Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-07
New Item For $4,000, 900

New Item For $3,000,0OO
In the Department of Commerce
new item is one of 100000 for an
agricultural census, 81, ,493, 500 is asked
for lighthouses, beacons and fog sig
nails, $4,000 is estimated for investi-
eating costs of production and $780,
600 is estimated for promoting COM
merce in South and Central America,
double the amount appropriated last
year.
In the Department of Labor the es-
innate for the work of Commissioners
of Cancellation on Labor Disputes
would be raised from $4,000 to S75,-
600. For a study of the extent of in
dustrial unemployment in the United
States, $4,000 is estimated.
In the Department of Agriculture
the principal special items, aside
from the fixed charges of operation,
are 100000 for quarantine work to
fight the foot and mouth disease;
$3.50 to fight the cattle tick in the
South; $645,000 to enforce the pure
food law; S1.000,000 for cooperative
farm demonstration work; 100000 for
livestock experiments in southern
counties where sugar cane has been
the principal product; $4,000 for
dairy experiments in the semi-arid and
irrigated regions of the West, and
$240,000 to encourage improved farm
management methods. For free dis
tribution of seeds $252,54O is asked.
The total estimate for the forest serv-
ice is $5,54S,256.
Army Estimates
In the army estimates 100000 is
is provided for the new aviation corps,
100000 for buildings and grounds OF
the Military Academy at West Point
and S150,0OO for automatic machine
rifles. The sum for militia maneuvers
is reduced a million dollars and left
at $250,000; 100000 is asked for bar
rack and quarters in the Philippines;
$S25, 900 for small arms target prac-
tice; $250.000 for the manufacture of
arms. For public works in the War
Department $62,000,000 is estimated
OF which $53.0OO,OO is for rivers and
harbors, an increase of $4,000, 900
over last years estimates. For forti-
fications and other works of defense
S5,80O,0OO, slight increase over last
year. is estimated. Further construc-
tion and maintenance of the Panama
canal is estimated at SIS, 100000.
In the navy 23,S00,000 is asked for
increases heretofore authorized and
100000 is estimated for the 1916
building program.
The estimate for arming the naval
militia is doubled. making it $3.50, 900.
Pensions Falling OF
In the Interior Department pensions
are estimated at $166, 900, a
100000 drop since last year. An
estimate of 100000 for the Recla-
nation Service appears in the esti-
mates for the first time.
For fortifying the Panama canal a
total of S763,000 is estimated, an in
crease of half a million dollars over
last years appropriation. In this esti-
mate. is included $4,000 for search
lights and 100000 for reserve equip
ment.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion estimate is reduced $1,000, 900 be-
cause it does not include provision for
the physical valuation work, for which
an estimate will be furnished later.
The Department of Justice estimates
include 100000 for enforcing the
antitrust laws and S150.000 for the
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan,
The Department of Labor estimates
include $346.000 for the Ellis Island
immigrant station and $4,000 for a
new immigrant station at Galveston,
Texas The Public Health Service
wants 100000 for preventing the
spread of epidemic diseases
The total of $1.493,500 for light
houses, beacons fog signals and other
aids to navigation includes: Lighthouse
tender for general service, S150,00O;
light vessels for general lake service.
$150,000; light vessel for general At
lantlc service. 100000; light station
at Goose Island Flats. n. j., 100000,
and other amounts for aids to navi-
cation.