Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-09
m REDUCE ESTIMATES
ts'Fh 70 cHAiRMEN OF
COMMITTEES.
IL Of GOVERNING is HIGH
Navy Need Much Money
1 s'.. nv improvement Adv0-
'' .',., Expect Another Rivers
and HarbOrs Bill.
GEORGE CLINTON.

souses have passed the Word 70
W h'G ,-roon of committees which
' 1t+b appropriations that they
W., r fine supply estimates as deep
Z" ~ Nov can without running the
If crtppling the government
Ds ~. The Democratic party, as IS
s'. .s,om with all parties, is pledged
f'. .nomv in government, but the
~ have been little frightened
'l ,bs size of the estimates which
5oor transmitted by the secre-
~ If the different departments.
I " .onrse. everybody realizes that
.onnlation of the United States
' ,; rJs is growing, and that it
l'' more TO run the machinery OF
~, ,.mment for 1OO,OOO,OOO of people
\ # does for half that number or
y ,,irds that number. Moreover,
!. branching out in 1898 as in a
s,s world power. has added to our
,lenditures.
5,ior 70 the Spanish war the gov
mnspt's bills for the navy were
,.ot MANY millions less than they are
sir The army appropriation bills
r. we're much smaller, for today
4 land forces Of the United States
!, three times as great as they were
ro- to the time our troops went into
Fh II costs money to run an army
nj navy and the bigger they are
~ more they cost.
Rely on the Income Tax.
The Democrats believe that from
NJ income tax they will get enough
m1ey to offset the losses which may
smp through diminished customs re-
eIns There are more goods on the
he list today than there were before
nd the duties on a good many arti-
iss have been cut The income tax
aepts have been yariously estimat-
d but they probably will amount to
lmt s7OOOO.O00 a year.
Recently there was meeting of the
aahmen of the house committees
Lich are charged with preparing ap-
npriatOn bills. Speaker Clark
aled the meeting and an agreement
vas made that the appropriations
hould be held down to the actual ne
sSsities Of the government and to the
tnaniS of such public works as are
DOW in the process of completion.
The friends Of the river and har-
hi legislation. according to the men
Who give to the press the views of the
GgalizatiOa which looks after i'm
proved waterways, do not seem to
hhk the agreement to cut the appro-
ratiOl bills will mean that there will
sHO river and harbor legislation this
fnler. Rivers and harbors recently
liTe been ciassed by some people
With the public buildings appropria-
IONS as pork barrel measures. This
sFeSented by the men who want the
'aleTays improved and the floods
led in check.
Waterway Men Hopeful.
According to a statement put out
J! the bureau of publicity OF the Ma
ohal Rivers and Harbors congress,
AepFeSentatiVe Sparkman of Florida,
Gruan Of the rivers and harbors
1nnlItee of the house Of represen-
iiVes, has said:
we Will have river and harbor
VII at this session to take care OF
Nlects for which estimates have
tsl made up to March 4, 1915. 1t
= ameuit to tell at this time what
MlaateS. or any OF them, will be cut,
"Si|nStanding that l see in the pub
y prints that the order has gone
%q to pare appropriations to fit ex-
1 sung conditions. Our purpose is to
'''p work moving on rivers and har-
VIZ Up to the close of the short ses-
wi W. OF the present congress, which
:. - Oe March 4. 1915. when another
,'a and harbor bin will become a
!, Is perhaps probable that the chief
, aug which gives hope to the pro-
' s OF river and harbor improve
~, sslS IS the remembrance of the
s'US OF last spring, which did such
!, wi Oas damage in the middle west.
! uas been said before in dispatches
!. washington, there are two plans
!, %e prevention OF future floods,
i we plan OF Senator Ransdell of
~, ,-'S y. and the other that of Sem
IN Ne|lands of Nevada. Mr.. Rams
, M wants a large sum OF money
), ~ euiid leyees on the big riv-
rsa " mold the water in the streams,
No.. N.Y. Mr. Newlands wants large con-
ni,, appropriations to build reser-
NJ. s 'or the control of floods and for
,n M, means of bringing about the
49, s ~lng. Congress this winter
/ la aa viii debate these two plans
i seems to be fully determined that
m MUSE committee on naval affairs
% t.ec0mmend the construction of
m, Jig battleships this year, The
,oD, VIII get its usual amount of
~ and the chief pruning. per
lt H. VIII come in other departments.
Ibiob eH the post Office department,
aooo,. = largely, if not entirely self
oya ,'. !. Will get anything addition
WIN. .s receipts which it may need.
slrauasaon's Antitrust Advisers.
n,a. uy President Wilson has