AI——— RRR a A A NS A Sue SRE The cost of an ironclad is about , $400 a ton. This includes guns and | all equipments | —— i The New York World avers that | within the modern era the only addi- tions to domesticated animals have | been the eanary and the ostrich. By a new route which is proposed | from England to Australia, across shortene Canada, the trip from London to Syd- | “TARIFF REFORM” URGED. ney, it is believed, may be to twenty-eight days. | New York's display of grapes at ho | eee eee err World's Fair was said to excel that of | any other state, even including Cali- fornia. Two hundred different of that fruit were tastefully shown. ———————————————————— The St. Louis Republic thinks that | peculiar old South American city, Iqui- | que, should certainly be the Mecca of Melbourne, and our government rain- makers. No man ever sawa rainstorm at that place. eee A capital of $52,000,000 is invested | in the acres of land. In all horticultural pursuits the entire capital is estimated | at over $1,000,000,000 by the census of the agricultural department. | eee ere sre ed : Statisticians claim that the carth | will not support to exceed 5,994, 000,- | 000 people. The present population | kinds | 1 | | { | | | | | | | nursery business in 172,000 | THE MESSAGE. President Cleveland Public Affa — Hawaiian Matters Reserved | For a Special Mes:a Discusses Irs, | United States are especially interested inthe | | successful achievement of the vast undertaks | gronoth of the | go | | | tion of a dictatorship have been unattended Chinese Registration Law—TheUnited | with eivi! wat, States and Brazil —Effects of the Silver Purchase Repeal —A flairs | at Home and Abro The President's annual message, has been read in both Houses of Congress, is mainly as follows : To the Congress of the Unite The constitutional duty which requires the President from time to sary and expa lient, is fitting} by commending to in the reports of work of tha Goveramont. | abridge this communication | consistent with its purpose, is estimated at 1,467,000,000, the ine | ment a brief reference to the contents of reports by the mention crease being eight per cent. each de- cade. At that rate the utmost limit | will be reached in the year 2072. | | eee ee er | times during the past ye The recent severe storms were IC- | from te 3 : | remains that will not yi | fairness and love of "justice, sponsible for at least one good deed Jearns the Chicago Herald. They | washed several pieces of coal out of a ledge on the farm of Charles Brown of Georgetown, Me., and explorations | have shown that coal in paying quan- ties abounds on the farm. | eee errs In France in recent years, much | attention has been given to school | hygiene. | these departmental | of such executive business as are not embraced therein, “ Cs i = ] Not only is physical culture | ayy employing the v made compulsory in all public schools, | but the plans of all school buildings, both public and private, must be ap- proved by the proper and all schools are subjected to sys- authorities, tematic medical inspection. ee err An English authority, of heavy guns, says that the 110-ton gun, 15-inch bore, will fire ninety five ordinary rounds, after which the gun is unfit for further service. The 67-ton, 131l-inch bore, will fire 127 rounds, and the 45-ton gun, 12 inches bore, will fire 150 rounds coming ussless. The cost of British 110-ton gun is $82,500; that of in speaking the 67-ton gun is $54,500, and that ol the 45-ton gun $31,500. — eee Unless all siges fail the bieyele is destined to play no unimportant part which will in the next great conflicts take place when next the issue is joined | United States, and the between civilized nations, remarks the Chicago Herald. In the maneuvers of the German . armies around Metz the tests made of the bicycle were 80 eminently satisfactory that it is probable that they will be formally adopted as an auxiliary to the regular army, as hasalready been done in other European armies. recent eee rm eee before be- | the | | and chief seaport, recommendations as appear particular time appropriate. While our foreign relations with consistent firmnes American foreign policy. BRAZILIAN AFFAIRS. | _ The outbreak of domestic hostilities in the | Republic of Brazil found the portant commerce. Several new Navy are tow. and for some time have | been, stationed at Rio de Janeiro. Thestrug- | hetween the established Govern- ment, which controls the machinery of ad- | the Congress, mation at hand, accompanied by a special | zle being ministration, and with whie friendly relations, mand in an attack upon | have failed to see that the | reasonably claim recognition | | | { | mander in those waters in saluting the re- | d | volted Brazilian Admiral, being indisposed to | °F disputes arising between the two Govern- | countenance an act calculated to give gratui- Thus far the position of our Government has been that of an attentive but impartial | observer of the unfortunate phasizing our fixed policy authorized action of our 1 the Congress a careful | | examination of the detailed statements and | 1 1 | well-supported recommendations containe | the change of Government, and ofall the con- ditions bearing upon the subject of a treaty. After a thorough and exhaustive examination | Mr. Blount submitted to me his report, show- ing beyond I shall supple- | 8! Government of Hawaii had been subverted t with the active aid of our representativeto that Government, and through the intimidation and incidents