Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-12-17

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vas the wNtehvpxd of the approrei4-
tlona committee in the preparation OF
the legislative ana judicial apptopiia
the Legislative. executive ana jndicsl
appropratonrblI. hrst OF the big Aup-
ply measures which was reported to
the house today The comuittee cut
on nearly -, 900 from the ssti-
mates submitted by the various ie-
apartments. cutting salry allowances
measure appropriating $3S. .7ll.7z4,75s
all along the line, and Drought In q
measure appropristing $3S,744,753.50
The bill provides for morei than 10000
salaries Of government employees.
The total of the bill shows an in.
crease of s1,12s.s4S over last years
measure. But this years measure IN
cludes q special issue OF $2,286. 100,
and authorizes 1000 additional en-
ployes for taking the agricultural cen.
sus authorized by the law covering
the last regular census In 1908. The
committee in its report says that this
is an extraordinary expenditure which
will come once every 10 years. sad
maintains. therefore, that this years
measure is materially less than the
last appropriation.
. The bill containsrthe usual provi.
sien cutting down the mileage allow
ance Of members of congress from 20
gents mile to s cents mile. The
first to cut down the mileage allow
ance has been on for years and al
though the committee each year re
ports the reduction in the bill, it is
defeated either on the floor Of the
house or in the senate.
The committee cut $102,260 from
the estimate of the secretary oi
commerce, although an increace OF
commerce for the work of the bureau
of foreign and domestic $25, 900 over
last years appropriation was allowed
for promoting commerce with South
and Central America.
expected results Of the war. An i'm
perial ukase closed the wineshOps
throughout thee empire during the
first week of mobilization. 1t had
been a tradition in Russia that the
assembling Of the army was accom-
panied by disorders and riots, largely.
If not wholly, due to alcoholism
The sale of liquor in Russia, # will
be remembered, is State monopoly,
which has for more than q decade
yielded has for mfr, kQeevearrsfET
yielded the treasury annually hun
dreds of millions Of dollars. As soon
as theNwar broke out the Government
Issued second order absolutely for
bidding the sale transppporppppppp
bidding the sale transptation, or
consumtion Of any liquor during the
period of the war.
Immedeiately-we learn from the
Russian Observation-Disclosures with it,
accompanying evils of hooliganism
and crime, was reduced to striking
degree. Even the reactionary Minis
ter Of the Interior, Maklakov, who
not long ago, gave it as his opinion
that vodka was a necessity to the
messes, 1t now admitting that it is q
source o fcrime and disorder. Seems
the h.nsiician effects of prohibition
many individuals, societies and evel
same whole communities began to pc
tition the authorities not to reopel
the wineshops. The third Govern
ment measure, which took effect OF
November, 10 extends the prohibition
to every form Of alcoholic drink In al
portions Of the empire under material
law until the end Of the war; The
Russian press is unanimous in prais
ing the measure as likely to lead ,tt
"the moral and material Regeneration
of the country, no mater what may
be the outcome Of the war,"-From
The Progress Of the world, I'm The
American Review of Reviews.