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Show Included. i ASHINGTON. A cal- - 96029 British navy was made by Admiralty Secretary By this it is rdmund Robertson. iovrn that it costs 11,157,500 to keep British battleship in commission one car. A destroyer involves an annual $30,-mtlay of $N8,500, a torpedo boat iy H I 5 and e(iuipage, Gun Practice Is Costly. The $11,645.09 expended for 3 Ik, mach,nery 0. It was with cable brevity that these The enorMires were transmitted. p mous sum required to maintain a for a year makes one wonder I there has not been some error in ransmlssion. That a vessel costing, in the course of ay, $(,000,000 should ess than six years equal its entire ,rginal cost in the mere matter of inconcelv-,bl- e Maintenance would aeem But when one at first glance. lompares the figures given with our ,wn expenditures in this direction the alculatlons do not seem to be so inch astray. The flat cost of n an American battleship in in no Instance equals, or nearequals, the sum which the admiralty secretary finds is necessary for bat-leshi- main-ainin- g com-nissio- ili j ji $54,- - ord- nance was mainly for the powder and shell used at target practice. A correspondent who is with the fleet estimates that the cost of the ammunition expended at target practice in Magdalena bay alone foots up to a total cost of $150,000. "That expenditure," he says, In giving the views of the officers, "is not expensive. On the contrary, it is the beBt money spent by the United States navy. It is the premium of Insurance paid annually for efficiency, and it will prove its value if these ships ever get into war. There'll be no hit or miss or reckless helter-skelte- r shooting then." Congress and the navy itself have long been divided over the relative value of the battleship and the armored cruiser. In spite of much opposition on the part of those who believe that battleships, vessels which cost but little more to build, are infinitely superior to the armored cruiser, ten vessels of this type having been recently added to the American navy. The opponents of the armored cruiser can now point to the vast The trae who lias made the nearest approach to It is Bay Inspector In Paper which Is published In the naval institute, this distinguished officer says that of the hundred millions annually appropriated for the navy's support $18,000,000 in round numbers is spent to pay the wages of labor In navy yards. This amount, says the pay Inspector, is nearly equal to what it costs to support the fleet in commission. The accounting for the actual disbursement of these eighteen millions is too thorough, perhaps. The thorough, for why the money was accountingis spent imply the unregulated and generally unexamined show of results, with little or no proof that the results equal the values expended. For the fiscal year of 1906 he adds that the cost of maintaining all ships then In commission was $23,655,950.41. Returns for this year show that there was Bpent for repairs to d hulls, equipage of the ships $5, 5o0, 309.01. Thus the total cost of the floating part of the establishment during the year, excluding cost of new construction ($31,764,556.58 alone) was $29,206,259.42. It cost during the same fiscal year to maintain all the navy yards and other shore stations $11,115,080.81. Besides this there was expended for buildings, chattels, etc., and for machinery at these places the sum of $9,589,183.09, making the total of the real maintenance cost of the shore part of the establishment Of course this latter figure does not Include the work done at the yards on or for ships; it is solely the cost of keeping the yards In such shape as to fit them for doing their work for the floating part of the establishment. This cost alone of maintaining the shore plant was more than s the cost of the floating part, the fleet. Extravagance of Shore Plants. Enumerating the various other expenses of the yards and stations, the pay inspector makes the flat assertion that over half of the total appropriations for the navy are absorbed by the shore plants. Of the finished product, the warship In commission and beyond the control of the land establishment force, there is, he says, little to say. Admitting the absolute necessity for that product, finished as It Is today, its administration, away from the navy yards, Is apt to be economical enough, comparatively speaking. It is about the accounting for the necessity for the expenses of the huge establish- ma-an- two-third- time, at another yard not many milea away and with the aame resources, st s 'cost of $1,250.76? Where one yard was able to make 808 ditty boxes for $1,899.77, was It just to the 'Money for the Navy to spend $4,259.66, at thel same time, at another yard, In making a similar number? Prices Vary Greatly. "Th boats for the battleships are