Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1910 — Secretary MacVeagh Eliminates “Pork Barrel” Appropriations. [ARTICLE]

Secretary MacVeagh Eliminates “Pork Barrel” Appropriations.

Secretary of the U. S. Treasury MacVeagh, in making his estimates for appropriations for the year beginning July 1, 1911, left out some $26,000*000. that was expected to pay for a number of federal buildings throughout the United States. The policy of economy urged by President Taft seems to have met the approval of the secretary, but some members of congress, who had been active in getting bills passed for the erection of government buildings are using adjectives in speaking of the secretary that newspapers are not allowed to print. Among the Indiana cities that had expected to have buildings erected at government expense and which are eliminated by the failure of the secretary to make the estimate for the appropriations are: Bloomington, $15,000; Brazil, $12,000; Columbus, $10,000; Elwood, $2(5,000; Wabash, $15,000; Frankfort, $70,000; Gary, $125,000; Mishawaka, $75,000; Newcastle, $75,000; Portland, $60,000; Seymour, $60,000; Huntington, $20,000; Mt. Vernon, $7,500; New Albany, $35,000, and Washington, SIO,OOO.