Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1920 — GOVERNMENT EXPENSES DROP [ARTICLE]

GOVERNMENT EXPENSES DROP

Outlay for August Shows Decrease of $450,000,000 Compared With Month of July. Washington, Sept. 20.—Govern men tal expenditures in August were $450,000,000 lower than in July, according to the preliminary statement issued by the treasury- Ordinary disbursements for the month amounted to $447,571,062, against $306,501,839 in July. Payments on the public debt during August totaled only $119,444,649, compared with $813,046,742 last month.