The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-19
Expenditure of Foot.aad-M outh Funds.

SOME misunderstanding having arisen in regard to the
pendre of the funds employed in the suppression Of fooand
mouth disease the secretary Of agriculture in order to clear
the subject has explained i'll letter published the Congressional
and the methods adopted by the department in accounting for
its expenditure In this letter the secretary said in part
he outbreak of the footandmouth disease occurred in Oc
tober 1914 At that time the only funds available for
combating the disease those carried the agricultural ap
preparation act for the fiscal ending June 3d. 1915 under
the heading General Expenses of Animal Industry
The several items under this appropriation aggregated 81
of which amount 1885, had been expended in furhcrance
of the regular lines Of work authorized by that appropriation
will thus be that there available balance of $113
9486S for expenditure in carrying the routine work covered
by appropriation and in carrying the work involved in
the eradication Of the fooandouh disease When this out
break occurred Congress was not IN session and IT, heetof be-
necessary for the department TO draw largely upon such
balance successfully to combat the disease Pay
ment of the Of the work involved in the
disease project from the appropriation referred to necessarily
exclusively chargeabe thereto In order to the
several lines of work outlined in said appropriation it
the amount paid herefrom urherance of the fooandmou
disease project When Congress convened the situation confront
preparations AS result Of presenting the matter to that com
mit item embodied in the deficiency bill of January
For the eradication of the fooandmouth dis
the payment of claims arising out of past and future
footandouth disease and for deficiency i'll the objects pec
fed head General Expenses Bureau Of Animal In
dustr in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal
1915 5O0000 expended by the secretary of agriculture
The objects of this bill twofold % to defray the
pens incident to the suppression of the fooandmouth disease
and 2 to reimburse the appropriations General Expenses Blu
Of Animal Industry for the deficiency in the objects speG
conformity with Decentralization subappropraons
under General Expenses Bureau of Animal Industry which
had heavily drawn for deang the of the
work connected with the eradication of the dis
ease reimbursed from the deficiency item Of 25ooooo
such action became charging items OF sub
equent incurred for dairy animal sbandy or other regular
for such items bore the title Of the emergency aprPra
era Expenses Animal Industry which the expense
chargeabe thus clearly showing that the
reimbursed from the emergency appropriation to the extent
Of the amount covered by such items and of these
buseens taken and carried the official records in
this way The items to which you referred the floor of the
House were items of this nature.
81 may add also that in instance there reimburse
ment of the original subppropratons beyond the amount
proprated by Congress in the appropriation act for the fiscal
year ended June 3d. 1876 indeed owing to the interruption in
the regular work of the bureau of animal industry it was not
necessary reimburse the regular suppropriatons for all of
the which had been withdrawn for use in the fooand
mouth between the date of the outbreak of the dis
ease and January 251915 The total amount withdrawn during
thai period the regular ubapproprations $807063
reimbursement from the emergency appropriation
amounted to but $529135.63
T is believed that this explanation clearly shows that the
expenditures for travel in connection with the several lines of
work covered by the appropriation General Expenses Bureau
Animal Industry which charged to and paid from the
ency appropriation of January g. 1916 properly pa
the authority contained in the latter appropriation
The explanation given in the secrearys letter cleared the
misunderstanding before the Congress- III