as | caused by the presence of an armed naval and by such | Iorce of the United States which was landed to be at this | for that purpose | ister. me the only honorable course for our Govern- | ment to pursue was to undo the wrong the heads of departments, | who are chiefly charged with the executive | In an effort to ar been entirely free no embarrassing situation | had been done by eld to the spirit of 3, characterize a of impartial neu- | trality in such a condition of affairs as now | exists, I deemed it necessary , a manner not to be misunderstood, the un- | with ad—Work of whic | 1 States: time to give to considera- y entered upon | as much as is | have not at all {it which, joined truly | carry on im- vessels of our h we maintain | and certain officers of the | Executive message fully essels of their com- | facts necessary to a the National capital | ing of the case, and lacking. the elements of divided administration, insurgents can | as belligerents. | conflict. m- to disavow, | should be accomplished | American auspices, and its enjoyment assured | | channel of commurication between our At- | | 1antic and | of the world in the interests of civilization, is a proposition which, in my judgment, does not admit of question. litical vicissitudes which have | ution of its Legislature and the proclama- | | | | cently been exchanged and proclaimed. | in March, 1887, ol : : di | by the Senate in February the Various Bureaus Summarized | claimed last June. —Public EconomyAdvocated—Ad- ministration’s Pension Policy. | the questions arising from our relations | the postal revenues. nl with Hawaii have caused serious embarrass- | discrepancy © | ment. | present Administration the existing Govern- | | ment of Hawaii had been suddenly over- | thrown, and a treaty of annexation had been | negotiated between the Provisional Govern- | ment of the islands and the United States, the Congress information of the state of the | and submitted to the Senate for ratifica- | Union, and raconmend to their | Oy nat i sucl yasures as he she iudge neces- | 9 e tion such measures as h shall judge neces | James H. Blount, of @eorsis, a special commissioner to make an impartial isting With a view of | within the Constitutional limits of Executive | power, and recognizing all our obligations | and responsibilities growing out of any Hi 7 changed conditions brought about by ourun- United States | justifiable interference, our alert to watch the interests of our citizens In r C | at Honolulu has received appropriate in- that country, with which we structions to that end. Thus far no informa- tion of the accomplishment results has been received from him. When received they will be promptly sent to as it does, | all the material events leading up to the | | present situation. of Representatives on the 3d of April follow- ing, the President was requested i from time to time, as fit occasions may in | arise, Senate February | two revolutions, the party at first success. | strated danger of the introduction of con- i ful having in turn been displaced by ap- | tagious diseases from foreign ports have in- other. Our newly appointed Minister, by | vested the subject of National quarantine his timely good offices, aided in a peaceful | with increased interest. A more general and adjustment of the controversy involved in | harmonious system than now exists, acting the first conflict. The large American in- | promrtly and directly everywhere, and con- terests established in that country in con- | stantly operating by preventive means to nection with the Nicaragua Canal were not | shield our country from the invasion of dis- | molested. | ease, and at the same time having due re- | The canal company has, unfortunately, be- | gard to the rights and duties of loeal agen- come financially seriously embarrassed, bul | cies, would, I believe, add greatly 0 the a generous treatment has been extended tc | safety of our people. it by the Government of Nicaragua. he | WORE OF THE ARMY. The Secretary of War reports that the army on the 30th day of Sep- | tember last was 25,778 enlisted men and 2144 | | officers. | Neither Indian outbreaks nor domestic vio- ine this company has in charge. That # under distinctively not only to the vessels of this country as a | lence have called the army into serviee dur- ing the year, and the only active military | | duty required of it has been in the Depart- | ment of Texas, where violations of the neu- | trality laws of the United States and Mexico | | were promptly and efficiently dealt with by | Guatemala has also been visited by the por | tne troops, eliciting the warm approval of | afflicted her | the civil and military authorities of both ;but the disso- | countries. Pacific seaboards, but to the ships ventral American neighbors POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. Thereport of the Postmaster General eon- An excradition treaty with Norway hagge | tains a detailed statement of the operations | BL TAT ay | of the Postoffice Department during the last signed | fiscal year and much interesting information il ainended and onttimod | {ousting this important branch of the pub- TF : ic service. last, was duly Pro- | = The business of the mails indicates with | absolute certainty the condition of the busi- | ness of the country, and depression in finan- cial affairs inevitably and quickly reduces Therefore a larger than usualbetween the postoffice receipts and expenditures is the expected and unavoidable result of the distressing stringeney which has prevailed throughout the country during much of thetime cove! | by the Postmaster General's report. 