Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-03

ses persisting in peace times. but falling off rapidly, will make the governments outlay in the fiscal year 1920. beginning next July lst, $7,442.- dl5,S3S of which $5.212, ,O0O ,O00 will gt to the war and navy departments SS9S ,o0o,o00 to pay interest on wal debt, and $579,o00, ,000 for continuing the building of q merchant marine according to departmental estimates presented today 10 congress-
 The expenses compare with the $24 599,o00 O00 appropriation for the cur rent year, ending next June 30th, with the S1S,O0 00,O0C,O00 which probably will be actually spent this year and with the ordinary annual expenses of about a billion dollars before the war.
 The advance estimates are neces- sarily rough, and many departments expect to cut them down during the next few months, as committees ol congress work over the figures in drafting appropriation bills. Hereto fore annual estimates have exceeded the appropriation authorizations, and the actual expenditures, have usually been considerably less than the ap- propriations.
 Secretary McAdoo transmitted with out comment the estimates of var ious departments as submitted to hini and compiled at the treasury
 The war departments wants $2,556.- 000,000 next pear for bringing the army home from Europe, maintain ing part of the force. continuing for tifications and other purposes and the navy department estimates it's needs at $2,656,000,0G0 even more than this year.
 The shipping board. asks $5OO000,- 900 for building ships already author ized by congress; $60,OOC,O ,OO0 for op- eration of vessels, $17,45l ,0O0 for re- cruiting and training officers and crews and $1,453,000 for incidental administration expenses.
 The item of $S93, 3,O00,00O as interest on public debt includes provision for Liberty bonds already outstanding and those to be issued in the near future and this sum is not subject to any great alteration.
 Only $1 ,567 ,000' is included in the estimates for public buildings. About half of the $19,870,00 estimate for rivers and harbors is for mainten- ance or continuation of existing pro- jects; $5,00000O is asked as general fund for use by the secretary of war and $4,00O,O0C for flood control on the Mississippi river.
 For congress, it iy estimated, ex- penses will be $l7,955,00 for the president and a few bureaus revoly- ing about him $5,981 ,000; for the state department $12, 2,725,0OO; for the treas. ury and all finance purposes $1,427,- 515, ,OC0; Panama Canal $12,216; inter for department of labor $26,712,OO0; department of justice $14,1S8,O0O; fed eral courts $1,41O,000; for foreign in- terests including consular activities, $11 ,042,000; for Indian affairs $11- 939 coo, and for pensions arising out of past wars $220,OOO,OO0 the usual sum sought.
 for $287 100000 for the esta ablishment of sinking fund, reported perfunct- ory in previous years.
 In the face of tremendous public debt however, 1t is regarded as pos. sible that congress now will nrovide for real redemption fund witk which to pay bonds when they fall due in fu- ture years. The estimated total of ST. 443, ,0OG, 900 does not include this item, nor $358,307 ,000 for postal service, the needs of which are covered auto nnatically by appropriations but are met directly from postal revenues.
 The official count on the continued functioning of the war risk insurance bureau to administer soldiers and sailors insurance and compensation payment is indicated by the request for $12,367 ,000 for administration ex- penses.
 The cost of collecting federal taxes is put at $27,346,O00.
 :. An unusual item in the estimates is $20, 100000 asked for conducting the decennial census throughout the Uni ted States.
 A little more than $30 ,OOO 900 would be spent by the department of agrf- culture in fighting plant and animal diseases and educational work. For the tariff commission $40O, ,e0Oaisj asked or twice as much as the appropriation for this year. sdaIoG .s4a,t
 Despite the uncertainty tof 9tfe<| for number of government war agencies, estimates are made for the war trade board $2,465 900 war industries board q 1,000 900: food administration $12,- 100000, fuel administration $1,50O-