38 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924. 



Mr. Andeksox. The net result of this business is that you trans- 

 ferred into this item $8,930, you (lrop])('(l places amountin«r to $9,000, 

 and you transferred out of it to other bureaus $3G,1C0? 



Mr. CcBRS. Yes, sir. 



Mr.. Anderson. Is there anythinfj further on this item? 



Mr. CoRRS. One luachine ojjerator's i:)lace at $1,200 has been added 

 by transfer from the P>deral Horticultural Board, and one messen- 

 frer boy's place at $480 from lump fund, extension service. I think 

 that is all, so far as I am concerned. 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Mr. Anderson. Then, we will take up the item on pajre 13. ''Gen- 

 eral expenses.'' 



Mr. CoBBs, General expenses. The lann:ua<re is changed from 

 "Division of Publications'" to "Offices of Editorial and Distribution 

 Work," and the total amount of $57,930 has been decreased by 

 $10,080, which represents that p^t of the appropriation that we 

 used to knoAv as the extra labor fimd, which was due to the office of 

 exhibits. This office has been transferred to the extension service 

 and the exhibits appropriation for that service has been increased by 

 that amount. That necessitated a chan<re in the amount which is 

 now available for extra labor and employment, $11,380, to $1,300. 



Mr. Anderson. Do you still require all of that lan<ruafre '. 



Mr. CoBRS. That was chanfred last year. So far as I am con- 

 cerned, I would like to let it stay just about as it is. You see, last 

 year we combined all the various small appropriations we had into 

 this one large appropriation to <2:ive us greater leeway in handling it. 



PRINTING AND BINDING. 



M'r. Buchanan. If there are no questions on that item, we will 

 take up the next item. That is all there is of that stuff, isn't it, ex- 

 cept printing and binding? 



Mr. GoRBS. Shall we talk about that now? 



]Mr. Anderson. Yes. 



Mr. CoBRs. The language in the bill has been entirely changed in 

 order to bring it into conformity with instructions of the Bureau 

 of the Budget in regard to combining all ])rinting expenditures of 

 the departuient in one appropriation. Tliut is to say, whereas we 

 formerly liad a lump appropriation which was allotted to the l)ureaus 

 for printing and binding some of the bureaus which had funds avail- 

 able for the puri)ose also had what we know as " repay " work done 

 at the Printing Office. You are i)robably familiar witli that. Tlie 

 effect of this wording is to bring into one fund all of the moneys of 

 the department which will be expended for printing, Tlie amount 

 has been reduced from $800,000 fn- tliis year to $700,000, and tlie 

 language causes a fui-llier actual decrease, in that, wliereas the "re- 

 pay" work was formeily paid for from separate bureaus app?"o- 

 priations, it is now all covered by this item and (he ai>pr()ximately 

 $39,000 or $10,000 Avhicli thai i-epay work amounlcd to last liscal year 

 is inchided in the $700,000 tola! asked for here; so that from, we 

 M-ill say, the $8.")9,000 or $810,000 wliicli the department has avail- 

 able this year, the ai^oiuit next vear will be reduced (o $700,000. 