1 desire to commend as especially worthy of prompt attention the suggestion of the withdraw for | Postmaster General relating to a more sensi- dispatched Hon. | ble and business-like organization and a to Honolulu as | better distribution of responsibility in his department. The extradition treaty with Russia, HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. It is hardly necessary for me to state that | Just prior to the installation of the | on. This treaty I and nvestation of the circumstances attending THE NAVY. | The report of the Secretary of the Navy | contains a history of the operations of his | department during the past year, and ex- hibits a most gratifying condition of the per- sonnel of our navy. He presents a satisfac- tory account of the progress which has been made in the construction of vessels, and makes a number of recommendations to which attention is especially invited. Progress in the construction of new vessels has not been as rapid as was anticipated. There have been delays in the completion of unarmored vessels, but for the most part they have been such as are constantly occurring even in countries having the largest experi- encein naval ship-building. The most serious delays, however, have been in the work upon armored ships. The trouble has been the fail- ure of contractors to deliver armor as agreed. The difficulties seem now, however, to have been all overcome, and armor is being deliv- ered with satisfactory promptness. As a re- sult of the experience acquired by ship builders and designers and material men, itis | believed that the dates when vessels will be completed can row be estimated with reason- able accuracy. Great guns, rapid-fire guns, torpedoes and powder are being promptly supplied. While I am distinctly in favor ot consis- par} | tently pursuing the policy we have inaugu- i denne MN | rated of building up a thorough and efficient a a history of | Davy: I cannot refrain from the suggestion 5 that the Congress should carefully take into | account the number of unfinished vessels on our hands and the depleted condition of our Treasury in considering the propriety of an appropriation at thistime to begin new work PENSIONS. The Secretary of the Interior has the sup ervision of so many important subjects that | his report is of especial value and interest. all question that the constitution- at the instance of our Min- Upon the facts developed it seemed to that those representing us and o restore ag far as practicable the status ex- at the time of our forcibleintervention. t accomplishing this result | present Minister \ of any definite Additional advices are soon expected. together with all other infor- and INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. By a concurrent resolution, passed by the 14, 1890, and by the House ¢‘to invite, negotiations with any Government : hy : On the 30th day of June, 1893, there were a a Lot Bi TR ee A | on the pension rolls 966,012 names, an in 9 - < ? » 4 SY ihe ena thet any differences | crease of 89,944 over the number on the roils | | | tous sanction to the 1ocal insurrection. CHILEAN CLAIMS COMMISSION. The convention between our Government | | and Chile, having ment and adjustment of the claims commission provided Governments failing to agree member of the Commission, ¢ | of the President of the Swiss | invoked, as provided in the i | | | | | | | | British husbands when their dinner | parties turn out failures, are apt to grumble at their wives for the cook’s misdemeanors, but they abstain from the practical style of rebuking prac- tised by the celestials.” Recently the Chinese professor at a university gave a national banquet to fellow profes- sors and was much putout because the cookery was not to his taste. After a time he got up, bowed solemnly, said, «iGo lickee wife,” and departed, re- turning presently, smiling as blandly as usual, after administered judicious chastisement to his better half. ! having There isnow a great railway system in the course of construction which will girdle the Holy Land from one end to the other. A French company has secured a concession fora line from Beyrouth to Damascus and has already commenced work on a narrow guage road. An English syndicate is bailding a ra lway from Halfa to Dam- aseus which will be about 140 miles long, starting from Half, finding its way along the northern base of the 1 L range of Carmel to the plain of Esha- rion, through the valley east of Naza- reth. Lieavi Mount Tabor, it will cross the Ri and then to the pc meh, where the little Jan on a trestle int known as Maje- Jordan joins the greater rivers. Ab this point the road will border o o southern shore of Gal- and almost without a ct along 1 1¢E the famous wheat i f known as the plains of Bashan, thane to the southern y of Damascus. | eountry to § gratifying alike to the United galeetion of the Chile. Swiss representative in this | complete the organization was | for its object the settle- pressed demands of the | | | two countries against each other, has been | tions of Europe might be settled by arbitra- made effective by the organization of the | tion, and recommended that the Govern- | i | for. The two | upon the third the good offices Republic were treaty, and the States and THE CEINESE EXCLUSION LAW. The legislation of last year, v | Geary law, requiring the registration of all Chinese laborers