Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-14
aIo SUMS ASKED.


BIG SUMS ASKED.
Practically every department OF the
federal government wants more Hon,
ey next year than it had this year ana
the aggregate OF the increases asKeu
boosts this years administration ap-
preparation bill to q figure never De-
fore euualed in the United states.
with the exception Of the postofhce
department there Is not department
hnf what wants a little more casn 10
spend in 1916 and the postoftice de-
partment makes it's showing at the
exnense OF the rural service which is
being cut down to a point enabling
the expenditure of several mllnons
lees than was the case this year.
The treasury department wants 70
add three hundred employees 10 us
payrou and Of course wants the mon
ev to pay them. It figures 1T needs
more than a million dollars in excess
az the amount allotted to 1t for TINS
year. .a,,aa
The department Of commerce asked
FOR MANY increases for gathering IN
formation at home and ABROAD on
commerce. Industry and manufacture.
Among the items included are $25O,-
n0o to promote and develop the COM
mercial interests OF the United States
and 500, 900 to be devoted to the same
ends with particular reference 10
south and Central America. For COM
mercial attaches abroad $225,OOO IN
stead Of 100000 was asked; ana
s10O (oo was asked in place Of $5O,oOo
"a inveatigate the cost of production
and distribution of all articles Wnlcn
ara mr. NAV be made the subject OF
tariff legislation with special refer
ence TO the prices paid domestic ana
foreign labor. price Of raw materials
with the conditions in foreign and 90
mastic markets affecting the Amerl-
can nroduct together with all facts
that NAV be necessary in fixing I'M
mort duties or aiding officers OF the
governments in the administration OF
thas customs laws" The same depart
mant asked $4,000 to use In collect
ing statistics Of internal commerce
and $4,000 to investigate foreign mar
Eets for agricultural, mineral and lot
ast nroducts. A request Is made TOT
az increase Of $4,000 for the steam
hoa+ insnection service and of $3,OOO
sor am nloyment of inspectors to pre-
vent OVeTcIOWOAAA6 "
sells. dnar+-
,,ant saws will need $4,000 this year
in place Of $4,000. The cnlloIsns
bureau asked for $4,000 more tnan
last year. ,d
The department of agriculture asked
for s2,5OO,OOO, the same as iast veal
for eradication Of foot ana NOUN
disease, $45,750 to enforce the cotton
futures act, and $llO,26O 10 ENFORCE
the insectitude act
The interstate commerce commls-
sion asked generally for little more
than last year but wants $S,Ooo,Ooo
more for physical valuation WORK. me
federal trade commission, Wnicn
came into being last March, asked lot
it's first full years work $o44,ooo OF
about 100000 more. most OF Wnlcn 10
70 be expended in the salaries OF at
torneys' examiners, ETC.
The interior department wants
ss.247OOo for the Alaska railroad,
compared with 100000 appropriate
Cd in 1915.
Rnth the secret service and the
bureau of investigation of the depart
ment Of Justice, which have been busy
with investigations of an unusual
character on account of the war, ask
cd for increases, the secret service to
s225Ooo from s145,CO0 and the
bureau of investigation to $550,OOO
from s4S5,OOO. In the request for an
crease for the bureau for the first
time appears a statement that part
NJ the fund may be used in work for
the state department. The department
Of Justice asks for $25O,OO0 instead OF
100000 to enforce the antitrust laws.
One new feature of the estimates
10 the incorporation of proposal tor
. government monopoly of telephone
and telegraph service in Alaska,
Porto Rico and the Hawaiian islands.
II ia proposed that the wires in these
territories be acquired for the post
Office department by proper proceed
ings after appraisal by the interstate
commerce commission SO that they
nav be actually taken over by July L,
1915 The postmaster general would
he authorized to license private par
) ties to construct and operate lines but
with the reservation that the govern
ment might buy them. The sum of
5000 900 is asked for the purpose.
The usual estimates are submitted
for the up-keep of western minis and
assay Offices which are the subject
Of attack at each session Of congress.
The pension bill apparently is one
~ the few decreasing items, s160, $685.
OoO being asked in place of $164, 100000
last year. For public buildings the
estim ates are about $3,O00,000 less
than last year
"a For the Panama canal exclusive of
Yortifi cations, ETC., the estimate is
s19,3O1 1863 compared with $16,940,000
last year. For the reclamation SER
vice the estimate is $13.930,0O0 com
pared with $9,93S,00O appropriated in
1915.
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