1919] EDITORIAL. 3 



ment, b}^ the Senate June 27. On July 1 it was presented at the 

 White House, but on July 11 vetoed by the President because of an 

 amendment which had been inserted repealing the so-called Daylight- 

 saving Law. The veto was sustained by the House, and a third hilt 

 was introduced which became a law July 24. This act was identical 

 with the vetoed measure except for the omission of the legislation 

 regarding daylight saving and the inclusion of a clause amending 

 the public land laws to assist settlers driven from their holdings in 

 1919 by drouth. Subsequently, a joint resolution was also enacted 

 which validated obligations incurred by the Department during the 

 interval between July 1 and the passage of the appropriation act. 



Taking up the allotments of the various bureaus and offices in turn, 

 by far the largest increase to any bureau is accorded the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, whose direct allotments rise from $4,079,588 to 

 $5,783,231. Some of this increase is in lieu of emergency allotments 

 of $1,058,975, and the remainder is mainly for work with animal dis- 

 eases and meat inspection. The usual additional appropriation of 

 $1,000,000, plus any unexpended balance remaining from the fiscal 

 year 1916, to combat outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, rinder- 

 pest, and other infectious and contagious diseases of animals is also 

 continued and supplements the total accordingly. 



The largest single item of increase for the bureau is one of 

 $1,000,000 for payment of indemnities to owners of tuberculous ani- 

 mals in connection with the tuberculosis campaign, for which 

 $1,500,000 will be available. Cooperation is now under way with 

 about forty States in this campaign, both the " accredited-herd " and 

 " circumscribed area " systems of control being used. A slight 

 change is made in the phraseology of the item to permit Federal pay- 

 ments for animals condemned in one State but shipped elsewhere for 

 slaughter. 



The fund available for tick eradication is $741,980. The high- 

 water mark of progress reached in 1917 was exceeded in 1918 with 

 79,600 square miles of territory released from quarantine, freeing the 

 entire State of South Carolina and leaving under quarantine only 

 269,653 square miles. The subappropriation of $50,000 for live 

 stock and dairy demonstration work in cooperation with the States 

 Relations Service is continued. 



The allotment for inspection and quarantine work is increased 

 from $503,662 to $525,000 because of an outbreak of sheep scabies 

 in the Western States. On the other hand, the fund for dourine 

 eradication is decreased by $7,800 because of the progress ob- 

 tained in the campaign against this disease. An apparent increase 

 of $194,195 for hog cholera work is in lieu of funds derived from 

 the emergency act. 



