The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-06
Congress to be Asked to
E%pend OUer a Billion
Estimates Comprise Most Elab-
orate Program Ever Pre-
sented 10 an American Leg
islative Body Budget Calls
for l70 Million More Than
Was Voted Last Year

WASliI>rIuN bor q Estimates
W I.r lla most elaborate program
.. expenditures ever asked Of an
NmUw uunr., in times Of peace
"rn submitted Monday proposing
'u.' W'U..ur 81 4N5. Sj7 sos or SlTO.-
''.H'i n.m than was appropriated
HHt fwI Tine great increase Is nj.
mu-. windy IUr ro the administration
n.# I. military preparedness More
'Nuu EIIGupuOOO of the total is for
0lrr. expenditures ou the army ana
nNN with millions more fo he used
300 uH.l defense and other fprllficutiun
work.
Postal Service
Ihn postal service estimate Is de.
oH.'lUIr from the total because its
receipts are turned buck tu the trna-
uru This leaves S9G9 lo2929 u- the
actual total Of appropriations congress
I asked To make. VI SlG1>5@IUl more
lOuu last year
No Decrease
N1t single establishment ~ the
government asked Tor less than WIS
given last year Many requests were
ma lr for iuyrur. because or develop.
r,nts Of the war 200 Europe
state Department
The state department asked for
many Increase including Sl42.OOO for
additional clerical force u the depart
IurnrS, S-jUUO additional fur the ,nla-
rics ot charge ar affair, and S2I.unu
for tram .ortarm and subsistence. and
u o'po u.bad ot 'hr $4,000 ..6'L
before tu enable the president 10 meet
uiorrer"r cmcr-..rir- arising In TIE
I dill '''rD uHYU0ar service
Treasury Department
\ large item Iu the treasury depart.
mcut increases !, S2,2O000O fCr col
lcrtius the income tax. an incrobs,. ~
SluOOWn over ust year which. amuGg
,Iiur things viii he used 10 hire ~
deputy collectors ut 81 GOO per year
compared with III collector In 1913.
Tie same department wants SjOuOO to
enforce the cotton futures net
Department Of Commerce
The department of commerce asked
. for mauy increases for gatherin; in
formation 40 home and abroad ln cot
! mrrcr mlrlry and manufacture. All
ECHO Cf tn- lHstlaud steamship hi,as-
ter is heard m REQUEST for an III.
, crease of ,.1udu for the steamboat III.
spcctiuu -r co and u $1,000 for en-.
! r'0ymcnt 81 bon Jc,tor- to prevent Ovrr-
crowdiug e u.-. Dugrr vessels
Labor needs
Labor cou.iImrur, the labor depart.
ment says. will need $1,000 this year
In place of $4,000 The children's bu-
= rcau asked for $1,000 more than last
year
Agriculture
The department of agriculture asked
for S25OO.OOO the same ns last year,
for eradication Of foot ana mouth dis
ease, SiJ75O 10 enforce the cotton
futurs act, and $1,000 to enforce the
lnsecticide act
|. c. c. Requirements
The Interstate commerce commission
asked generally for little more than
. last year but wants S3OOOOOO more
for physical valuation work The fed
crnl trade commission, which came
Into being last March, asked for liz
first fun years work S54i 500 or about
100000 more most Of which IS 10 be
expended In the salaries Of attorneys,
examiners. etc.
Interior Department
The interior department wants S.
2i7 900 FOR the Alaska railroad. CON
, pared with S2,OOO,OOO appropriated m
1915.
Secret Service
, Roth the secret service and the by
rcnu Of Investigation ~ the department
Of Justice. which have been busy with
Investigations of an unusual charac-
ter ON account n the war, asked for
increases. the secret service S225,00c
from Sl4N OOO and the bureau Of inves-
tigntlon 10 $4,000 from Sls5,OOO. la
, the request FOR am Increase for the bu-
y reau for the time appears state
ment that part of the fund may be
D. used IN work for the state department.
i The department Of Justice asks for
S2lOWOO instead of S3OOOOO to en-
force the anti trust laws
/. The pension hill apparently In ona
II ~ the few decreasing Items, $50 b86,-
oOo being asked IN place Si0i 100 O0O
& Inst ycnr For public buildings the es'
Inmates are about SaOOOOOO less than
u last year
'l The Canal
For the Panama canal, exclusive ot
III Qualifications, etc, the estimate N $40,
10 8ul 3GN compared with $l694OOOO last
o ypur For the reclamation service the
'I estimate Is Sl23N20 oOO over S0,933, ,OO
appropriated In 1913.
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