built, as te kind, on the same model and of the same material. Recently, at one yard. It cost $1;890.6S, to make a steam cutter, while at another, not many milea away, it coat $2,684.62 to build exactly the same kind of boat, to put on board the same kind of battleship. A barge cost $671.08 at one yard and $1,151 at1 another. Several 30 foot cutters cost,: on the average, $598.61 at one yard and $848.13 at another. A dinghy coat $104.08 at one yard, while at another the same kind of boat was turned out for $153.61. A dinghy coat $104.17 at one yard and $196.34 at another pretty close to twice as much, it will be observed. A dinghy cost $217.89 at one yard and $362.44 at another. A gig whaleboat cost $509.38 at one yard, and the aame kind of boat, for the The Firemans Daughter. same kind of aervlce, was turned out at another yard for the euphonious For love of her a youth did burn, sum of $888.80. Till finally If biased out. Bhe cold water on hie flame poured Turning to furniture: A mahogany And ber futlier put him out. desk for a cabin cost $136.76 at one Haiti more American. yard, while at another, one made for a HE WAS WISE, sister ship cost $190, there being no cents wasted on this latter price. An oak desk cost $112.07 at one yard and $163.30 at another. Toilet racks for officers rooms, of which there are more than 40 made for each battle-- ' ship, cost $14.60 at one yard, while at another exactly the same article was turned out for the neat round sum of $20. Curious Variations In Prica. To make and fit into a battleship six galvanized boxes, for fire clay,. 30x24x15 Inches, cost at one yard, for the job, $167,01, and at another yard,-tmake similar boxes and to fit them1 on board a Bister battleship, it cost1 $384.12. These same boxes, unfitted,, cost at one yard six dollars each; at another, $8.47, and at still another, 30-fo- 30-fo- 14-fo- 16-fo- 20-fo- 30-fo- i AND SUCH A LITTLE THING, TOO! Mr. Lugging made a wild dash for ti an subway express and missed It by the tenth of an inch. Then he walked back to the center of the platform and stopped, "I've forgbtten something," he mut- -' tered. "I know I've forgotten something." Now, Mr. Huggins arms and pockets were so filled with bundles that it Beenied 'utterly ridiculous for hinir to say he had forgotten anything. "Yes," he continued; "I have forgotten something. But what In thunder It is I can't make out. It's not Susan's hair ribbon, for that's In my upper vest pocket; It's not Ann's tooth paste, for that's in my lower vest pocket; and it's not Bobbies collars, for Im sure I stuffed them in my hat. Now, what in the dickens can it be? It cant be the stove polish, or the picture wire, or the bird seed, or the sample package of Peeled Wheat, or the toothpicks, for theyre In this bundle; and It can't be the carpet tacks, or the spool of No. 40 cotton, or the bottle of marking ink, or the colored post cards, for they're all in that bundle. Maybe Its Yes, by heaveiiB, that's It! I've forgotten to buy the piano! J. P. Rome, in Judge. n $20.84. The pay inspector asks if a change in the method of appropriating money looking to the increased economical efficiency of the shore plant would affect the fleet, and answers hla own question in the affirmative. "Tea," he says, "materially, perceptibly, abso- - t ITS Grace Now, when you ask papa, face him like a man. Harry You bet I will. Im not going to give him a chance to kick. The Weight of Years. "A woman," remarked the observer of things and events, doesnt begin to feel the weight of years until she discovers her first gray hair." "And a man," rejoined the strong-mindefemale, "begins to feel the weight of them on hla twenty-flra- t birthday, and it takes about 15 years for it to wear off." Chicago Dally News. i TOO LATE TO BEGIN. d a ROYER he maintenance Of THE "ECATAUA of a British battle-Mp- . he has cost of the tablisliment which maintains the hips. No mathematician has yet out the cost of our ships of war n lines which would include the cost f yards, docks, etc. If this were one it would be found that under our resent very absurd system, or rather ery absurd lack of system, in naval affairs; the cost of mainlining a British battleship would be a eor, cheap, and tawdry thing in with the cost of maintaining n American war vessel of the same Out it is likely that in this estimate the d fig-ire- con-ictin- g com-riso- n CEA4Z. sums which it requires to maintain them. The tables prepared by the paymaster general show that while the battleships average a little more than $500,000 a year, the armored cruisers average more than $700,000. The squadron of this type, which is of Rear Admiral Dayton, and known as the "Big Four, Is composed of the West Virginia, the Colorado, the Pennsylvania, and the Maryland. For the fiscal ended June 30 the West Virginia cost $755,151 