New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-22
END OF War Will
CAUSE BIG CUT IN
APPROPRIATIONS
POLICY OF REPUBLICANS TO
MAKE CHANGE FROM WAR
TO PEACE FOOTING OF IN
DUSTRIES WITH AS LIT
TIE LOSS AS POSSIBLE
Special to State Record.

Washington, Nov. 2l.-Wheu the
revenue bill is taken up again for
consideration in the Senate Com
mittee no special haste will be OBJ
served in completing it. The i'm
minence of final peace will mean
the cancellation of thousands OF
Army contracts and the cessation OF
military work in general on which
It was intended to spend hundreds
Of millions of dollars. As conse-
quence the demands upon the Treas
ury in the ensuing year will fall
far short of the estimates, and the
revenue legislation will have to be
revised accordingly.
Last month the Chairman Of the
Appropriations Committee of the
Senate submitted summary of the
appropriations for the present scs-
sion, which began on December 3
1917. Since that date there has been
appropriated approximately $26t877,-
100000 and additional contracts have
been authorized to the extent OF
$o,42l 10000 to be covered by ap-
preparations at later date, or a
total of $36.298 100000. OF course
much of that huge sum represents
expenditures that can not be avoid
ed with the coming of peace. The
Shipping Board will require hundreds
of millions to finish the work il
has in hand. nav and maintenance
Of the army must continue until Il
is demobilized: the immensely en-
larred Government establishment a.
Wa shington and in other cities mus,
be maintained. at least for the pres
ent; interest on the public debt must
re paid; and other huge appropria
.ions for more or less permanent
purpose must be left undisturbed
- But with all allowances Tor main
t,ining the government as going
concern. billions OF dollars remain,
,opropriated for waping the war on
more intensive basis in 1910. the ex-
penditure of which will not now be
necessary. In fixing the amounts in
the more recent APPROXIMATION bills
Congress had in mind the creation
the equipment that goes with such
, force. Such an enlargement of our
military strength is now unnecessary.
Housing projects, involving tens Of
millions OF dollars, should be aband-
oned. Extensions to ordnance plants,
additions to existing cantonments,
the intensive manufacture of air
craft. the construction of heavy ord
nance. for all of which billions have
keen aosropriated during the year,
will be halted, and the money wi
remain ia the Treasury.
1t is impossible to form, at this
time, even an approximate estimate
Of the huge saving to the Govern
ment that will result from the stop
page of our war activities. A glance
at the various appropriation bills,
however. shows that the sum will
run int the billions. and NAV even
reach the total which the pending
revenue bill is expected to raise. In
that case L is evident that extensive
revision OF che present language of
that medkGre is demanded.
Now IS the time when the Federal
Government should treat with the
greatest consideration its business
enterprises, The change from a war
70 a peace footing will require the
rYOendttlfre OF much CaOltal. those
concerns that will lose prospective
contracts with the Government will
suffer financially although probably
reimbursed to some extent when
their contracts are taken from them,
The facility with which the coun-
try adjusts itself to the activities
OF peace will measure our success
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y. nolu "ia. Nes W.T." o..e "a.'cms ~.
~ wou,u oe So. sav s.ane ...n..,.nr ~ I'M,
pose upon our l!,uustlieS ul'neesssdly
tak cu! aenS wn,Ie IVY arc ~
'ng th'S .ranS!olmation; ns! -,
ne Nepuuo'eans =" c4uH e:,:i WI
not go 70 'ne eH.ent Ui l,ious'elnS 'u
purpose of forcing il beyond March
lth. that they NAV have the partis-
an advantage of writing an entire
tax bill themselves. On the other
hand they will give the closest scr
utiny to every item in the pending
measure In the light of its effect
upon industries that are under heavy
oresent exoense IN the effort 70 ac-
commodate themselves to SUDDEN
peace: oufficinet money VIII De
faised 10 meet the necessary ex-
penses OF the Government, put oe-
yond tnat frotection TO american