Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1894 — Page 3

Wtfo*. F- rte tr* reinjr mail* in the dlrectfen •f a gradual reduction of the ©onib®r of lalajSt ©ten cuhtra* < schools. so that te : rosaparaK JHely ahvri ilu.- th*. y may g!*» way al’»K®ih*r to r oven, men tf< h.* an .J it is hoped that the Cl*s n <e may be so gradual as to be perfected Without too ere a! expense to the government aa e , r m»dt»e <!:■:•. 4 ar.l investments made by t*© s ■ teamen t» and are mala* tainins such ■ >n tract schools. The appropriation for the current year ending June 30. IS'S. a ppi I cable to the ordinary e.iprnsevi «f the Indian s- rvic?. amounts to « ’ • .g 1 ■ b> 6ft63.240.84 than the •ur> appropriated on Lie cams account fur the grcvluus year. On the Pension Rolla. At ihe close of the last fiscal year, oa the 30th fay of June. ISM, there were 'MSO 544 persona •■ our penaicn rolls, being a net Increase of P.O .2 over the number reported at the end of the prertotis year. These pensioners msy be claaaed as fellows: Soldiers and sailors, survivors es all Wars. 753.968; widows and relatives of deceased soldiers. 215.162; army nurses In the war •f the rebellion. 414 Os these pensioners S 2 - Q3H are surviving soldiers of Indian aad other Wars prior to the late civil war. and the widows and relativts of such soldiers. The remainder, numbering 937.505, are receiving pensions on account of the war of tbe rebellion, and of these <u*‘ 144 are now open tbe rolls under th* authority of the act of June 27, ls9v aoin*tlra*s I Called the Dependent Pension law The total amount expended for pension* during the year wan^139.804.461.05. leaving an unexpended I*4tbe B,,ni *PPi'‘Priated of $25,206.*12.65 rhe sum necessary to meet p*n*Con expenditures for the year ending June 30. 1696. is estimated at 6140.00u.000 The vomnitßhiorer of p*n«l®n* I* of the opinion that the year ISDfi. being the thirtieth after the cloxe of the war of the rebellion, must, adto all sensible human calculation, see tne highest limit of the pension roll, and after that year it must begin to decline Tbe claim® j»end:ng in the bureau have decreased more than .*O «too during the year. A large prop< r tlon ®r the Dew claim* filed are for increase nf to* ii- n by those now on ? b e roils. The number of certificates issued were 50.213. The ’ s drop;*ed from the roll* for all causes S’’ th, ‘ y* ar c umbered 37.951. Among onr pens oners ar® rine widows and three daughters ®f soldiers of the revolution and forty-five aur▼ir. rs of tbe vrer of 1812. The barefaced and extensive pension frauds • and generous veteran soldier now at the head of flf the bureau leave no room for the claim that no purgation of <>ur nenrian rolls wa« needed or that continued vigilance and prompt action are not necessary to the same end. The accusation KXhet an effort to detect p n«lon frauds is eviOen.'o of unfriendliness towtrd our worthy voter aus and a denial of their claims to the gencr- ■ jn'-iy of the government iggefta an uufortrn te to th* cotnmia-Loa of any offence which has for motive the securing of a pension, / an 1 Indicates a willingness to be blind to rhe existence of mean and treacherous crime® wLh h play upon demagr.gic fears and make t»port of I tbe patriotic Impulse of a grateful people. The Eleventh Census. The completion of the eleventh census is now 1 StSW total disbursements on account of the work for the fiscal y- ir en led J-.n • 1634, amounted to ■L510.3U5.676M At tbe close of the year the git:ruber of persons employed in tbe census offi-*j • < Was G7> At present there arc about 400 Tie * w: ole number nf to <o& v .vK ken I the eleventh rer.w” B will tu» tw*otvß>e. and they will contain 32,270 printed page- The W as* era nee is confidently made that before tbe » «l<*e of the present calendar y«a.- the material E still incomplete will he practically in hand an! the cenaua <sn certain!* elrsed by tie- 4ih ©f March 1895. After that, the revision and pro >f reading necessary to bring out tbe volume* will Still be required Tbe text of tbe volume* ho< been limited, as far as possible to tbe analysis of the statistics presented. Tills method, which in in accosdancH with law. has caused ■lore or less friction, and in some iu.*taa<‘ea individual disappointment, for when the ■ioner of lalmr took charge of the work, be teund much matter on hand which, according to this rule, he was compelled to discard The ryipnsus is being prepared according to the theory that it is designed to collect facts and certify • tt- oi to the public, not to elaborate argumenta ©r to present personal views. Exports of the United States. The secretary of argrlmlture, In his report, ttview© the operations of his department for t ne last fiscal year, and mak«M recoinm<*ndatums for ths further extensions of its usefulness. He repine a saving lr« expenditures during the year ©f 6<WX>.<wX). which !