The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-03
CONGRESS ASKED TO RAISE THIRTEEN BILLION DOLLARS FOR YEAR OF I9,9;
 ELEVEN BILLIONS FOR WAR ALONE|

tigation of petroleum and natural gas; $25,000 for new buildings and improvement of the bureau of mines buildings in Pittsburgh and Bruceton, Pa~; for 8 new mine rescue car the department asks $30,000.
 For continuing the construction and operation of the Alaskan railroads more than $7,O00,OoO is asked.
 Other items are: Education of na- tives, $225,OO0; medical relief for na- tives, $82,500.
 Many estimates are submitted for the national parks, the sums in all cases, being increased.
 The department of labor's increases are due principally to the problems of employment and the settlement of labor disputes. For salaries and ex- penses of federal commissioners of conciliation $20O,000 is asked; $2S,- 900 is asked for investigation of trade agreements; and $210.O00 to investi- gate conditions of labor in many in- dustries, principally coal, steel and ship building. For the enforcement of the child labor law the department asks $165,000. For the expenses of the interned German civilians at camps under the jurisdiction of the department $1,000,000 is asked. To extend the employment service the department asks $750,000.
 In the department of justice the principal increases are to provide for prosecution of crimes against the United States. One million dollars is asked for that work.
 Virtually all the increases in the department of agriculture are to cover the work of stimulating food production and furthering the preser- vation of plant and animal life as a war measure. They include the an- nual item of $240,000 for the distribu- l ton of free seed of Congressmen; the usual $1,000,000 for eradication of foot and mouth disease; and the an- nua1 $15,oO0,000 appropriation, for federal aid to good roads. A novel exhibit appears in the departments estimate for motor vehicles. It gives the name of every man who will use a government vehicle and tells spec 1 if1cally on what business he uses it. | In the Indian service the work. of relieving distress and preventing di- seases has been extended to an in- 1 creased estimate of $40O,000 and an 1 increased estimate of $1,700,000 is submitted for Indian schools. An in- creased estimate of $500,OOO is shown i for industrial work among the na- tion's wards and to teach them the acre of. timber. Total estimates for the Indian office, which include the usual sums for maintenance and im- 1 prove ment, total more than $12,- , 900, 900.
 For continuation of work on or completion of public buildings already l authorized the following estimates are included: New York (assay office) 1 $272,000.
 | New items for marine hospitals are submitted as follows: Boston $16,- 1 900; New York $45,O00.
 New items for quarantine stations 1 include Boston $3,00O.
 The interstate commerce commits sion asks a little more than $5,0OO,- | 900. The expenses of the shipping board are placed at $899,517,50O.
 For the council of national defense $970,O00 is asked The federal trade commissions expenses are estimated at $1,429,240. The usual $50,00O is asked for the federal board for the mediation and conciliation of inter state transportation wage disputes 4 new item of $57,5O0 is presented fol salaries of the United States em ployes compensation commission ant their employees. The estimate for the
 national advisory committee fol aeronautics is increased to $26O,. 900.
 For collection of information of the prevalence and geographical distribu tion of disease the public health ser vice asks $25,0O0. An increased es
 timate of $250,OO0 for studies in TUT al sanitation Is submitted. The exhibit showing the grea
 sums the government spends eacl year for rented buildings in Washing
 ton is especially interesting this yea because of the great number of suct
 buildings taken for war activities
 Ranging in character from hotels anC office buildings to lofts, stores ant stables, the rents paid by the differ ent departments total $1,059,594.
 MUSICIANS BALL.