fis-
cal year, the total of which is given as
SlG.0O010. the Increases are distributed
For the army. $4,000; for fortified
lions, 81, 10000; legislative. executive and
judicial, s2,4o0.O00; postal service. 10000.
co., pensions. S5.000,WG.
1t was stated that while the river and
harbor bill carried approximately So
ee0V9. the expenditure under II would 90
but S27000.GG0 during 1908.
The appropriation for the Panama canal
was increased over that during the Fifty
eighth congress S69. 10000. During the
same time postal revenues increased $780,
100000.
Democratic Statement.
Representative Livingstone, presenting
the views of the minority on the sub
iect. agrees as to the total which he says
is IAN increase OF 0.5S9. J44 over the APP
preparations made for the current fiscal
year and S5I, 1913 over the appropria-
tons for the fiscal year 1893, made 1T
the first regular session of the Fifty
fifth congress, which covered substantial
" the entire expenses of the military
and naval establishments on account of
the war with Spain.
Enormous as are these appropriations
for the next fiscal year. there should be
added to them the further SUMS of go
t9G,9Q on account of contracts authorized
in the naval bill for additional warships
and fOr which no moneys whatever sre
yet appropriated, and the sum of $40, $50
$40 for contracts authorized in the river
and harbor appropriation bill. in addi-
ton to the appropriations made in that
act.
These sums, added 10 the sessions to-
tai apparent appropriations make the
tremendous sum of 1894 as 0e9. carried
either In direct appropriations or author
izatiOns at this session of congress. es-
tabIishing a new record for federal ap-
preparations approa ching the prodigious
sum of a billion dollars for single ses-
sion of congress.