City Library
OREGON
COURIER,
OUKGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. .OREGON. FIUDAY, DECEMBER 7. 181)4.
VOL. XII.
NO. 31.
" -2yz - -.v-
In
In
so,
two
vice
chase.
i f?. our
xfLzJCXiif,' makes
p Furniture
klHOa
15 YEARS IN
( THE OLD 6T.
OREGON
LOUIS
Medical and Sorglcal Dispensary.
Till la the olitetit Private Medle.1 Diapenury
In the city of Portland, the flr.t Medical Dla
ptminry ever atartrd In thla city. Dr. Keaaler,
the old reliable apecialtat, baa been the general
manager of till inatltutton for twelrc yean,
during- which time thouaanda of eaaea have
been cured, and no poor man or woman waa
ever reiuaed treatment becauM they had no
money. The 8t. I,oula Diipeuaary haa tbou
andM of dullara In money and property, and la
able flimiicially to make Ita word good.
The St. I.oulj DUprnarry haa a atafT of the
beat Phyaicinn and Burgeona In the country,
all men or experience. A complete aet of Bur
glcnl inatriimenta on hand. The beat Klectrlc
Apparntua in the country, both French and
American. Their apparatus for analyaing the
urine for kidney and bladder dlaraaea, are per-
f'l't and the very lnteat. No difference what
ductora have treated you, don't be diacouraged,
but go and have a talk with them. It coata you
nothing for inimultatiiin, lieaidea you will be
treated kimlly. Persona are calling at the St.
Loula Dinpenftary, every day, who have been
treated by acme advertising quacka of thla city
and received no benefit. Tills old dispensary is
the only one In the city that can give references
among the business men and bankers as to their
cutnmerclal ataudlug.' CAThey poaitively
guarantee to cure any and all Private Diseases
in every form aud atnge without loss of time
from your work or business.
Rheumatism Tin. sr
win to ir. KemtU-r a few monthi ngobya Irlcwl
Bttcnditijf medical college ill Ucrliu. Jt has
u ever fuil ed, aud we guarantee it.
Kidney and Urinary Complaints.
I'Rtiiful, difficult, too frequent, milky or
bloody urine, uniinturnl discharges, carefully
t rented and permit neiitly cured. Piles, rhcum
ntistiifliid neurit Ik in treated by our new rente
dies and cures guaranteed.
P f r Cnroc U1m, Cancers. Ktc, cured, no
UIU OUICO difference how lung affected.
Private Diseasessi?r,i!:
of Syphilis, Gouurliura, Gleet. Stricturescured
no difference how loii(p ittuiirliuv. Spermntor
ilKva, Loan of Manhood, or Nightly fcrniriHioua,
cured pernianently. The habit of Self Abuse
effectually cured iu a short time.
Vmintt MonYour errors and follies of
lUUIIh ImCII youth can be remedied, and
thene old doctors will give you wholesome ad
vice and cure you make you perfectly strong
and healthy. You will be omated at their sue
CCrtR ttl Cliritlff HfKHMATORKHlKA. Skminal U)9-
ttiiH. NiciHTLV Emissions, and other effects.
STKICTUKH-N'ocuttiug, pain or stretching
uuleas neccKsary.
READ THIS.
nUfiU I nlOi
Taken clean bottle at bedtime and urinate In
the bottle, set aside and look at It In the morn -
iiiij, if it is cloudy, or has a cloudy settling in it
you nave some kidney or bladder disease.
CATARRH
fETWe punrantee to cure any case of
bucauso bo many remedies have failed.
Address
ST. LOUIS
mya YAMHILL STREET. COR.
"As old 88
the hills" and
never excell
ed. " Tried
and proven"
is the verdict
0 f millions.
Simmons
Liver Regu
j-v lator is w
hPTTPVm y Li vi
jLJCffC ami Kidut
lator is the
er
and Kidney
medicine to
which you
can pin your'
faith for a
cure. A
.71
an
mild laxa
tive, 1
and
purely
e table,
veg-
act-
Pills
ing directly
on the Liver
and Kid
neys. Try it.
Sold by all
Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder
to be taken dry or made into a tea.
The King of Liver Medicines.
" J have used yonrKlinmnna I.Ivor Recn
Inturnnd ran conwlentloiiBly sny It is the
king of nil liver medicines. I consider it a
liiedlcluechpst in Itwlf. (jKo. W. Jack
son, Tucomu, Vusuiugtun.
-EVERY PACKAGE'S
Baa the Z Stamp In red on wrapper
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Deals Largely With Reports
of Departments.
FEW RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
Following is the full text of President
Cleveland's message as read in congress
today :
The assemblage within the nation's
legislative halls of those charged with
the duty of making laws for the benefit
of a generous and free people impres
sively suegeets the exacting obligation
and inexorable responsibility involved
in their tack. At the threshold of such
labor, now to be undertaken by the
congress of the United States, and in
the discharge of an executive duty en
joined by the constitution, I submit
this communication, containing a brief
statement of the condition cf our na
tional affairs and recommending such
legislation as seems to me necessary and
expedient.
The State Uepartnaeat.
The history of our recent dealings
with other nations and our peaceful re
lations with them at this time addition
ally demonstrate the advantage of eon
eittentlT adhering to a firm but just
foreign policy, free from envious or am
bitious national scheme, and charac
KITCHEN FURNITURE,
POTS AND PANS,
KETTLE8 AND CANS,
'fact, everything in the line of Kitchen
Utontila should he purchased at Bullomy
Hunch's store. It's nil curtain as hot weather
summer that you'll sat A 1 goods by (loin
and will not have to buy the same article
or three times hefore getting bh much ser
as you would expect (rom the (Irnt pur
Although we have high Quality ware
prices are always at hardpan, and tins luct
every article purchased from u a ca.se
uouuie vaiue.
