Beaver County Democrat. (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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INCOME AND OUTGO
How Revenues of the Nation
Are Collected and Spent
IMMENSE SUM EXPENDED YEARLY „
It Takes an Enormous Sum toRunths
United States Government for
One Year— War and Navy De-
partments Are Especially
Costly to Taxpayers-
Some Figures
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COST $13.460.764
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WASHINGTON—In view
of the fact that cong
resa has been strug-
gling with the ques-
tion of raising millions
of dollars of additional
revenue for the next
fircal year so that when June 30, 1910,
roll* around there will be no stagger-
ing deficit 9f 180,000,000, more or less,
to meet such as will have* to be met
at the end of the present fiscal year
two months hence, a resume of just
exactly what it costs to run the Unit-
ed States government in one year, to-
gether with some facts concerning
the existing sources of revenue is
Interesting.
The only basis of such information,
If detailed and accurate figures are to
be given, is obviously to be found
In the reports covering the fiscal year
which ended on June 30, 1908. In
that year the receipts and disburse-
ments of the government were as fol-
lows:
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The two great sources of incomu
are, of course, the customs duties and
the'Internal revenue taxes. For that
fiscal year the government received
•2ge 113,130.89 in customs duties and
I161711.1M.70 in internal revenue
taxes. Thus more than five-sixths * f
the total revenue is received from
these two sources.
An anslysls of the internal revenue
receipts shows that $140,168,807 was
received from the tax on spirits; $49,-
863,764 from the tax on tobacco, and
868'807.617 from the tax on fermented
liquors. The tax on oleomargarine
netted $954,304. and the small tax of
two cents a pack on playing cards
brought in $459,680.
Other Sources of Revenue.
The other sources of governmental
revenue are of great number and in-
finite variety, although the amounts
derived are comparatively small.
In the last fiscal year the sale of
public lands netted $9,731,560, and the
profits on coinage, bullion depoalts,
etc., amounted to $11,223,336.68. Theso
are the two Urge Items of Income
after customs duties and Internal rev
enue taxes.
The District of Columbia turned into
the United States treasury the sum of
$6,062,970.96, which represents one-
half of the amount appropriated by
congress for the maintenance of the
District government. Under the sys-
tem which prevails the United State*
pays one-half of the cost of the Dis-
trict government. The amount paid
by the District Includes all amounts
raised from taxation, license feos,
etc.
Fees of all sorts, Including consular,
letters patent, etc., brought into the
treasury the. sum of $5,282,994.98.
There was received from the immigra-
tion fund the sum of $3,388,894.57. The
Central Pacific railroad indebtedness
was partly liquidated by the payment
of $5,098,227.41, and the federal tax
on national banks brought In $2,888,
721.19.
There were numerous other Items
which were classed under the general
bead of "miscellaneous receipts."
They included $1,177,752.70, which was
a payment of interest by the Pacific
railways; $1,329,791, received from the
sales of government property; $871.•
979, received from judicial fees, fines,
etc., in the federal courts; $607,004,
received from customs fees, fines, pen-
alties, etc., and a host of other items,
running down to one for $12,864,
which was the amount received from
the proceeds -of town sites In the re-
clamation service.
How the Money Is Paid Out.
The disbursements of the govern-
ment for the last fiscal year may be
bulked lnder the following general
headings:
4-Clvll establishment
Military establishment (Includ-
ing Panama canal)
Naval establishment
Pensions
Indian service
Interest on the public debt
The general heading "civil estab-
lishment" covers the cost of main
talning the three great branches of
the government, the legislative, the
executive, and the judicial.
During the last fiscal year there
was disbursed for the maintenance of
the legislative branch of the govern-
ment the sum of $13,788,886. This in-
cludes the salaries and mileage of
senators and representatives, the gen
eral salary account of both the lower
and upper bouses, the cost of main-
taining the library of congress, the
botanic garden, and the capitol, and
the maintenance and cost of operat-
ing the government printing office.
This last Item is about one-half of
. .1175,420.406
. 175,140.452
. 118.037.097
. 153.832,467
. 14,579.765
. 21,426.138
disbursed on its account during the
year having been $6,394,810.
