60 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Satmon. I should hate to intimate that Congress ever does 
anything that is not wise. . : 
Mr. Henry. I might say the internal-revenue officials claim that 
the receipts, of a quarter of a cent a pound tax, pay the expenses. 
Mr. Bowts. Yes; it goes into the general treasury and we have to 
make an appropriation. : 
Mr. Henry. I understand; but it pays. There is no loss to the 
Government in that supervision. 
Mr. Bowie. Of the renovated butter? 
Mr. Henry. Of the renovated butter. 
Mr. Burteson. What amount of money is asked for this year for 
the distribution of blackleg? : ; 
Mr. Satmon. Nothing special. All our work comes out of this one 
appropriation. 
Mr. Burteson. It is a lump sum, is it? 
Mr. Saumon. Yes. 
The only thing I have to say in addition, Mr. Chairman, is that I 
believe $1,350,000 is needed to do our work properly and economically. 
Of course, if the committee in its wisdom thinks that is too much 
money to spend for this purpose we will get along with less. It does 
not make any difference to me personally. I will do the best I can 
with the money you give me, but these ene are urgent matters. 
Neglect of the service causes a great deal of loss to the stock raisers 
of the country; and to allow these diseases, like cattle scab and sheep 
scab and glanders, and so on, to spread all over the country means a 
very heavy loss. 
The Cuarrman. You see you still have that $500,000 of last year 
intact, or $450,000 of it. You used $300,000 for the foot-and-mouth 
disease, leaving $200,000. Now we have appropriated $250,000 for 
the cotton-boll weevil. That leaves $450,000 still available. 
Mr. Satmon. That is all right for the current year. This appro- 
priation you are talking about is for another year, beyond that. 
oe Cuarrman. When does that emergency appropriation die by 
aw ? 
Mr. Satmon. That dies the Ist of next July. 
The Cuarrman. Was it treated exactly like all other appropriations? 
Was it not made exceptional? 
Mr. Satmon. No, sir. 
The Cuarrman. Available until used? 
Mr. Satmon. No, sir; I think not. It has always been held over in 
our Department that the first appropriation of $500,000 expired the 
Ast of last July and the second appropriation of $500,000 expires the 
1st of next July, out of which I expect to take the deficiency for the 
present year by paying for this part of the sheep-scab work. 
The Cuatrmay. Then you contend there is only $250,000 left of that 
appropriation after the cotton-boll weevil is taken from it? 
_ Mr. Satmon. We will not have to take as much as $100,000 out of 
Ao a not know how much it will amount to; probably $60,000 or 
5,000. 
Mr. Grarr. For what purpose? 
Mr. Satmon. For this sepe disease, sheep scab and cattle scab, 
and so on. So that so far as this year goes, we will get through by 
using that, but it isa question about the next fiscal year. : 