entitled to complying with the within the time prescribed, opposition from Chinamen Acting upon | known as the | residence in the | deportation of all not | provisions of the act | met with much in this country. the advice of eminent counsel that the law was unconstitutional, the great mass of Chinese laborers, clined to apply for by its provisions. ing by Supreme Court, and on pending judicial inquiry as to its validity, in good faith de- the certificates require A test case upon proceed- habeas corpus yar brought before the May i | 15th, 1893, a de- | cision was made by that tribunal sustaining the law. Tt is believed that under the recent amend- | ment of the act extending the time for regis- | tration, the Chinege laborers thereto entitled, | who desire to reside in this country, will now avail themselves of the renewed privilege thus afforded of establishing by lawtul pro- cedure their right to remain, and that thereby | the necessity of enforced deportation may to | a great degree be avoided. SURRENDER OF WEEKS RECOGNIZED. Costa Rica has lately ness by surrendering to the testified its friendli- United States, in | the absence of a convention of extradition, but upon duly submitted evidences of crimi- nalitsy, a noted fugitive tro trusted that the negotiation that country to meet recurring cases of this | the Government be accomplished. In my for reciprocal extradition kind will soon opinion treaties should be concluded with al with which the Unitad a justice. Itis of a treaty with 1 these countries States hasnot already conventional arrangements of that character. I have deemed it Governments of Costa kindly desire of the pending boundary dispute arbitration in years ago. Our relations with continue to be intimate and cordial. fitting to express to the Rica and Colombiathe United States to see their | finally closed by | conformity with the spirit of the treaty concluded between them some | pedient. Of ¢ the French Republic | Dablish 1 sin- | | cerely hope that the extradition treaty with | | | | | that country, soon be operative. While occasional questions naturalized citizens returning thoeirbirth have arisen in our intercourse with | our relations with that country ! Germany, continue satisfactory. The questions Great Britain have friendliness. Negotiations are in progress bhetweon the view to such con- as will make the award and two Governments with a current action regulations agreed upon by | practically effective; | Tribunal of Arbitration and itis not doubted that Great Britain will | co-operate freely with this accomplishment of that pur The dispute growing out nating tolls imposed upon cargoes of cereals justed by the substitution 0 affecting our relations been treated in a spirit of | as amended by the Senate, will affecting our to the land of with | the Bering Sea | | country for the | pose. | of the discrimi- | f a mora equita- ble schedule of charges, and my predecessor thereupon suspended his proclamation 1m- | posing discriminating transit through our canals. A request forad ditions to tolls upon British the list of extra- ditable offences covered by the existing | treaty between the two countries is under consideration. TAE NICARAGUA Nicaragua has recently CANAL. passed through : | being injurious, will increase the probability EO © Wallac Canal, | LOIS thas pound to and from | the lake ports of the United States, was ad- June 30,1892. Of these there were seventeen widows and daughters of Revolutionary soldiers, eighty-six survivors of the War of 1812, 5425 widows of soldiers of that war, ments which cannot be adjusted by diplo- matic agency may be referred to arbitration | and be peaceably adjusted by such means.” April 18, 1890, the International American | B58 SE 52 £ ihe Conference of Washington by resolution ex- wid on of Indian 2 Wars vi 284 hy the wish that all controversies be- Widow x 2 Sytny nurses, and 475,645 survivors, and widows and children of deceased soldiers and sailors of the Rebellion. The latter number represents those pensioned on account of disabilities or death resulting from army and navy service. The number of persons remaining on the rolls June 30, 1893, who were pensioned under the act of June 27, 1890, which allows pensions on account ot death and disability not chargeable to army service, was 459,155. The number added to the rolls during the ear was 123.634, and the number dropped tween the Republics of America and the Na- ment of each Nation represented in that conference should communicate this wish to all friendly powers. A favorable re- sponse has been received from Great Britain in the shape of a resolution adopted by Par- liament July 16 last, cordially sympathizing with the purpose in view, and expressing the hope that her Majesty's Government will lend ready co-operation tothe Government of the DE I Te of tno coneny was 53,690. The first payments on pensions stmmpluion shore 0 re to Jay his | OTE SOURS, HS ee oh parliamentary resolution before the Congress a0 or ulation between the time from Which | the allowance of pension dates and the time of actually granting the certificate. “Although the law of 1890 permits pensions for disabilities notrelated to military service, yet as a requisite to its benefits a disability must exist incapacitating applicants ‘from the performance of manual labor to sucha degree as to render them unable to earn a support.” The execution of this law in its early stages does not seem to have been in aceord with its true intention ; but towards