The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-29
BILL CALLS
FORUNUSUAL
SMALL sum
Civil Measure Reported
by House Appropria-
tions Committee.

dry civil bill, carrying. total Of
$685., gil, ,292, or $42o. .s14.1s2 less
than was asked BY the government
departments, was reported today
by the House appropriations COM
mittee. 1t was the first Of the big
supply measures for the next fis-
cal year to be completed, and its
total was $52,237 ,514 less than the
amount appropriated for similar
purposes this year.
Indicating q desire to put gov
ernment expenditures on a pre-war
basis, the committee, first taking
care Of men disabled by war, set
aside only $160,611 ,z92 for actual
civil expenses of the government,
which was within $34. .000, 900 Of the
total amount appropriated for 1916.
The largest single reduction.
$147, 100000 applies to the ship
ping board emergency feet corpor-
alton, the bill providing that the
organization shall be supported en-
tirely out of various sources of In
come.
Request from the department OF
justice for $500, 900 for enforcement
of the national prohibition act was
eliminated. The sum of ST, 10000
was appropriated, however, for
suppressing liquor traffic in Alas
ka.
Moro SlasheA
Other principal slashes in the
amounts asked by the government
departments included war risk in
surance $S7 900; vocational ed
ucation, $4,000, 900; military posts
$50, ,942.815; national cemeteries
5000, 900; flood control Missis-
sippi river, $s,330,000; nitrate
plants. $10,000,0O0; Panama Canal
/, ,$7.1S7. .255; ipmixratten .serxice
81, 2,567.589; employment service
| 81, 1,384 sal: reclamation service
$4,809.O00: public health service
"a, ACT 900; armories and arsenals,
! $6,238, 900; public buildings, S..
798, 400; bureau of mines, $2,112,-
900, and department of justice, ST.
9S9, ,3O4.
| The bill includes $223, ,0oo, 900 on
account Of military and naval COM
pensation for death or disability ot
soldiers, sailors and marines, med
. ical. surgical and hospital treat
ment Of beneficiaries Of the bureau
of war risk insurance, and voca-
tional rehabilitation Of soldiers,
sailors and marines, all growing
out Of the World War.
With this amount deducted from
the amount recommended in the
bill, only $160,611 ,292 was left for
all other purposes, as compared
with $126,922,7 $50, the total carried
by the sundry civil act for the fis-
cal year 1916.
Principal Income.
The principal increases over this
years appropriations were $11,-
100000 for the reclamation ser
vice; 100000 for flood control;
81, ,231 900 for national home fol
disabled volunteer soldiers; ST..
100000 for lighthouses and bea.
cons, and $516,2O0 for the govern.
ment printing office.
The appropriation proposed OF
account Of medical and hospital
service for war risk patients was
So, ,00o, 900, or $13,000.000 less thar
the total for 1921. The estimate
for 1922 was $50, ,000. 900.
While there was an apparent re-
duction of $25, 100000 in tht
amount proposed for 1922 for voca
tional training, the bill provide.
for re-appropriation OF unexpendet
balances, estimated at $10,500, 900
making the total proposed for thi'
service $75, ,o00. 900.
For the enforcement Of anti
trust laws, 100000 is proposed a,
against the 100000 asked by tn
department Of justice Tha ap
preparation for the railroad labol
board is 100000. as against tn
$500 requested, while the ship
ping board estimate Of $SsS. 900 i
cut to $459. 900.
For the construction Of militar.
posts only $3.50. 900 was allowed q
against the $61 ,462. .S1S asked.