DELLOMY & BURCH, OREGON CITY
V ........ U.. flM Suffering- from Neh
IUU1IK inCII Ul UIU voua Dcniurv, lost,
riming 'H"i,w f njfivni nsLunara, mriiini
Worrv. Stunted Development, or anv personal
wenkuefui. can be restored to Pkkpkct Hkalth
and the Noiilr Vitality op Strong Mk.m, the
Pride and Power of Nations. We claim by
year of practice by our exclusive methods a
uniform "Monopoly of Success," in trcalinir all
ditteattes, weaknesses aua aiuicnonu 01 nieu,
rrillir nirrtorc In all forms-Irr
rClYIALC UIOCH0C0 tariliw, and Nervous
Prostration, l eniiiie weakness, i.eucorrhura
and Oenernl Debility, and Woru Out Women
speedily brought to enjoy life again. Call or
write particulars of your case. Home treat
meut furnished by writing us particulars. All
letters strictly confidential.
MKDICINK furnished free In all Private and
Chtonic diseases. Consultation free, in private
rooms, wnere you oniy see inc aociors,
W TAPE WORMS
(Snmplesof which can be seen at their office,
from 13 to 5c
3 jo feet long) removed in 24 houra.
I Uoort nicaaco Aai Uver Complaint in
1 nCdll UloCdoC all forma, cured.
1 niir ni toww patiksts ri for .,.,.
tion blankand tree -ale, ueelo of roai tiealila
euclosing stamps for answer.
AND PILES.
Catarrh or Piles. Don't be afraid
Treated witli our own remedies.
to trj
with stamp,
DISPENSARY,
SECOND. PORTLAND, OREGON.
terized by entire honesty and sincerity
During the past year, pursuant to t
law of congress, commissioners were ap
pointed to the Antwerp industrial ex
position. Though the participation of
American exhibitors fell far short of
completely illustrating our national itv
genuity and industrial achievements,
yet it was still creditable, in view of the
brief time allowed for preparation. I
have endeavored to impress upon the
Belgian government tne Heedlessness
and positive harmfulness of its restric
tions upon ttie importation 01 certain
of our food products and have strongly
urged that the rigid supervision and in
spection under our laws are amply suf
ficient to prevent the exportation from
this country of diseased cattle and un
wholesome meat.
THE CHILIAN CLAIMS.
The commission organized under the
convention which we had entered into
with Chili for the settlement of the out
standing claims of each government
aorainst the other, adjourned at the end
of the period stipulated for its continu
ance, leaving undetermined a numner
of American cases which had been duly
presented. These claims are not barred,
and negotiations are in progress for their
submission to a tribunal.
AN ANNOYING AFFAIR WITH SPAIN.
Unreasonable and unjust fines im
posed by Spain on the vessels and com
merce of the United States have de
manded, from time to time during the
last 20 years, earnest remonstrance on
the part of our government. In the im
mediate past exorbitant penalties have
been imposed upon ourvesselsand goods
by the customs authorities of Cuba and
Porto Rico for clerical errors of the most
trivial nature in the manifests or bills
of lading. In some cases fines amount
ing to thousands of dollars have been
levied upon cargoes, or the carrying
vessels, when the goods in question were
entitled to free entry; fines have been
exacted even when the error has been
detected and the Spanish authorities
notified before the arrival of goods in
port. This conduct is in strange con
trast with the considerate and liberal
treatment extended to Spanish vessels
and cargoes in our porti in like cases.
No satisfactory settlement of these vexa
tious questions has been yet reached.
The Mora case, referred to in my last
message, remains unsettled. From the
diplomatic correspondence on this sub
ject, which haa been laid before the
senate, it will be seen that this govern
ment has offered to conclude a conven
tion with Spain for disposal by arbitra
tion of outstanding claims against the
two countries, except the Mora claim,
which, havinz been long ago adjusted,
now only awaits the permit as stipu
lated, and, of course, it could not be in
cluded in the proposed convention. It
was booed that this otfer would remove
the parliamentary obstacles encoun
tered by the Spanish government in
providing payment of the Mora indem
nity. I regret to say that no definite
reply to this offer has yet been made,
and" all eflbrta to secure payment of
this unsettled claim have been unavail
ing. xirrisro or abke.viaxs it ttbket.
In my last annual message I adverted
to the claim on the part of Turkey of
the right to expel, as persona undesira
ble and danperous, Armenians natural
ized in the United Statea and returning
to Turkish rnriediction. Numerous
questions in this relation have arisen.
While this rovernment aconisced in the
the asserted right of expulsion, it would
not consent that Armenians may be Im
prisoned or otherwise punished lor no lor me support 01 me military eaiao
other reason than having acquired, lishments, $6,001,032 23 for nilscel
without imperial consent, American laneous objects, and $26,371,156 W) for
citizenship. Three of the assailants of
Miss Moulton, an American teacher in
Mosul, have been convicted by the
Ottoman courts, and I am advised that
an appeal against the acquittal of the
remaining five has been taken by the
Turkish prosecuting officer.
A convention has been concluded
with Venezuela for the arbitration of a
long disputed claim growing out of the
seizure of certain vessels, the property
of citizens of the United States.
Although signed, the troaty of extra
dition with Venezuela is not yet in
force, owing to the insistence of that
government, that, when surrendered,
its citizens shall in no case be liable to
capital punishment.
TO I'HKVKNT COLLISIONS AT SEA,
The rules for the prevention of col
lisions at sea, which were framed by the
maritime conference, Held in this city in
1880, having been concurrently incor
ported in the .statutes of the United
States and Great Britain, have been
announced to take effect March 1, 18li5,
and invitations have been extended to
all maritime nations to adhere to them.
Favorable responses have thus far been
received from Australia, France, Portu
gal, Spain and Sweden.
The Treaaury Department.
