Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-04
GREATEST ESTIMATES
IN NATIONS HISTORY
Conduct Of Government and Prosecution of War Will Cost
United States More Than $l3, 50OO000OO Dur
ing 1919-Costs Mounting Rapidly.

! 100000; engineering, which includes
the motive power. sbo.000.00o.
ESTIMATES SHOW GROWING
COSTS OF Evs;ItYTHiNG
For the food administration. $1,000
600 is estimated: for the fuel admin
istration, S2.500,000
The estimates for all other depart
ments reflect generally the increase d
costs OF everything.
! The state Department revivcs it's
proposal for an Under-Sccrctary of
state at salary of $500. For addi-
tional clerks the department asks
$4,000, To meet the increased COS;
OF living for consular and diplomatic
officers. the department asks $780,
| The total sum placed under the head
OF foreign intercourse exceeds So
100000.
In the Treasury Department, the
growth OF the War Risk Insurance Blu
reau, which now includes insurance
for the lives of soldiers. sailors and
merchant crews. calls for S4.0Q0.0oo.
The Federal Farm Loan Bureau pre-
scnts S331,000 For the maintenance OF
forces abroad for the auditing OF ac-
counts for tho army and navy, $S0o,000
is asked.
The Internal Revenue Bureau shows
large Increase in expense for the col
lection of the many war taxes. Ex
pcnscs OF ordinary collection arc placed
at 100000: collection of income tax
is placed at $5,7o0,000. and for collcc
,ion of the special war taxes. S9.o6o,
900 is estimated.
In the War Department the ordinary
peacc-time force has been practically
doubled, and the cost Of additional
employees is estimated at S10.000.000
The total estimates for river and har
Dor improvements are s29.5l5,o00 For
the maintenance and Improvement Of
the Panama Canal. exclusive of fortii-
cations. S15,435.2si is estimated
NAVY CLERICAL FORCE
PRACTICALLY Is DOUBLED
In the Navy Department nearly
sl,Oo0,ooo is asked for extra clerical
| forces. and the total estimate for the
ordinary peace establishment is prac-
tically double, making it S2.230, 600
The Department of Commerce sub
! mits items to care for the expansion
| OF American trade in the war oppor
| tunity. 1t asks 100000 for promoting
| commerce In Central and South
| America. like sum for promotin>;
commerce i'll the Far East, and 100000
for comm ercial attaches for the en-
| hns3ics abroad. For the Bureau of
! Standards, which is taking trcmen-
| dous part in the development OF me
chanical appliances for the winning of
the war, several large sums asked.
| The estimate for the Coast and Geodetic
| Survey is doubled to make it s2.325.-
! 600. Practically 100000 of this is
for new ships.
! Tho Interior Department presents
many new items for Investigations and
developments OF natural resources. 1t
. asks 100000 for scientific invcstiya-
! lions OF mining; $4,000 for scientific
! investigation Of petroleum and natural
! gas. For n government fuel yard here,
| SGOO,0 is asked.
For continuing the construction and
operation of the Alaskan railways.
more than 100000 is asked.
The Department of Labor's increases
are due principally 10 the problems OF
/ employment and the settlement OF labor
disputes. For salaries and expenses of
Federal commissioners Of Cancellation.
| 100000 is asked; S2S,O00 is asked for
| investigation of trade agreements. and
$4,000 10 Investigate conditions of
! labor In many Industries. For the en-
| forccment OF the child labor law. the
department asks s165,00o. For the cx-
! pcnses of the interncd German civilians
at camps, $l,000,000 is asked. To ex-
tend the employment service, the de-
| partmcnt asks S750,000.
| In tho Department of Justice. the
| principal increases are to provide for
| prosecution Of crimes against the
| United States, principally sedition. con-