47, the Colorado $706,057.16, the Pennsylvania $735,111.49, and the Maryland $685,526.06. The armored cruiser has been comBillion Since Spanish War. to cavalry. A distinguished The new navy, which dates from the pared officer says that it Is not comnaval banish war, has cost to date to cavalry. "Moreover," be Of this sum $309,000,000 has parable no one has proved that a navy adds, rn expended on ships. The rest has needs anything comparable to the cavne to the maintenance of the naval cavalry. It is not comparable to the s'ablishmont. The cost of mainten-mnot It has that reason alry for the of Individual to types Is shown in a same relatively the speed, nearly "rle of tables the prepared by the thnt a fleet, of vessels the other of supplies and accounts and has to the other branches of in the annual report of the cavalry an army: and because it has not nearoymaster general of the navy. Dur-ioffensive ly the same power, either the fiscal year ended June 30, or defensive, relatively to the outer the cost of maintaining the 16 ships, that the cavalry has to the attleshlpH which are now In the other brunches. And a person would as follows: have to labor hard to prove that a $1,244,-11,00- e bu-is- ? ,IJ Pa-wa- s Cost of Vnm. ) Months Maintenance. nl In Com . Hrar$fi ntukv C HslHna in (mi wnirl Jrf W 4 0 l V slP r mnt IYiS l'K"r,s 8how that it costs nwdernbly more than a $500,000 n Ittllk'Hhlp In ia V'vConnecticut, flngship of the chosen as an example various directions in which the ' l expended. During the nine 1 Hf ,llP fiscal year the main-w- e ... of that vessel cost $410,531.02. vn' amount $232,749.88 was for the and crew. Com- . nmy ),. ' i 1 r RRl fil7 7i IU Wfi I ltt i nt iji . 39 std prW J 9 62-- 45- - nmonted to $18,876.90. the sum of capended. The value of !n the various depart- - Bml follows: ' Ordnance. and repair, $33, engineering, qulpinent. $7,287.09; supplies Cll,"'lriietlon founts. 42,233.45; repairs to "Why did old Sklnem insist that bis wife should give away the bride when his daughter was married?" "0! He said hed never given away anything yet, and he waa too old to begin!" Northern Budget., under the command Over a 55 ON THE BRINY DEEP. . Cavalry of the Navy. rpe. So Good of Him. "Well," said Mrs. KIndhart, who had answered the ring of the front door bell, "I suppose I can give you something, but you'll have to go 'round to the kitchen. "All right, lady," replied Hungry Hawkea, "I ain't too proud ter be accommodatin. House cleaniu', I suppose, an' yer dinin' room ain't fit fur use, eh?" Philadelphia Press, to navy needs something comparable the on find one can cavalry; for how restricted open sea, and within the space which even the largest enemy's for licet can rover, any opportunity sudden or those those quick surprises, attacks on exposed lines of communifor miles, cation, stretching awuy which Is one of the' principal employeven ments of cavalry: ami can one armored of a squadron imagine In batt e cruisers making a churge all comparable at buttleshlpB against which to those charges of cavalry In history have been and again again violence irresistible with hurled vulnerable point? a against misThis officer does not wish to be usefulthe understood as questioning ness of armored cruisers; bean merely of questions the logicalness at the same "But argument. be well to may "It Ume," he says, we can find a point out that, though now that cruisers, armored use for our If we we have them, yet nevertheless, of our ten instead had ten battleships fleet would be armored cruisers, our much stronger." Cost of Establishmentsone has yet no said, been As has cost out Just what our ships la wtofa be cost of the establishment JWAU CAMCE" M99 r ma7WAW" lAZ) o -- ment that supports the fleet that there should be concern. The paymaster thus pays his to the bureau system of the The bureaus, he navy department: says, "do not represent principalities within clear, uncrossed dividing lines. There are portions of the personnel resource that, directly or indirectly, are under the influence of more than one bureau, and there are portions of the be exmoney resource that cannot pended properly by one bureau without advice or suggestion from another. in orThis necessitates der to accomplish. What an acceptIs! able, inspiring word mention of it brings ones The thoughts to peaceful achievement, to modern triumph over thnt business demon, waste. In the navy It means something like the general peace in Europe, where the dusty boundary stone is not needed to mark division between neighboring mighty states, the (lemarkntion being more clearly shown by unbroken lines of waiting bayonets. Such is among the bureaus. Defects in Present System. "Knowing that navy yard work, even under businesslike administration, cannot be done, with the necessary government methods to contend with, as