The secretary of the treasury reports
that the receipts of iroverninent from all
sources of revenue during the fiscal year,
ended June 30, 1894, amounted to $372,
802.4118 20, and its expenditures to $442,-
606,758 87, leaving a deficit of $00,803,
200 58. There was a decrease of $15,
1152,074 60 in the ordinary expenses of
the government, as compared witn tne
fiscal year of 1803. There was collected
from customs $131,818,530 62, and from
internal revenue $147,108,440 70. The
balance of the income for the year,
amounting to $113,816,517 07, was derived
from the sales of land and other sources.
The value of our total dutiable imports
amounted to $275,109,086, being $146,
657,625 less than during the preceding
year, and the importations free of duty
amounted to $379,705,630, being $64,748,
675 less than during the preceding year.
The receipts from customs were $73,536,
486 11 less, and from internal revenues
$13,836,539 97 less than 1893. The total
tax collected was: Distilled spirits, $85,-
259.250 25: manufactured tobacco, $8,'
017,808 62; fermented liquors, $31,414,-
718 04.
Our exports of merchandise, domestic
and foreign, amounted during the year
to $892,140,572, being an increase over
thn nrecedinir vear of 144.495.378. The
total amount of gold exported during
the fiscal year was $70,898,001, as against
$108,080,444 during the fiscal year ma.
The amount imported was $72,449,119,
as acainst 1 21.174.381 during the previ
ous fiscal year, 1893. The imports of
silver were $18,280,552, and the exports
were $50,451,205.
THE BUGAR BOUNTY,
The total bounty paid upon the pro
duction of sugar in the United States
for the fiscal year was iz,iw,zu ,
being an increase of $2,725,078 over the
payments during tne preceding year.
The amount of bounty paid from July
1894. to Aueust 28. 1894. the time
when further payments ceased by
operation of the law, was $960,185 84,
The total expenses incurred in the pay
ment of the bounty upon sugar during
r - ' - Trte iatfm-HT'artfc.r rinnti 'thATmaid nf
the fiscal year was 13U,14U so.
I.. ,ni.
of the government during ine current
fiscal year, ending June 30, I8I10, win re
$424,427,746 44, and its expenditarea
'444,427,748 44, resulting in deficit of
$!fl),UW,WU.
November 1, 1804, the total stock of
money of all kinds in the country was
2,240,773,888, as against $2,204,061,000
November 1, 18113, and the money of all
kinds in circulation not included in the
treasury holdings was $1,072,093,422, or
IU 16 per capita, upon an enuumieu
population of 08,887.000. At the same
time there was held in the treasury
gold bullion amounting to $44,615,177 65,
and silver bullion, which was purchased
at a cost of $127,77l),Uo8,
TUB SILVER PURCHASES,
The purchase of silver bullion, under
tne act 01 July 14, ibwu, ceaseu inovem
Iwr 1. 1803. and up to that time there
. . . 1 . - 1 .. . n..n 1 T
had been purchased during the fiscal
vear 11,1)17,658.78 fine ounces at a cost
of $8,715,521 32. an average cost of
$0.7313 per fine ounce. The total
amount of silver purchased from the
time that law took effect until the re
peal of its purchasing clause, on the
date last mentioned, was 168,674,682 53
fine ounces for which $155,031,002 25
was paid, tne average price per nne
ounce being $0.!)244,
The War Department,
From the report of the secretary of
war it appears that the Btrengtn 01 tne
army on September 30, 1894, was 2,135
officers and 25,766 enlisted men. Al
though this is apparently a very slight
decrease, compared with the previous
year, the actual etlective force nas Deen
increased to the equivalent of nearly two
regiments through the organization of
the svstem of recruiting and the conse
quent release to regimental duty of a
large lorce 01 men muierio nerving m
the recruiting depots. The abolition of
these depots, it is predicted, will further
more effect an annual reduction appoxi-
mating $250,000, in the direct expendi
tures, besides promoting generally the
health, morals and discipline of the
troops. The execution of the policy of
concentrating the army at important
centers of population and transportation,
forBhadowed in tne last annual report 01
the secretary, has resulted in the aban
donment of 15 of the smaller posts,
hich was effected under a plan which
assembled organizations of the same
regiments hitherto widelv separated.
This rendera our small force more read
ily effective for any service which tbey
may be called upon to perform, in
creases the extent of the territory under
protection without diminishing the
security heretofore alforded to any
locality, improves the dicipline, train
ing and esprit-du-corps of the army,
besides considerably decreasing the cost
its maintenance, inougn tne iorcea
the department of the East have
been somewhat increased, more than
three-fourths of the army is still
stationed west of the Mississippi.
This carefully matured policy which
secures the best and greatest service in
the interest of the general welfare from
the small forces comprising our regular
army, should not be thonghtlessly em
barrassed bv the creation ot new ana
nnecessary posU through acts of con-
eress to gratify the ambitions or in
terests of localities. While the maxi
mum legal strength, throneh various
causes, is but little over 20,0u0 men, the
purpose of congress does not therefore
seem to ne ruiiy attained uy ins exipv
ing conditions.' While no considerable
increase in the arm y is, in my judg
ment, demanded by recent events, the
policy of eea coast fortifications in the
prosecution of which we have been
steadily engazed for some years, has so
far developed as to suggest that the
effective strength of the army be now
made at least equal to the legal
strength.
COST or THE ABUT.
The total expenditures for the war de
partment for the year ending June 30,
. . . J a Mfk r OA fx
1894, amonnted to !--3,U39,0UV -f
this sum $2,000,614 was lor aslariea
- and contingent expenses, $23,0o5,15fl 16
iiuhlic works. This latter sum Includes
$19,494,037 41) for river and harbor im
provements, and $3,974,803 60 for forti
fications and other works of defense.
The appropriations for the current year
aggregated $Di!,4-J9,llZ ii, ana we esti
mates submitted by the secretary of
war for the next fiscal year cull for ap
propriations amounting to foZ.UiB,-
11211 fifi.
