The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-02
five BILLIONS FOR
UNCLE SAM IN 1921
IS GLASS ESTIMATE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The record
billion dollar congresses OF Ordinary
peace times faded into the past today
when Secretary Glass presenting the an
nual estimates. proposed appropriations
of practically five billion dollars for con-
Quoting the peace time activities or the
government during the fiscal year 1921.
According to these figures, il viii cost
more than five times as much I" con-
duct the peace time affairs Of govern
ment as it did in the year immediately
preceding the world war.
The greatest individual estimates for
expenditures. Of course, go To the army
and tho navy. The yearly interest on
tho war debt however. is S!,Ol' 100000.
which sum alone is greater than all the
appropriations for all proposes whatSo-
ever. Of any peace time congress.
All in all, the estimates Justify tho
prediction made on the floor of con
grcss during consideration of the war
tax bills that the present gnration would
not see the government conducted nj the
expense Of less than four million n
year.
The estimated appropriations for the
principal government departments were
presented as follows:
Legislative (cangrCss) S9.025, @9T.25.
Executive CWhlte House and govern
ment departmcnts) sll4,lll,1GS.11.
Julicial. Sl.634lso.
Army, $685. s.657.2o.
Navy, S542, .S04S0.
Pensions, $2l5.030.000.
Public works. s2S3.921,S l0.l7.
Miscellaneous. 1888. 7,G37.96.
Foreign intercourse, sll.2i3, 250.91.
The total Of all estimates including
some comparatively minor items. not in
Guided in the foregoing. is S4.S65. 40
03l.G2, the greatest sum ever asked Of
any congress when the country wos not
actually at war.
The billion doller estimate for the
army includes some $4,000 for the Ma
tional Guard. The normal peace time
estimate for the army before the war
was between ten and fifteen millions,
The $542,OOO,Oo0 estimate for the navy
includes provisions for the program Of
increase and Is comparable to an annua!
estimate Of some fifteen millions before
the war. The $3.50. 1000. 900 public works
estimates includes the Panama canal, re-
clamation products, rivers and harrbors
improvement, public buildings and also
military works, arsenals and fortifica'
tons.
An item Of more than s341.OoO,oOO fol-
| the postal service is reimburSable fol
postal revenue,
Estimates for miscellaneous expendl'
lures contain some tremendous sums
For the treasury department more than
| S247. 900, 900 Is asked which goes largely
! to the enforcement OF prohibition and
| the collection Of income corporation anC
, excess profit taxes. For the shipping
board nearly $i4S,O00.000 Is asked Il
wind up tits program Of restoring the
| American flag TO the seas. Nearly $40,
! 900, 900 is asked for the federal board fol
vocational education which besides be
| ing expended in cooperation with Tho
state for education as the law provides
will be used in large measure for recon
struction Of disabled soldiers OF the
world war.
One item which has appeared peren
| tally in estimates without ever becoming
an actually appears again this year witt
promise Of being taken seriously. !
Is an estimate Of $287.500.000 TOWARD
a sinking fund which ultimately is to re
tire the public debt which includes some
| thirty billions spent on the war