the close of the last administration an autho- ritative construction was given to the statute, and since that time this construction has been followed. This has had the effect of limiting the operation of the Jaw to its intended pur- pose. The discovery having been made that many names had been put upon the pension roll by means of wholesale and gigantic frauds, the Commissioner suspended pay- ments upon a number of pensions which seemea To De fraudutent or unauthorized | nding a complete examination, giving no- | tice to the pensioners, in order that they might have an opportunity to establish, if possible, the justice of their claims notwith- standing apparent invalidity. . This, I understand, is the prretice which | had fof along time prévailed in the Pension Bureau ; but after entering upon these recent investigations the Commissioner modified this rule so as not to allow, until after a com- plete examination, interference with the pay- | ment of a pension apparently not altogether | | void, but which merely had been fixed at a | and to express my sincere gratification that the sentiment of two great and kindred Na: tions is thus authoritatively manifested in favor of the rational and peaceable settle- ment of international quarrels by honorable resort to arbitration. THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. The Secretary of the Treasury reports that the receipts of the Government from all sources during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1893, amounted to %461,716,561.94 and its EE to $459,374,674.29. There was | coll llected from customs $205,355,016.73, and from internal revenue $161,027,623.93. Our dutiable imports am unted to $421,856,711, Anincreasc of 852,453,907 over the preceding year, and importations . Iree of duty amounted to $444,544,211, a deereass from | the preceding year of $18,455,447. Internal | -evenus receipts exceeded those of the pre ceding year by $7 ,147,455.32. It is estimated upon the basis of present revenue laws that the receipts of the Govern ment for the year ending June 30, 1894, will be £430,121,365.38 and its expenditures $458,~ 121,365.38, resulting in a deficiency of $28,- 000,000. i SILVER PURCHASE REPEAL. The recent repeal of the provision of law requiring the purchase of silver bullion by as a feature of our monetary scheme, has made an entire change in the complexion of our currency affairs. I do not doubt that the ultimate result of this action will be most salutary and far-reachk- ing. In the nature of things, however, it is rate higher than that authorized by law. | impossible to know at this time, precisely Iam unable to understand why frauds in what conditions will be be brought abou: | the pension rolls should not be exposed and by the change, or what, if any, supple- corrected with thoroughness and vigor. mentary legislation may, in the light of such conditions, appear to be essential or ex- ourse, after the recent financial time is necessary for the re-es- ment of business confidence. When, however, through this restored confidence the which money has been frightened into hoarding places is returned to trade and en terprise, a survey of the situation will prob- ably disclose a safe path leading to a per- mantly sound currency, abundantly sufficient to meet every requirement of our increasing population and business. In the pursuit of this object we shoul resolutely turn away from alluring an: temporary expadients, determinad to be con- tent with nothing less than a lasting and comprehensive financial plan. In these eir- cumstances Lam convinced taat a reasonabie delay in dealing with this subject, instead of 1 Every name fraudently put upon these rolls | is a wicked imposition upon the kindly sen- | timent in which pensions have their origin | every fradulent pensioner has become a bad ! citizen ; every false oath in support of a pen- | siom has made perjury more common and | false and undeserving pensioners rob the people not only of their money, but of the patriotic sentiment which the sur- vivors of a war, fought for the preservation of the Union, ought to inspire. Thousands of neighborhoods have their well-known | fraudulent pensioners, and recent develop- | erturbation spiracies to accomplish pension frauds. no means tho least wronz done is to brave and deserving pensioners, By | tion. of enmity or indifference 10 the claims honest veterans. The sum expended on account of pensions | for the year ending June 30, 1893, was $156,- | 740.467.14. The Commissioner estimates that $165,- of wise action. IMMIGRATION AND QUARANTINE. The Superintendent of Immigration. through the Secretary of the Treasury, re- during the last fiscal year ther: arrived at our ports 449,793 immigrants. O these, 1063 were not petinitted to land, un. der the limitations of the law. and 577 wer returned to the countries from whence they came by reason of their havin lic charges. The total arrivals were less than for the previous year. The Secretary in his report gives an ac- count of the operation of tho Marine Hospi- tal service and of the good work done under its supervision in preventing the entrance and spread of contagious diseases. The admonitions ot the last two y touching our public health and the dc 000,000 will be required to pay pensions during the year ending June 30, 1894. THE INDIANS. The condition of ths Indians : timate fate are subjects which a a sacred duty of the Governer strongly appeal to the sense ol the 1pathy of our peopie. taining 96.116,531 