The skill and industry of our ordi
nance ollicers and inventors have, it is
believed, overcome the mechanical ob
stacles which have heretofore delayed
the armament of our coasts. This great
national undertaking upon which we
have entered may now proceed as rap
idly as congress shall determine. With
a supply of finished guns of large cali
ber alre'ady on hand to which additions
should now rapidly follow, the wisdom
of providing carriages and emplacement
for their mount cannot be too strongly
urured.
The total enrollment of the militia of
the several states is 117.533 ollicers and
enlisted men, an increase of 6,343 over
the number reported at the close 01 the
previous year. The reports 01 mnina
inspections by regular army officers
show a marked increase in Interest and
efficiency in state organizations, and I
strongly recommend a continuance of
the policy of auording every practical
encouragement possible to this im
portant auxiliary of our military estab
lishment,
INDIAN PRISONERS.
The condition of the Apache Indians
held as prisoners by the government for
eight years at a cost 01 suuu.uuv nas neen
changed during the year from captivity
to one wnicu gives weiu au upuriuim
to demonstrate their capacity for sell
support and at least partial civilization,
Legislation enacted at the latest session
of congress gave the war department
authority to transfer the survivors, who
number WO, from Mount vernon oar-
racks, in Alabama, to many euituuie
reservations. The department selected
as their future home the military lands
near Fort Sill, Indian territory, where,
under military surveillance, the former
prisoners have been established in
agriculture under conditions favorable
to their advancement.
In recognition of the Ions and distln-
uished military services and faithful
ischarge of the delicate and respon
sible civic duties bv Maior-General John
M. Schofield, now general commanding
the army, it is suggested to congress
that the temporary revival of the grade
of lieutenant-general in his behalf
would be a just and gracious act, and
would permit bis retirement now near
at hand with rank befitting his merits.
Department of Juatloe.
The report of the attorney-general
notes the gratifying progress made by
the supreme court in overcoming the ar
rears of its business and in reaching a
condition in which it will be able to dis
pose of the cases as they arise without
any reasonaoie aeiay. inis result is, 01
course, very largely due to the success
ful working of the plan inaugurating cir
cuit courts of appeals. In reBpect to
theBe tribunals a suggestion la made in
quarters entitled to the highest consid
eration, that an additional circuit judge
for each circuit would greatly strengthen
these courts and the confidence reposed
in their adjudications, and that such an,
addition would hot create a greater force
of judges than the increasing business of
such courts requires. 1 coinmena tne
suggestions to the careful consideration
of (congress. Other important topics are
advocated in the report, accompanied
by recommendations, many of which
have been treated at large in previous
messages and at this time, therelore,
need only be named. I refer to the
abolition of the fee system as a measure
of compensation to federal officers ; the
enlargement 01 the powers 01 united
StateB commissioners at least in the ter
ritories : the allowance of writs of error
in criminal cases on behalf 01 trie united
States, and the establishment of a grade
bv congress in the crime of murder. A
tonic dealt with bv the attorney-general
of much importance is the condition of
the administration 01 tUBtice in tne ' In
dian territory. The permanent solution
of what is called the Indian problem is
probably not to be expected at once,
but, meanwhile, such ameliorations of
present conditions as the existing sys
tem will admit of ought not to " be neg
lected. I am -satisfied that there should
he a federal court established for the ter
ritory with sufficient judges and that
this court should sit within the territory
and have the same jurisdiction as to
territorial atlalrs as is now vested in tne
federal courts sitting in Arkansas and
Texas.
TIIE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Another subject of pressing moment
referred to by the attorney-general is the
reorganization ot the union facinc rail
way Company on a basis equitable as
regards all private interests and as favor
able to the government as existing con
ditions will permit. The operation of
a railroad by a court through a receiver
is an anomalous state of things wmcn
should be terminated on all grounds,
public and private, at the earliest pos
sible moment. Besides, not to enact the
needed enabling legislation at the pres
ent session postpones the whole matter
until the assembling of a new congress,
and inevitably increases all the compli
cations of the situation, and could not
but be regarded as a signal failure to
solve a problem which has practically
been before the present congress ever
since its organization.
Eight years ago, in my annual mes
sage, I urged upon congress as strongly
as I could the location and construction
of two prisons for the confinement of
United States prisoners. A similar rec
ommendation has been made from time
to time since, and a few years ago a law
was passed providing for the selection of
sites for these institutions. No appro
priation has, however, been made to
carry the act into effect,. and the old and
discreditable condition still exists. It is
not my purpose at this time to repeat
the considerations which make an im
pregnable case in favor of the ownership
and management by the government of
penal institutions in which the federal
prisoners are confined. I simply desire
to again urge my former recommenda
tions on the subject and to particularly
call the attention of congress to that part
of the report of the secretary of war, in
which he states that the military prison
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, can be
turned over to the government as a
prison for federal convicts without the
(east difficulty and with an actual saving
of money from every point of view.
Pending a more complete reform, I hope
that by the adoption of the suggestion
of the secretary of war this easy step
may be taken in the direction of the
proper care of its convicts by the gov
ernment of the United States.
Poetofllee Department.
The report of the postmaster-general
present a comprehensive statement of
the operations of the postofEce depart
ment for the last fiscal year. The re
ceipts of the department daring the
year amounted to $75,080,470 04, and
the expenditarea to $84,324,414 15. The
transactions of the postal service in-
Jm,a ailli fori I n t V t tl
fluctuation in the business of the coon-
try. As much, therefore, an business
complications continued to exist
throughout the last year to an unfore
seen extent it is not surprising that the
deficiency of revenue to meet the ex
penditures of the poslollice department,
which was estimated in advance at
about $8,000,000, should exceed the es
timate. The ascertained revenues last
year which were the basis of calculation
for the current year, being less than es
timated, tiie deficiency for the current
yeur win oe correspondingly greater,
though the postmaster-general states
that the latest indications are so favor
able that he conhiluntly predicts an in'
crease of at least 8 per cent in the
revenues of the current vear over those
01 me last year.
