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mi EXPENSES
OUTLINED BY IOKES
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jSfenator, in Radio Forum,
Says Higher Costs Show
Growth of Nation.
’Thp tremendous increase in activities
el- the Federal Government was de
acribed in terms of annual expenditures
by Senator Wesley L. Jones of Wash
ington In a radio address last night.
Senator Jones, who is chairman of the |
Senate Committee on Appropriations, j
pointed out that the Nation spent j
$300,000,000 for all its activities in
1873. and more than $4,800,000,000 in |
the fiscal year 1930.
Speaking in the National Radio
Forum, arranged by The Washington
Star and broadcast over the coast-to- j
coast network of the Columbia Broad
casting System, Senator Jones said this
increase has been normal throughout
the years except where abnormal con
ditions prevailed. As an outgrowth of
the Spanish and World Wars, he said,
appropriations for the Army and Navy t
have greatly increased.
•‘Activities along civil lines have also
greatly increased,’' he said, ‘‘and made
larger appropriations necessary and
wise.'’ x le cited the postal service and
expenditures on roads as examples of
the larger Interests of the Government.
“When examined honestly and with
out bias we are forced to the conclusion
that our expenditures are honestly and
economically made to meet the actual
and legitimate needs of the Govern
ment,” Senator Jones asserted. “In
stead of indicating extravagance, they
show the expanding activities and un
exampled growth of a wonderful coun
try.” .
The address of Senator Jones follows
In full: ,
I have been asked to talk about gov
ernmental apropriatlons. This is a
hard subject to make interesting. It is
a fine subject, however, to discuss over
the radio. One who wants to be en
tertained need not listen, and one who
wants to know of his Government's ex
penditures can do so, while the speaker
can proceed on the assumption that he
has a vast and attentive audience.
The growth, development and wealth
of the country can be shown in various
ways. As I think about it—as I study
it—the more I am convinced that the
best way to do this is to point out Its
increase' in expenditures.
What more striking evidence of the
greatness and wealth of the Nation
than the fact that its expenditures for
all its activities 50 years ago were
*300.000,000, while for the fiscal year
1930 Its expenditures will be over $4,800,-
000,000. Think about it, reflect over It;
the more you do. the more wonderful It
becopies. Is this great increase the
result of extravagance or the result of
necessity? The people who produce the
money are entitled to know. We may
spend more than we ought to spend,
but I assert that what may be ex
travagant, what may not be a neces
sary expenditure is a very small part
of the total.
There is a normal governmental ex
penditure, and there is an abnormal ex
penditure. The increase in our ex
penditures has been normal throughout
the years except where abnormal con
ditions prevailed. We often hear charges
of extravagance. They are largely
made under the impulse of partisanship
for political advantage and to bias our
people for or against some particular
proposition or party.
Indicate Growth.
When examined honestly and with
out bias we are forced to the conclusion
that our expenditures are honestly and
economically made to meet the actual
and legitimate needs of the Govern
ment. Instead of indicating extrava
gance, they show the expanding activi
ties and unexampled growth of a won
derful country.
In 1873 our expenditures were In
round figures $300,000,000. With a
steady irerease in population there was
a gradual expansion of governmental
activities to meet the needs of our
people and a steady increase In the
aggregate cost of these activities. This
steady unnoticed increase continued
until 1893 and 1894, when we were
thrilled by the statement t hat we ' had
a billion dollar Congress. That meant
more to our people than the statement
that our expenditures had reached the
sum of $500,000,000 a year, which was
the plain and simple fact.
The expenditures of the Government
under normal conditions have not in
creased in proportion to the popula
tion, and this is a fact that refutes
many of the radical statements made.
In 1880 the expenditures of the Gov
ernment were in round figures $333.-
000,000, In 1885 $306,000,000 and in
1890 $395,000,000. Between these dates
the expenditures varied slightly.
When we became a billion dollar
Congress this was an Increase of nearly
*200,000,000 over the preceding Con
gress. What was the cause of it? Not
extravagance, but increased pensions
and post office facilities accounted for
nearly all of it. Everybody was for
these increases. They were just and
necessary.
. Wars Increase Costs.
