11 mmm tlSftRT A. l'ARSONi, J a. Editor THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1874. Lustraus and Tanri Conresiioa- At a eonrcDtion of tb Tanners of Pennsylvania, held tt llarriiburg, Not. 10th and 11th 1874, the subject oi Tanning and itt connection with the lumber trad was full diocustcd, and a conmhUfl iras appointed to confer with lumbermen and others on tht subjects of freights, and the best lucaas of send log bcoilook lumber t market. As this ittbieet interests cot only tanners and lumbermen, but also beialuck land owners, a general meeting of all parties interested is tba more eoouomical dis position of hemlock lags aod lumber, is requasted .to meet at Wilcox, Elk Co., Pa, on Tuesuaj, January I2th 1875, tiereral questions will b presented for discission ,ol interest to those concerned, among which are the questions or rail road facilities, and the possibility of run ning loon logs to TiUburgh'and whether it will be more profitable tban making them Into -beards here. It is argued, that uedcr the present methods of manufacturing and forwarding hemlock lumber, the logs are worthless in the woods, and u a lets some more economical modes af conveyance can ke Revised for this cheap lumber, they mist remain where the are, t the great damage of all parties interested. The meeting is designed to bring tegcther all interested in the cabjeetof hemlock lumber, and to devise if possible, some plau of reach ing market, which sbali cost less than eevea cr eight dollars per thousand. The names appended to the call as a committee are J. S Sbulta, O. B.Grant, Wa. II. Onteohout, Walter IIurtOD, and II. J. Eifc. Lock-out in Pittsburgh. All the rolling tail! i and furnaces in Pittsburgh blew out their fires, on the 5th inst., and will probably not resume again this winter. Thi lock-out is the result of a refasal on the part of the puddlcrs to submit to a reduction ot one dollar per ton, the mill owners claiming that at presout prices and the wages paid, they re losing money. This throws between 30,000 and 40,000 mon'out of employ meiit, the most of tbera dependent upon their daily labor lor subiistecca. Tbe weekly payments of the mill owners ag pregated about $1,000,000. Tbe sud den withdrawal ot this money from cir eulatioa, it is feared, will bring disaster mpon all branohos of trade. Labor and bread riots are freely spoken of aa con tiugeocies of tho near future. frST EeAIiT fOK Anothkk Ee.c tiom. The next election will be held on the 16th day of February Dext, so that although one has just passed we must be getting ready for another trial. The reason we call attention to this matter at this time h because it will be necessary foT all persons who have changed their residence lately to see that they -are properly registered. Under the law now in frea every voter rtust have resided in tho election diotriet where he shall offer to vote at icat two moQias cczore tri election the last day for the registry of voter8 will thereforj be December 18th, and we urge upon our Repablioan friends who have changed their residence since the September registry to eee that they reregistered in the plaoes where they now reside. Those who paid State or county tax immediately before the re cast elections, or withia a year before February 17th 1874 are qualified to vote At the coming election. The assessors oh oa n sprsog arc bow iu office an d they are the onus to be applied to Every oilmen should attend to thi matter for himself, 'and then he will know that his right of suffrage etnnot be interfered with. STATE OF T2X C3UXIBY. Pith of the L'etcazs put In reliable compos me rsisiDHi'j vnw- oh ihi vaeious orssTiovi or regno impoetai.ce evoaiSTiovg and kkcouuskdations. i c give a fair summary of the sail- nt points ef the President's message There are verj few persons who care to read tbrougo a document covering seven or eight printed columns probably not odo iu twenty of those who read news papers; still everybody wants some idea of the state ot affairs as presented ia the message, and we therefore present tbe pith of the document. BOJNE63 PROSTRATION. The message opens with a reference to the business prostration, which few peoplo need to be told, exists through out tbe country. During this prostra tion, two essential elements of pros perity have been most abundant labor and capital. Both have been largely unemployed. Where security has been undoubted, eapital has been attainable at very moderate rates. Where labor has been wanted it has been found in abundance at cheap rates compared with what the neces&arieg end comforts of life could be purchased with tbe wages demanded. 'Two great elements ot prosperity, therefore, have not beo deoied us. A third might be added. Our aoil and elimate are unequalled, within the limits ot toy contiguous ter ritory under one nationality, tor variety ot products to feed end clothe a people. and in the amount of surplus to spire to feed less favored ' people. Therefore, with these facts in view, it seems to mc that wine stateaianfhip at this action of congress would dictate legislation ignor ing the past, directing iu proper chan nels these great elcmeuts of prosperity te any people. The expense of a great civil war and the wild speculation which followed, in volvcd us in a foreign indebtedness, con tracted in good faith by borrower and lender, which should be paid in coiu and according to the bond agreed upon wbcu the debt was contraeted gold or its equivalent. NO REPUDIATION, The gooJ iaitb ot tbe government canuut ce violated towards creditors, witnout national diFirrace. Jiut our commerce should be encouraged; American ship building and Harrying capacity increased: foreign markets sought for products of the soil and manufactures, to the end that we may bo .ibis to pay these debts. Whcie a new market