Show INCOME AND OUTGO How Revenues of the Nation Are Collected and Spent IMMENSE SUM EXPENDED YEARLY It Takes an Enormous Sum to Run the United States Government for One Year War and Navy Departments De-partments Are Especially Costly to Taxpayers Some Figures Tho District of Columbia turned Into the United States treasury tho sum if 000297090 which represents one hair ot the amount appropriated by congress for the maintenance of tho District government Under tho system sys-tem which prevails the United States pays oue half of the cost of tho District Dis-trict government The amount paid by tho District Includes all amounts raised from taxation license fees etc Tees of all sorts Including consular letters patent etc brought Into the treasury the sum of 522299192 There was received from tho Immigration Immigra-tion fund the sum of 338889457 The Central Pacific railroad Indebtedness was partly liquidated by the payment of 509822741 and the federal tax on national banks brought In 2SS8 72119 There were numerous other Items which were classed under the general head of miscellaneous receipts They Included 117775270 which was a payment of Interest by tho Pacific railways 1329791 received from the sales of government property 871 979 received from judicial fees fines etc In tho federal courts 607001 received from customs fees fines penalties pen-alties etc and a host of other Items running down to ono for 12861 which was tho amount received from tho proceeds of town sites In the reclamation re-clamation service How the Money Is Paid Out The disbursements of the government govern-ment for tho last fiscal year may TJO bulked Inder tho following general headings Civil establishment I75420lOS Military establishment Including Includ-ing Prnnrrm canal 175840452 Naval establishment 118037097 Pensions 153S92487 Indian service 14579755 Interest on the public debt 21420133 The general heading civil establishment estab-lishment covers the cost of maintaining main-taining the three great branches of the government the legislative the executive and tho Judicial During the last fiscal year there was disbursed for the maintenance of tho legislative branch of the government govern-ment the sum of 13788880 This Includes In-cludes the salaries and mileage of senators and representatives the general gen-eral salary account of both tho lower and upper houses tho cost of maintaining main-taining tho library of congress the botanic garden and tho canltol and the maintenance and cost of operating operat-ing the government printing office This last item Is about one lialf of this general appropriation tho amount disbursed on Its account during the year having been 6394810 Salaries of High Officials Tho amount disbursed for tho executive exec-utive department proper that Is to say for the salaries of the president and vico president for the salaries and contingent expenses of tho executive execu-tive ofllco and for tho salaries and expenses ex-penses of the civil service commission commis-sion was 401523 Under tho general heading of ex ccutlvo disbursements are Included tho disbursements for tho maintenance mainte-nance of all the great executive departments de-partments of tho government Including Includ-ing tho war and navy departments but not Including tho cost of cither the military or naval establishments Tho state department required the expenditure of 3745502 to pay sal arles and expenses of Us officials resident resi-dent In the United States and the demands de-mands of our foreign Intercourse t Tho treasury department with all Its varied activities expend 61201 526 This Includes tho cost of tho maintenance of tho departmental offices of-fices of the mints and assay o lees of tho territorial governments of the Internal levenuo service of tho rove title cutter service of the public health and marine hospital oervlco of the life saving service of tho hit reau of printing and engraving of thu Interstate commerce commission of the national museum and of that Smithsonian Institution not to mention men-tion a host of other less Inconsequential Inconsequen-tial lines of activity For the Army and Navy The war dopartnent expended 2 180136 on salaries and office expenses and on tho maintenance of public buildings and grounds the navy department de-partment spent 743130 on salaries and office expenses The department of tho Interior spent 25475412 In addition to salaries sal-aries and office expenses this was expended ex-pended for the public lands service the geological survey tho colleges lit agriculture tho reclamation fund and a number ot other fields of federal activity over which this department exercises supervision The department ot agriculture spent 13400704 for salaries and office expenses ex-penses for meat Inspection for the forest service for the purchases of seeds for tho expenses of plant industry Indus-try and the cotton bollweevil investigations investi-gations for the agricultural experiment experi-ment stations nnd for tho weather bureau bu-reau The department of commerce antI labor expended 14850228 This Includes In-cludes salaries and office expenses and the cost of maintaining tho bureau bu-reau of labor the bureau of standards tho census bureau the coast and geodetic geo-detic survey the lighthouse establishment establish-ment tho bureau of fisheries tho steamboat inspection service and tho Immigration service It cost 9093816 to run tug Judicial department This went for the salaries salar-ies of Judges district attorneys marshals mar-shals clerks etc the fees of jurors f q D y s sr ems I i 4 FOR itt lyl t 146P10ULTUR II C03T 13460764 4 ¼ i r 1 i i 9 r r FDR THE NAVY 0118037097 l reF 1fl1iE r i r nt J J Y r I tPfnORU5COURT5 i e 9Q9 84 and clerks of courts the support of prisoners and the miscellaneous ex peruses of tho United States courts Thus expenses of tho judicial branch of the government arc really Included In the disbursements for this department depart-ment n Military Establishment The more Important items of expense > ex-pense which go to make up the 175v 840452 expended pn the military establishment es-tablishment during Uio year were aa follows Pay department 32982605 quartermasters department 336714 038 Panama canal 38093425 Improving Im-proving rivers 19513880 Improving harbors 10043768 ordnance department depart-ment 11450801 subsistence department depart-ment 0439915 engineer department 4508593 National Homo for Disabled Soldiers 3945098 Military academy 1002185 military posts 1912035 medical department 1455810 encampment en-campment and maneuvers army anJ militia 1014190 The principal Items Included In the naval establishment disbursements of 118037097 were Increase of the navy 27408055 pay of the navy i 25492613 bureau of equipment 10 8617939 bureau of construction nod jr 370 bureau of supplies and accounts 8617930 bureau of construction and repair 7192521 bureau of yards v and docks 5772537 bureau of steam engineering 5549155 marine corpn t1 3595253 bureau of navigation 3 712240 Naval academy 980628 The following detailed Items will give somo general idea of tho principal princi-pal expenditures made for the Indlaa service tho total amount for the year Ott being 4115540 fulfilling treaty obligations obli-gations 2103390 > trust funds JZr 498897 current and Contingent 118 ponses 855080 miscellaneous expenses ex-penses 2498897 |