People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1894 — THE CONSULAR BILL. [ARTICLE]

THE CONSULAR BILL.

It Carries 8-10,706 Less Than the Corresponfllug .Measure of hast Year. Washington, March 6.—The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was presented on Monday to the house by Chairman McCreary, of the committee on foreign affairs. It appropriates a total of $1,518,788, which is $40,700 less than the amount of the last bill. With the prospective consular fees, which amounted for the last year to 81,009,000, it is estimated that the actual cost of t'ne diplomatic and consular service will be less than $500,000. The share of the United States for an intercontinental railway commission is reduced from $30,000 to $20,000. The report states that the practicability of the railway between the United States and - South America has been fully demonstrated by recent surveys.