The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-04
Discovery Of a Seeming Error
IN Measure Made Yester-
day Makes It Apparently In
adequate.
RUNNING EXPENSES
CANNOT BE KEPT UP
The Error Is Alleged to Foot
Up to a Total of $45, ,0OO,-
OOO-No Change in Hosiery
Duties. =

Washington, April 3.-Discovery to-
the revenues to be derived under the
rates of the Payne bill make that meas
ure apparently utterly inadequate to
meet the running expenses Of the gov
eminent. The error is alleged to foot
up to total Of 100000. The err
ror is thus explained: In laying his bill
before the house, Chairman Payne ex-
planned that each year there is an aver
age Of from two to eight per cent OF
appropriations that are not expended.
In other words, that from $2O,OOO,OOO
TO $4S,OO0.OOO Of the total sums por-
toned out by congress each year is
never expended, and therefore can not
be accounted as additional revenue for
the succeeding year. TO strike fair
average. Chairman Payne estimated
the annual unexpended appropriation
at five per cent. on $9O,OOOOOO fur
nished him with the $445,OOOOOO re-
serve or velvet
Banked on Tea Tax.
Estimating further that he would
secure 100000 from tax. on tea,
the chairman of the ways and means
committee presented an array of fig
ures that just about seemed to show
that his bill would furnish plenty of
revenue to carry the government
through. But now it was discovered
that instead Of nnexpended appropri-
ations being turned back into the
treasury at the close of each year all
appropriations are available for three
years after the close of the fiscal year
for which they are made, in order that
payments on continuing contracts may
be met. In some cases such as for
Qualifications. rivers and harbors. etc,
the appropriations are available In
definitely, in fact. it is asserted, by
treasury authorities this afternoon,
that by the time the accounts for a
given year are finally closed. two or
three years after the appropriations
have been made not only is the appro-
priation fully expended but frequently
there is deficit. In view of this con-
dition OF affairs. 1t will be seen that
the $45! 100000 velvet" on which Mr..
Payne banked. goes glimmering.
List Of Figures.
An explanation Of the treasury ac-
count for a series of years showed
these figures: For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1904, there was ex-
pended 1886 per cent of all appropria-
o. hA ~ 40
Der oent. plus; for the fiscal year 1906.
$50 per cent. This gives an average
Tor the three years of 999S per cent.
now expended, and there was still
enough matter under the continuing
oppropriations to go up to and above
400 Per cent for those three years.
Record for 1907.
For the fiscal year 1907 there has
already been spent over % per cent
and the accounts still to be paid for
that year are estimated to absorb the
balance remaining. Likewise for
1908 and although only 81 per cent
has been spent. it is expected that the
entire mount will be drawn out. This
discovery has started the experts at
turn out to be as they appear on the
surface 1t means again the swamping
or the whole tariff bill. with the in
heritance tax. and an income tax as
well as absolutely necessary to meet
the expenses of the government.
Duty 70 Removed.
The Ways and Means committee to-
day decided to remove the duty from
coffee and tea 1t also decided that
the present countervaling duties on
oil, Standard should remain where
they were. There will be no change
IN the drawback provision under which
the Standard Oil makes its money.
There are to be no changes in the
glove and hosiery schedules. II the
present bill makes gloves and stock
1nks dearer to the wearer 1t is to stand
in the Payne bill. Mr.. Payne refused
to discuss the report that he had un-
derestimated receipts under his bill by
SIS, 600. but he said that the rev.
enue laws and the collections spoke for
themselves.
Payne 10 Confident.
I'D 10 CeTtAlu lHdt HIS Oih viii PAO
1uce $500 900 600 or more yearly.
Harrison of New York. tried to have
stockings and gloves put on the free
list. This was defeated by the COM
mittee. The beer interests win. The
ic0mmittee will not increase the duty
Ion barley from 10 to . cents per
Ibushel rs demanded by the farmers.
Spices and cloves are put on the free
Dist The steel schedule is affected In
emall particulars. The duty on flour