Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10

the Senate appropriations committee. was
not made public. but the amendments
favored by the committee were an
nounced.
Tariff Board Gets 1926, 900.
Although the democratic House refused
to make any appropriation for the con-
tinuance OF the tariff board, and thereby
hoped to end it's existence. the Senate
appropria tons committee has come to
It's rescue and to the aid Of President
Taft. champion Of the tariff board.
An appropriation of $225,OO0 is recon-
mended, to enable the President to OBJ
tain information to assist him in the dis
charge of his duties imposed upon him
by the Payne-Aldrich tariff law "and the
officers of the government in administer
ing the customs laws including such in
vestigations of the cost of production OF
commodities, covering cost of material,
fabrication and every other element Of
such cost Of production as are author
lied by said tariff act and including the
employment Of such persons as may be
required for those purposes, ana to en-
able him to do any and all things in con-
nection Herewith authorized by law"
The Incorporation in the sundry civil bill
of the provision allowing the printing OF
the backs of paper money with power
presses Is the carrying out Of the COM
promise agreement reached between the
plate printers Of the bureau OF engraving
and printing and the Senate committee
on printing, when 1t was proposed to al
low the printing of all paper money with
power presses.
Provision on Printing Item.
The provision in the sundry civil bill is
as follows:
Hereafter the proviso of the act Of
July 1, 1893. directing that all bonds.
notes and checks shall be printed on
hand-roller presses shall not apply to
checks, the backs and tints OF all United
States bonds. the backs and tints OF all
United States paper money. and the
backs and tints of bonds and paper money
issued by any OF the insular possessions
of the United States. any or all of which
shall be printed from intaglio plates. and
on such plate-printing presses es may be
directed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
said presses to be operated by plate print
ers. except that checks and tints may
be printed by any desired process; proWd-
ed, that the backs of all United States
paper money shall be printed from four
subject plates and the faces of all internal
revenue stamps now printed from intaglio
plates on hand roller or power printing
presses shall continue to be printed from
intaglio plates on hand roller or power
plate printing presses, as the Secretary
of the Treasury may determine. said
presses to be operated by plate printers;
provided, further, that should the Sec
retary of the Treasury decide to print on
the aforesaid power plate printing presses
any of the classes of work hereinbefore
permitted to be printed on such presses,
not more than one-f1fth of the total num-
ber of hand-roller presses required to
produce the estimated quantity of such
work in any fiscal year shall be displaced
in such fiscal year: provided, further.
that the Secretary of the Treasury may.
in his discretion. apply motors to hand
roller presses that are now or may here
after be operated in the bureau OF en-
craving and printing, but such presses. if
equipped with motors. shall be regarded
as hand-roller presses within the mean
ing of this act
Favor $35, 900 for Two Parks.
For commencing the improvement Of
Montrose Park and for its care and main
tenance the committee recommends an
appropriation Of $4,000; and for COM
mencing the improvement OF Meridian
Hill Park an appropriation OF SEE, 900 Is
favored.
Other amendments provide for many
improvements for the Pension and Pat
ent Office buildings and other structures
used by the Department of the Interior.
For the excavation Of the interior court
Of the Patent Office building and the con-
struction of q suitable building thereon
for the use of the patent office an appro-
priation Of $220.OG0 Is recommended by
the committee: for the replacing OF defec-
tive windows and plumbing and for neces-
sary painting and repairs to the patent OF
flee. $4,000: for repairing and renewing
plumbing and rearranging the toilet
rooms in the PeLsion Office building and
the constructor OF necessary sewer and
connections. $4,000: for the installation
of a new roof and the replacing OF sky
lights on the Pension Office building, $25.-
600; for labor and material required in
the construction OF concrete or brick
tunnel or conduit to connect the Patent
Office and the old Post Office Department
buildings under F street northwest be-
tween 7th and Sth streets. $500.
The appropriation for the repair and
preservation of public buildings is in
creased from 1925. 200 to $3.50, 900. and that
for the improvement of the mechanical
equipment of public buildings from $44O
600 to $463, 900.
The Senate committee struck out that
provision Of the House bill disallowing
outside competition in the preparations
of plans for new public buildings. The
same course was adopted with that pro-
vision specifying that no additional ap-
pontments as cadets or cadet engineers
ice unless hereafter authorized by Con-
gress.
Prosecution Fund Increased.
The appropriation for detecting and
bringing to punishment violators Of the
internal revenue laws is increased from
81 600 to $15O,O00.
Provision is made for the pay Of the
Of the public on. the COM
mittee to witness the destruction by
of. government securities at
s. a day while actually employed by an
Of 1865.