Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-07


.enarft mental heads consider tn
.nininuA1. the estimates represent tn
diminish atoms effort to keep tn
eovernmel ltai expenditures within it
income WI ieh has been decreased b,
the Europoan war. BY grand divi
sions The estimates submitted toda,
are as follows;
legislative establishment. s7,64i,o4
Executive establishment =. S1.S45. So
.ndicial establishment 49,. 1,44O,5o'
department of agriculture. 20,IO6 OIL
Postal service ........-..... $1,000, 10
Foreign intercourse ...... 4,607 Is.
Military establishment .... los, $3.50 81
Naval establishment $3.50. 142, $4,000
Indian affairs .........'.... 9,5SS, 40
Pensions ......+--~'.....''' 100 IoO,Oo,
Panama canal ...>.....'.'.. 1921, 90.
Public works ..........-.... aS,Sll'o4l
Miscellaneous .............. S2,S4SiSZs
Permanent annual appro-
priations .................. l2l.o6t ,20l
Deduction in Postal Service
with the expectation that the pos
tai service will continue TO be self
sustaining the postal item Of s297,-
355.f64 will be deducted as it is re-
turned to the treasury from postal
earnings, leaving the actual total OF
expenditures at 1898. 1880.
AS there is such a comparatively
small change in the estimates there
is also comparatively little change in
the items of fixed charges. and new
estimates for expenditures have been
reduced to the minimum. While the
rule is one OF reductions the army
and navy establishments alone show
3 Etan r-Y11 n
estimate is increased to sos $685. $50 as
against a current appropriation of
s101 977 800; the naval estimate is
s14261900S against a current appro-
priation of s141.S9S,217.
Estimates for the legislative estab-
1ishment include salaries and expenses
Of Congress. The executive estimates
include the President, Vice President
and the Civil Service Commission.
practically no changes are shown
there.
In the state department the only
changes are some slight increases In
salaries. in contingent expenses for
the diplomatic and consular service
growing out of the Mexican situation
and the European war.
tn the treasury department the ex-
nense of collecting the income tax is
estimated at 81, 220, 900, a decrease Of
$3.50, 600. Estimates are presented for
maintaining the western mints and
assay offices, against which each ses-
si9n OF Congress brings a fight
In the department of commerce a
new item is one of $4,000. 900 for an
es~'eultural census, s1493. 500 is asked
Tor lighthouses, beacons and fog sig
rails $4,000 is estimated for investi-
eating costs Of production and 100000
is estimated for promoting commerce
in South and Central America. This
latter item is double the amount APP
propriated last year.
In the department of labor the esti-
mate for the work of commissioners
of Cancellation on labor disputes would
be raised from $4,000 to SIS. 600. For
a study Of the extent of industrial I'M
employment in the United States
10000 is estimated.
In Department of Agriculture.
In the department of agriculture the
principal special items, aside from the
dxed charges of operation, are 100000
faa quarantine work to fight the foot
and mouth disease. 1898, 900 to fight the
cattle tick in the South, s645,000 to
enforce the pure food law, 81 100000
for cooperative farm demonstration
work $50, 900 for live stock expert
fBents in Southern countries where
sugar cane has been the principal
product, $87 900 for dairy experiments
in the semi-arid and irrigated regions
of the West, and $4,000 to encourage
improved farm management methods
For free distribution of seeds $3.50, $40
IS asked. The total estimate for the
forest service is $5,54S,2 56. For the en-
forcement Of the new law to regulate
dealings in cotton futures and TO
carry on the investigation of market
ing and distribution of food products,
SSi6,595 is asked.
In the army estimates, S2000 is
provided for the new aviation corps,
100000 for buildings and grounds OF
the Military Academy at West Point,
and $i50,000 for automatic machine
rifles. The sum for militia maneuvers
is reduced a million dollars and left at
s250 900; 100000 is asked for barracks
and quarters in the Philippines; $685.
900 for small arms target practice;
S350,00o for the manufacturing Of
arms. For public works in the war
department S62. 00O, 900 is estimated, of
which $4,000, GOO. is for rivers and har-
bors, an increase of s27, 900 900 over
last years estimate. For fortifica-
mons and other works Of defense,
So 200, a slight increase over last
year, is estimated Further construc-
ton and maintenance of the Panama
Canal is estimated at S19 O00, 900 For
Panama Canal fortifcatlons, si.942,-
22s is asked, an increase of $s17, 705.
Nays Program.
In the navy s23,S00 900 is asked for
increases heretofore authorized and
$40 600. 900 is estimated for the 1915
building program. The following
sums are estimated for navy yards:
Boston, $50, 900; New York, s135, 900;
Philadelphia. $4,000; Washington, D.
G., S135,000 Norfolk, s305 900, including
a 100000 drydock; Charleston, S. c..
$50 900 Key West, $4,000; Mare Island
500 600; Puget Sound, $4,000; for ex-
tension Of the powder factory at In.
dian Head. Md, $158,o00: naval maya
zine at Fort Miflin, Pa. s84000 nava
magazine at Puget Sound, s5s. 000
The estimate for arming the nava
militia is doubled, making it $3.50 900
In the interior department, depart.
ment pensions are estimated at 1885,,
0Oa, 600, q three million drop since las
year. An estimate of $4,000, 900 for tn,
reclamation service appears in the es
Inmates for the first time. Congress
At the last session passed a law re
During reclamation soutlays to b.
made by appropriation.
For certifying the Panama canal
total of $763 900 is estimated, an in
crease of half a million dollars owe
last years appropriations. In thi
estimate is included $4,000 70
searchlights and 100000 for resery
equipment.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
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