Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-23
u. S. PAYS BIG SUM.
FOR ODD PURPOSES.
HELPS KEEP UP WORLD SLAVE
REPRESSION BUREAU
Maintains Prisons and Lighthouses
Ahroad--Ciothes Alaskans
on islands.

Washington, d. C.--The United
States Government pays out annually
thousands of dollars for purposes thar
not one in a thousand citizens knows
anything about.
Atho slave trading is generally sup
posed 10 be thing of the past the
tinted States contributes about SlVO
each year as its share of The expense
OF keeping up at Brussels an iustitu
ION known as the international
bureau tor The repression OF lie
African slave trade.
The Government is deeply interest
Ell in aseertaining the size of the
earth, so il pays annually to he
American embassy at Berlin. Ger
many. its quota OF $500 sq an adhcr.
ms member OF the International
leotletic Association.
At Brussels there is am interns
tlonal bureau for the publication OF !!
customs, and The United States PAYS I
Si,5ss annually as lis pfopori ionate +
STARE OF the expense. Also at Brus /
sels every wear f2.22.V is paid By This (
soFeinnent ~ a contribution 10 the
maintenance d. the international hr.
reag of weights and measure.
II costs the tinted States not less
lbsn <li,lp9 annually 80 provide
prisons for American congicts in
foreign countries. These prisons are
under the INN aiia'e jurisdiction Of
(he consular officers at varion- cities
ia China, Korea, Japan and Turkey.
They are seldom used, bur they never. ,
theless must be maintained.
The locations OF the prisons with
t'io cost OF rent and wages OF keepers
ere "a follows; nanghok. $1,000: :
Shanghai, 1850: Turkey, sl.00o. For
seepins ana feeding such prisoners as :
may from time to time be confined in
these prisons, $4,000 ia set aside every
Year.
The Secretat, OF the Treasury =
doubtless would experience no dfli. =
Getty in finding plenty Of men about u
washington willing to spend day =
without remuneration watching The oI
destruction by maceraton of United u
States securities. But, TO save the
secretary any possible embarrass. 70
nenf, Congress has provided that be Ct
may pay a. Representative OF the Of
The law SAYS, shall br cl
One OF tht committee TO witness tho al
reduction Of tho securities 10 pnlp.-s, de
. day for each day he may be so en-. ci
royed. a.
The United States also has TO SPEND m
. Few dollars every year 10 aid in CT
keeping our saiiormen from going m
ashore Oh foreign coasts. On tha d,
coast OF Morocco, at Tangier. and at "a
Cape Spartel, mariners used 10 OK. -
pefience grea, difficulty in avoiding 81
disaster ON account Of the absence of ~
warning night signals. Lighthouses
we're sadly needed. aud, az the govern. -
hen' OF Morocco would not provide ~
hem, the great powers took the mat. s"'
er ID hand in behalf OF their shin. so'
ing interests Lighthouses were es. ~
ablished and the powers are assessed eo'
. much annually for their maiuten- "a
nee. The share Of the United States ne
n THIS expense il 1896 ne
= IN addition 10 this, an annual an ser
'fopria'ion Of $4,000 ia made for cx. ia.
lenses incurred In The acsuowleelc. sal
nent o. the services of masters ana the
'feNs OF foreign vessels in rescnine fro
american seamen and citizens is
Inc people Of Alaska who inbshit thr
ne Islands of st. Paul and ST. Georoa tin
ecelVe specisl consideration nj tho
'auds OF the Government Congress
o'ooi1@es The Secretary of the Treas 4.
ny 10 furnish them with food. fno, !"
no clothing and for this purpoee
NOW ls appropriated. Industrial r..
M elementary education in A,asl, y"
oS'S the Government $4,000 wear
Aeep open the Washneton NOM.
lenl Congress allows an annron,i..
ION of sli,5oo yearly. pa