Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
1865 ESTIMATES
CUT $17,9O6,643
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Agriculture are based on a reorganiza-
ton of some of the work there. The
bureau of plant industry suffers a de-
roads is increased by $4,000. and
the states relations service, which is
the old Office of experiment stations, is
increased by $4,000.
No detailed estimates are included
for the federal trade commission soon
to be organized. but lump sum of
$500, 900 is asked. Activity in the Sem
ate and House is predicted in the in
creased estimates for the investigating
committees. The Senate asks for $780,,
900 instead of $4,000, and the House
asks for 100000 for the miscellaneous
needs of select committees, an increase
asked by Librarian Putnam for en-
ployes of the Library of Congress-, and
the civil service commission wants an
increase of $4,000 in the appropria-
ton for maintaining the efficiency
rating service.
$53, 1877 1928 for Rivers.
The new public buildings item, gen.
orally a conspicuous feature of all esti-
mates. is but $2.2s6,os5. as against
$10,376,020 in the current act; and the
sum estimated merely takes care Of
buildings already under construction.
The rivers and harbors item. bound to
cause fight in Congress with charges
Of graft" and pork BARREL" this year
totals $53.3S7,223, which is approx
mately twice the amount appropriated
all told for the present year.
In the State Department only slight
increases are shown in salaries and in
contingent expenses for the diplomatic
and consular service. Secretary Bryan
q q 70 fNv~ fry. f1ny
riages and horses and the pay of driv-
ers and stableman. This is a new
item.
In the Treasury the expense of COL
Letting the income tax is figured at
$1,220,000, a decrease of $28O,O00 In
the Commerce Department the amount
asked for promoting commerce with
South America is 100000, double the
appropriation in the current act
In the Department of Labor the esti-
mate for the work of the commission
ers of Cancellation is raised from $780,
900 to $4,000 and new item of $4,000
for the study of the extent of indus
trial unemployment is included.
While the total for the Department
of Agriculture is $1,3OO,000 less than
the current, act, some big new projects
are outlined, among them being $780,
900 for quarantining against the foot
and mouth disease; s1,O0O,O00 for CO.
operative farm demonstration work
and 100000 for live stock experiments
in southern sections, where sugar cane
raising has been abandoned under the
sugar tariff.
100000 for Aviation.
In the army estimates, $400, 900 is pro-
vided for the new aviation corps, $780,
900 for buildings and grounds Of the
Military Academy at West Point and
$4,000 for automatic machine rifles.
The sum for militia maneuvers is re-
duced a million dollars and left at
S2oO.OOO; 100000 is asked for bar
racks and quarters in the Philippines;
$4,000 for small arms target practice;
$4,000 for the manufacture of arms.
For fortitications and other works of
defense. $5.SOO,00O, a slight increase
over last year, is estimated. Further
construction and maintenance of the
Panama canal is S19,000.0O0.
In the navy, s23,S00, 900 is asked for
increases heretofore authorized, and
s19,000,000 is estimated for the 1916
building program.
The estimate for arming the naval
militia is doubled, making it $25O,OO0
In the Interior Department pensions
are estimated at s166,00O,000, a three
mlllion-dollar drop since last year. An
estimate of S9,00O,000 for the reclama-
ton service appears in the estimates
for the first time. Congress at the last
session passed law requiring recla-
nation OUTLAWS to be made by appro-
priation.
$763,O for Panama Forts.
For fortifying the Panama canal a
total of s763,0O0 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 commission
estimate is reduced $4,000 because
1t does not include provision for the
physical valuation of work for which
an estimate will be furnished later.
The Department of Justice estimates
include 100000 for enforcing the anti
trust laws and S150,OO0 for the peni-
tertiary at Leavenworth., Kan.
The estimates for the District of CO.
lumbia are included in the general to-
tai, but the District bill, with much
reduced appropriation, was ordered re-
ported on Saturday.
Changes in Salary.
The changes in salary estimates,
slight increases. requests for larger
lump sum appropriations, new projects
and other changes are given below in
detail as far as they are thought to
De Ol interest TO washington. In many
bureaus requests are made for trans
fers of existing positions from one Of
flee to another without changing the
number of statutory positions; also
there are many requests for transfer
ring employees to the annual salary roll
instead of carrying them on the big
lump-sum appropriations. This is par
ticularly true in the case of the De-
partment of Agriculture. The actual
changes in this latter case, however,
are but in bookkeeping, as the num-
Der of employees is not affected.
The analysis of changes starts with
increases asked for in the Library of
Congress, and is explained by Libra
rian Putnam, as follows:
Il have repeated recommends tions for
small increases Gas a rule of from SIS to
$40 month"; in number of positions
under $1,000 in which the compensa-
ton in the library compares very un-
favorably with that normal in the
executive departments The situation
with respect to these was fully ex-
planned in my explanatory letter OF
last year, and increases of IS per month
were actually granted in the case OF
1875 positions. The present recommen-
dation proposes SIS Gin some cases 500
additional month for each of these.
and also embraces certain other of the
minor positions Especially those in
the copyright office) not included in my
estimate of last year.
distribution of Card Indexes.-The
nroviSion for these has been regularly