AGRICL'LTlTltAI. APIMIOI'KIATION HILU VJClA. 7 



Mr. .llMi'. Tlu' pniNiMoii iti Cln- l'<)>t nUirc net i> lo.- an' ii«'ri/.;i- 

 tions (iiilv. But llu' ilillVrriHi- lu'twt't'ii tin- atithorizatioiiyi for ll»:i4 

 and 15»"J.V. (til the oiif IiuikI ami \*.i'2'-\ on tin* otluT. is. ax 1 hnve ex- 

 plaint'd, that for V.t'2'.i the Sfcn'tury is h|HMifi«ally antlioii/iMl to make 

 :i|t|»or' ioninfuts anion^ the Statrs ami to mt.T into tlir ront ra<'tuiil 

 ol)lijj:ations. 



Mr. AxDKUsoN. As I nmlei-stand it, llir rea.son for thai is that in 

 nninv Statt's they re(|nir»'. In-fore Stjite fnn<ls can he sfR'nt, that there 

 must In' an alloinu'nt of KedcM-nl money to cover it i 



.Mr. .Ii Mr. That is correct, according: to my nn«lerstandin^:. 



Mr. Am>ki{.sox. And the conse(iuenc<' is that the aliotnu-nts have to 

 l)e made of the Federal money prior to the aclnal appropriation^ 



Mr. .liMi'. That is corivct. This was done in order that the lc«ris- 

 latnres mijrht have the U'nelit cd" it in the way you mention. Of 

 conrse. I am only dealing with this in the most jjfeneral way now; Mr. 

 .Mcl)(»n:ild, the Chief of the Hnr.aii of Puhlic Roads, will ^o into 

 this fnllv when ho comes before the committee. I merely want to 

 iiwv an idea ol" the three ireneral di\isions into which the estimates 

 may he classified. 



s I \ 1 1 MINI sllow IM. ( I ASS1H( AlION OK K.S Tl M \TKS HIR Ilti:* .\M» Al'eKOI'RIATIUNS 



lOR 102.°:. 



To sinnmarize the whole thin^:, we find that for practical considera- 

 tion the estimates now submitted, as compared with the appropria- 

 tions for the current fiscal year, are as follows: 



(The table here submitted by Mr. Jump is printed in full, as 

 follows:) 



' The post office appropriation act for 1923 authorizes appropriations for Federal aid in road constnjc" 



li -1 ..t < -.i ikNiiido for 192): $»M,(V.)0,Oi)0 for U>24. and $7.>,(»'>,(^)ii for 192.i: and for forest road constnuti'ii' 

 ■'I ■ <' -"I . h for 1921 and 192.i. No ap[)ri)priations have tn^n made imder these auihoriutiions to .l.i;i' 

 iNi>\. i>., i'.i.'Ji. The Sivrciarv of Acriculiure is authoriz.od to nuiko apporiiinnii'nts anions the >• i:' - 

 and enter inui contractual otviiViiiions for \K:i <>n the basis in<Ucatc(i tiy the authori/.ailon for that \' ir. 

 The recoinmendiiti..'. .f .■...r,.,.ri ,i i.,„s df jao.iKio.iNH) for Federal aid and «;;i«"'iii«i f .r ',1,-1 roads I'T 

 l'.*".'-!, a.iDrdiin: lot; iiic dopurtnient. is hused on an esinn;; hdrawal- 



from the TriMsiirj ! isis of road construction imlUaiwl bv 1 



) Other anproprlalioiis (ur (orv>i roads and trails arc Included in group i • ■ reruuuicui, ludelinite, and 

 pecial fimds." 



NKKI) OF IXCREASKD .MM'UOPUIATIONS FOR \ ARIOl S HVRKAUS. 



Mr. Jump. Now, if 1 may do so. 1 would like to return to a further 

 brief discussion of that i)art of the e.*;timates which detils with what 

 may be termed the rei;iilar work of the department. l)esi)ite the net 

 reduction of nearly $1)00.000 which has been made in this portion of 

 the estimates provision is made with the approval of the Bureau of 

 the Budwt for a limited number of items, most of them involving 



