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Show Old Billion Dollar 1 Congress Fades Away as the New Era Opens w M9HINGTON, Tfc l.The record 1 billion dollar conpress of ordinary peace times laded into the 181 today when Secretary Glass, prcscn 'nr. Ihe annual estimates, pioposed appropriations appropria-tions of practically five billion dollars for conducting the peace time activf-! lies of the government during tne fi. cal year, 1921. According to these figtfres ,i w?ll COflt more than live times as much to conduct the peace time affairs jf fcov' , ernment as it did in the year Immediately Immedi-ately preceding the world war. The greatest individual estimates for expenditures, of course, go :o ih' army and the navy. Thr- yearly ni j terest on the war debt, however, is (1,071,700,000 which sum alone is greater than all 'he appropriations for all purposes whatsoever of any perce tUnc congress. The estimated appropriations !"o; the principal governmental depart menfs were presented as follows: Legislative fronzrespi 925 "o0 25. Executive (White House and government gov-ernment departments), 5149,111, 463 77. Judicial ? 1 ,634 .190. Army $989 578.657 20 Navy $542,031,804,80. Pensions $215,080,000 Public works $283. 921. Sin 17. Miscellaneous $833,717 K11 'ir, Foreign intri course ?1 1 ,2 13,250.91. The total of all estimates, Including -nine comparatively minor iten.s not included in the foregoing h. $4,86$, 110,031 62, the greatest sum ev 1 asked of any congress when '.he country coun-try was not actually at war. The billion dollar estimate for ihe army includes some 185,000,000 'or the national guard. The normal peac time estimate tor the arm before the war was between 10 and 15 million-. The 12,11(111,000 estimate for 'he na; I 1111 hnh s provision for the program of increase and h comparable lo rn annual an-nual estimate of BOUie fifteen millions before the war. The estimates for misceiin,,, expenditures ex-penditures contain some tremendoui sums. Fcr the treasury department more than 8247,000,000 is asked, which goes largely to the enforcement of prohibition and the colic, tjon ol income corporation and ejecbss profit faxes. For the shipping hoard aearlj $448,000,000 is asked to wind up itt program of restoring the American flag to the seas One item which has appeared peen-Diallj peen-Diallj in estimates without e.er becoming be-coming an actualit appears again this year with promise of brine takrn seriously It is an estimate' Of $JST. 500,000 toward a sinking fund which ultimately is to retire the public debf.. which Includes some thirty billions -pent on the war Estimates for rivers and harbor-a harbor-a pproprial ions included. Mississippi river, mouth Of Missouri river to Minneapolis $2,750,000; Missouri Mis-souri river, Kansas City to mouth, 52,100 000. San' Francisco. 88,000; Oakh.nd h?r-boi h?r-boi $234,000; Richmond, 8200,'JOO; San Pablo bay; $103,500; Humboldt harbor and bay, $706,000; Sacramento river. $75,000; Coos bay, 8125,000; Va-tpuina Va-tpuina bay and harbor, $110,000; Co lumbia river to Snake river, 827.500: Snake river, $37,000; Columbia river at mouth, $165,fMiu; t'olunihia : nr'. lower low-er Wflllamette rivers, below Vancouver Vancou-ver and Portland. $66,000; Willnmette river, above Portland and YnrnhMI ri' er $45,500; Lewis river, :?13, 000, Cow lil'z river, $7,0mi; Cray's harbor, :.6on,-000; :.6on,-000; Puget sound, $27 000; Kori'. Alaska. $10,000. Honolulu barber, $150,000; Hilo harbor $150,000; Wil-lapa Wil-lapa river and harbor," $200,000. |