Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-02
U. S. TREASURER
ASKS ) BILLIONS
TO RUN COUNTRY
Peace Time Activities OF 1912
Will Cost This Sum, Secre-
tary Glass Estimates to
Congress Show.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The record
81 900. 600, 900 congresses OF ordinary
peace times faded into the past to-
day when Secretary Glass, present,
ing the annual estimates, proposed
concentrations of practically $s,OOo,-
100000 for conducting the peace
time activities Of the government
during the fiscal year l91l. .,
According to these figures, 1t VIII
cost more than five times as muel,
to conduct the peace time affairs OF
government as it did in the year I'M
mediately preceding the world war
Army Gets Most.
The greatest individual estimates
for expenditures, of course, go TO
the army and the navy. The yearly
interest on the war debt, however, IS
slOl7. 100000, which sum alone IS
greater than all the appropriations
for all purposes whatsoever OF any
peace time congress. r..
The estimated appropriations for
the principal government depart
ments were presented as follows:
Legislative (congress), s9'o@'''
Executive white House and gov
eminent Departmental, $i49'ill''
4o3.77.
Judicial, $l,634,l9O.
Army. 1899, 578,657.2O.
Navy. $542,O3l ,So4 g.
Pensions $2l5,050 600.
Public works, $283,92l, Sl0.H.
Miscellaneous, $833,717,637. 80.
Foreign intercourse $ll, 243,2509l
More Than Five Billions.
The total of all estimates, includ
mo some comparatively minor items
not included in the foreign, Il
81 86s,41OO3l.62, the greatest sun
ever asked of any congress whei
the country was not actually at war
The billion-dollar estimate tor TN
army includes some $85,00O,0oO fol
the national guard. The norma
peace time estimate for the army be
fore the war was between Sio,oOO'
600 and $15,OO0,000. The $54z,Ooo'
600 estimate for the navy lnciude'
provision for the program OF III
crease and is comparable to an an
nual estimate of some $l5,0OO,000 be
fore the war.
Dry Act Takes Money.
The estimates for miscelianeou
exnenditures contain some tremen
dous sums. For the Treasury de
partment more than $Z47, OOO,ooo
asked, which goes largely to the en-
forcement Of prohibition and tn
collection of income, corporatio,
and excess profit taxes. For tn tn
shipping board nearly S44S,ooOoo
| is asked to wind up its program Q
restoring the American flag to tn
seas.
One item which has appeare
perennially in estimates without eve
becoming an actually appears agar
| this year with promise OF BEN
taken seriously. 1t is an estimate {
| S287, 500, 900 toward a sinking tun
public debt, which includes $3O,OOO
! 100000 spent on the war. =,
Estimates for rivers and harboi
appropriations included:
Mississippi RIVER, mouth OF \ M AZ
souri, river to Minneapolis, $I,Ioo
900; Missouri river, Kansas City
mouth, $2lO0,00O.
San Francisco, $4,000; Oaklan
harbor, $234,000; Richmond, $1oC
900; San Pablo bay, $l03,40 Hun
boldt harbor and bay, $7Oo,oo
Sacramento river, $4,000; Coos ba
$l25,000; Yaquina bay and harbo
$4,000; Columbia river to Snal
river, $27,sO0; Snake river, $3z,0
Columbia river at mouth, $!oa,0o
Columbia and lower Wiliamet
rivers, below Vancouver and Por
land, $655,0OO; Willamette rive
above Portland and Yamhill rive
$4s,s 500; Lewis river, $4,000; Gov
litz river, $1,000; Gray's harbs
$6O0,0O0; Puget Sound, $27,oO
Nome, Alaska, $4,000; Honolu
fharbor, $l50,OO0; Hilo harbor, SIS
900; Willapa river and harbor, S2o'
1000.