Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
norton of it's general duty. Ihat Is
the bureau of forestry.
pNroRcISG THE MEAT LAWS

The anpropriation for the bureau Oh
animal Industry for the curreht 10y S1%,o oon
was 81. 400. .460. OF this sum Sozo,oVo
was for the use of the special agehIss
of that bureau in the enforcement VI
the various laws governing the 'lalio
portation of live animals anu oI nc. CO.,
products. both raw and prepared loI
FOOD in the form of canned meats, ana
also the inspection Of poultry, nsh anu
game intended for food. This sum
vas also applicable to the detectlon ,ol
ahnses of the various laws governing
+ha commerce in meat products anu
the detection and prosecution OF m
fringements. The employees OF the ~
reau of animal industry numner Ilioie i,s
than 220O, of whom about 4oo are IN ~,
washington and the remainder III
field service. .,,o,,
The bureau Of chemistry had an even
larger anpropriation than the bureau
of animal industry, which is appllcaples
70 the direct work of the detection OF
infringements Of the food laws. Inc
amount which Secretary WILSON, S eA-
perts may devote this year to TINS pur-
pose is $S16,S4O. 49,. ,,,dar
fire from the supporters of Secretary
Ballinger and his policies has no specainC pallC
sum which it may devote 10 uetective i,v
work. It is not separated from tne
general appropriation for the forest ser
vice and the detective work OF tiiat @
bureau, as it must be done ny tne
forestry officers as part of their gen
eral duty.
PUBLIC LAND DEPREDATIONs
For the prevention Of depredations on
the public lands of the United states
and the enforcement of the lanu IaWs
the interior department has at lts @ qls-
Of men employed by the general land
office as special agents ranges from loO
to 175. The greater portion OF thelr
work is along the line of ferretlng OUT
frauds and attempted frauds upon
either the government or the lnnocent I
settlers. The following are a rev OIL
their multifarious duties: Detectlns
frauds and trespasses, the steallng OIL
timber, illegal entries OF lands' lr5ouu- o,.o
abuses of the mining and mineral laws.
The employment of special examiners
in the pension office is waning Thls Is
one Of the few departments OF the 6oV-
ernnent where the annual approprla-
tions for secret service duty are oe-
-creasing. OF the sum of more IMAM
S155. .OO0, 900 appropriated for the pension
service, including the amount paiu 10
the veterans and their dependent faIll-
lies. less than 100000 is applied to the
detection of frauds against the pension
laws. 49,
I'm the war department and in the
navy there is but little work Tor tne
detectives. OF the permanent force en-
ployed by both only the watchmen at
the navy yards and arsenals may De
said to be engaged in looking for depre-
dations at all times. There is no per
manent secret service in either OF these
Departments outside the constant and
necessary Vigilance Of the intelligence
departments of both.
Summing up the actual expenditures
of the United States government 1t VIII
he seen that the amount directly avail
able for the suppression of crime fraud
and moral obliquity in general approx
imates 81, 100000. This sum may De
doubled or trebled in emergency ana
vet the executive officers of the gov
ernment might satisfy themselves ana
perhaps satisfy the courts that they
had acted wholly within the limits Oh
the statute. The fund for detectlon,
prevention, prosecution and suppression
of violations of the many statues Is
almost as elastic as the moral code OH
which such laws are based.