In 1899 we appropriated $892,000,000
In one year, or almost as much as in
the two preceding years. Why? Be
cause of the Spanish War. From 1899 *
to 1908 our expenditures had increased
only about $27,000,000. In 1908 we ap
propriated a little over $919.000.000.,
In 1909 our annual appropriation ex- j
ceeded one billion dollars, and pro- :
ceeded at a normal rate to 1916, when [
It had reached $1,114,000,000. Instead |
of being a billion dollar Congress we i
have become a two-billion dollar Con- ,
the outgrowth of the Spanish and ;
World Wars the appropriations for our
Army and Navy have greatly increased, j
In 1890 the appropriation for the Army .
was $36,500,000, while for the fiscal year
of 1931 we appropriated over $351,000,-
000 In 1890 the appropriation for the
Navy was $21,000,000 and for 1931 it
Is over $380,000,000 In 1885 the appro
priations for all the activities of the
Government amounted to $306,000,000.
We have appropriated for the fiscal year
lor the Army alone more than this sum
and also more than this sum for the
tfavy.
While our Army and Navy appropri
ations have greatly increased by reason
•f the war and its necessary results, our
Activities along civil lines have also
greatly increased and made larger
appropriations necessary and wise.
Nowhere is this more marked than in
connection with out post office develop
ments. This, of course, has kept pace
with our industrial growth and develop
ment.
In 1890 there was appropriated for
the post office service $66,000,000. For
the fiscal 1931 we have appropriated
over $836,000,000. This is largely re
pald from the service itself, although
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SENATOR WESLEY L. JONES,
for the last few years the deficit has
been rather large. Many post office
activities were originally started as ex
periments and have developed so as to
become almost universal necessities.
While past office expenses have enor
mously increased by a general expan
sion of the business, new lines of service
have from time to time been estab
lished which have greatly expanded
and we would not give them up to save
expenses.
Postal Service Expensive.
Our rural delivery service was started
about 30 years ago with two experi
mental services in different sections of
the country at a cost of a few thousand
dollars. We appropriate now annually
to carry it on $107,000,000 and no one
would do away with it. It is a daily
necessity.
Our city delivery service has kept
pace with the growth of the cities and
we gladly pay out annually over $130,-
000.000 to bring mail to the doorstep
of the housekeeper, or to the business
man's office from one to two or three
times a day. We would be lost with
out it.
The transportation of our mail by rail
costs over $130,000,000 annually. No
one dreams of doing away with it, un
less it be by a swifter system. Judging
the future by the past we need not be
surprised at any developments that
may take place with the airmail among
a people so active and energetic as we
are. There are just two or three il
lustrations of the great expansion of the
post office facilities accounting for the
greatly increased cost of the post office
service.
A few years ago we had much con
troversy among our people about high
way improvements. The impulse for
such improvements became so strong
it could not be resisted and the Na
tional Government was brought into it.
A Federal highway system was started.
The sentiment for its expansion became
overwhelming. In 1917 we appropriated
out of the National Treasury for road
construction $75,000,000. For 1931 we
have appropriated over $106,000,000 and
to date $913,000,000 has been appro
priated for this work, and In my judg
ment no single item of appropriation is
of more importance to the people as
a whole than these appropriations for
good roads.
Veterans Cared For.
Our people have always dealt liber
ally with its national defenders, it
may be interesting to learn that we
have actually appropriated for our sol
diers of the Mexican, Civil and Span
ish Wars over $8,280,000,000.
For the veterans of the World War
we appropriated over $389,000,000 for
the year 1922 and for 1931 over $500,-
000,000. The total amount appropriated
for these veterans from 1922 to 1931,
inclusive, is over $4,700,000,000. This
has been done gratefully and cheerfully,
and there is no better way to put money,
raised by taxation, among people of
the country.
There is a great, need for public
buildings throughout the country The
Government should have these build
ings for the transaction of its business
and the people are glad to have them
as fine architectural examples. For
many years comparatively few public
buildings were constructed. A regular
system was established a few years ago
under which it is contemplated a public
building will ultimately be constructed
in practically every city in the coun
try with a population of' 7,500 and up
ward, Including monumental buildings
in larger cities and in the District of
Columbia. During the last five years,
including 1931, w r e have appropriated
for this purpose over $182,500,000
The cost, of running the Post Office
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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. <?.. rRIDAT, \*i LL7 15. 1930.
Department for 1890 was $66,000,000,
while for 1931 it was over $800,000,000.
For the Agricultural Department in
1890 we appropriated $1,600,000 (not*
this small sum), while for the fiscal
year of 1931 we appropriated over $155.-
000.000. It should be said, however,
that included in the $155,000,000 is the
sum of about $105,000,000 for high
ways.
Billion Dollar Congresses.