acres of land. About 110 000 of the o a largedegre adopted Lands in 82v Indians hav lizad ATS nou- wy5l0o 04. | | | them ars located on 151 reservations, cols , i 1 | should be taken for the preservation of our | destruction. to be extended in co-operation with local tributing rare and improved varieties-of seeds | vegetable seeds thus | ury confronts us, | are engaged ina | trymen, I desire to urge with all the earnest- ments by the bureau establish appalling con- | | oi Federal taxation. who certainly | ought not to be condemned to such associa | Those who attempt in the line of duty to | rectify these wrongs should not be nonused | o Our Indians number about 243,000. Most o. | grown up ns which in justice and fair ness call for discriminating care in the distri bution of such duties and taxation as the emergencies of our Government actually de- mand. Manifestly. if we are to aid the people di- rectly through tariff reform, one of its most obvious features should be a reduction in vresent tariff charges upon: the necessaries of life. The benefits of such & reduction would eralty have been allotted to many of them. Sueh allottments have been made to 10.000 individuals daring the last fiscal year, em- bracing about 1,000,000 acres. The so'ution of the Indian problem de- pends very largely upon good alministra- tion. The personal fitness of agents and their adaptability to the peculiar duty of car- ing for their wants, is of the utmost import- anee. i be palpable gud substaniiel, seen and felt bY i Ti : . , | thousands who wo e better fed and The law providing that, except in especial | clothed and SO — sheltered. These gifts cases, army officers shall be detailed as Im- | should be the willing benefactions of a Gov- dian agents, it is hoped will prove a success- | ernment whose highest function is the pro ful experiment. i mosion of He yeifatert Jie Respie. % al There i . as 1 : ot less closely related toour people’s pros- I Tein, | Da weil pein Js the, romoval of Te y El suit >- | strictions upon the importation of the raw preciations, and I recommend that every | materials necessary to Our manufactures. possible safeguard be provided against the | The world should be open to our national in- enforcement of unjust and fictitious claims genuity and enterprise. This cannot be while of this description. Federal legislation. through the imposition of PE “ | high tariff, forbids to American manu faectur- PAHRESTRY AND AGRICULTURE. | ers as Sheap muterials: as those used by their The report of the Secretary of Agriculture | OPE itors. will be found exceedingly interesting; espe- Its quite obvious that the enhancement of Saily to that large part of our citizens Tati | the price of our manufactured products re- ally 8 pi 0 3 inti- | sulting from this policy not only confines the mately concerned in agricultural occupa- market for these products within our own tions. borders, to the direct disadvantage: of our especially commend to the attention of an faciuio but also increases their cost the Congress the statements contained in the 0 our citizens. rin? n 4 The interests of labor are certainly, though Secratny 3 reoom sonomemg foramiy: The {ndirectly, involved in this feature of our tar- C on cient measures | {Ff system. The sharp competition and ac- tive struggle among our manufacturers to supply the limited demand. for their goods. i soon fill the narrow market to which they are The regulations of 1892 concerning Texas | edniEned. They fo ous a suspension of Worx fever have been enforced during the last 1 i rick. a dischavgy Of ive. year, and tho laze Sarit o hs S ployes,and distress in the homes our working- try have been kept free from infection. Oec- casionally local outbreaks have been large- ly such as could have been effectually guarded against by the owners of the af- fected cattle. While contagions pleuro-pneumonia in eattle has been eradicated, animal tuber- eulosis, a disease widespread and more: dan- gerous to human life than pleuro-pneumonia, is still prevalent. Investigations have been made during the past year as to. the means of its communication and the method ofits correct diagnosis. Much progress has been made in this direction by the studies of the division of animal pathology, but work ought forests from indiscriminate and remediless i | men. | Even if the often disproved assertion could | be made good that a lower rate of wages | would result from free raw materials and low tarff duties. the intelligence of our working- | men leads them quickly to discover that their i steady employment, permitted by free raw | materials, is the most important factor in | their relation to tariff’ legislation. A measure has been prepared by the appro- | priate Congressional committee: embodying taviff reforms on the lines herein suggested, which will be promptly submitted for legisla- tive action. It is the result of much patriotic and unselfish work, and I believeit deals with its subject consistently and as thoroughly as existing conditions permit. T am satisfied that the reduced tariff duties provided for in the proposed legislation, added to existing internal revenue taxation will, in the near future, though perhaps not immedi- ately, produce sufficient revenue to meet the ne>ds of the Government. The committee. after full consideration, and to provide agaipst a temporary deficiency which may exist before the business of the country adjusts itself to: the new tariff sched- | ules. have wisely enxbraced in their plam 8 fow | additional internal revenue taxes. including a small tax upon incomes derived from certain corporate investments. s These new assessments. are not only abso- easily borne, but they have the authorities until the danger to human life arising from this cause is reduced to a myirmi- mum. In the year 1839 the Congress appropriated $1000, to be taken from the Patent Cffice funds, for the purpose of collecting and dis- and for, prosecuting agricultural investiga- tions ad procuring agricultural statistics. From this small beginning the Seed Division of the Department of Agriculture has grown | to its present unwieldy and unjustifiably ex- travagant proportions. — EE ot : < unselfish counsel on the part of the friends of the minds of those who first sanctioned | tariff reform and as a result of their willing- appropriations of moneys for the purchase of new and improved varieties of seeds for gratuitous distribution that from this would grow large appropria- tions for the purchase and distribution by Members of Congress of ordinary seeds, bulbs, and cuttings which are common in all the States and Territories and everywhere easily obtainable at low prices. In each State and Territory an agricultural experiment station has been established. These stations, by their very character and name, arethe proper agencies to experiment with and test new varieties of seeds ; and yet this indiscriminate and wasteful distribution by legislation and legislators continues, an- swering no purpose unless it be to remind constituents that their representatives are willing to remember them with gratuities at public cost. Under the sanction of existing legislation there was sent out from the Agricultural Department during the last fiscal year enough of cabbage seed to plant 19,200 acres of land, a sufficient quantity of beans to plant 4000 acres, beet seed enough to plant 2500 acres, sweet corn enough to plant 7800 acres, sufficient cucumber seed to cover 2025 acres with vines, and enough muskmelon and watermelon seeds to plant 9675 acres. The total quantity of flower and distributed was con- tained in more than nine million packages, and they were sufficient, if planted, to cover 89,596 acres of land. In view of these facts thi enormous ex- penditure without legitimate returns of bene- fit ought to be abolished. Anticipating a consummation so manifestly .in the interest of good administration, more than $100,000 has been stricken from the estimate made to cover this object for the year ending June 30, 1895 ; and the Secretary recommends that the remaining $35,000 of the estimate be con- fined strictly to the purchase of new and im- proved varieties of seeds, and that these be distributed through exp >riment stations. Thus the seed will be tested, and after the test has been completed by the experiment station, the propazation of the useful va- rieties and the rejection of the valueless mav safely be left to the common sense of the people. public During the last fiscal year the cost of seeds Tr i ir impos’ purchased was £66,548.61. The remainder | Plencveris Beconiy O m tion RO of an appropriation of $135,000 was expend- In my great desire for the success of this ed in putting them up and distributing | measure I cannot restrain the suggestion that them. It surely never could have entered its success can only be attained by means of ! | i ness to subordinate personal desires and am- bitions to the pubiie good affected by the proposed reform are so numer— ous and so varied that if all are insisted upon the legislation embodying the reform must inevitably fail. . The loeal interests the most scrupulous care, and to pledge my willing support to every legislative effort for the advancement of the greatmess and prose perity of our beloved country. GROVER CLEVELAND. J THE LABOR WORLD. CoLORADO miners are organizing. FrANCE reports 300 strikes this year. MILWAUKEE, Wis., has 856 dressmakers. New York's glove district has 5000 idle. Cororapo is deporting its unemployed. Brrrisa GUIANA wants 5000 Chinamen. New York hookbinders run two free em= ployment bureaus. Tae International members last year. OxaHA, Neb., prohibits elevator conductors under eighteen years of age. Nasavinre (Tenn.) unions have a scheme to care for the sick and unemployed. A New York house painter was fined by the union for failing to report an accident. §7. Paurn (Minn.) engineers held an open meeting, at which a lecture on boiler cleaners was delivered. BALTIMORE, Md., sewers throughout furnish work. ItaniaNs and looms from 1taly to St. Paula, Brazil, wherea silk and cotton factory has been established. FEATHER-WORKERS stay only about four years in the business. This is strange. seeing that the averages wages are $7.50 a week. Of this the feather girls spend $4 in board and $1.25 in clothing. A DExvVER (Col.) city contractor has been ordered to work his men only eight hours daily in order to make room for more hands. These sewer workers have been paid from #1.50 to $2.25 a day. Tur vote of the New Haven (Conn.) Board of Education, giving the work of building the Manual Training School to union con- tractors and organized workingmen exclu- sively, has been declared illegal. Ir 1s now estimated that no less than 150, 000 artisans are walking the streets of Chica golooking for employment. That many of these will suffer for the actual necessities’ of life this winter seems a certainty. A REPORT onthe Homestead strike, by the Commissioners of Labor in Pennsylvania, gays that that affair cost the employes