The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-12-01
5 BILLION DOLLAR
CONGRESS IN SIGHT
Record Appropriations
Called for Fiscal Year
of 1921


WASHINGTON, Dec. THE rec
ord billion dollar congresses OF ordi-
nary peace times faded into the past
today when Secretary Glass. present.
ing the annual estimates. proposed ap-
preparations Of practically five billion
dollars for conducting the peace time
activities OF the EOVernmont during
the fiscal year 1921.
According to these figures Il will
cost more than five times as much to
conduct the peace time affairs OF gov-
ernmcnt as II did In the year imme-
1iately preceding the world war.
The greatest individual estimates
FOR expenditures, OF course. 20 TO tho
army and the navy. The yearly in
terest on the war debt, however. Is
s1.0i7. 100000, which sum alone Is
greater than all the appropriations
FOR all purposes what so ever any
peace time congress.
Tho estimated appropriations for
principal government departments
were presented as follows;
Legislative (cOngress) t9.02b. .297.25.
Executive twhite house and govern
ment de9artments) tii9.iil,4 ,463.77,
judicial Si,63i.i9O.
Army t9S9.57S. 6b7.2O.
Navy Sb4s.08i. .GOi.SO.
Pensions S21b.O3O.O0O.
Miscellaneous sS32.7t7.s27.g6.
Foreign intercourse tli,2fa.256.Oi.
Billion For Army.
The total 0f all estimates, inciud-
ing some comparatively minor items
not Included In the foregoing is So
N6b, AZ 0.O3l.62, the greatest sum ever
asked Cf any congress when the
country WIS not actually az war.
The billion dollar estimate for ths
army includes some tS5,000,000 for
the national guard The normal
peace time estimate for the army De-
fore the war was between ten and
fifteen millions. The s5i2. .O0O, 600 es-
innate for the navy includes provls-
ion for tho program OF Increase and
il comparable to an annual estimate
Of some fifteen millions before the
war
The estimate for miscellaneous ex.
sums. For the treasury department
more than $4,000. 600 IL asked
which goes largely to the enforce
ment OF prohibition and the collec-
tion of income, corporation and ex-
cess profit taxes For the shipping
board nearly tiiS 600, 000 Ia asked 10
wind up It's program OF restoring the
American nag TO the seas.
sinking FUND
one Item, which has appeared per
cnnlnlly In estimates without ever be-
coming an aclunliiy appears again
this year with promise of being taken
seriously II Ia an estimate OF t2s7..
500 600 toward a sinking fund, which
ultimately il 10 retire the public debt
which Includes some thirty billion
spent on the war.
Estimates for rivers and harbor.
appropriation included;
Mississippi river, mouth OF Mis-
souri, river TO Minneapolis. t2,750.'
600; Missouri river, Kansas City tc
mouth. t2.i00.O00.
San Francisco. 5000; Oakland
harhor. S284.000; Richmond. $500.
600. san pablo bay 100000; Hum.
boldt harbor and bay. t70s. 900; Sac.
ramento river. $4,000; Coos bay
/ $4,000; iaquina bay and harbor
$4,000; Columbia river to snak,
/ river. s27.500; Snake river, $4,000
Columbia river at mouth. fi65,0 600
/ Columbia and lower willamette riv
/ ors below Vancouver and Portland
/ S655. 600; willamette river, abov,
| Portland and Yamhill river, tt5. 900
/ Lewis river. $4,000; Cowiitz river
/ $1,000; Grays Harh5r, $500, 900
Puget sound. $4,000; Nome. Alaska
$40. 600; Honolulu harbor. $3.50, ,000
Hllo harbor, ti50,OO0i Willapa rive
and harbor. 100000.