can le cieated for the sale of our products, either oi the soil, tbe mine, or the manufactory, a new means is discovered of uliluini' our idle capita! and labor to the advantage of the whole people. But in my judgment, the first step towards accomplishing this object, is to secure a currency oi fixed,' stable value; a currency good wherever civili zation reigns; one which, it it becomes superabundant with one people, will bud market with some other; a currency which ha for its basis tbe labor neces sary to produce it which will give to it its value. Gold and silver are now (be reeorniied mediums of exchange the civilised world over, and to this we should return with the least prac'icablc delay. In view of the pledges of the Ameri ccn congress when our present legal tender system was adopted, and debt contracted, there should bo no delay, certainly no necessary delay, iu fixiug by legislation a method by which we will return to specie. To the accom plishment of this end I invite your especial attention. I believe rmly (hat that there can be uo prosperous and per manent revival ot business and indus tries until a 'policy is adopted, with leg islation to carry it out, looking to a re turn to a speeie basis. OUR 10RKIOS RELATIONS. During the past year nothing has oo cured to disturb the general friendly and cordial relations of the United States with other powers. The corres pondence submitted herewith between this government and its diplomatic rep resentatives, as also with the representa tives of other counties, hows a satis factory condition of all questions be tween the United States and the most of those countries, aud with a tow excep tions, to which reference is hereafter made, the absence of any poiuts of dif ference to be adjusted. THE fcPANlSH AMERICAN STATES. There ba.i been no material change in our relations with tbe independent States of this hemisphere which were lormerly uuder the domimou of Spain Marauding on tbe trontiers, between Mexino and Texas, still frequently takes place, -despite the vigilance of the civil and military authorities iu that quarter The difficulty of checking such tres passes along tbe course of a river ot such leogih as the Ilia Grande, and so often iordable, is obvious. It is hoped that the efforts of this government will he seconded by those of Mexico, to the effectual suppprvisiou of these acts of rong. CUBAN ATrAins. The deplorable strife in Cubia con tinues without auy marked change in the ro'ativ advantages of the coutentl- ing forces, The insurrection coutiuues, but bpain has gained no superiority, aud years of strife give to the insurrec tion a signibeauce winch cannot be (Je llied. Its duration and the tenacity of its adhereuce, together with the absence of manifested power ef suppression ou the part ot part ot fpaio cannot be con troverted, sod may uiakc some positive stepson the part of others a matter ot necessity. I had couEdcutiy hoped at this time to be able to announce tbe arrangement of some uf the impor tant questions betweeu this government and that of Spain, but the negotiations bavebeen protracted. The unhappy intestine disseosious of Spain command our profound sympathy and must be accepted as, prehaps, a cause of some delay. Ao earley settle ment in part, at least, of the questions between the governments is liopod. Ia the meantime, awaiting the results of immediately pending negotiations, I defer a further aud fuller commuicatiou on the subject of the rclatious of this country and Spain. TUB NATURALIZATION QUESTION. I have again to call tbe attention of congress to tbe unsatisfactory condition of the existiug laws, with reference to expatriation and tbe election of nation ality. Formerly, amid colliding opin ion and decisions, it was difficult to de termine how far tho doctrine of per petual allegiance was applicable to citi zens of tbe United States. Congress, by tbe act of tbe 27th of July, 1808, asserted the abstract right of expatria tion as a fundamental principle, of this government. Nothwitbstaudiug suoh assertion, aud tbe necessity of trequent application of the principle, no leisiaton has been bad dehoiug what sets or torn aiities shall work expatriation, or when a citizen shall be deemed to have re nounced or to have lost bis citizenship. Legislation on these and similar ques tions, and particularly defining when and under what circumstances expatria tion can be accomplished or is to be presumed, is especially needed. TBS TREASURY REPORT. It will be observed from this report that tbe amount of receipts over expend itures has been but $2,314 rS2,oU toi thu fiscal year ending June 30, 1S74, and that for tbe current fiscal year the estimate receipts over expenditures will nut much exceed f 8.000.00 Iu view of the large national debt existing, and the obiigatiou to add -one per ccut. per annum to the sinkiug fund, a sum amounting now to over i34,000.-; 000 per annum, I Bubmit whether reve nues shout not be increased or expendi ture! diminished to reach thu amount , of surplus. Nut to pr. vide tor the sinking fund is a partial lailure to com ply with the contracts aod obligations of tbe government. At tbe last session of congress a very considerabla reduction was made in the rates ot taxation and in tbe number of articles submitted to taxation. The question may well be asked whether or not, in some instances unwisely. The secretary of the treasury in his report favors legislations looking to an early return to specie payments, thus supporting the views previously expres sed in this message. Ke also recom mends economy in appropriations; calls attention to the loss of revenue from re pealing the tax on tea and coffee, with out benefit to the consumers; recom mends an iucreaso of teu cents a gallon on whieky. and further, chat ao modifi cation be made iu tbe