The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12
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EXCEED BILLION
Total Of Appropriations Made
at Last Session Of
Congress.
STATEMENTS By LEADERS
Taft's Scrutiny OF Estimates is
Applauded by Rcprescn-
tativc Tawncy.
STATEMENTS BY LEADERS

Washington. March ll.-Appro,,ria-
IONS al the last session OF Congress
aggregated S1,0a5,4S3. 662, according tc
me statements issued by former
i.cprGsentatlNc Tawncy. of Minnesota
ana Livingston, Of Georgia. who were
respectively. chairman aud ranking
oemccrat OF the House Appropriations
committee in the last Congress. Mr.
IawneN says this is less than 5000.
QUO III excess of the total estimates Of
President Taft on which Tie appro.
prlationS are based. paws liipI, tri;,,,,e
TO the executive for good faith in
acrutinizinS estimates ana computes
mat the surplus OF revenues next year
VIII be not less than $26.5l2,OOO. which,
with any part of the Treasury ,ash
balance may be applied 10 the Sinltin
fund
Statement ny Mr.. livingston.
Against this Mr.. Livingston says tic
last sessions record demonstrated .hat
Hhtll the Dcmocratic party comes into
complete control OF the government
this hillion-dOllar mark for sessions
approximations, established four years
ago al the first session Of tile Sixticth
congress. cannot he substantially low
eled. If lowered at all"
MIR. Tawney renews his recorlueuda-
ton Tor the consolidation os tho an.
propriatins jurisdiction Of the House
SIZE 10 be representative OF all sec
ions OF the country and of all branches
1T the public service. Eight commit.
tees now consider and report appru
priation bills, and Mr.. Tawncy says nc
reform Is more important.
The Committee on approximations
which reports more than lialf Of The
total appropriations of Congress-. re
ported during the first regular session
or the last Congress sl6,933,925 less
than the cstima ties. while The aDrro-
priations by all theothcr apuropriatinc
committees, according TO Alr. Iawnay.
were S2To3l.io2 in excess Of the esti-
mates.
Would HIVE saved &c.. 1000, 900.
Mr.. Tawncy claims that if this con-
| solidating reform had been effected il
| would have saved So ,OOoO at that
| session alone. Mi Tawncy says one
| OF the evils incident to this divided an
| propriation jurisdiction is the practice
| or making appropria lions Immediate
| ~ available large portions of many
| appropriation bills being in fact do.
! signed to cover UP deficiencies in the
| preceding Year. lie points ont thai
| the aggregate for the past session
which includes sl,00O,O00 for the An
paiachian forest reserve is $780, 900
less than the aggregate for the pre-
| ceding session of Congress- and that
the aggregate Of the entire last Con
gress, which exact aggregate is not
given IN his statement, is an increase
Of S6oooo0 over the preceding Con
| greSs
Mr. Tawney says that in the six
years Of his craftsmanship Of the an
| preparations committee the estimates
| nave amounted to S6,061,2 57l32 or
| which Congress granted all but st6J.-
| 662..6i.
AIiiitarism n Menace
Declaring that the Democrats want
70 save tho people Of this country
them because of the rampant cxpcn .
ditures Of their money that has been
gong on for the past twelve years -
Air. Livingston in his statement con.
tends that militarism is a menace and
the Democratic accession Will prevent
national bankruptcy. He says it Is a
superhuman task to restore cXpendi-
lures TO normal level because Of the
enormous liability fastened upon tho
treasury by the statutory increase Of
the enlisted strength Of the army and
the navy fourfold since Mr.. Roosevelt
was SO unhappily called to the cXecu-
/ tive Office of the Republic
Sounding a note of alarm agains. a
threatened oncrouS'' direct tax, with
all It's inquisitorial fca lures, Mr. Liy-
lngston says if that day comes. ..the
people will rise i'll their might with a
CRY that will he heard TO the remotest
corners OF the carth and shake fron
themselves and their postcrity the
manacles Of bnrdcnsome taxation fos-
tered by he Republican party That
day is not distant unless we ston in :
stantcr in this precipitous money
wasting race we are now engaged i'm
World Wonders.
| MI. Livingston says the nations Of
lile Old world stand agapc and Won
a .;er over the magnitude OF appropria-
ions and Increased Federal activity
l re compares appropriations for the
~ third Congress, tho last Demo
c!atic one, aggrcgatinE %917.Ol25o3
MI. MN nose OF the last Congress for
Eregatinf S3,o53.59l,29l, and decIa res
mat IN twelve years there has been
more man 500 per cent. Increase in ali
expenditures. the army and navy each
| lncrea sing more han 100 per cent
ne bespcaks for the incoming Demo
.Iullc Rouse economy. particularly in
! nose government departments rclat-
war purposes"
Whcrc Reductions We're Made.
! According 10 MIR Tawncy the appro.
rriations for the entire SIXTY first con
sress were only 100000 greater than
.h .,tis Tor ,, the SiNtieth Congress, mot
understanding the country is two years
Older in ali that that period OF fine
means and measures FOR the richest
anu most progressive people in the
In this connection Mr.. Tawncy brings
out the fact that dcducting an in
crease, crease OF SS2HSo,.75l.5o for rivers ana
r ri and and an increase of s5,93l, 100
ior the isthmian canal. appropriated
DT the sixty first Congress over Tie
S3,,Nletn. the total appropriations for
AZ other PURPOSES were $3S.35I 96l 40
less in the sixty first than in the Six
Equally interesting and most graft
ing reductions for the same period Of
j s.,!o..Soi on account Of the cost OF
me army, and $l.7G9S91 on account on
81 -. ne naintcnancc OF the navy. 10
nave prevented an increase in tic lat
! yer would nave been an accomplish.
m si worthy Of note, and q reduction
~ INC SUM named is an achievement
| worthy Of the highest ccmmcndntiorN
| lyor lortlncaiions tile reduction is tho
VtIN considerable sum OF $6.3955Ia''
one or Two Interesting comparisons
gre made by Mr. 7awney