468 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



includes all charges for transportation and subsistence of men on 

 field trips, whether in connection with national forest administrative 

 work, inspection, or investigative studies. In the years prior to the 

 transfer of the national forests to the Forest Service travel expendi- 

 tures ranged from 22.14 to 13.71 per cent of the total yearly ex- 

 penditures. For the j^ears 1905 to 1910, inclusive, the expenditures 

 for travel ranged from 11.54 per cent in 1905 to G.5G per cent in 1910. 



(4) The expenditures for rent during the 11 years totaled a little 

 less than $330,000, or 1.98 per cent of all expenditures, of which 

 slightly over $145,000 was for rent in Washington and slightly less 

 than $185,000 for rent out of Washington. 



(5) Classified under "Expenditures in Washington," "Expendi- 

 tures out of Washington," and " Expenditures in and out of Wash- 

 ington " (i. e., freight and drayage, express, and telegraph charges on 

 goods shipped or messages sent from or to Washington), the total 

 expenditures for the 11 years, without deductions for repayments, 

 were as follows : 



In Washington $3,292,937.62 



Out of Washington 13, 126, 605. 45 



In and out of Washington 284, 533. 92 



Total 16, 704, 076. 99 



(G) A statement of expenditures "for compensation of persons 

 engaged in writing descriptive or other matter for publication " and 

 " for lecturers " was required. It was shown that the cost of all work 

 chargeable under these heads was relatively small, and that the 

 general line followed in diffusing information was not materially 

 different in character from that of other bureaus. The salary dis- 

 bursements for persons employed partly or wholly in editorial 

 work ranged from $419.73 in the fiscal year 1901 to $6,600 in the 

 fi.scal year 1910. No payments whatever were made to outside 

 writers for the preparation of matter for publication by any out- 

 side agency, nor were any payments made to newspapers or maga- 

 zines to secure publication of descriptive or other matter. No pay- 

 ments whatever were made, directly or indirectly, to procure the 

 delivery of lectures by any persons not officially connected with the 

 Forest Service, nor was a lecture bureau maintained in the service. 

 So far as practicable, however, the service has always sought to 

 diffuse information concerning its work and the results of its inves- 

 tigations by all legitimate means. To this end it has, at an 

 insignificant cost, prepared and furnished information usable by 

 newspapers along with the preparation of official publications, both 

 technical and popular. The objett sought has been throughout to 

 bring about the better handling of forests all over the country. 



The heavy burden and large cost necessary to compile the infor- 

 mation set forth above would have precluded a demonstration of the 

 facts brought out had the statement not been required by law. It is, 

 however, a matter of no small importance that this exhaustive classi- 

 fication of expenditures has been made, since it affords a complete 

 and precise demonstration of the use actually made of all appropria- 

 tions during this entire period. Statements to the effect that the 

 Forest Service has spent most of the money appropriated for it for 

 purposes other than the care of the national forests ; that it has main- 



