Evening star., 1924-12-02

1870 VIII be $4.0OO,0O0. and as expendt'
lures for 1926 are estimated al
$s<.0oo,ooe an estimate OF appropria-
tion for &so.0oo.oo0 is included IN the
budget for 1925.
The net increase includes the follow
ing new items: Four hundred thousand
dollars for upper Mississippi River wild
life and fish refuge (act approved June
Z, 1924. $4,000 for cooperative. farm
forestry Differentiation act approved
June I, 1924. and 500. 600 for co-opera- :
tive distribution Of forest planting stock
ueforcstation act approved June Z
1920. The net increase also include:
increases from $401.s00 to $3.50. 600 for
cooperative fire protection (refores'
from s2,ss3,s23 to $2.s77.973 for ad-
ministration and protection of ma
tional forests: from s241,070 . to
S2S0,000 for suppressing the spread ef
the japanese beetle: from S326,000 to
S3%S.225 for animal husbandry investi-
cations: from $81S,54O to $1,000 O0O
for acquisition of additional forest
lands. and reductions from $6,000.00O
to $S.750.0OO for forest roads and
highways; from s3S7,51o to $2s6.14o
for eradication of the pink boil
worm of cotton: from $s.416,7O5 to
- 32s,540 for salaries In the Depart
VI 3S,fS iGUu
to S2,375.000 for tuberculosis indem-
mites: from &717.O74 to $699,45l for
eradicating cattle ticks; from s44S,-
413 to $431,363 for eradicating hog
cholera: from $41l,315 to SS75,000 for
barberry eradication. from $25,O00 to
$1,000 for the National Forest Reser-
vation Commission; from $276.76 to
$261.5S6 for farm management and
farm practice. and reduction OF
$3.500.000 for the eradication of the
foot-an mouth disease, which was
submitted as an emergency supple
mental estimate for 1925 but was not
included in the estimate for 1926.
Commerce Department
Reduction ls Ss,1O8.O%1.
For the Department Of Commerce
the net reduction of S3,106041 in
cludes reductions from s225.000 10
100000 for contingent expenses;
from s5.S47.470 to s1.S74.000 for the
Bureau of the Census, involving the
omission of the appropriation for
taking the census OF agriculture,
which amounted in 1925 to $500, 900
and an increase from $685., 900 to $780,.
900 for collecting statistics to provide
for the biennial census of manufac-
lures: from &1,7sI.120 to S1.75o.4lO
IOF TIC bureau OI SldfluaIuS, lnFOlN
ing reductions of 5000 for testing
structural materials. $1,000 for In
vestigation Of public utility stand
ards, s4,4s0 for investigation OF
optical glass. and $4,000 for rope in
vestleation, and an increase from,
$4,000 to sol1.760 for salaries OF the
bureau: from $2.310.s44 to 32.29S,230
for the Coast and Geodetic Survey
involving reductions of S5S.150- for
field expenses and $s.6s4 for pay and
allowances of officers and men on
vessels: and increases from $475.00o
to 100000 for printing and binding
from $685. to s2.9l4.s64 for the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. involving reduction from
S94, 900 to $4,000 for crude rubber in
Nestigation. and increases from $27s.
1856 TO $3l5.S6l for commercial
attaches, from S412 500 to s432, 500 for
promoting commerce in Europe and
other areas: from $23S544 to $c43,-
73{ for promoting commerce in the
Far East; from $bsS.G54 to s61s,Q54
for export Industries: from S50.7S0 to
$75,S00 for raw material investiga-
tions; from $25.000 to $4,000 for
transportation of families and effects
Of officers and employees: and, from
s25.Sso to 100000 for investigation Of
foreign trade restrictions: from ST.
0o0.030 to sl.051.+10 for the Steam
boat Inspection Service, involving In
creases of $500 for salaries of the
bureau and $3.50 for contingent ex-
penses: from $502,3S3 to So26,240 for
tho Bureau Of Navigation, involvin g
increases from $55,l40 TO $S3,S60 for
salaries OF the bureau and from 1905,
23S to $220.525 for enforcement OF
wireless communication laws; from
&9.453.3s0 to s9.677,9s0 for the Bureau
Of Lighthouses. involving Increases OF
$5S.700 for salaries OF lighthouse
keepers. s1s.020 for salaries, light
house service. $4,000 for retired pay
and $4,000 for public works. from,
31,5OS,645 to $l.543.940 for the Bureau
of Fisheries. involving a reduction of
$15,S95 for miscellaneous expenses, by
omitting an appropriation of $4,000
made for 1895 for improvements OF
Saratoga. Wyo. fish hatchery, and
increases of S2S.oo0 for Alaska gen
eral service to enable the bureau to
transport supplies to the Pribilof Is
lands, and $4,000 to carry into effect
the provisions OF the act to establish
the upper Mississippi wild life and
fish refuge, approved June Z, 1924.
Interior Department
Estimates Are Lower.
The net reduction of s26.oS3,6S7.6s
for the Department Of the Interior, as
mentioned aboye. includes reductions
from s34.46s.ss1 to s33.e27,o27 for the
Bureau Of Indian Affairs. involving
reductions from $3ss,640 to $3s1.500
for salaries, from s1,699,620 to. ST.
367,900 for irrigation, from So, 161 563
to $5,741.2SQ for support of Indian
schools, and from $26,613,45S to $ss,-
436,367e7 for all. other general and
expenses of the Indian
service; from $224.616.000 to s1s9. .116,-
600 for the Bureau of Pensions. in
volving reductions from S1.547.0oo to
$l,4sS, 900 for salaries, from $22.50o,ooo
to $1s7.000,000 for Army and Navy
pensions. and increases from $4,000
to $4,000 for current expenses, and
from $450,000 to $4,000 for fees of
examining surgeons: from S2.S08,SoO
to S2,763,420 for the Patent Office, in
volying reductions for equipment;
from $12,37S,5S9 to ss.777.257 for the
Bureau of Reclamation, involving re-
ductions from $11.242,s00 to $7.s84,0OO
for existing reclamation projects, and
increases from $1.125.000 to s1,s75.00o
for new projects; from $1,7s5,423 to
S1,S54,5a5 for the Geological Survey
due to reduction in personnel: from
32.1os.26s to $1,s7S.5s0 for the Bureau
of Mines due chiefly to reduction in
personnel; from sss5.oo0 to 1000
for Howard University. including
reduction Of $4,000 for buildings
and an Increase from $2o7,5o0 to
1921, 900 for building improvements
and equipments; from sS27,sso to
$235,137 for current expenses OF ter
ritorial governments. due to no expendi'
lures for biennial sessions Of legis-
latures in 1925: from $2.o56,o00 (di-
rect appropriation Of $1,027.40 plus
estimated unexpended balances oil
Ss2s, ,o00) to s2,0oo,oo0 for mainte-
nance and operation Of railroads in
Alaska; and increases from 31.Ss4.24q
to $1.s2s,655 for the office Of the Sec
rotary, involving increases from
S4na $40. To s42a 15Dfor salaries OF