The Forrest City times., 1893-12-08
UNCLE SAM'S BUDGET.

Tho Little Accounts the People Are Called upon to Pay-Upwards of Four Hundred Millions of Dollars Required Annually to Keep the Machinery of the Government in Good Working Order.
 WASHINGTON. Dec. G.--The book of estimates for appropriations for the ifs. cal year 1s94-ls95 has been sent to con- gross, and the following figures have been collated therefrom:
 The amount estimated necessary to carry on the government for the fiscal year is Siii- s7g0ii. as against estimates for lsg3-ls0i of s42l 71:,2i5, and appropriations for 1891 Of s432- 456,52G
 The estimates for 1895 are made up as fol. lows: Executive. S203 ss0: legislative S7 DOR . 5s3: state department. Sl S53, ,6}s: treasury de- partment. SEQ. i55,es0 war department s55,. g77 490; navy department. sls SSs. .774: interior department. Sls0. .229 20: post office depart- ment S8,S97s66; department of agriculture G. 233, ,Si3; department of labor. si6i S7O: de- partment of justice. s6, ,s73,345
 The estimate of Sf300O Is asked to pay the salaries of an examining force of thirty clerks in the eivil-service commission. The work of the examining branch .has been more than doubled by the extension of the classified service. For the investigation of pension cases S5O0.0O0 is asked. as against 500 OO0 appro. priated for the present fiscal year. The amount asked for on salaries and expenses of the bureau of animal industry is 800 GOO a dec rease of $50 GOO from the appropriation of the pres. ent year. The amount asked for the Dur. chase and distribution Of seeds is sa50o0. as against the appropriation of Sl35OO) for the fiscal year; for the continental rail- way commission s3OOOO: for ordnance supplies. etc. for the army, s6l5 6el an in- crease of Si0e,6 62l; for ordnance stores etc. tnayy). S350.0O0 is asked. against S.)9OOO: gun plant, Sll7 900: equipment of vessels Sl 900 Oo0 against 1925 900 for the present year; for steam machinery for the Chicago and Hartford and tugs Standish and Speedwell S}3O 600; for the armament and armor, of domestic manufac. ture, for the vessels authorized by the various acts of congress, S6 300, 900
 Various reductions are made in the appronri- ations for expenses fin the Indian service and the total estimate is So 93l. 1856 as against an appropriation of sTo9s.0il for the present year
 In the pension appropriations the principal changes are n reduction of 5000 900 for pen sion payments: an increase of s1 900 O)0 for fees and expenses of examining surgeons and an increase of HOO 900 for clerk hire at pension agencies
 Under tho head of public works are the fol. lowing Charleston $. e. public building S5O000 Kansas City tMoD public building S250 600; Omaha tNeb) public building sl0o.- 600; St. Paul tMinn.) public building. sio0. .0O0 Sioux City Ial public building, SS5 900: cleo tric light plant for court building at New York. SG0,o00; enforcement of the Chinese ex. cusion act. s35000 repairs and preserving public buildings. s225. 900. Q total for public buildings under the treasury department of SIG .135, as against an appropriation of s05o.- 500 for the present year.
 For the Poe.s Reef lightship. straits of Mack inac. Mich. S,5 ,000 Big Bay Point lighthouse station. Michigan. S25.00J. Forty Mile Point light and fog station, Michigan, s25 0JO; Gray's Harbor light station, Washington. S39.50 navy yard Brooklyn SIt0ODO. navy yard League Island. Pa. ss6 900; navy yard. Mare Island. Cal, s37.0ll.
 For rivers and harbors a total of sIe 5lO. 900 is estimated for. an increase of more than 8. .0,0.. 00 over the appropriations for the current year Of this amount s7.50J.O00 Is 10 be ex- pended on such works may be directed by congress
 Some items in the list are: Galveston Tex. $500 900. St Mary river at the falls. Michigan. s3000O0; improving Hay Lake ehanuel Michi- igan si50.0oo. improving Mississippi river from mouth Of Ohio river to Minneapolis. sl 625, 600; for the Rock Island (Ill.j arsenal. Sll5 106: for the Benicia arsenal Cal. Ss3. 300; for arsenal at Indianapolis. Ind. $3S 972 for gun and mortar batteries si s93, l26 for sites for Notifications and seacoast defonSes. s500,. eo0; for torpedoes for harbor defense, SiOl $50. and for armament of Qualifications. si.3So 437. as against appropriation of Si. .638 40o for the present fiscal year. total of g. 439.4l3 is asked for Qualifications and other works Of de- fense. an increase of S5, ,00O0O over the present fiscal year.
 Under the post office department sl6.25O 900 ss asked for compensation to postmasters, m in- crease of s 650 OOo for free delivery sl2 3e7 6s5 an increase of over a million; railway postal service. s26 poo 900. increase of g. 900 IL is estimated that there will be postal deh- 0iency of s6.9 736 for the year, for which an appropriation Is asked.
 Under the head of miscellaneous. 3i9a. 900 fs asked for furnishing artificial limbs. as against s6i5.ooo appropriated for that pur' pose for the present year Tho estimated ap- Propriation for the support of soldiers homes is increased from t2.3is563 to &, 53O l3i: that the exp penses of protecting timber on pub Ac lands from ss0.OOO to si5o. 900; for securing public lands from S6o0. .O00 to S400000 and ex- penses of territorial courts in Utah from S3o, ,OOo to S70 0O0
 The following increases arc made under tho head of judicial fees and expenses of United States mars has and deputies. S675, ,On to 8l Ell se5; fees of commissioners and lLstic ss or the peace acting as such. $l15. 900 to s265. .0O0 fees 10 with esses STOOD to si. 900; support of prisoners. $500 600 to S575 900.
 note accompanying the statement or ap- propriations made for the present year to pay the founty on sugar says: As the secretary or the treasury recommended the repeal or the sugar law bounty, no estimate is made Tor the fiscal year is9a. In case the law IS not re- pealed, si1 oo0, 000 will be required for the pur- pose
 No estimate Is submitted for the support of the bureau of American republics