The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1921-04-30
$4,000 CUT OFF
APPROPRIATIONS
BILL IN HOUSE
Fish Commission Item Re-
duced to $4,000 :.
Schools Lose $4,000.

Carrying some $4,000 less thai
when it was introduced in the Hous'
Thursday by the Ways ana Mean
Committee, the general appropria
lions measure was passed by TIL
House last night and ordered trars
mitted to the Senate The reduc
tions were made in the school es
Inmates and in the item carried fn
the Territorial Fish Commission the
former losing $52,739.40 and the lat
ter $4,000.
The school reduction was mad
after Commissioner of Education L
D. Henderson had stated that sucl
a cut would not impair the conduct
of schools inasmuch as the appro
priation is made to end on March
81, 1928, instead of June 81 Of that
year thus eliminating expenditures
for three months.
Debate Over Schools.
The amount for schools in inCOr
porated towns, 100000, occasioned
considerable debate Mr.. Cochran
stated that he had examined a NUN
Der of detailed statements Of ex-
penditures made by various school
boards He found that the Territory
was paying rs per cent of the cost f
school books and equipment of gym
nasiums' Such items, he ASSERTED,
should not be included under the
heading of maintenance. The Ter
ritory, he said, should not be made
to pay for school books which was
solely a matter of concern to the
parents of school children. The Ter
'ritory. he claims. should be required
to furnish lunch baskets or cloth
ing" with as much justice as school
books. He moved that the appro-
priation be cut to $3S5,OOO but the
motion went by default for the lack
of a second. Various members de-
Tended the school book item on the
ground that it was less expensive
to the Territory as whole than
any other method and resulted in a
mateial saving to the Territory.
New Fish Bill.
The debate over the item for the
Fish Commission was short but
sharp. Mr.. Ross moved seconded by
Mr.. Cochran, that it be cut from s75.-
900 to $4,000, Mr. Cochran declared
he had heard nothing but fish and
after listening to all the experts
IN m hni
of them knew what they were talk
ing about IF | had my way he
declared, cit would be reduced to
$40
Mr.. Cole stated that $4,000 was
entirely too small. He said that the
Senate had passed a measure calling
for 100000 for the bienninm but
added 81 have a substitute to offer
which will place the Commission
under one man and which will ask for
about 100000 to carry it into effect"
After some discussion, the amount
was fixed at $4,000 with the under
standing that it would be merely a
tentative figure which could be final
ly determined after the measure had
been passed by the Senate and any
differences settled in conference
Chairman Elsner of the Ways and
Means Committee opposed any al
iteration in the appropriation. He de-
clared that the greatest proportion
of Territorial revenue is derived
from the fishing industry and that
no cut should be made in an appro-
priation which was to be used for
the purpose Of lettering conditions
In the industry and for the protee.
tibn of the fishing resources
Few Slight INCREASES.
There were a few small increases
allowed to certain departments for
clerk hire. salaries and incidentals.
In addition to the $1,000 salary al
lowed to the Governor in addition
to his salary from Federal sources.
there were increased expenses al
lowed the Secretary's, and the Com
missioner of Education's office; an
item of $1,000 for the Bureau of
Vital Statistics which had been over
looked in the original bill; an item
of $500 for the relief of Martin
Gately; and several small items in
cluded in the emergency fund to be
expended by the Governor in settle
ment of claims outstanding from the
influenza epidemic Other items
went through without change from
the original fgmrnS