banking and cur rency bill passed at the last session of congress, unless such modification should become necessary by reasou oi the shop. tion of measures for returning to specie payments. In theso recommendations icordially join. TUB TARIFF. I would suggest to congress the pro. pritty of readjusting the tariff so as to increase the revenue, and at the suae time to decrease the number of articles upon which duties are levied. These articles, which enter into our manulac tures, and are not produced at home it seems to me should be entered tree. These articles of manufacture which we produce a constituent part ot but iiot the whole, that part which we do not procuce should enter free also. I will instance fine wool, dyes, !to. These articles must be imported to form a part of the manufacture of the higher grades of woolen goods. Chetniclcs used as dyes, aod used in various ways and manufactures come uuder this class. The introduction, free of duty, ot such wools as wo do not produce, would stimulate the manutaoturo ol gooiia re quiring tbe use of those we do produce, aud therefore would be a benefit to home production. There are many articles eBterinjj into "home manufactures" whieti we do not produce ourselves, the tariff upon which increases the cost of producing the manufactured article. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. The report of the secretary of war, herewith attached and forming part of this message, gives all the information concerning the operations, wants and necessities of the army, and contains many suggestions and recommendations, which 1 commend to your special, atten tion. There is no class of coverment employes who are harder Worked than the army officers and meu, none who preform their tasks more cheerfully aud efficiently and under circumstauces ol greater privation and hardship. Legis lation is desirable to render more ef ficient this branch of the public service. THK CONDITION OF TUB NAVY. The efficiency oo the navy has been largely increased during the kst year under the impulse of the foreign com plication which threatened us at the cominenccment of t'ie last sessiou nl congress, Most ol our efficient wcoilon ships were put in conditiou for immedi ate service, and the repairs of our irou clad fleet were pushed with the utmost vigor. Tbe result ij that most of these are now iu ao effective state, and n- cd only to be manned and put iu commis sion to goat once into service, soim o the new sloops authorized by congress are already in commission a i l most ol tbe remainder are launched and wait ' only the completion ol their machinery to enable the.u to take their places a's part of our effective loice. THE POST OrriCK DEPARTMENT. Tho report ot the nostnmster geniral. herewith attached, shows that ihere was an increase ot revenue in bis department in l'iTS, oer the previous year, ol $1, 074,411, and au increase of cost oi canyiug the mails and paving the em ployes, 83,04 L ,4-38 .91. The report H lie post master general give interest ing statistics of his depaitment, anJ compares :hem with the cone-ponding statistics ol a year ago, showing a growth in every braucb of his depart ment. TROUHI.P. IN THE SOUTH. Under this head the President re hearses the history ot the Louisiana and Arkansas troubles, and the part the ad ministration took, lie says: Complaiuts are niadj of tbis interference by Fed eral authorities, but, if said ammend ment and act do not provide for such interference as above s'ated, then they aie without meauing, force, or effect, and tbe whole scheme of colored enfran chisement is worse than mockery, and little better than a crime. Possibly congress may fidd it due to truth and justice to ascertain, by meaug ol a com mittee, whether the alleged wrongs to colored citizens for political purposes, are real, or the leports thereot were manufactured for the occasion. THE CENTENNIAL. I feel that the nation at large is in terested iu having this exposition a suc cess, aod commend to congress such action as will 6ccure a greater general interest in it Already many foreign nations have signified their intention to be represen ted ot it, and it may be expected that every civilized Datiou will be represen ted. 6UBSIDE8 TO OCEAN STEAMERS. A revival of ship building, t.d par ticularly of iron steamship building, is of vast importance to our natioual prosperity. The United States is now paying over 110,000,000 per annum for lreights and passage on foreign ships. I would not suggest as a remedy a di rect subsidy to American steamship lines, but I would suggest the direct offer of ample compensation for oarrying the mails between the Atlantio seaboard cities and the continent on American owned and American built steamers, and would extend this liberality to ves sels carrying tho mails to South Ameri can States, aud to Central America and Mexico, aod would pursue tbe same policy from our Pacifio seaports to for eign seaports on the Pacifio. Philadelphia, December 11. A meeting was held last night to torru a liuauoial league in the interesti of labor reform. THE ELK ADVOCATE. TUE OLDEST rATER. IN THE COUNTY, HAVING THE LARGEST ClltCU A TION, IT TS THEREFORE THE ADVERTISING MEDI UM IN THE COUNTY Srvrtfd U tht gutrrf1.4 cf tht opU Kf (fit Ccvstt). fyou wint to sell anything, let the people know it through the Advocate, the great advertising medium. UHIXG ALONG YOU11 ADVER TISEMENTS AND G ET THEM INSERTED IN THE ADVOCATE, AT LOW HATES. 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Interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum will be paid on all payments of Cen tennial Stock from date of payment to January 1, lb70. Subscribers who are not'neat a National Rank can remit a etieok or'post oflien order O '.l:t 'i.i,--. if. o.'.l c i.i i-'r'ri... :. ;. r ... ..... t. V