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184 National Expenditures, in 1904. He has been chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors since 1898, and has done much to advance transportation and to encourage traffic upon the waterways of the country.

He received the degree of A.M. from Oberlin college in 1875, and that of LL.D. in 1900.

Mr. Burton was president of the Grant Family Association of the United States from 1901-03; and is a member of the Union, and the Rowfant clubs of Cleveland, Ohio; and of the Metropolitan club of Washington, District of Columbia. He is unmarried.