• covered back into th* treasury Hjls sum is 2«» per c*nt. es the entire ap|r»>prladoD. A special study has been male of ue demand for American farm products in all so ign markets, especially Great Britain That ■h. . tonrP’y received from the United >t>tes during Kthe nine months ended Sept So. 184,305,910 live fee'.* cattle valued at 62ft.500.000. as against 182 611 cattle valued at 116.633.000 during the MR fame period fnr 16i*3 During the first six months ft 1894. the United Kingdom took also 112,000.- » pounds of dressed beef from the Uaited rates valued at nearly $10.000,(MX). The report Mhowa that during the nine mouths Immediately , . ©r -eding Sept. 3*. l'-.*4. the United States ex to Great Britain 22 570.000 pounds of perk: of apples I>m>qu», val-ted at 62.500.0**; ■ ©nd «>f hor -. 2,811 at an average va.ye of $139 g head lb re w«s a :k -ng off in Atnerl -an •rh*at exports cf 1 -to bushels, find the is In-lined to oiler® that wheat may i the future, i>e t! tr-iple export cereal of mir country, hut that corn will conto advance in importance as an *x’»ert on ■ ©c- « :;.t of t new < t,, which It IS c- ■ 3K autly being appropriated. The export of agriijp’tnral product., from the United States for the yen’- Ji n 30, 1894. a~u’.Dt*d to |t_s 3ti3.v3S, being 72.28 per cent, of American exports of every description, and the Culled K'ngdoin of Great Britain took more than 54 * nt - of all * anu products finding foreign The department of agriculture has und ke© during the year two new and important Li es of res* arch. The first relates to grasses and forage Blau’s, with I - purpose of instructing ar.d familiarizing tl pe->p!e as to the distinctive Kasaes of the Unite! States and teaching th*-m ,w to introduce valuable foreign forage plants which may bo adapt**! tn this country. The ■ ae • *nd relates to agricultural soils ar.d crop 14 3 r- i’-’ tlon. involving the analysis of samples ©f soils from all sections of th® American _■£nni >n. to d< :nonstrat“ tbeir adaptability tn {articular plants and crops. Mechanical nalysis of soil* may be of such Inestimable 3S ©lillty that t* will be foremost tn the new l!n*-» ®f agricultural resear h. and the secretary C'ommends that a division having it in charge permanently established in the department. Vsefaluess of the Weather Bnrenn. ■ The amount appropriated for th® Weather bugs rea l was s.♦*»!. of tha’ sum $125.590. t , r ** IH>r <ent • has been t xr.d returned to t! •- tr»*i.- ry. As illuatratliu. the nsefuln®*-- of service. It may b here stated that th© w. r: -gs whi< h were very generally given of ?y©ffU two fopi *al storms occurring in September and m© her of the prese-i year resulted in K Ing safely In jxirt 2.305 vessels, valued at S3G.28’*J!3. laden with cargoes of probably still gr- Her value. What is ma h mor tmpnr ant an-! gratifying, many human lives on these ships Were else an- redly saved. I The appropriation to the Bureau of Animal : H Industry was SB3 ■ AOo «n-i the expenditures for th- year w. -.- nly $495,429 24, thus leaving \ «n* xpendc-1 $351,570.76 The Inspection of be»-f ; ©nlrvals fur expert and Interstate trade baa heen 1 ■■©oniinued. and 12.944.0 M h«*a! were inspected y Mur.ng tbe yer.r at a <o-t of 1% cents a head, O'; ©gtlnst 4\ cents for 1893. Th* amount of pork inl< rosccpl -ally examln- -I was 85.437.937 pounds, ©gainst &).677.410 pounds in the preceding year. Tbe coat us this inspection ha* been diminished fr-*m *■'» cen’s a head In ISu3 to cents Jn - J 894 The expense of Inspecting the i>erk t-d-l In 1894 to Germany and Franc*, by the t ©ited Btateg was 8*8.922 1" The quantity Insuacted Wa> greater by 15.0U0,(*K) pounds than during the pre- tdir.g year. the cost of the intl<«© was $172.367.'M. Tbe »e ret ary of ' ©gri--”.J(ure recommends that the law providing v for the microscopical inspection of export and Interstate meat be so amended as t» compel ©wu*“s »f meat inspected to pay tbe cost of stKh Inspection, and I call attention to tbe arguments presented In his rep rt In - ippnrt of this re m ■aenilarloa. The live beef cattle exoorted and tagged luring the year numbered 365.535. Thin Is an increase of 69.383 head over tbe previous ‘rear The sanitary Inspe- tion of cattie shipped to Europe has cost an average of 10% cent * r ©ach anl: al. and tbe cest of inspecting Southern cattle and ti e -itsinfe* tlon of cars and ©t>- kyarda average® 2.7 ••vmls i»er animal Bureau of Anlninl Industry Inquiries. The sclentifle Inquiries of the Bureau of Ani■lai industry bar* progressed steadily during the year. Much tn r< ul’.n -.nd mellein have been fun.ls’e «1 to s'-te autbpr. ss fur use in the agri ultural co! • a experiment ttutiuii!* *•■ the treatment cf tubercnk-als and g’.aaoer- Quite 1 tlv this <i-*i urtment t>s« p >bJishM th • rcb cf Its investigatlotfe of bovine tub*.