Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-02
GOVERNMENTS EXPENSES
FIVE BILLIONS ANNUALLY
Secretary Glass Submits Estimate TO
Congress for Federal Iii
naDclng for 1877.
INTEREST COST OVER BILLION
Greatest Appropriations Arc for Sun.
port OF Army and Navy---Shipplng
Board Needs $ii8, OOO, OOO--Grcat.
est Sum Ever Asked During Peace.
fnY Associated press

WASHINGTON. Dec The race,
DILLON. dollar CONGRESSES OF ordir ,,,.
peace times faded into the pas, today.
when Secretary Glass, presenting the
annual estimates, proposed appropr,a.
tons OF practically $j.0oo. 600. 900 for
conducting tho peace t!ine ac.ivt,;ca Of
me government during the fiscal year
According TO these .iyuces u .xiu cos,
more man I'VE t-n.a a. tEuCa 10 con :.
iNei ;ne poace-t',na AFFAIRS 81 govern.
'aent az IL ala ~ INA year .mm edtatciv
PRECEDING tho "orib wa,.
inc Ireatos' ind!viiuat estimates for
expenditures. Of course, % TO the aruiy
ana me navy. I'll. Scari" interest OH
the War ueOt. however. ia Il.uI7, 500, 0Uu
whiah Fum alone is greater ,Nan all
;hf appropriations Tor all purposes
whatsoever OF any pcace.,irnc CON
-rcAa.
Estimates Justify Prediction.
Al! u. al, the estimates jutify The
gross. during onsld.ra,loI. CT tho war.
TAX bills, TIA; tho presou, .,onorEtion
"ou.t act see Ire government uouhmrt.
Cd al AZ expense .f less tnan - coo %"
900 year.
The estimated approximations Tor ,h.
nr!hcipAi GoNcrmincnS department.
were presented as follows:
Legislative tconErc3sJ s1.p95.?N7z5
Executive tWhite House ami Gov
eminent ds.par'mcnts> 5l+o.lIi sol -
Judicial. {l.s34.l5o.
Navy. t1.6al.sOt.Sc
Pensions. $cl5.OaGGDO
, r'slni, works ps s.22SS33'92;!lsSJJ9d5
Foreign intercourse, Sl1.2s3. 250.5l
The total OF an estimates. Including
Soin I comparatm.l: minor items not
Incinueb in tho foregoing. $ S;.H6s.tl0.
n5h6S. the Srea;c:; sum ever asked
~ any CONGRESS when the country was
not actual! Al war.
SSj,no1.0Go for National Guard
Inc Uititun-gOIlgr
army includrs some SIS. oGo 600 for ,he
National Guard Tho normal poacc.
Uuu.006.
me s5+2.ooJ.ooo estimate ror the
navy includes pro. sion for tao pro-
gram OF increase. and * no,nparl bIe
10 an snnuai estimate "f some SIS
100000 before thA VA. Tho s2s3U0U. moo
Pana'na canal. rcciamation projects
rivers ani ha"bors Improvement. pub
ne hu!!dinSS. and .lso military works.
arScnalS and !ortiiic1tious.
An item O: more THAN S31t 900 gn6 FOR
pos,ai services 1t reinbursaDlc from
postal revenues
The estimates 70. miscellaneous OK
pend!tnr.cs Contain some ,rcmcndo,ls
sums For the Treasury Department
more than SciI.000.D00 is asked. which
goes larcc!y 10 tho enforcement OF pro-
eorporation and excess profits taxes.
A4s:00o: 600 for shipping Board.
for INC shipping Board nearly SfIs.-
100000 Is asked to wind UP It's pro.
gram Of rcstorint the american nas
10 the Scas. Nearly $40. 800 IN
asked for the Federal Board OF voca-
fiona! Education. which. besides being
expended in cooperation with the
States fog civilian education as the
Jaw provides. Will be used in large
mcasure.jor the reconstruction OF dis.
abled soldiers OF the world war.
One ITEM which has appeared percn-
nially IN estimates without ever be-
coming an actually appears again this
year with promise OF being taken Sc
riousir. |, !s an estimate o. S231,0uu.
90" toward sinking fund which ulti-
matciy s 20 retire the public debt
which includes some $4,000 o0o moo
sii.nt OH the war
With annual lutcTcs. payments on
Che deb; now exceeding lyOO 900. 900
and alone surprising tho totn! sum
which the government has hitherto
spent IN u Year for all purposes in
peace times, the Treasury experts hope
/" convince Congress that some real
provision for paying Of The huge sum
must DC made