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Show in i uu i Governmental Expense. To no one subject dews he devote more space than to the expense of conducting the various government departments and tho urgent need for economy, and In this connection be says: "Every effort bas been made by each department chief to reduce the estimated cost of bis department for the ensuing fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. 1 say this In order that congress con-gress may understand that these estimates esti-mates thus made present the smallest sum which will maintain the departments, depart-ments, bureaus and offices of the government gov-ernment aud meet Its other obligations obliga-tions under existing law, and that a cut of these estimates would result In embarrassing the executive branch of the government In the performance of Its duties. This remark does not apply to tho river and harbor estimates, esti-mates, except to those for expenses of maintenance and the meeting of obligations obli-gations under authorized contracts, nor does it apply to the public build-ir.g build-ir.g bill nor to the m-y building program. pro-gram. Of course, aa to these congress con-gress could withhold any part or all of he estimates for them without Interring In-terring with the discharge of the ordinary or-dinary obligationa of these functions of Its departments, bureaus ana offices. of-fices. "The final estimates for the year ending June 30, 1912, aa they have been sent to the treasury on November Novem-ber 29 of this year, for the ordinary expenses of the government. Including those for public buildings, rivers and harbors, and the navy building program, pro-gram, amount to 1630,494,01112. This is $52.964.8S7.S6 less than the appropriations ap-propriations for the fiscal year ending end-ing June 30. 1911. It la $16,883,153.44 less than the total estimates, including includ-ing supplemental estimates submitted to congress by the treasury for the year 1911, and is $5,574,659.39 less than the original estimates submitted by the treasury for 1911. "These flugrea do not Include the appropriation! for the Panama canal, the policy In respect to which ought to be, and is, to spend aa much each year as can be economically and effectively ef-fectively expended In order to complete com-plete the canal as promptly aa possible, possi-ble, and therefore, the ordinary motive mo-tive for cutting down the expense of the government does not apply to appropriations ap-propriations for thia purpose, r "Against the estimates ofexpenditures. ofexpendi-tures. $640,494,013.12. we hjrve estimated estimat-ed ukrelpts for next yea$68O,O0O,OOO, mawyra probable surufua of ordinary re 'r ordinary expenditures of HY 00.000vbr taking Into ac- Yft3 $6,920.847.9, and luinateiy be paid in bonds, e a deficit for the next Jut $7,000,000. if congress ide to fortify the canal." |