cheaply as similar work In . commercial shops, lot us be liberal-mindedfor that also knowing Then, thouevery boat tiller made there are mowlawn and handles sand of pick ers, let us admit that the minimum at the yards, price of boat tillers made one dollar. Is a Just and proper value. Doea this give excuso for manufacturdollars each? ing othera at three When 40 metal stateroom boxes, for officers uniforms, were made at one to yard for $567, was it good policyaame 40 more, at the manufacture to-da- y bAXIU&M'S OE THE Why Not? Tommie was having bis hair cut,, and the barber got the shears pretty close to the boy's head, so Tommie began to cry. Oh, fie, Tommie!" said his mother: "you don't cry when Im cutting you-piece of pie!" Well, I do If you cut it too short!'" Yonkers Statesman. TYiXS lutely, at once. Every time a navy jard clerk bunglea or shirks his work, the fleet feels It; every time a navy yard mechanic goes to sleep in the bowels of the hull on which he is working, the fleet feels it; every time a supervising authority on shore is overcome by a feeling of lalases falre, the fleet feels it; every time two departments at a navy yard waste hours In friction, in bumptious quarreling, the fleet feels it. The fleet is as a seismometer, for inefficiency on shore. The shock of the workman idle at his job may not attract ordinary notice, but it is recorded there just the same, and its mark may be deciphered by those who search and X. Y. Times. weigh and measure." full-pai- Bankers Liable for Advice. The highest court in Germany baa, in several recent cases, fixed the of bankers when advising Investments to their clients. One of the latent derisions was rendered against a bunk which, upon receiving an order from a customer to Invest $7,500 In certain mortgage bonds. Instead of executing the order, advised its customer to buy instead the bonds of another company, as1 equally safe and possessing advantages over those ordered. The customer followed the advice, and when the company failed he sued the bank. The court in its decision against The bank baa not the bank, held: done It duty in taking care of Its customers Interests when It recommended the purchased bonds to be as safe as those originally ordered to be purchased, becauae the bauk should have known that the latter had the quality of legal or truat investment funds for widows and orphans, wards, etc., whereas the bonds advised and bought for the customer lacked that Important qualification." a A Wise One. Sorry I've been away "That author keeps his Identity ao long, dear. I've been Interested closely concealed. reading about a prince who threw up "Yes; until I read his books his kingdom to it was due to modesty. thought Debrown (faintly) Was he on board Isn't It? a ship? "No; discretion." Sacred Heart Review. The Flippant Youth. "You know It all now, my spn," said Too Great a Sacrifice. the old man, "but when you have "When a man whistles at hfs work, reached my age you will find you I suppose he's happy?" know comparatively nothing." "Yes, answered Mr. Sirius Barker, "I guess that's right, dad," replied I hate the sort of man who can't "but the flippant youth. Tve often heard be without making every one happy that one forgets much in his declinelse miserable." Washington Star. News. ing years. Chicago Daily Mrs. Debrown . Space. "So you are still working on the caught reading a penny dreadful) Unhand me, ty- study of space?" "Yes, answered the popular astronrant, or there mny be bloodshed. Father No, my son; there will be omer. " "In the heaveus or in the nothing more serious thjw toolshed. Washington Star. Come, that Is where the strap hangs. Exaggerated Language. Son (who has been maga-aines?- A Better Idea. Clara Wlnterbloom There Is only enough to about half fill this trunk. What shall I do fill it with papers? Mr. Wlnterbloom No, let your father pack it Those Dear Friends, Nan This Is Juck's latest picture.. Don't you think he looks better in profile than In a front vlow? Fan Much better, dear. It doesa't show his bald spot. Chicago Tribune. Abaenct of Mind. So your engagement Browning with the rich widow la broken off, eh? What waa the trouble? Greening Oh, one of my famous bad breaks, aa usual. In an unguarded moment I asked ber if 1 was the only ntan ahe ever loved. Chicago Dally News. It Would Crowd Him. "Simpkins refuses to have his fiat papered," reported the agent of the building. "What'a the matter now?" inqulrod the owner. 'lie claims they haven't room, enough ss It la." Judge, -- , Very Likely. Church You know out in Pittsburg: the dust and aoot settle down on everything. Gotham 1 suppose the baseball fields must look like black diamonds, thent . Facta in the Cats. Singleton Can a man live us cheaply after nturrlage as he can before? Wedderly No; but he feola cheaper. Chicago Daily News, ' |