The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-03
13 BILLION MORE.

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recruits, $500, 900; ordnance strictly
in the bureau of ordnance, see, 500, 900;
new batteries of guns for ships, s3s,-
100000; ammunition for ships alone,
I$32,0O0,000; torpedoes and torpedo
| appliances, $1,000.000; extension OF
the naval gun factory at Washington,
S2,500,000; reserve supplies of ord
nance, $33,0O0,00o; for a new naval
proving grounds, 100000; for ex-
periments, $385,000; maintenance of
yards and docks and contingent ex-
penses 100000; for medicine and
surgery, S6,500,000; care of hospital
patients alone, 100000 for main
/ tenance in the bureau of supplies and
accounts, including fuel for the navy
| and transportation for same, $6O,O00,-
900; construction and repair of ships.
| $50, 100000; engineering, which in
cludeS the motive power, $4,000, 600.
Five Million for Food Department.
For the food administration $5,-
| 600, 900 is estimated and for the fuel
administration $2,500,000.
The estimates for all other depart
ments besides showing increases for
| their expansion due to activities con-
| sequent to the war, reflect generally
| the increased costs of everything gen.
| eral thruout the country. Some in
creases of salaries for government en-
| ployes are submitted, but there is no
| The state department revives it's
proposal for an under secretary of
state at a salary of $4,000. Congress
| has rejected the plan when submitted
before. For additional clerks the de-
| partment asks $3.50, 900; to meet the
increased cost of living for consular
and diplomatic officers, which is rec
egnized as being out of proportion to
their small salaries, the department
| asks 100000. an increase of $500, 900
IL, 4@v
| asked last year.
The total sum placed under the
head of foreign intercourse exceeds
$6,50O,O00.
In the treasury department the
growth of the war risk insurance
bureau, which now includes insurance
for the lives of soldiers, sailors and
merchant crews as well as merchant
ships, calls for an estimate of $4,000
900. The federal farm loan bureau
presents new item 81 $337, 900. For
the maintenance of forces abroad for
the auditing of accounts for the army
and navy $500, 900 is asked.
Costs to Collect Taxes.
The internal revenue bureau shows
| a large increase in expenses for the
collection of the many war taxes. Ex-
penses of ordinary collection are
placed at $3,000,000; collection of in
come tax is placed at $4,000 and
for collection of the special war taxes
100000 is estimated. double the
sum asked for the same purpose last
year.
All the minis and assay offices are
| estimated for as usual.
| In the war department the ordinary
peace time forcS has been practically
doubled. and the cost of additional
employees is estimated at $4,000, 900.
The total estimates for river and
harbor improvements are $29,515. 900.
For the maintenance and improve
ment of the Panama canal, exclusive
of Notifications, $15,495,2S4 is esti-
mated.
In the navy department nearly a
million dollars is asked for extra
clerical forces.
4 The department of commerce sub
nits several items to care for the ex-
/ pansion- of American trade in the war
4 opportunity.
For the bureau of standards, which
is taking a tremendous part in the
development of mechanical appliances
,,.for the winning of the war, several
f1arge sums in additional to the regu-
lar appropriation are asked The
blanket item under the head of milf
tary research is put at $250,00O.
The estimate for the coast and
geodetic survey is doubled to make it
$2,325, 900.
To Develop Natural Resources.
The interior department presents
and developments of natural re-
Sources 1t asks 100000 for scien-
tific investigation of petroleum and
natural gas.
I Many items are submitted for the
betterment of Alaska
Many estimates also are submitted
for the national parks.
| The department of labor's increases
are due principally to the problems of
employment and the settlement of
labor disputes.
For the expenses of the interned
German civilians at camps under the
jurisdiction of the department $1,0OO,-
600 is asked.
To Prosecute SPIES.
In the department CT justice, the
principal increases are to provide for
prosecution Of crime against the
United StGtes. principally sedition,
conspiracy and espionage One mil
lion dollars is asked for that work
Practically all the increases in the
department of agriculture are to COW
er the work of stimulating food pro-
duction and fuTthering the preserva-
ton of plant and animal life as a war
measure.
A novel exhibit appears in the de-
partment's estimate for motor ve-
hicles. It gives the name of every man
who will use a government vehicle
and tells specifically on what BUSH
ness he uses it