The expenditures increase steadilv
and necessarily with the growth and
needs of the country so that the de
ficiency is irrantr nr 1..uh In anv v...
depending ujion the volume of receipts.
The postmaster-general states that this
uenciency is unnecessary and might be
obviated at once if the law regulating
rates upon mail matter of the second
class was modified. The rate received
for the transmission of this second-class
matter is 1 cent per pound, while the
cost 01 such transmission to the govern
ment is eight times that amount. In
the general terms of the law this rate
covers newspapers and periodicals.
TUB LAW A11UHED.
The extension of the meaning of the
terms from time to time have admitted
to the privileges Intended for legitimate
newspapers and periodicals a surprising
range of publications, and created abuses
the coat of which amount in the aggre
gate to tiie total deficiency of the poBt
otlioe department. Pretended newspa
pers are started by business houses (or
the mere purpose of advertising roods.
complying with the law in form only,
and discontinuing the publications as
soon as the period of advertising is over.
Sample copies of pretended newspapers
are fcsued in great numbers for a like
purpose only. The result is a great loss
of revenue to the government besides its
humiliating use as an agency to aid in
carrying out the scheme of a business
house to advertise its goods by means
of a' trick upon both its rival houses
and the regular and legitimate news
papers. Paper-covered literature, con
sisting mainly of trashy novels, to the
extent' of many thousands of tonB, is
sent ' through the mails at 1 cent a
pound; while the publishers of standard
works are required to pay 8 times that
amount in sending their publications.
An abuse consists in the free carriage
through the mails of hundreds of tons
of seed' and grain uselessly distributed
through the department of agriculture.
The postmaster-general predicts that if
the law be so amended as to eradicate
these abuses, not only will the postoliice
department not show a deficiency, but
he believes that in the near future all
legitimate newspapers, periodicals and
m again nes will be properly transmitted
through the mails to their subscribers
free 01 cost. I invite your prompt con
sideration of this subject, and fully in
dorse the views of the postmaster-gen
eral. The total number of poetolfices in
the United States on the 30th dav of
June, 1804, was' 68,805, an increase of
1403 Over the preceding year. Of these
3428 were presidential, an increase in
that c s of 68 over the preceding year.
Six h J red and ten cities and towns
are pn d with free delivery, 93 other
cities .. ,1 : )wns entitled to this service
ondttf clfc Jtiwbirve not been Accorded It
on account of insufficient funds. The
exp' iise of free delivery of the current
fiscal year will be more than $12,300,000,
mid under existing legislation this item
of expenditure is subject to constant in
crease. The estimated cost of rural free
delivery generally is so very large that
it ought not to be considered in the
present condition of affairs.
There are connected with the post-
oltlce establishment az.wl employes
who are in the classified service. This
includes many who have been classified
on the suggestion of the postmaster
general. He states that another year's
experience at the head of the depart
ment serves only to strengthen his con
viction as to the excellent working of
the civil service in this branch of the
public service.
1 The Navy Department,
Attention is called to the report of the
secretary ui tue navy, wuicti snuws
very gratifying progress in the con
struction of ships for our new navy.
All the vessels now building, including
the torpedo-boats authorized at the last
session of congress and excepting the
first-class battle-ship Iowa, will prob
ably be completed during the coming
fiscal year. The estimates for the in
crease of the navy for the year ending
June 30, 1895, are large, but they in
clude practically the entire sum nec
essary to complete and equip all the
new snips not now in commission, so
that unless new ships are authorized
he appropriations for the naval service
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1890, should fall below the estimates
for the coming year by at least
$12,000,000. The secretary presents
with much earnestness a plea
for the authorization of three adidtional
battle-ships and 10 or 12 torpedo-boats,
while the unarmored vessels heretotore
authorized, including those now nearing
completion, will constitute a fleet which,
it is believed, is sufficient lor ordinary
cruising purposes in time of peace. We
have now completed and In process 01
construction but four first-class battle-
Bhips and but few torpedo-boats. If we
are to have a navy for warlike opera
tions, offensive and defensive, we cer
tainly ought to increase both the num
ber of battle-ships and torpedo-boats.
The manufacture of armor requires ex
pensive plants and the aggregation of
many skilled workmen. All the armor
necessary to complete the vessels now
building will be delivered before the 1st
of June next. If no new contracts are
given out, contractors must disband
their workmen and their plants must lie
lie. Battle-stuns antbonzed at this
ime would not be well under way until
late in the Coming fiscal year, and, at
least, three years and a half from the
ate of the contract would be required
for their completion. The secretary states
that pot more than 10 per cent of trie
cost of such ships need be included in
the appropriation for the coming year.
I recommend that provision be mode for
the construction of additional battle
ships and torpedo-boats.
DISPLAYS or THE TEAR.
During the last fiscal year there has
been an unusual and pressing demand
in many quarters ol the world lor the
presence of vexsels to guard American
nteresta. In January taut, during the
Brazilian insurrection, large fleet was
concentrated in the harbor of Rio de
aneiro. The vigorous action of Kear-
Admiral Benham in protecting the per
sonal and commercial rights of our
citizens daring the disturbed conditions
tlorded results which will, it is be
lieved, have a far-reaching and whole
some influence whenever, in like cir
cumstances, it may become oecessary
for our naval commanders to nrterlere
on behalf of our people in foreign porta.
1 he war now In progress between
China and Japan haa rendered it neces
sary or expedient to dispatch eight
vessels to those waters.
THE COAST SCBVET.
Both the secretary of the navy and
Lbs secretary of the treasury commend
the transfer of the work of the coast
survey proper to the navy department,
I heartily concur in this recommenda
tion.