There are strange cycles In annual
appropriations for the expenses of Gov
ernment since 1873. In 1873 our ap
propriations were $330,000,000. In 1890
they were $395,000,000. and they ex
ceeded $400,000,000 only twice during
the period ol 19 years. In 1892 they
were $524,000,000 and in 1898 $528,000,-
000, being less than $500,000,000 twice
during that period. In 1893 and 1894
we had the noted billion-dollar Con
gress and in 1895 and 1896 we had less
than a billion-dollar Congress, but
every Congress since has appropriated
a billion dollars or more. From ltf99 to
1908 our appropriations increased from
$892,000,000 to $919,000,000, with slight
variations from year to year. In 1909
they were a trifle over $1,000,000,000,
with an increase to $1,114,000,000 and
in 1916, with slight variations between.
Can any one see any signs of extrava
gance in these increases? I think they
were nothing more than what one could
expect In our growing country.
In 1917, war preparations began, and
we appropriated over $1,628,000,000.
We then entered the war in earnest. We
made the largest annual appropriations
in the world's history. In 1918, we ap
propriated over $18,800,000,000, and in
1919, over $27,000,000,000, or over $45,-
000.000,000 in two years. The highest
amount in any one year since was
$7,000,000,000. and the lowest amount
appropriated in any one year since was
$3,700,000,000 in 1925. Since then we
have appropriated annually over
$4,600,000,000, until for 1931, a little
over $4,800,000,000. This is a large
sum of money. Is is extravagant? Does
it indicate waste? Not when analyzed.
At least 70 per cent of this sum is
deemed necessary to meet the needs for
defense and care for the results of war.
A little over $200,000,000 of it Is the
result of emergency legislation, leaving
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about a billion, two hundred million
properly chargeable to the ordinary ex
pense* of a surpassingly great Nation,
with new and expanding activities.
These vast appropriations furnish a po
litical war cry In a campaign year, but
they in fact measure the activities of a
?reat Government In behalf of the wel
are of a progressive people with con
veniences of life unequaled by any peo
ple in the world’s history. It is slg- |
nificant that no one who complains of
our large appropriations ever points out
any specific items that should be
omitted.
Extravagance Charged.
It is charged by those of high posi
tion and honorable character that there
is great extravagance in our appropria
tions. They have had much to do with
making them and should know and be
able to specify the items on which such
a charge is made. Only one specific
item is given. It is said that the cost
j of running the President's office has
i increased by $91,480 over the preced
ing year of the last administration,
i This is true. No head of any govern
-1 ment in the world has such problems to
meet and such duties to perform as the
i President of the United States. They
! are increasing and becoming more dif
ficult and complex from year to year.
Increased help should have . been • pro
vided before. The President’s office
is run at less cost than the correspond
ing office of almost any other civilized
nation.
I am reliably Informed that the Presi
dent of our little neighbor republic,
Cuba, Is more luxuriously housed and
that the cost to carry on the office is
greater than Ute housing of our Presi
dent and executive office. I am also
assured that this Is true of the execu
tive head of our neighbor to the north
1 of 10.000,000 people. Our President Is
economical. He is honest. I am sure
he has no greater force than is neces
sary in the proper conduct of his great
office and the people of this Nation do
not begrudge him all he needs for the
proper discharge of this work. Carping
criticism as to this working force will
not meet with the favor of our people.
It is said that millions of income
taxes paid have been refunded, and it
Is Intimated but not directly charged
that such refunds are fraudulently or
Improperly made. No one. of course,
could approve this if true. What is the
situation? The determination of the
amount of income that should be paid
is in many cases difficult and a com
nlex oroblem. Government officials in
the first instance fix the amount on a
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fixed is paid under protest with the as
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The greatest financial transaction in
the world’s history Was been carried on
bv this Nation with unexampled suc
cess At the close of the Worlo War,
our public debt was $26,600,000,00 i the
annual Interest on this sum was prac
tically a billion dollars. In a little over
10 years we have paid off over tlur
000,000.000 of the principal and the an
nual Interest charge has been reduced
to about $400,000,000. During the last
fiscal year we paid on the principal of
the debt $746,000,000. What does this
mean if it needs to be further empha
sized? It means that in a little over
10 years we have paid off two or three
times the amount of the national debt
at the close of the Civil War, which
was not fully discharged when we
entered the World War. While paying
off our national debt at an average of
over $800,000,000 a year, we reduced
taxes several times and relieved thou
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to the National Government and at the
same time put the Government into
new lines of activities for the benefit
of the people. No doubt mistakes have
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