- ttlusls cud Its research'® will be vlgor©■©ly ■ontinu**d. Certain herd* In tbe district of Columbia will be th -roughly injected and will probably supply adequate scope for the department to intelligently prosecute its scientific work and furnibh sufi< lent material for purposes of illustration, d ■>- ription and definition. The aterltzatlun of milk s xpected of containing the bacilli of tuberculosis has been, during the year- very thoroughly explained in a leaflet by Dr. D. E. Sain. -n. chief o»' tue bureau, and Sreen general circulation throughout the country. The office of experiment stations, which is a part - f the United States Department of Agricoltuie. has, during the past year, engag®-! itself almost wholly in prci-arlng for publication work.* based upon the reports of agricultural experiment stations a a other inatitutloas for agricultural Inquiry in the United States and foreign countries. The secretary in his report for 1893. called attention to the fact that the upjropriat.uns made for th® support of the exKfinent stations throughout the country were be only moneys aken out of the national treasury by act of congress for wh’ch no accounting o federal authorities was required. Respondng to this asggOEticn the Fifty first congreas. In v’, 9K»g the appropriations for the department Bir the present fiscal year provided that "The Mereta'*v of agriculture shall prescribe the form pf annual financial statement required by Section • i ©f said act of *<»rch 2. 1887; shall ascertain jßbether the expenditures under tbe appropriation herobv road® are in accordance with the proMalor of sal 1 act and shall make report thereon to coEcrr.-s. i t a Mtttment of Agriculture, is the ascertainment. If diligence and care, of the actual and real INidlUoQfi. . favorable o: unfavorable, of ms

farmers and farms of the country, and to see | the causes which produce these te the end that j tecta ascertained may ©Bide tbeir IntelligFut tr«atxn*at. In obedien e to thi* law. th* Agricultural department immediately seat out blank lona of expense accounts to ea h station and proposes, in addition, to make through trusted isperta systematic examination of th* s*v-ra! itatiins during oarh year for the purjMMse of icquiring. by personal investigation, the detailed Jifunn&tlon B“ esaary to eaable the secretary f« nake. as the statute provide*, a satisfactory loport tu coaj'-Jk- Th* Board.* of Management 1 >f tbe several stations, with great alacrity aad , jordlality have approved the amendment to the law providing ’his supervision of tbeir exp-’ndi-t”ros, anticipating »bat !t will Increase the esI B*iency of tbe stations and protect their dirt- tors and managers from logs* charges co©cerniag their use of public funds, besides bring--1 lug the Department of Agriculture into closer and more -oafidential relations with th* experimental stations, and through their Joint eervice largely iacreasing their usefulness to the agriculture of tbe <*ountry. Acting upon a recommendation In the year 1890. congress appropriated SIO,OOO "To enable th® secretary of agriculture to fav*stiga’* and report upoa the nutritive value of various articles and comuKwiitfes used for human food, with special suggestion of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and mor* economical thaw those in common use” Under this appropriation the department has prepared and n«w has nearly ready for distribution an elementary discussion of the nutritive value and pecuniary economy of food When we cosalder that fully one half of all tbe mouey earned by the ware earners of the civilized world is expended by them for food, rho 1 reportaa-'e and utility of such an Investigation is apparent The department expended In the fiscal year 1692, $2.354.56. and out of that sum the total amount expended in scientific research was 1 45.6 per cent. But in tbe year ended .Tune 36. out of a total expenditure of $1.948.988 38. the department applied 51 8 p*r cent, of the sum to scientific work and Investigation It Is. there for* very plainly observable that th® ocopomi I which hav* been practiced in the administration as the department have not been at the exp ose as scientific research. Th* receE3Bi*Ddation contained In the report of the secretary for 1896 that th* various aysI terns of promiscuous free distribution of its de- , partmental documents be abandoned i* again urged These publication* may well b* furnlsh*< I without cost to public libraries, educational institutions and th* offices and libraries of Ftates and of th® federal government, hut from all individuals applying for them a price covering th® J cost of the document asked for should be required. Thus the publicatluns and dommen’to would b* secund by those who reallv desire them for proper purposes. Half a million of eovlea of the report of the secretary of agriculture are printed for distribution at an annual cost of al»oct $300,000. Large numbers of them are cumbering store rooms at the capltol, and the shelves of second hand book stores throughout the country. Al! this labor and waste might be avoided if the recommendations of the secretary were adopted. The secretary also again recommends that the gratuitous distribution of seeds cease, and that no money be appropriated for that purpose. except to experiment stations. He reiterates the reasons given in his report for 1893 for discontinuing this unjustitiahle gratuity, aad I fully concur in the conclusions. An Agricultural Uensna. A further important utility in agricultural statistics is found in t!.