A<}Rll?irLTl'RAL APPROPRIATION BIIJ^ 1M4. 481 



(•t)sl vi'iv much. l)iit the snvinp ofTortiMl throii^li lh>' ■'■ ? -• nf a 



singU' puckaj^c Hk** iJuit in Baliimon" hl^t >i>nn^ ihr 



cost of tliis work iiulclitiitcly. 



Wo want to «'\t<Mi(l this work and niakr it a<h«|iiiiii<. \\ «. do 

 rxjx'ct ut this timt" to tlovrhip insp(M'lion at all |K»rt>' '-^ .-..ir. i.,,. 

 want to extend it to a nuinher of portM when* the di 

 We have demands from surh southern port« ti< Savatuuih. CharleH. 

 ton, and Norfolk, and we «iu;;ht to have men at all of those ph: 

 We ou^ht to have two or thn-e m<»re men in New Y«»rk City. i 

 work sliould he stren<^thened. We do n«»t noo<l anvthmp for ( 

 fornia or Florida, heeatise tluve States are doing the work ndefpinl* 

 The e\|)enditures of these Stat«*s are over twie<' the amount of tin 

 Fe<leral expt'nditures in this work, and we are •jetfiri',' tlir h.n.lif <<f 

 their inspection. 



inckka.se poi{ mexk an bokdkr work. 



The other item involved in tliis $70,000 incren.se is diseu.s.se<i under 

 exphination (6), ptigo 59. That has relation to the Mexican honlor 

 work. The cost of tliis work, as has heen «'Xf)laine<l in previous 

 3eai"s, is dependent uf)on the amount of tradic that jjoes thron«;h the 

 various ports. The very much imi)roved situation in Mexico in the 

 la.st year or IS months has «;reatly increase<l that traflie, which 

 means that so many more cars, so much more freijjht. and so nnich 

 more passenjijers' hajjga<je crossinjij the horder must he examined and 

 safofjuarded. The cost of this work, so far as any necessary disin- 

 fection is concerned of frei<;ht cars, freijijht, and ha};j;age, is covered 

 by charc^es made for the work. The price is fixed to cover, as do- '' 

 as we can estimate it, the cost of tlie lahor involved in operaii;g 

 the fumigating plants and the cost of chemicals. The hig <'ost is 

 for chemicals, sulphuric acid and cyanide, which we buy in carlofd 

 Jots. That cost, however, is covered back into the Treasury, so thtt 

 it does not represent an actual loss to the Government. 



Mr. Anderson. Have you any figures as to the receipts from this 

 fumigation and inspection work last year or so far this year? 



RECEIPTS FROM INSPECTION SERVICE. 



Doctor ^^ARLATT. I think they are given in the statement which 

 I submitted. They amounted to Sr2(),000 for last year. We had 

 to get, as you recall, an emergency increase of S.jO.OOO to carry the 

 work through last year, and this year again we will have to as1v for 

 an emergency ijicrease of So0,000, and to avoid that next year. 1021, 

 the increase is now put into this appropriation. 



Mr. Anderson. And that makes the appropriation f(»r this par- 

 ticular work the same as the amount expended this year? 



Doctor Maklatt. Yes; the same as the amount expended last 

 year and the amount that will be expended this year. I have 

 drafted an item for an emergency increase to cover the balance t»f 

 this year. The work now is a §.30,000 bigger job than it wm>. two 

 years ago. 



The thing I want to emphasize most in connection with the" com- 

 mittee's hearing to-day is the need for strengthening the port of 

 entry inspection for the enforcement of thcije many foreitrn plant 

 quarantines. 



