The Washington times., 1912-06-03
DISTRICT SUFFERS
lN.1AE CARVING OF
! SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Amount Appropriated Less
,by $33,oo0,ooo Than in
Current Year.
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at the Zoo Park and $4,000 for a read
justment of boundaries.
A total, of $40, $50 is appropriated for
buildings and grounds in and around
Washington. ..t
The bill provides the following ar
rangement for the printing of paper
money at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, following the recent dispute
between the Treasury Department and
the plate printers. which resulted in a
HEREAFTER the proviso of the act of
July !, 1898 (30 Stat. L.. p. 80D, di-
recting that all bonds, notes, and
checks shall be printed on hand-roll-
eeEE presses shall not not apply tS checks checks
States bonds the backs and tints of
all United states paper money: Pro.
vided. That should the Secretary of
aforesaid power plate printing presses
any of the classes of, work hereinbe-
fore permitted. to be printed on such
presses, not more than one fifth of the
required to produce the estimated
quantity of such work in any fiscal
year shall. be displaced in such fiscal
year: Provided further, That the Sec
erection, apply motors to hand-roller
presses that are now or may here
after be operated in the Bureau Of
Engraving and. Printing, but such
be regarded as hand-roller presses
within the meaning Of this act.
Drops Tariff Board.
The committee report makes no COM
ment an the. abolition of the tariff
board. It merely says "the appropria-
ton Of $225.O0o to enable the President
to secure information under section
of the. last tariff act is omitted
Democratic opposition to the con-
tinuance Of the existing tariff board
has been continually increasing. The
majority report on the wool bill scored
the tariff board as useless" and 1t is
expected the report on the cotton bill
will be of similar tenor. The board has
reported upon but two schedules, cotton
and wool.
The Democrats paved the way for the
abolition of the .ariff board, which goes
out Of commission June, 80 If present
plars carry. by. providing In the legis-
by the House, for the creation of q
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce. Tbt0 bureau, a consolidation Of
the Bureau Of Statistics and the Bu-
rtau of Manufactures. Is authorized to
collate tariff data at the direction Of
the President or either branch OF Con-
gress, whereas the existing tariff board
is ar,enable only to the direction OF the
President,
Funds for Economy Board.
The Appropriations Committee dealt
more lenicntly with the Presidents sf-
ficiency and economy commission, now
engaged in Investigating the archaic
business methods In vogue in the va
lious departments >. In appropriatins
siS,OO fer the continuation VI the work
of this commission, the committee says:
1.-The committee Is convinced that
many reforms in the methods OF trans
acting the public business ~ the xe exc
mental establishments are imperatiVely
required. If accomplished. greatly in
creased efficiency in the public service
would result and the public business
money than at present.
1T was not expected that IN a
single session every reform resulting
in proper retrenchment could be ad-
The committee explains that the re-
ports of the economy commission
were not submitted to Congress
various reasons 1t was deemed ad-
visable by the President to submit
many of them to the departments and
other Government establishments al
fected before making any recon-
mendations.
"The result has been," continues the
report, that the Information ana rec
concentrations based thereon reach :
ed Congress too late to permit or
that consideration which the revolu-
tionary and far-reacning character OF
many of the recommendations de-
manded."
Reform Customs Service.
A reorganization within the mex,
twelve months of the customs service Is
demanded in the bill. The President Is
authorized to reorganize the service be-
fore submitting estimates for the fisca
year 1914, and 1t is stipulated that the
total cost of the customs service fol
that year shall be $l0,150000 instead OF
$lO,500, ,0OO a cut of $350,0O0. In order tc
bring about this substantial reduction
the President is given authority to abol'
ish or consolidate collection districts
ports, and supports of entry and deliv'
empioyments and to reduce excessive
rates of compensation, and to make
other changes necessary to bring the
cost of the service within the limit
submitted to Congress at the next regu
lar session and thereafter will consti
tute the permanent organization. of the
service, until changed by Congress.
provision which abolishes, after June 20
1912. the office of receiver of public
moneys for land districts. All of the
powers duties, and obligations now
moneys are transferred to the registers
of land offices. Instead OF receivers
the Secretary of the Interior is author
ICED, under certain conditions, to ap
point a chief clerk for land offices, whC
shall perform such duties as may b,
required by the registers.
Halt on New Buildings.
A total of sS.OSS5l7s2 is appropriatet
to continue the construction OF publ
buildings which have heretofore beel
authorized The committee has n
authority to recommend new sites O
buildings and has not done so in thi
Dill, devoting itself entirely to appro
priating for projects already under way
The sum above mentioned, the repor
says, represents every dollar that ca
be used until March 4 next. Request
have been made for appropriation
which the department states cannot b
used prior to the enactment of the mex
bill, for authority to exceed the limi
of cost for appropriations for building
which will not be reached unless ad
vanced over others and out of thei
turn. The committee has not been abl
to iuspfy such action"
Tho committee rejected the recon
mendation of the Secretary of the Treas
ury that a general fund for publ
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