*lr elu-idation of the relation of the supply of farm product* to the demand for theiw in the markets of the I nited State* and of the world. It Is deemed nosaihi* that an agrlcultuia.l <-ensus may l*» taken each year through tbe agents of the statistical division of the department. Such a course is commended for trial by the chief of that division. Its scop* would be: jl> The ar*a under each of the more important crops (2) The aggregate product? of each of such craps. (3) The quantity of wheat and corn in the hands us farmers at a date after the spring sowings and plantings and before the beginning of harvest; and also the quantity of cotton and tobacco remaining in tli« Landa of planter?, either at the same date or at some other designated time. The cost of the work is estimated at $509 000. Owing to the peculiar quality of the atatlsti--1 cian’s work, and the natural and acquired fitness 1 necessary to its successful prosecution, the secretary of agriculture expr sses the opinion that e*ery person employed in gathering statistics under tbe chief of that division should be admitted to the Fervice only after a thorough, exhaustive and successful examination at tbe bands of the United States civil service commission. This I»a* led him to call fnr such examination of candidates for tbe position of assistant statisticians. and also of candidates fur chiefs us sections in that division. The work d<»n® by the Department of Agriculture I* v*ry superficially dealt with In this communication, and I commend tbe work of the secretary and tbe very important interests with which it deals, to the careful attention of th® 1 congress. Civil Service Reform. I The advantages to th* public service of an adherence to the principles of civil service re- ; form are constantly more apparent; and nothing is so encouraging to those in official lif*, who honestly desire good government, as the Inoreas- ‘ Ing appreciation by our people of thb** advantages. A vast majority of the voters of th® . land are ready to insist that the time and attention of those they select to perform for them ■ Important public duties should not be distracted | by doling out minor otfle**. and they are growI Ing to be unanimous in yarding party organization as something that should be used in I establishing natty principles Instead of dictat--1 ing the distribution of public places a« rewards j of partisan activity. Numerous additional of- . flees and places have lately been brought 1 within civil service rules and regulations and some others will probabl" soon be Included. The report of the commissioner will be to the congress, and I invite careful attention to the recommendations it contains. For a Aatloual Hoard of Health. I am entirely convinced that we ought not to be longer without a National Board of Health or national health officer charged with no other duties than such as pertain to the protection of our country from th* Invasion of pestilence and disease. Thia would Involve the establishment. by such l»oard or officer, of proper quarantine precaution, or the necessary aid and counsel to locsl authorities on the subject, prompt advice and assistance to local Boards of Health or health offi<‘ers in the suppression of contagious disease, and In eases where there are no such local boards or officer*, tbe Immediate direction by the National board or officer of measures of suppression, constant and authentic Information concerning the health of foreign countries and all parts of our own country as related to contagious disease, and consideration of regulations to be enforced tn foreign ports to prevent the Introduction of contagion into our cities and the measures which should be adopted to secure th*ir enforcement There seems to be at this time a decided inclination 1 to discuss measures of protection against contagious diseases 1n international conferen'’® with a view of adopting means of mutual assistance. Th® creation of such a national health establishment would greatly aid our standing in such conferences and improve our opportunities | to avail ourselves of their benefits. I earnestly ; recommend the ihaugurat ton of « national Board of Health or similar national instrumentality. believing th** same to be a n®«ded precaution aga! r st contagious disease and In the interest of the safety and health of our people. Report of the Strike CommisNiun. By virtue of a statute of tbe United States, passed in 1888. I appointed in July last Hon. 1 John L>. Kernan of the state of New York, and Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington of the stare of Illinois to form, with Hon Carroll D. Wright, ■ commissioner ©f labor, who was