EDITORIAL. 907 



The appropriation of llie Bureau of Auiuial liiduslry was increased 

 $48,300, ma icing a total of $1,080,800, exclusive of the meat inspection 

 wliich, as previousl_y stated, is now provided for by permanent law. 

 and also of the emergency appropriation for tlie eradication of the 

 cattle tick in the South. Tlie hitter appropriation was increased 

 from $ir>0,000 to $-2r»(),00(), of which $2.'),000 was made innnediately 

 available. Specific authority was conferivd for the enforcement of 

 the hiws of March 3, 1891, relative to the huuiane treatment of cattle 

 exported to foreign countries, and of .June 21), IIXX), for the preven- 

 tion of crueh}' to animals during interstate transportation. The in- 

 vestigation of the prevalence and extent of tuberculosis among dairy 

 cattle in the United States Avas included in the lines of work to be 

 nndertaken; while a clause authorizing the expenditure of $5,000 

 for an investigation of hemorrhagic septicemia, infectious cerebro- 

 spinal meningitis, and malignant catarrh and for the working out. in 

 cooperation with the Minnesota Station, of the i^robleni of prevention 

 by means of antitoxin or preventive vaccines was eliminated. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry received an apparent net increase of 

 $289,440, but this includes the boll-weevil Avork of the Bureau, Avhich 

 last year was carried as an emergency appropriation of $150,000. 

 The general work of the Bureau was extended to include the estab- 

 lishment of an ofhcial standard of cotton classification. A clause 

 making the grain standards fixed by the Department the official 

 •standards for grading was reported by the House committee, but 

 stricken out on a point of order. The provision for grain inspection 

 was continued on the present basis, except that it was included in 

 the general work of the Bureau instead of from a specific appro- 

 priation. The work on the prevention of algal and other contami- 

 nations of water supplies was restricted to farm Avater supplies. 

 The appropriation for the introduction of rare seeds and plants from 

 foreign countries Avas increased $20,000, making $50,000 for this 

 purpose, in addition to the Congressional seed distribution, Avhich 

 Avas continued on the usual basis. 



The general policy of the Forest Service Avas again the subject 

 of extended discussion. An increase of $1,490,200 Avas granted, 

 making its total appropriation $3,890,200, by far the largest carried 

 in the act. As has been explained, lioweA^er, the greater part of this in- 

 crease is in lieu of the forest receipts. The sum of $000,000, an increase 

 of $100,000, Avas ap])ropriated for the construction and maintenance 

 of roads, bridges, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other perma- 

 nent improvements. A number of additional limitations Avere im- 

 posed restricting the entire api)r()priation to territory under the 

 jurisdiction of the United Slates, reducing the limit of cost of build- 

 ings on the forest reserves from $1,000 to $500, and limiting traveling 

 expenses to " business directly connected Avith the Forest Service and 

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