Excluding Alaska and a very small
area besides, all the work 01 mapping
and charting our coast has been com
pleted. The hydrographic work, which
must be done over and over again by
reason of the shifting and varying
depths of water, consequent upon the
action of streams and tides, haa hereto
fore been done under the direction of
the naval ollicers in subordination to
the superintendent of the coast survey,
There seems to be no good reason why
the navy should not have entire charge
hereafter of such work, especially as
the hydrographic office of the navy de
partment is now, and has been for many
years, engaged in making efficient maps
entirely similar to tiioee prepareu oy me
coast survey.
PERSONNEL Or Till LINE
I feel it my imperative duty to call at
tention to tlio recommendation of the
secretary in regard to the personnel of
the line of the navy. The stagnation ol
promotion in this, the vital branch of
the service, is so great as to seriously
impair its elficiency. I consider it of the
most importance that the young and
middle-aged ollicers should beiore the
eve of retirement be permitted to reach
a grade entitling them to active and im
portant dutv.
The system adopted a few years ago
regulating the employment of labor at
the navy-yards is rigidly upheld, and has
fully demonstrated its usefulness and ef
ficiency. It is within the domain of civil
service reform, inasmuch as workmen
are employed through a board of labor,
selected at each navy-yard, and are given
work without relerence to politics and
in the order of their application, prefer
ence, however, being given to army and
navy veterans and those having former
navv-vard experience. Amendments
suggested by experience have been made
to the rules regulating the system.
Through its operation the work at our
navy-yards has been greatly improved
in efficiency, and the opportunity to
work has been vastly and fairly awarded
to willing and competent applicants. It
is hoped that if this system continues to
be strictly adhered to there will soon be,
as a natural consequence, such an equal
ization of party benefit as will remove
all temptation to relax or abandon it.
The Interior Department. ,
The report ot the secretary of the
Interior exhibits the situation of the
numerous and interesting branches of
the public Bervice connected with his
department. I commend this report,
and the valuable recommendations of
the secretary to the careful attention of
congress.
The publio land disposed of during
the year amounted to 10,400,100 77
acres, including 28,867,055 of Indian
lands. It is estimated that the public
domain still remaining amounts to a
little more than 600.000,000 acres, ex
cluding, however, about 300,000,000
acres in Alaska, as well as military res
ervations and railroad and other sec
tions of land yet unadjudicated. The
total cash receipt from sale of lands
amounted to $2,074,286 79, including $91,
U8103 received for Indian lands. Thirty-
live thousand patents were issued tor
agricultural land, and 3100 patents were
issued for Indians on allotments of their
lands in severalty, the land so allotted
being inalienable by the Indian allot-
laaa.far .peooU of jfUjrean -air
patented.
There were certified and patented on
account of railroad and wagon roads
grants during the year 863,666.40 acres
of land, and at the close of the year
29,000,000 acres were embraced In tbe
lists of selections made by railroad and
wagon rood companies, and awaited
settlement. The selections ot swamp
lands and that taken as Indemnity
therefor since the passage ot the act pro
viding for tbe same in 1849 amount to
nearly, or quite, 80,600,000 acres, of
which 58,000,000 have been patented to
states. About 138,000 acres were
nntented during the last vear,
Nearly 820,000 acres of school and
educational grants were approved dur
ing the year, and at its close 1,250,363.81
acres remained unadjusted.
I concur in the opinion that the com
missioner of the general land office
should be relieved from the duty of de
ciding litigated land cases; that a non
partisan court should be created to pass
on such cases, and that the decisions of
this court should be final, at least so lar
as the decisions ot the department are
now final. The proposed court might
be given authority to certify questions
of law, in matters of Bpecial importance,
to the supreme court 01 tne united
States, or to the court of appeals for tbe
District of Columbia for decision. The
creation of such a tribunal would ex-
Dedite the disposal ot cases, and Insure
decisions of a most satisfactory charac
ter. The registers and receivers who
originally hear ana aeciae uieBeuisputes
should be invested with authority to
compel witnesses to attend and testify
before them.
'I he appropriation for the current
vear, ending June au, imo, appncaoie to
the ordinary expenses of the Indian
service, amounts to $6,733,003 18, being
less by $06,Z40 04 than the sum ap
propriated on the same account for the
previous year.
THE PENSIONS.
At the close of the last fiscal year,
June 30, 1894, there were 909,644 per
sons on our pension rolls, being a net
increase of 3532 over the number re
ported at the end of the previous year.
These pensioners may be classified as
follows: Soldiers and sailors, survivors
of all wars, 763,968; widows, and
relatives of deceased soldiers, 215,102;
army nurses in the war of tbe rebellion,
414.
Of these pensioners, 32,039 are surviv
ing soldiers of the Indian and other wars
nrior to the late civil war. and the wid
ows and relatives of such soldiers. The
remainder, numbering 937,605, are re
ceiving pensions on account ot the war
of the rebellion, and of these, 469,344 are
on the rolls under the authority of the
act of June 27, 1890, sometimes called
the dependent pension law.
The total amount expended for pen
sions during the year was $139,804,461.06,
leaving an unexpended balance from the
sum appropriated of $25,206,712.65. The
turn necessary to meet pension expendi
tures for the year ending June 30, 1896,
is estimated at $140,000,000.
Department of Agriculture.
The secretary of agriculture in his re
port, reviews the operations of his de
partment for the last fiscal year, and
makes recommendations for the further
extension of ita usefulness. He reports
a saving in the expenditure during the
year of $600,000, which is covered back
hi to the treasury. This sum is 23 per
cent of the entire appropriation. A
special study has been made of tbe de
mand for American farm products in
all foreign markets, and especially
Great Britain. That country received
from the United States during the nine
months, ending September 30, 1804,
305.910 live beef cattle, valued at $26.