Salaries ot High Officials.
The Amount disbursed for the exee
utlve department proper, that to to
say. for the salaries of the president
and vice-president, for the salaries
and contingent expenses of the execu-
tive office, and for the salaries and ex-
penses of the civil service commis-
sion, was $404,523.
Under tho general heading of ex
ecutive disbursements are Included
the disbursements for the mainte-
nance of all the great executive de-
partments of Che government. Includ-
ing the war and navy departments,
but not including the cost of either
the military or naval establishments.
The state department required the
expenditure of $3,745,662 to pay sal
arles and expenses of its ofllclals real
dent in the United States and the de-
mands of our foreign intercourse.
The treaaury department, with all
Its varied activities, expended $64,201,
526. This includes the cost of the
maintenance of the departmental of-
fices, of the mints and assay offices,
of the territorial governments of the
internal revenue service, of the reve-
nue cutter service, of the public
health and marine hospital service,
of the life saving service, of the bu-
reau of printing and engraving, of the
Inter-state commerce commission, of
the national museum, and of the
Smithsonian Institution, not to men-
tion a host of other less Inconsoquen-
tlsl lines of sctivity.
For the Army snd Nsvy.
The war department expended $2.-
180,436 on salaries and office expenses,
and on the maintenance of public
buildings and grounds. The navy de-
partment spent $743,136 on salaries
and office expenses.
The department of the interior
spent $25,476,412. In addition to sal-
aries and office expenses this was ex
pended for the public lands service,
the geological survey, the colleges > f
agriculture, the reclamation fund, and
a number of other fields ot federal
activity over which this department
exercises supervision.
The department of agriculture spent
$13,460,764 for salaries and office ex-
penses, for meat Inspection, for the
forest service, for the purchases of
seeds, for the expenses of plant Indus-
try and the cotton boll-weevll Investi-
gations, for the agricultural experi-
ment stations, and for the weather bu-
reau.
The department of commerce and
labor expended $14,850,288. This in
eludes salaries and office expenses,
and the cost of maintaining the bu
reau of labor, the bureau of standards,
the census bureau, the cqast and geo-
detic aurvey, the lighthouse establish-
ment, the buresii of fisheries, the
steamboat inspection service, and the
immigration service.
It cost $9,093,846 to ran the judicial
department. This went for the salar-
ies of judges, district attorneys, mar-
shals, clerks, etc.; the fees of jurors
and clerks of courts, the support of
prisoners, and the miscellaneous ex-
penses of the United States courts
De Qui*—What's your Idea of the
difference between optimism and pes-
simism?
De Whls—O! the optimist says it to
spring when It isn't and the pessimist
says It Isn't when it is.
Sheer white goods. In fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much at
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done In ft
manner to enhance their textile beau*
ty. Home laundering would be equal-
ly satisfactory If proper attention waa
given to starching, the first esaential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen. wltlM* thickening
the goods. Try DefianWJItarcAnd
you will be pleasantly surprised at tho
Improved appearance of your work.
Wanted to Defer the Petition.
A Los Angeles mother tells the fol
lowing: ^
'One sumnurs ,,Mle
six years was sent to bed at I
time; but he could not
my Inquiry what troubled him, |
piled: M I can t finish my praya
got as far as 'Forgive us our*
passes as' —but 1 can't get any furth-
er, for Howard licked me tonlay and
1 want to lick him to-moirop.
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$9.093.84fe
Caste Bslow Stairs.
"Are there degrees of rank In tl
servants' hall?" *
"To be sure. Maids who have
charge of dogs won't associate with
maids who take care of children."—
Pittsburg Post.
Fine Crops.
"Do you raise anything worth while
fin your garden?" said the visitor from
the ctty.
MI should say so," answered Mr.
I CrosslotB; "It's the best place for fish*
j Ing worms In the entire vlllaso."
RED CROSS BAM. BLUB
Should be in every home. Ask jraur grocer
for it. Large 2 ot. package only 0 cents.
The good times we long for will not
come In the guise of 48-cent watches.