about $1,250,000. The expense to the State for transportation and maintaining the troops wags $440,256.31, aaa JosevA Danstow, the only living printer who every worked at case with Horace Gree- ley, is eighty-five, but atill picks up type at night in a Norwich (Conn.) office. Though Machinists gained 6000 will prosecute work on the winter in order to have been shipped THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS. The continued intelligent execution of the Civil Service law and the increasing ap- proval by the people of its operation are most gratifying. The recent extension of its limitations and regulations to the employes at free delivery postoffices, which has been honestly and promptly accomplished by the commission, with the hearty co-operation of the Postmaster General, is an immensely im- portant advance in the usefulness of the sys- tem. [ am, if possible, more than ever con- vineced of the incalculable benefits conferred by the Civil Service law, not only in its effect upon the public service, but also, what is even more important, in its effect in elevat- ing the tone of political life generally. NEED OF PUBLIC ECONOMY, Economy in public expenditure Is a duty that cannot innocently be neglected by those intrusted with the control of money drawn hom the people tor pub- lic uses. It must be confessed that our : emer apparently ~ endless « resources, the tamil. | .he doesn't look sixty, he talks like it, and iarity of our people with {mmenss “ac-’ | is one of the jolliest old fellow in town. cumulations of wealth, the growing Ix boot and shoe factories girls commence sentiment among them that the expendi- ture of public money should in some manner be to their immediate and personal advan- tage, the indirect and almost stealthy man- ner in which a large part of our taxes are ex- acted, and a degenerated sense of official ac- countability have led to growing extrava- gance in Governmental appoprisiiony, At this time, when a dep eted public treas- when many of our peopie hard struggle for the neces- saries of life, and when enforced economy is pressing upon the great mass of our couun- at fourteen and remain aboutseven and one- half years at the trade. There are a vast numpers of occupations under this heading from the beader, who gets @5 a week, to the vamper, with $9. Placing the average at $6.50, the expense for living is $3.75, and clothing $1.38 a week. treet He Watched the Conductor. Some false friend advised a trav- sler that if he would feel perfectly alm, collected and care-free when ating his lunch at a railroad restau. ant he should watch the conductor. This plan worked first-rate ab ‘Water- s1lle and Brunswick. At Portland ;he traveler concluded to patronize 3ro. Woodbury to the extent of a full neal, noticing that the conductor cemed eating placidly and slowly. After the pie and coffee had been eisurely and luxuriously stozved (way the traveler walked across and sarelessly inauired of the conductor: «‘How soon does your train start?” «What train?” «Train to Boston.” «Train to Boston! why that went .en minutes ago. ’'Nother man takes t—1 change here.” And the Westerns Union Te egraph Jompany received, very prowptly, a yieee of business reading: “(onduc- or No. steen: Put 0: at BiddeXord, oat, mackintash, two grips, and um- sretla. Go O. Tlett,”—Lewiston (Me.) iournal. ness at my command that congressional legislation be 80 limited by strict economy a3 to exhibit an appreciation of the condition of the Treasury and a sympathy with the straitened circumstances of our feliow-cit- izens. The duty of public economy is also of im- mense importance in its intimate and neces- sary relation to the task now in hand of pro- viding revenue to meet Government expendi- tures, and yet roducing the people's burden TARIFF CHANGES. After a hard struggle, tariff reform is di- | rectly before us. Nothing so important claims our attention, and nothing so clearly presents itself as both an opportunity and a duty—an opportunity to deserve the gratitude ot our fellow citizens and a duty imposed upon us by our oft-repeated professions and by the em- phatic mandate of the people. After a full discussion, our countrymen have spoken in favor of this reform, and they have confided the work of its accomplishment to the hands of those who are solemnly pledged to it. If there is anything in the theory of a rep- resentation in public places of the people and their desires, if public officers are really the servants of the people, and if political prom- | 1ses and professions have any binding forces, ! | our failure to give the relief so long awaited | will be sheer recreancy. Nothing should inter- vene to distract our etfort until this reform is | accomplished ol Tie and TLR et Cn hile we should staunchly a ere to the « > 3 . principle that only the necessity of revenue Dm» you ever go to Bins, the justifies foe Imposition of Jar cutis and | tailor?” “Yes. Got two suits from other Federal taxation, an ha ey should 1! hi a 3 aT} | De limited by strict economy, We cannot close | him. One dress suit. One lawsuit. our eyes to the tact that cond.tions have | Very expensive man.”—* - RRL + an The their d dead b suffer t elemen their c revolti tion, b to all t with. ing bu cession the Pa Tower they 1c the cor carry i it dow the vu And w of whi it 18 Cd Ninets UNE help o hard t By reas on my Hospits chronic hope. ari ago to saparil 1812 He Hoo made © 66 for t icat chil It’s but Wor Cure
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