5U0,0U0 as against 182,611 cattle valued
at $16,624,000, during the same
period for 1893. During the first
six months of 1894, the United King
dom took also 112,000,000 pounds of
d reared beef from the United States,
valoedat nearly $10,000,000. The re
port shows that during the nine months
immediately preceding Depiemper a,
1894, the United States exported to
Great Britain 222,676,000 pounds of
pork; of apples, 1,900,000, valued at
iz.dou.uuu; and 01 horses, ZH81, at an
average value of 1189 per head. There
was a (ailing off in American exports of
wheat ot 13,500,000 bushels, and the
secretary is inclined to believe that
wheat may not, in the future, be the
staple export cereal product of our
country, but that corn will continue to
advance in importance as an export on
account of the new uses to which it is
constantly appropriated.
The exports of agricultural products
(rom the United States for the fiscal
year, ending June 30, 1894, amounted to
$028,883,038, being 72.28 per cent of the
American exports of every description,
and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain took more than 64 per cent of
all farm products finding foreign mar
kets. A If AGRICULTURAL CENSUS.
A further important utility in agricul
tural statistics is found in the elucida
tion of the relation of the supply of farm
products to the demand for them in the
markets of the United States, and of the
world It is deemed possible that an ag
ricultural census may be taken each year
through the agents ol tbe statistical di
vision of the department. Such a course
Is commended for trial by the chief of
that division. Its scope would be: first,
the area under each ot the more impor
tant crops; second, the aggregate prod'
nets of such crops: third, the quantity
of wheat and corn in the hands of farm
ers at a date after the spring sowings
and plantings, and before the beginning
of harvest, and also the quantity of cot
ton and tobacco remaining in the hands
of planters either at that date or at some
other designated time. The cost 01 tne
work is estimated at $600,000.
The Financial Queatlon
During the last month the gold re
serve in the treasury for the purpose of
redeeming the notes of the government
circulating as money in the hands of the
people became so reduced, and ita fur
ther depletion in the near future seemed
so certain that in the exercise ot proper
care for the public welfare it became
necessary to replenish the reserve and
thus maintain popular faith in the abil
ity and determination of the government
to meet as agreed its pecuniary obliga
tions. It would have been well if in
this emergency the authority had exist
ed to issue bonds of the government
bearing a low rate of interest and ma
turing within a short period. The last
session of congress having failed to con
fer such authority, resort was necessa
rily hod to the resumption act of
1875, and, pursuant to its provisions,
bonds were issued drawing interest at
the rate ot 6 per cent per annum and
maturing 10 years after their issue, that
being the shortest time authorized by
the act. I am glad to say, however,
that in the sale of the bonds the
premium received operated to reduce
the rate of interest to be paid by the
government to less than 3 per cent.
Nothing could be worse or lurtner re
moved from sensible finance than the
relations existing between the currency
the government nas issued, tne gold
held for its redemption and the triat
wnicn must oe reona w ict ' -
una wnea iuipi... - ,
claims uoon this fund were con
fined to the obligations originally
intended, and if the redemption of
these obligations meant their cancella
tion, the fund would be very
small. But these obligations wnen re
ceived and redeemed In gold are not can
celled, but are reissued and may do duty
many times by way of drawing gold
from the treasury. Thus we have an
endless chain in operation, constantly
depleting the treasury's gold, and never
near a nnai rest, as 11 tins was nut uau
enough, we have by a statutory declara
tion that it is tne policy 01 me govern
ment to maintain the parity between
gold and silver, aided the force and mo
mentum of this exhausting process and
added largely to the currency obligations
claiming this peculiar gold redemption.
Our small gold reserve is thus subject to
drain from every side.
, DEMANDS INCREASING.
The demands that increase our danger
also increase the necessity of protecting
this reserve against depletion, and it is
most ' unsatisfactory to know that the
protection afforded is only a temporary
palliation. It is perfectly and palpably
plain that the only way under the
present conditions by which this re
serve, when dangerously depleted, can
be replenished is through the issue and
sale ot bonds of the government for gold,
and yet congress has not only thus far
declined to authorize the issue of bonds
best suited to such a purpose, but there
seems a disposition in some quarters to
deny both the necessity and power for
the issue of bonds at all. I cannot for
a moment believe that any of our citiz
ens are deliberately willing that their
ffovernmentshould default in its pecuni
arv obligations, or that its financial
operations should be reduced to a silver
basis. At any rate, 1 should not leei
that mv dutv was done if I
omitted any effort I could make
to avert such a calamity. As
long, therefore, as no provision
is made for the final redemption or
the putting aside for the currency obli
gation now used to repeatedly and con
stantly draw from the government its
gold, and so long as no better authority
for bond issues is allowed than at pres
ent exists, such authority will be
utilized whenever and as often as be
comes necessary to maintain a sufficient
gold reserve and abundant to save the
credit of our country and make good the
financial declarations of our government.
Questions relating to our banks and
currency are closely connected with the
subject just referred to, and they also
present some ansatisiactory features.
Prominent among them are the lack of
elasticity in our currency circulation
ami ita frequent concentration in finan
cial centers when it is most needed in
other parts of the country. The abso
lute divorcement ol the government
from the business of banking is tbe ideal
relationship of the government to the
circulation of the currency of the
country.
SECRETARY CARLISLE'S PLAN.
This condition cannot be immediately
reached, but as a step in that direction
and as a means of securing a more elas
tic currency and obviating other objec
tions to the present arrangement of bank
circulation, me mxivimij w nm hw.,; i
presents in bis report a scheme modiiy-!
in the Dresent banking laws and pro- f
viding for the issue of circulating notes
by state pants tree irom taxation, uuu
certain limitations. I he secretary ex-
plains his plan so plainly, and its Mr'egv d. If they are fid
vantages are developed by him with niea, ey are leea liable to eat tbetr
such remarxame ciearnese, mat
any enort on my pare to present
argument in its, support would .
be supernuous. 1 snail, mereiore, con-
tnt mvself with au unqualified indorse-
ment of the secretary's proposed change.
in the law and a brief and an imperfect
statement of their prominent features,
It is proposed to repeal all laws prowl-'
ing lor tne aeposii 01 vniiea ciatee
bonds as security for circulation; to per-
mit national bank! to issue circulating
note not exceeding in amount 7a per
cent of their paid-up and unimpaired
capital, provided they deposit with tbe
government as guarantee fund in
United States legal tender notes, Includ
ing treasury notes of 1890, a sum of
equal amount to 30 per cent of the notes
they desire to Issne ; this deposit to be
maintained at all times, but whenever
any bank retires any part of it circula
tion proportionate part of ita
gtarantee fund shall be returned to
it; to permit the secretary ., of
the treasury to prepare and keep on
band ready for issue In case an increase
in circulation i decried, blank national
bank notes tor each bank having circu
lation, and to repeal the provisions of
the present law imposing limitations
and restrictions, thus permitting such
Increase or reduction within the limit
ot the 75 per cent of capital to be
as quickly made as emergencies arise.
