The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-01
ReuuirementB Of the Navy.


For the preservation and completion
Of vessels already in commission or
authorized the navy department watts
s., ,250. 900: for the hulls and machinery
Of the two battleships and eight tor.
pedo boat destroyers which Secretary
Daniels wishes to build In the fiscal
year 1s14-1s15. s. .s00. 900: for armor ana
armament OF vessels authorised. $lO.-
Os1 GOO. The sum OF $4,000 il wanted
for naval defense mines and Ap1H-
high explosives; $170. 900 for the naval
station at Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, ana
S76OOOO for additions to facilities ana
for the purchase OF additional ground
at the naval proving ground. lndian
Head, Md, just below washington
To extend the naval gun factory IN
Washington, $4O0, 900 is asked. Many In
creases are sought for the army. Oh
these q large number arc explained IN
the estimates by the statement that the
army itself il larger than it has been
heretofore. One OF the principal mill
tary items Is $500, 900 for military aero
nautics Of which $4,000 is to be spent
for fifteen aeroplanes declared 70 Do
necessary If the United States II to
keep abreast in this science and be
prepared to cope with other nrst CLASS
powers in case OF war.
The estimates for the organized mi-
litia are larger by many millions thA0
in previous years. sums OF $i.SoV.vW
for field camps Of instruction, $4O4.xbU
for equipment Of coast artillery ar
mories md S2.1oo. 600 for field artillery ma
terial, and s.. 200. 900 for ammunition for
such artillery for militia, are asked
For armament in fortidcattcn the esti-
mate IL 81, ,S06, 800, an increase Of moro
than 100000 over last year.
Another large item II 1892. 900 Tor bar
racks and quarters at Fort Shafter.
ana at schoneld barracks. Hawaii.
The estimate for continuing seacoast
defenses in the Philippines and Ha-
wall II put at 1851. .6Sz.
The Panama Canal.
Although the Panama canal prob
the close Of the fiscal year Of 1915.
the war department estimates that
$26,326,9S5 must be appropriated for
the canal that year, which 10 about
propriation. According to the esti-
mates the number Of employees In
the Organisation through the 1914
fiscal year was $4,000. while in the
fiscal year Of 1915 the number win be
The organization on the Isthmus
and in Washington two years ago cost
a little more than 100000 and
with $500 employees off the rolls.
this sum will be reduced to about
| $s.s0o.0oo For miscellaneous ma
terial for the canal 310.459, 1000 - ask
ed and $2.651.sso II wanted for forti-
ftc0t1onS.
One OF the most interesting items
in the long list OF estimates u that Of
$476, 500 for salaries and expenses for
special attorneys, examiners and
agents Of the bureau OF corporations,
an increase OF 100000 over last year.
In q note accompanying the request
for this additional sum. congress u
told:
'aThis increase IL due entirely to the
plan projected for additional work to
be done by the bureau Of corporations.
This plan has to do with:
The facts on stocks and bond 10.
sues. holding companies. tnterlocking
dfrect0rates, etc. the economy and ef-
ficiency of trusts and tnterstate COR
| porations and conflicting state laws.
The proposed trust investigation
| would seek to show whether the mod
| ern trust can do the required work
more cheaply and advantageouD1y
| than smaller competitive units Be-
tween forty and fift.- additional ope-
cial investigators win be needed by
| the department."
I The department Of commerce aslks
| for 800, 900 to be used In inveDtignt-
| ing the cost Of production Of articles
| duitable In the United States. In lead
ing countries where they were pro-
l duced- These investigations are to. 70
fully into wages, material, cost, profits
and other features
The Cen9uS Bmreau.
| The census bureau wants 3s1s. 600
for collecting statistics. o. Whlch
/ 45ee,4 zoe is for = census Of mannfno-
lures. For an invegtigation Of prob
1C00finua6 - HnGo TWH3 = 90.