There's • rich. satisfying quality In
Lewis' Single Binder that is found in no
ether 5c cigar.
Separating an easy mark from his
money. Is nothing to boast of.
This lRBi neill IB OWUUV UUVU VI 1 — —
this general appropriation, the amount | Thus expenses of the judicial branch
Tomb of Ancient Engineer
The Italian Egyptologist, M. Shlap-
pareil, in the course of recent excava-
tions In the Valley of the Queens, dis-
covered Intact the tomb of the engi-
neer Kha, architect of the mighty
buildings at Thebes, and of his wife,
Mlrlt. The tomb contained two huge
sarcophagi, with a mummy In each,
and also a large number of objects of
domestic use, burled, according to
Egyptian custom, with the dead, and
including furniture, utensils, tools,
clothes, boxes of linen, jewels, etc.
From an inscription on a papyrus,
over 16 yards long, found in the timb.
it appeared that husband and wlftf had
died within a few days of each other
and were burled together. Among the
most interesting objects in the tomb
were the numerous boxes containing
the wardrobe and articles of toilette
of the young wife. Mlrlt bad carried
with her to the grave a dosen boxes
some of which contained clothing, of
the finest material, carefully folded;
others had In them combs, powder
boxes, vases and nicknacks.—Scientific
American.
SICK HEADMNE
Handing In His Dseislon.
"Well, 8ir." began the budding nov
ellst, who had come to see about his
manuscript, "I suppose you have byv
this time finished my latest efijort,
and—"
"Pardon me, young man," broke In
the editor. "I confess I have not. I
commenced It. but It waa such an
effort I couldn't finish It."
of the government are really included
In the disbursements for this depart-
ment
Military Establishment
The more important Items of ex-
pense which go to make up the $175.-
840 452 expended on the military es-
tablishment during the year were as
follows: Pay department, $32.J82,606;
quartermaster's department, $33,671,-
038* Panama canal, $38,093,425; Im-
proving rivers, $19,513,880; Improving
harbors $10,643,768; ordnance depart-
ment $11,456,861; subsistence depart-
ment $6,439,915; engineer department,
ti 568 593; National Home for Disabled
Soldiers. $3,945,098; Military academy,
ti 602,185; military posts. $1,912,635,
medical department. $1,455,816; en-
campment and maneuvers army and
militia, $1,014,196.
The principal items Included in the
naval establishment disbursements of
$118,037,097 were: Increase of the
navy, $27,468,655; pay of the navy
$25,492,613; bureau of equipment, $10,
$8,617,939; bureau of construction and
37*6; bureau of supplies and accounts,
$8,617,930; bureau of construction and
repair, $7,192,521; bureau of yards
and docks. $5,772,537; bureau of steam
engineering, $5,549,155; marine corpn,
$6,695,253; bureau of navigation, $3,
742,246; Naval academy. $980,628.
The following detailed Items will
give some general Idea of the princi-
pal expenditures made for the Indian
service, the total amount for the near
being $4,115,540; fulfilling treaty Cbll-
gatlons, $2,163,390; trust funds, $2,-
498,897; current and contingent ex-
penses, $855,686; miscellaneous ex
penses, $2,498,897.
CARTERS
Positively envoi by
thesn Utile fills.
They also rellers Ws
tress from Dyspepsia, In-
digestion aa«l Too Hearty
Eating. A perfect r
edjr for Dlsslneas, Wa
sea, Drowsiness. Bid
Taste 1 n the Mouth, Coal-
ed Tongue. Pain In the
■ TORPID LIVWU
They regulats ths Bowels. Purely Vegetable,
SHALL Hit. MULL DOSE. SMAlt MlCt
Genuine Must Bear
Fac-Simile Signature
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
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LAZY
"IfindCssesretsso food thstlwould
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neat deal with torpid liver and headache
flow since takin«Sscarets CandyCathsr
tic I feel very much J
tainly recommend them to my friends as
thii medicine I have ever seen.
*** Anna Basinet.
Osborn Mill No. a, Fall fcver4,Jto
cart or *our mooer back. ^
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