Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-02
HUIN0US NEGLECT
IS APPARENT IN
ST. PETERSBURG
Excessive Allowances and In
accurate Bookkeeping on
Voyages Of Russian War
Vessels Abroad Frequent.

HSS'SA1 ADlVdu 4AcH uCMt'
st Petersburg. March 2.--A rather
strong Indictment Of state ownership,
as far aa RUSSIA IS concerned. was
made recently IN the duma. Whcn
the SHORTCOMINGS IN various branches
OF the Russian state management
were illustrated IN the report OF a
committee Of inquiry read BY Deputy
Godnen.
The navy headed the list for ruin
Gus neglect Of The interests OF the
treasury ne we'll as those OF the serv-
ice. One flagrant instance OF lack
Of business metn0d was giyen In
repairing the Zee breaker YCrmak IN
England, ono Of as engines. costing
sl0e.000. was removed An offer 10
buy tho discarded engine Cor $4,000
was made, but the Russian naval off,
GERS thought that loS price aad
shipped the englme Ia Reyai at 4 cost
of $4,000 There y hv in the open
FOR seven years ana vas finally sold
for 5000 Excessive allowances and
inaccurate b01Rxa srlmg on voyages
OF Russian war veFgeis abroad we're
very frequent. The committee discnv-
cred that on the same day IN Tie same
port different veaapls purchased coal
at prices varying from $40 70 $3.50
per ton.
The army showed similar misman-
aGement. In one case the treasury
was the gamer because OF the irreg-
ularity. IT the Tchita stores 56S. 900
horseshoes were inscribed In the
books, while the committee discover
eli by counting that the actual supply
stored was' 1857 GOO. The supply of
malta OF 20 with them was also more
than double that entered. The usual
experience, however. was TO end the
actual stocks far short OF the amount
recorded.
In the budget OF the ministry OF
railways, next largest after the minis
try OF finance with It's spirits mon
opoly. there was a deficit OF SCI .00O,-
600 for the year 1908 on a budget OF
$3.50, 100000. This chronic deficit Is
ascribed 70 the greater cost OF CON
strnction over that prevailing on pri-
vate railroads and to other similar
causes On an average the state
spent $1O.10i so more per verst (about
i've furlongs) than private railroads.
The Amur railroad is costing 10 10 ] 3
per cent more than the estimates. The
line around Lake Baikal cost S5,00G,O0O
more than the estimates, that being
20 per cent OF the entire cost.
The state iron works on the Urals
chow a similar unsatisfactory record
with a deficit totaling S5.0000OO for
the last ten years. Representative
0odneff -rsferred 10 the fact that shi8
dehclt occurred despite the member
ship OF these state works Ia the com
bination OF iron works which kept
an unnaturally high level OF prices,
which It is not the province OF the
government to encourage.
Nahtha- bearing lands In the eau
casus were In arrears on their pay.
ment OF the land rent TO the state. The
sum now due from them amounted to
fl2.000.000.
A particular cause OF grievance was
the ineradicable habit Of most minis
tries to obtain appropriations under
one head and expen6 the money for
other needs. thus depriglng the duma
Of a good deal OF lts effective control
on the budget. Sums tOtaling $780,
10000 were thus transferred from
one head to another in one years
budget alore.
scarcity OF supply OF the precious
metals In the gOldsmlthB' and Jewell
ors' trade has forced the government
10 undertake the retail sale Of gold
aud silYer This sO-called gold fam.
inc" has caused heavy inroads to be
made on the specie IN circulation
Russian law threatens With heavy
the recOnversl0n of coin
into metal by private individuals rs
we'll as the clipping Of coin Or ilt re-
duction IN weight Nevertheless,
goldsmiths have recently been melting
coin IN large quantities, particularly
1t points distant from the principal
government minls. This IL done es-
peclally IN the "taiga," the marsny
forest which covers q great part q
Siberia. Hitherto, gold In bars could
be bought only al the minis In ST.
Petersburg. MOSCOW and Odessa. TO
meet the Legitimate demands Of the
trade, tho ministry OF iinnnee viii
sell gold Ia bars, plancheta
and sheets, 900 per Thousand pure, az
a fixed price. and allow the mint AZ
81 Petersburg 10 sell pure metal in
quantities up 20 rs hounds Of gold and |
BE- pounds OF silver per applicant, to |
private individuals and government |
offices. A special distributing agency |
through the medium OF government |
lffcog at poiuts conveniently situated |
the empire - now being
5HoTs ALARMED TIE COMMONS.
London, March "A sensation was \
'aused among the members Of the