In addition to the guarantee fund
required, it is proposed to provide
safety fund for the immediate re
demption of tbe circulating notes of
failed banks by imposing a small an
nual tax, say one-half of 1 per cent
upon the average circulation of each
bank until the fund amounts to 5 per
cent of the total circulation outstanding.
The Tariff.
The tariff act passed at Ibe last session
of congress needs important amend
ments if it is to be executed effectively
and with certainty. In addition to such
necessary amendments as will not change
the rates of duty. I am still very decid
edly in favor of putting coal and iron
upon the free list. So fir as the .sugar
schedule is concerned, I would be glad,
under tbe existing aggravations, to see
every particle of differential duty in fa
vor of refined sugar stricken oat ot our
tariff law. If with all the favor accord
ed the sugar-refining interest in our tar
iff laws it still languishes to the extent
of closing refineries and discharging thou
sands of workmen, it would seem to
present hopeless case for reasonable
legislation. Whatever else is done
or omitted, I earnestly repeat here the
recommendation 1 nave made in an
other portion of this communication,
that the additional duty of l-10th of a
cent per pound laid upon sugar im
ported from countries paying a bounty
on ita export be abrogated. It seems to
me that exceedingly Important con
siderations point to tne propriety of this
amendment with the advent of new
tariff policy not only calculated to re
lieve the consumers of our land in the
cost of their daily life: but to invite a
better development ot American thrift
and create for ns closer and more profit
able commercial relations with the rest
of the world, it follows as a logical and
Imperative necessity that we should at
once remove the chief, it not the only
obstacle which baa so long prevented
our participation, in the foreign
carrying trade ot the sea. A
tariff built upon the theory that
is well to check imports, and that
a home market should bound the Indue- .
try and effort of American producers,
was fitly supplemented by a refusal to
allow American registry to vessels built
abroad, though owned and navigated by
our own people, thus exhibiting a willing
ness to abandon ail contest tor ine aa
vantage of American trans-oceanlo car
riage. Our new tariff policy, built upon
the theory that tt la wen to
such in""'-
1 1-
to our eluaens In tue 0 ........ . 1 ..
navigation of ship in which our prod
ucts and manufacturers may be trans
ported. The millions now paid foreign
ers for carrying American passenger!
and products across the tea should be
turned into American hands. Ship
building, which has been protected to
strangulation, should be revived by the
prospect of profitable emoloyment for
ships when built, and the American
sailor should be resurrected and again
take his place, a sturdy and industrious
citizen in time of peace and a patriotic
and safe defender of American interests
in the days of conflict. The ancient
provision of our law, denying American
registry to ships built abroad and
owned by Americans, appears in tbe
light of present conditions not only to
be a failure for good at every point, but
to be nearer a relio ot barbarism than
anything that exists under the per- .
mission ot a statute 01 tne unitea
States. I earnestly recommend ita
prompt repeal.
The Strike Investigation.
Bv virtue ot a statute of the United
States, passed in 1888, I appointed in
July last Hon. John D. Kernan, of the
state of New York, and Hon. Nicholas
S. Worthington, of tbe state of Illinois,
to confer with Hon. Carroll D. Wright.
commissioner of labor, who was desig
nated by said statute, a commission lor
the purpose oi making careful inquiry
into the causes of the controversies be
tween certain railroads and their em
ployes, which had resulted in an ex
tensive and destructive strike, accom
panied by much violence and dangerous
disturbances, with considerable loss of
life and great destruction of property.
The report of the commissioners baa
been submitted to me, ana win oe
transmitted to congress, with the evi
dence taken upon their investigation.
Their work haa been well done, and
their standing and intelligence give
assurance that the report and sug-
?estions they make are worthy ot care
ul consideration.
. Conclusion.
I conclude this communication, fully
appreciating that the responsibility for
all legislation affecting tbe people of the
united (States rests upon their rep
resentatives in congress, and assuring
them that whether in accordance with
the recommendations I have made, or
not, I shall be glad to co-operate in per
fecting any legislation that tends to tbe
prosperity and welfare of our country.
FOULTBT FOIKTI.
Rotten or musty feed should never be
given poultry.
Hen manure breeds lice. The remedy
need not be stated.
If you have a mongrel flock, at least ,
get a pure-bred cockerel.
Tbe roosters must be kept in rood
health and condition. Look well after .
these things.
Poultry onffht not to be expected to do
anything when covered with lice. It will
not, if it is expected.
If a fowl la lick, take it oat of the
flock, both for ita own sake and for the
sake of the well one.
Uoon the whole it is better not to keep
roosters after thev are two years old.
They may be rigorous longer, bot there
it aanger.
wh , ul Drevent hens from eatlt
j, ,h cut off the pou.
. bill" .
a fr r
r" .uT. L. 1 a
Po"7 bones unless their
o money J Ihanhe Jf" "hat
with. But a good warm fto-ae, a
ever 111-tooxing, is a neeeawiy.
now many nocas win ne rr
p uinng 101 wmm .ihv. .
spoonful of grit givea tber A'
many, and those that are yi l
with which to grind tio-ri.---