Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1903 — BECRETARY SHAW ASKS CIG SUM [ARTICLE]

BECRETARY SHAW ASKS CIG SUM

H•commands Appropriation* of P624,* at>2,146 for the Next Year. When Congress assembled to begin the regular session Secretary of tjt* Treasury Shaw submitted to the House his annual book of estimates, which is used in regulating the appropriations for the support of the government. The appropriations asked for the next year reach the total of $024,502,146, compared with $580,180,112, the appropriations for the present year, or an increase sis $35,313,034. Most'if not nil of tills increased expenditure is caused by public buildingß and river and harbor improvements. The estimates are slightly enlarged by the recommendation for increased allowances for the consular and diplomatic service to carry into effect tlie proposition of the Secretary of State to place our foreign service on a higher basis. Tlie present estimates and the appropriations under each head for 1904 are recapitulated as follows: Intimated Appropriations, for 1906. for 1804. Legislative $ 11.(187.25.1 $ 12,063,800 Executive 320,000 363,006 State Department. 3,133,060 3,835,040 Treasury Dept.... 168,050,061 174.643.184 War Department.. 131.250,033 132,703,515 Navy Department. 105.825,470 87,284.137 Interior Dept 1ta,093,38« 165.708,855 Fostofflce Dept.... 10,824,750 2,201,513 Dept, of AgrlcoL.. 6.729,880 6.741.250 Dept. Com. & Lnb 14.833,065 0,858,305 Dept, of Justice,.. 8,035,440 8,926,355 Grand total $024,502,146 ♦605.286.it9U Following nre the principal items in the several departments in which there are important increases or decreases, ns compared with the appropriations of 1904, which appropriations, however, do not include deficiency, and those for miscellaneous objects: Legislative—Salaries nnd expenses, Increase, ♦ 145,000; public printing, etc., decrease, ♦155,000. Executive Proper—Salaries and expenditures, Increase. $8,400. State Depnrtmeut—Foreign Intercourse, Increase, ♦310,000; permanent annual appropriations, decrease, $627,000. Treasury Department—Public works, Increase, 14,700,000; miscellaneous, Increase, ♦1 000,000. District of Columbia —Increase, $4,148,000. War Department —Military establishment, Increase, $2,536,000: public works, Increase, $15,000,000; miscellaneous, decrease, $1,000,000. Navy Department—Salaries and expenses. Increase, $300,000 naval establishment. Increase, $10,000,000; public works, Increase, ♦4,000,000. Interior Department Pensions, Increase, $1,685,000; public works, Increase, $284,000; permanent annual appropriations, Increase, $2,000,000. Agriculture Department—Salaries and expenses,"lncrease, $751,000. Department of Commerce and Labor—Salaries and expenses. Increase, $1,125,000; public works, Increase, $3,075,000; miscellaneous, Increase, $1,295,000. Department of Justice—Public works, Increase, $175,000.