New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
TAFT WAS ECONOMICAL
His Desire for Reduction in Ex-
penditureS Bore Fruit.
MANY MILLIONS SAVED
Representative Tawney Says Re
cent Session Was Not
Billion Dollar One.
from The Tribune Bureau. ]

From The Tribune Bureau.1
washington. June 27.-The desire Of Pres
ident Taft for the reduction Of govern
mental expenditures and his insistence that
Congress and the executive departments
c,1rtau their expenses as much as possible
have borne fruit
This is evidenced by the statement issued
to-day by Representative Tawney, Of Min
nesota chairman of the Appropriations
Committee Mr. Tawney shows that the
appropriat;ons made at the session just
closed are about $2S, 900 less than those
of the last regular session and the special
tariff session. He shows also that his COM
mittee reduced the estimates by almost
s., ,000, ,0oo
While Mr. Tawney asserts that the ses-
sion lust adjourned was not OF the bllllon-
dollar variety, the ranking member OF the
minority. Representative Livingston. Of
Georgia, declares that the appropriations
amount to s1.027, ,I33, ,448 "A. Mr.. Tawney's
statement shows that the total amount ap-
propriated was 1886, 0,975, 760 81, from which
should be deducted for the Panama Canal
expenditures S37 $50, 900. The difference be-
tween the estimates arises from the fact
that Mr.. Tawney includes in his appropria-
tions only such expenditures as Will De
made during the fiscal year 1911, while MI
Livingston includes even the authorizations
President Taft's Efforts.
In speaking of the success which has at
tended President Taft's endeavor to secure
an economical administration of the public
funds, Mr. Tawney said:
The Presidents efforts have been at
tended by remarkable and most gratifying
results in the first year Of the application
of the law in that the estimates transmit
ted by him at the beginning OF TINS session.
in December last, show a reduction unoer
the estimates for the previous year SUD-
rnitted by his predecessor. of sso,Zol' f3s 10
and a reduction of S44. $50, 23l bs under the
appropriations which Congress MADE pur-
suant to the previous years estimates anu
resulting estimated surplus in annual
revenues of 35,931327 4s.
.oThe careful attention and businesslike
consideration thus given 20 the preparation
of the estimates of appropriations submit
ted by the Executive to this session OF
Congress have saved TO the Treasury, as
shown by the actual appropriations, great
MANY millions of dollars. A fair and in
telligent application of this law in the nut
ure and by other Presidents will not only
tions. but will place them upon basis that
will indicate a total avoidance of wasteful
and reckless expenditure of public money
And II will bring about. as it should, in the
nuhlic mind realization that the legis-
lative branch Of the government is DOT
wholly responsible for the integrity ano
amount of federal expenditures
Mr.. Livingston denounced what he called
q large increase on account OF public ex-
nenditures, an increase of the public DEBT,
.ehalf q billion dollars spent for mllitarlsn
and the treasury drained for army and
Navy
Debate on MIitarisr.
Mr. Tawney declared there was SUBJ
stantiaI reduction in current 1nihtary eX-
penses while Mr.. Livingston asserted tnat
under the reclamation issue anG naval ap-
nropriations we have policy that STANDS
for interest-bearing bonds issued against
the humble homes Of the settlers and the
lavish handing out OF millions upon tens
OF millions Of dollars raised by onerous
taxation to satisfy the greed Of shipouild-
ers and arrror plate contractors and TO
maintain q national policy of pon1p and
splendoc-"
Mr.. Tawn.y urged abrogatfor of the rule.
TO eight different committees the power
OF preparing the mo-ey bills for each Con-
sress, and the adoption of a new rule, con-
stituting one COMMITTEES, large enough 10
be representative of every section, to have
initial control over all appropriation bills.
He supported this by showing that the
! Appropriations COMMITTEES in the bills IN
its jurisdiction cut s16933,925 under the es-
| Inmates. while the bills from the seven other
committees exceeded the estimates by ST.
! S3l, ,402
! Mr. TaVnev figured that the total de-
! fciencies appropriated for at the last ses-
sion are less by s7,5s7, ,654 than those of The
previous session, and s11s25.789 less than
! the average annual deficiencies since the
| Spanish war.
| Mr.. Livingston, comparing four years Of
Roosevelt's term with the last four years
| of Cleveland's administration, said there
was nearly $1,000, 900 for four years of
Republicansm compared with less than
| half that sum for the same period by a
! Democrats President The military ex-
penses," declared Mr.. Livingston, amount
| to considerably more than all the rest OF
| the federal expenses put together-approX-
/ imately 70 per cent of all such expenses
| do not believe there ever was military
despotisn on earth that took as large a
toll from the taxes extorted from all the
people for purposes purely of war
! Out of these hundreds Of millions of dol
| lars thus dissipated. he said, there was
naught but memories of wages. food and
raiment bought for drones and non-pro-
| ducers few more floating engines of war
| costly Notifications that later will become
| obsolete, the real, everyday service of the
| people getting comparatively little