I regard it as of the utmost importance. in order to assure an economical expenditure of the public money. that every department of the Government charged with the duty and responsibility of expending the public money should be required to come to Congress annually by estimates submitted and let Congress pass. not only upon the amount which they ask for the next fiscal year. but that the appropriate committee may also inquire into how the appropriations for the current fiscal year have been expended. Then. there will be no charges such as have been made here today against this commission. Whether they can be sustained or not I do not pretend to say. but I do say this in justification of the Committee onAppropriations in reporting this provision. that after having expended over $600.000 in the collection of information and statistics regarding immigration and regarding the conditions of those who have emigrated here since they have lived here. after expending all that money. the committee did not feel justified in refusing an amount necessary for completing the work in order that the information collected might be collated and embodied in a final report. If it is of any benefit to the people of the United States then they may have that benefit. and for that purpose the committee made the favorable recommendation which it did.
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