The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-06-04
APPROPRIATIONS MADE
FOR COMING YEAR J!
Expenses Of United States Goyeent Greater Than Any Other
Mton--(ongpss AppOpTates SS5lOSS60
To Run the Government the Coming year.

mates submitted 90 congress hy tie
executive rs basis for the apprupria.
tlons made amounted to 5000, 4ia,.
ass, or an excess II ssH,Sii aa4 over
the total OF the appropriations Of
this session aud an excess OF sias, 6hi,
las over all the appropriations made
At the last session. A subtraction oi
the totals OF estimates aud appropria-
tions, he said, showed that the pro
sent house cut down the estimates fof
the ordinary operating expenses OF
the government sial.ats,is2, The
grand total Of appropriation made at
this session exceeded those Of last
session bg - COG 750.
Mr., Tawney submitted the follow
ing table ot major applications.
enacted ~ this session
For agriculture, sli, CA, illa; army,
Sa5, ass, 2i7; diplomatic and consular
81 5sT, 4'i3; District OF Columbia tone.
bali payable from District taxes
$40, III, Cos; Qualifications. Si,ai7,l4as
Indian. 81 30, az Legislative. eAeeut.
I've and Judicial, sag, sa9 sci; military
academy, sst5, 5,63i navy, sl2s, CO. is5
pensions, sl65, ,o5a. 900; postonice, Saa..9
ilga yss sundFy civil, slIo, ,a3s ,al3
deficiency, SD aaa, asa, miscellaneous,
~, l,aOo,ooa; permanent annual ap-
propriatious, Si5l,liieaa Gtand
total. si ,00s, ,sol s9i,
La a further table o! con paris0ns
Mr. Tasney shaved the differences
between major appropriations Of tht
last session and the present sessions
as follows
lncreaase oser last year; Agrionlt
ure, ~ ~, ,aiG; army, sl6, 197,66
diplomatic aud consular, slS6. is0; for
tiacatlons. e, ,4ia,i3 legislative, ex
ecutlyo and judicial, sY03, ls7 navy
s23, s0a, ,9s7; pensions, sl8,aIo,oo0
postotilce slo.s1i, ,iai, snnd,y civil
", los, iol deficiency, sit ss'l, e7i nails
cellaneoas, sa,26l 0@; permanent
i,307. .gI5. Total inereases, si27.
935. 500.
| Reductions: District OF Colunibla
sa22 92e: Indian, SSH T2s; nriiltar
academy. sl,0si, i,o6s; rivers and hat
bors tno appropriation bill this ses
sion, SIS, lo3,os3. Total reduction
$50, saG, sUa
Net increase This session over las
session, tse, ,006, 100.
In conclusion. SIR. Tawney said
"Whateger the untbinkable or sn
perIlcial critic may nov say, tho im
partial aud nonpsrtisan historian wiI
hereafter record and truthfu;iy stat
that Ia The affirmative work perform
ed ana tn c0ntondiug against au
successfully restricting uneOnsiitu
tionsl demands tpon the powers an
treasury Of the federal eusernmen
the work of no previous session
| comparable with the work ut tae hrs
session 0f the Si&tieth congress.
la census Office table suhloined {
. Chairman Tawneys report there ar
given cCmparisous sb0@ing The reia
tionship of expenditures los "a
maintenance % gOsofumont 10 ~
aggregate wealth Of The nation an
proving the uniformity ~ That ~
I lationship Tor lorg series OF years
rhis table shoss that the census ft
port Of ispn, the hrst 10 present tn
! aggregate payment Tor ali eApeudI
lures Tor all classes. as distlnRulshe
, tr1m mere tak leyies foF state'
COUNTIES, cities and minor eiyi, 0iy
sions, including sctools, amounted 1
s5Ga, 252 .g3l. OF = total expenditure b
81 80 for eacb ~ 600 of nations
wealth. In isi5, however, the sea
A ln which tbe ncKt census luquirs ul
! on this subject aas nade, The asgf'
/, sate expenditure of tlHs class ha
! nearly doubled smouutiuP a. a.
: ~ so .Os3, or $3.50 per 81 ooo Of %.
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