Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-21
SPENDS THREE.
EouRrHs OF REVENUES FOR
FIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
STARTLING ARRAY OF FIGURES
PRESENTED By TAWNEY
Wars Past and Wars We Are Prepar-
ing For Cost a Grand Total That
Staegers, and Dem ands Arc Con-
stantly nereasins-Tawney Presents
Figures.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, July 21.-Expenditure
on account of wars of the past and in
for possible wars in the
the total annual outlay by the govern
ment for all purposes. according to an
estimate made by James A. Tawney, of
chairman Of the house COM
mittee on appropriations. Mr.. Tawney's
startling array of figures appeared In
the issue of the Congressional Record,
members of congress did not have time
to deliver or prepare before congress
adjourned. His presentation of the
financial side Of the military establish
ment of the United States is intended
TO Offset the campaign made by Repre-
sentative Hobson for q bigger navy
and like enthusiasts in the army.
Mr.. Tawney's analysis of the appro-
pr!ations for the fiscal year 1909 shows
that 40 per cent of the revenues for
that year We're expended or authorized
to be expended in preparation for wars
TO come
Figures Are Staggering.
Our aggregate expenditures on ac-
count of wars past and wars we are
preparing for" says Mr. Tawney.
reached grand total in 1909 that al
most staggers the Imagination. Ex-
penditures of this character, TOO. are
making such increasing demands upon
out annual revenues. revenues that
should be appropriated for the objects
~ oN
capable of permanently benehting and
promoting the welfare of the American
people. that the mere statement of that
aggregate has alarmed some of the
most enthusiastic advocates of a still
further increase of our army and navy
This is proven by the fact that they
challenge the correctness of the state
ment of that aggregate They have at
tempted to break its force by assert
ing that it is incorrect, which only goes
ginning to feel the burden OF these
enormous war expenditures and are
making that fact known to their rep
resentatives.
The Appointments.
Official statements of the secretary
of the treasury showing IN detail all
of our expenditures for eevry govern
mental purpose, show that during the
entire fiscal year 1903, on &C.
count Of wars past and wars, it
is said we are preparing to avoid. we
have expended TIA OF our total rev.
enues collected that year. exclusive of
postal receipts. Postal receipts are ex-
Guided because they are appropriated
to meet postal expenditures, and the
two so nearly equal each other that
they are treated by the trea sury de-
partment as a balanced account.
"FYom this official statement of the
treasury department we learn that the
total ordinary expenditures Of the gov
eminent for that fiscal year. exclusive
Of expenditures for the postal service,
and exclusive of expenditures for the
Panama canal, altho the canal is justi
fed now as military measure,
amounted TO sS62,324.444.77. while the
total revenues collected, exclusive Of
postal receipts, amounted TO s6o3,5S9,-
4s9s4 Out of these revenues we ex-
pended on account Of preparation for
war s23S. o5O.72145 or SO per cent Of
the whole amount Of revenues collected
that fiscal year. On account of past
wars we expended for that fiscal year
T,556.30. or 80 per cent of our
total revenues, exclusive of postal re-
ceipts.
1T will be seen. therefore. from this
official statement of the secretary Of
the treasury of the exact amount OF
our expenditures that our aggregate
expenditures on account of wars past
and in preparation of anticipated wars
equaled. during the fiscal year 1909
ia per cent of our aggregate rev.