EDITORIAL. 805 



not appropriations for both the Bureau of Soils and the Bureau of 

 Statistics showed a slight decrease on account of transfers of a 

 portion of their clerical work, the former receiving $232,860 and the 

 latter $220,020. The work of the Office of Public Roads was con- 

 tinued on the present basis, with an increase of $29,070 to meet 

 growing demands. The salary of the director was increased from 

 $2,750 to $3,000. 



To provide for the increase in the general business of the De- 

 partment as a result of that of the several bureaus, additional appro- 

 jiriations were granted of $41,070 for the Office of the Secretary, 

 $14,800 for the Division of Accounts, $2G,740 for the Division of 

 Publications (of which $5,000 is for labor-saving machinery for 

 addressing and mailing publications), and $2,240 for the Library. 

 Owing to the completion of the new structure for stable, shop, and 

 storage purposes, for which $25,000 was appropriated in the current 

 act. there is an apparent decrease of $6,200 in the allotment for con- 

 tingent expenses. 



To the sums carried in this appropriation act should be added the 

 appropriation of $460,000 for the Department printing and binding, 

 which is carried in the appropriation act for sundry civil expenses. 

 There are also permanent appropriations of $3,000,000 for the federal 

 meat inspection, and $624,000 for the Adams fund, both of which 

 are administered by the Department, making a grand total of 

 $17,079,036. This is an imposing aggregate, indicating a substan- 

 tial and gratifying recognition by Congress of the work of the De- 

 I)artment and of the great industry it seeks to promote. 



The appropriation act contains, as in previous years, a number 

 of clauses specifically providing for cooperation between the De- 

 partment and the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in 

 a number of different lines of work, as for example, in animal feeding 

 and breeding, and in general in the work of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, but specifically in tests of rare and valuable introduced 

 seeds and plants. In this way Congress indicates its recognition of 

 the fact that the interests and purposes of these institutions are to 

 a large extent identical and that they shall as far as practicable be 

 mutually helpfid. 



