The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-02
WHAT It WILL COST
TO RUN COUNTRY
Various Departments Ask Con
gross for SSOl US, 66O.O2 Dur
ing Coming Year.
EXPENSES GROW RAPIDLY
Estimates Show Increase OF SD,
So4,Oo7 Over Last Year.
Appropriations

United States during the fiscal year
1915. according TO estimates prepared
By each department and sent to the
House to-day BY Secretary McAdoo. Of
tho Treasury.
With this East sum the government
will maintain tho battlcships and forts
and the armies ia the states and in
the countries that border tho seven
seas: IT will keep the scales Of justice
balanced: cndcavor TO retain the
friendship OF foreign nations look af-
ter domestic prosperity and seek at i'm
tcrvals to discover new ways in which
tc better health, improve living condi-
tons, ana Investigate the merits OF tho
thousand new things in Industry and
commerce that come 10 its attention
Tn. estimates submitted TO-DAY are
So..5Gi.GST in excess Of tho a;iprcpria-
tiOns for the last fiscal year. but their
total falls S39.255.o66 below the csti-
mates for that year. The cstimatcs are
AS follows;
Legislative establishment, s7,533,33l.
Executive establishment, $3o.S09,2ee
judicial establishment il.242,llQ.
Department OF Agriculture, Sls,osI.
352
Foreign intercourse, $4,<41.c4e.
Post-Ofice Department including
parcel post, ,306,e53.117.
Military establishment. slo5.s37,5t4.
Naval establishment, sl3e,S2l,s5a.
Indian affairs, Sl0.20S,865.
Pensions, 3les.150,Oo0.
Public works, ss7.ei7.5e2
Miscellaneous. $s4.3e3,2l3
Permanent annual appropriations.
Sl3l,i96,4o7.
what the Navy Wants.
For tho preservation ana completion
OF vessels already In commission or
authorized, III" Navy Department wants
Ss.250, 600; for the hulls and machinery
Of the two battlcships and eight tor
pcdo boat dcstroyers which Secretary
Daniels wishes TO build In The fiscal
year, leif-lel5, s7s0o.000 for arrnor
and armament OF vessels authorized.
No,c.l.c 600 The sum OF $500 900 is
wanted for naval defense mines ard
appliances: $4,000 FOR experimental
work in high explosives; $4,000 for
the naval station at Pearl lIarbor.
Hawaii, and s75o.ooO for additions TO
facilities ana for the purchase OF addi-
tionai ground at the nava, proving
ground. Indian Head. Md. lust below
factory IN Washington, 100000 is
asked
Many increases are sough, for the
army OF these large number are
explained in the estimates 10y tho state
ment that the army Itself is larger
than IL has been heretofore. One of
tho principal military itcms is $500. 900
500. 900 is TO be spent for fifteen aero
planes. declared To be necessary iC the
I United states - to keep abreast in this
/ science nnd "b. prepared TO cope win
other nrst- class powers In case o:
war"
Estimates for Militia.
The estimates tor the organized
militia a.n larger by many millions
/ than In previous ycaIs Sums OF 81
$4,000 FOR ncld camps OF instruction.
S4pf,2Jr for equipment OF coast artl-
l"ry armoIies. s2.1oo.0oO for field artil-
lery material and $S.000.eoG for am
munition Tor such artillery for militia
arc asked.
For Armament IN for,!lca lions tho
estimate IS f''S9G,SV". an increase OF
more than S3.00o.Qoo oVc. last year
rms $5.ooo.o0V il TO be expended in th,.
purchase, manufacture and test Of am
inunitior for mountain ncld and si.,,.
cannon ana = large part OF the re
!naihder is 10 b" used in altering old
style icld and coas; artillery guns
Although tho Panama Canal prob
tp'E VIII be IN operation long before
! INC close Of tho fiscal wear OF I11.
ne war Department estimates tbst
S@h.S2t,'s1 must b. appropriated ro,,
ne canal that year. which IS .bout
9"'"ooo0o more than the current appro
Piia'ion FoV miscellaneous matcri;,l
~ l'i'ii SiV'iDt,uvo Is asked. and
. DOL $50 is wanted for fortifica,ions
Cost OF Trmst-BustinI.
ono or the most interesting items i'm
! ne lonS list Of estimates is that Of
lSi'2.9co FOR salaries and expenses OF
"pecl"l attorneys, examiners and avcnts
oi me bureau OF Corporations. an in
crease Of Sa00 0Go over last veor T.,
a hote accompanying tho request FOR
inns additional sum, Congress i told.
rms increase is due entirely To the
plan projected for additional work ia
ne done by the Bureau OF Ccrporatious
rms plan has To do with Tho facts IN
STOCKS ana bond issues, holding com
p"n'eS' ihteriocklhg directories. etc.
inc economy and efficiency OF trusts
ana Interstate corporations and con-
f'IctinS state laws"
I The Department. Of Commerce. ash,
FOR Sl00o 00 TO be used in inyestirat
ing the cost of production OF articles
dhtiahle IN the United States. in Lead
ing countries where they are produced
These Investigations are to go fully into
wages material, costs protits auI
other features. The sum Of $50 600
/ Is asked also for the salaries and cx-
penses Of commercial attaches, who arc
to be credited to the State Department
ana who arc to Investigate and re-
port upon foreign manufacturing CON
! ditlonS OF interest to this country
Money for Census.
| The Census BureSu wants S925 oD0
/ for collecting statistics. of which s56s
400 is for II census Of manufa ctures
For an investigation OF problems in
connection with public utilities to de-
tormine the quality and cost of service
required in the regulation of utilities
the bureau asks 100000 For an in
NcStigation of the materials used in
rail. wheels and aXles and other rail
| way equipment and the cause Of their
! failure. $4,000 is asked for the Blu
reau Of Standards.
/ Secretary McAdoo estimates that he
! VIII need S1,50o,000 TO collect the income
tax. He says AN increase is necessary
| because the tax collection machinery
VIII be perfected by tho time the APP
preparation is made, and because in
NestigationS will he made to determine
cases of taxes withheld in previous
years.
The Department of Agriculture asks
Congress for 100000 to use in eradi-
eating the cattle tick, an increase of
| $'5,0Oo, declaring that several South
crn States arc manifesting an interest
! in cattle raising owing to the unccr-