The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-12-05
AS GREATEST MONEY SPENDING
SESSION EVER HELD.
INCREASE or APPRO PRATIONS
All Departments of Government VIII
Require More Money-Receipts for
Past Year Have Been Much Heavier
Than Those of Previous Years.
BY Tav.
ESPECIAL TO he MORNING .TIaEs.,

Washington, Dec. 4."Wbiie the ap-
proaehing session of congress- promises
nothing IN the way of postal bank or
other legislation sought by the people.
it does promise to establish new rec
ord as a moneyspending session.
Increased appropriations for the va
rious departments is a certainty. This
Is in spite Of the fact that the report
81 the United States treasury shows
that the excess of all disbursements
over all receipts thus far this fiscal
year amounts to the colossal sum of
So 043 .209 For the month of Novem-
Der alone the government spent 8 ,o00,-
600 more than it took in.
A much better showing than the one
now made Gught to be possible, consid-
ering the heavy receipts The customs
receipts for the fiscal year thus far,
s7nce June 30 have been about $22.
o0O.o00 heavier than last year for the
corresponding period. Internal revenue
receipts have been about $4,000, 600
resulting from increased appropriations
hF congress. have largely eaten up
the increase. Thus. while all receipts
for the fiscal year are about so, coo, 600
year. the expenditures have been about
s14 .00O,oOo heavier.
Although an attempt was made in
the Payne bill to solve the deficiency
in the national finances. il faiied utter,
w The new tariff bill falls short by
over S50.000.00G year of bringing II
sufficient revenue to equal the expenses
of the Republican administration. IN
Gle Sam : distressed treasury Is now
considered by both parties 20 be one
OF the biggesi questions before the
American people Along with the up
ward tariff revision. It Is certain 10 be
me absorbing Issue IA the congressional
elections Of 1911
The appropriations Tor next year ag
gregate s1.044. Ola ,29s, or more than s12
per capita if distributed to the indi-
viduafi. Seventy millions Of dollars of
increase in expense is oecasionei b.
the addition In the last eight years of
90 ,225 federal offceholders The pres
ent standing army of the United States
numbers only about $4,000 men.
Under the estimates already ar
ranged for the Taft administration. the
Incorporating campaign promises 20
reach higher mark than during the
Roosevelt administration, when the he
felt was the largest ever faced by tht
government.
\ reign Of wasBefulness started ir
with the day Grover Cleveland turned
over the administration to his successor
William Mckinley. Figures tell n
story so momentous It Is almost impos
sfbk TO fuaF comprehend it. The ag
grsgate appropriation for the las
Cleveland administration was 1854.
los, 555, and the aggregate sppropri
alton for the last Roosevelt admins
tratioa. 50 PA, 993, 19s-twiee the sun
rsquised to run the government unde
Cleveland
Here is The way the expenditure
have been creeping mp:
Appropriations Laso Biennial Period
Cleveland a6ni ni strstion.. 954, 493 ,05
n eFinley administration. 1,47e. ss6, 90
Roosevelt administration. 1856. $50, 10
Tan ESTIMATED first hi
e1ni9 PERIOD ..... $500, ooo, 90