designated by ! «aid statute a commissioner for the purpose ®f making careful inquiry Into th* •'anses of the controversies between certain railroads and their 1 employe** which has resulted In an extensive an J destructive strike, accompanied by much | violence and dangerous disturbance with con- I siderable loss of life and great destruction of 1 property. The report of the commissioner* has been submitted to me and will be transmitted to the congress with th® evidence taken upon t elr investigation. Their work has been well done, and their standing and intelligence give assurance that the report and suggestions they make are worthy of careful coneideratlon. Favors Free Coal and Iron. The tariff act passed at the last session of the congress needs important amendments if it is to be executed effectively and with certainty. In addition to such necessary amendments as will not change rates ur duty. | in< fitHl very aeciaediy m favor of patting coal and iron upon th* free hat- So far as the sugar sched- i ide Is concerned. I would be glad, nsder ex- 1 IsT|ng aggravations, to gee every particle of differential duty In favor of refined sugar s»rick«*n out of our tariff law. If, with all the favor now acorded the auger refining interest in our tariff laws, it still L "*s to the extent of closing refluereles and discharging thousands of vs -rk.uen, it would see-;' to present u hopeless case for reasonatde legislative aid Whatever else is done or omitted, I earnestly ; repeat here the recommendation I have made In an »ther portion of this communication that the additional duty of one-tenth of a cent a pound Isld upon sugar imported from countries paying a bounty on its export, be abrogated. It sterns to me that exceedingly Important considerations point to the propriety of tuls amendment. About the New Tariff. With the advent of a new tariff policy, not only calculated to relieve the consumers of our land in the cost of their daily life, but invite a better development of American thrift and create for us closer and more profitable commerclaJ relations with the rest of the world, it follows as x logical and imperative necessity that we should it once remove tbe chief, if not the only obsta?l®, which has so long prevented our participation in the foreign carrying trade of the sea. A tariff built upon the theory that it is well to check imports aad that a home market should bound the industry and effort of Amerbaa producers, was fitly supplemented by a refusal to allow American regjatrv to vessels built abroad though »wued and navigated by our people, thus exhibiting a willingness to abandon all contest for the advantages of American trans-oceanic carriage. Our new tariff policy, built upon th® theory that it is well to encourage such Importations as our people need, and that our products and manufactures should find markets In every part of the globe, is consistently supplemented by the greatest possible liberty to •nr /.IMrono ♦»»•» r>w»»*r«hln nnd nAVisratioD of ihips in which our products and manufsetures j may be transported The millions now paid to foreigners for c»' *-ing Ameiican passengers and

arod’et* across tie *•© should be frrfieff into American Land*. Lul’diMg whi<-h has been protected to strangulation, should be revived by ;b* prospect of profftable empiaynrent for chip's when built, and Uso American sa>h»r should t>® and agate take his place, a ind industrious cltloen in time of peace it*), patriotic and safe defender of American laterals in the dap of inflict. Tbe am rent prorl»Ion of our law denying Americas registry to mips built a bn. d sad owned by Americans appears in th* light of present conditions not only to b* a failure for good at every point, but to je nearer a relic of barbartsna than anything that exists under tbe permission ©f a statute of !he United States. I earnestly recommend its prompt repeal. The Issue us During tbe last month the feld reserve in th* treasury for the purpose of red*-eming th* note* p* the government circulating now in the hands if the people became so reduced, ami its further depletion in th® near future s»eeH»e<i certain, that it became necesaary to replenish th® nwr,-* ini thus mate tain popular faith in the ability and determination of tae government ’•> m*et. as agreed, its pecuniary oallgatiaa©. It would nave been well if. in this emergency, authority had existed to issue bonds of the government bearing a low rate of Interest and maturing eithia a short period. But the congress having tailed to confer such authority, resort was necessarily had to th® resumption a«*t of 1875. and. pursuant to its provisions. Loads were lsau*d drawing interest at the rate of 5 p*r - ent. per annum bq<l maturing ten years after their Issue, that being th* Fhortest time authorized by tne act. I am glad to say, however, that on the sal* of these bonds, the premium re< eived operated to reduce the rate es interest to be paid by the government to less than 3 per cent. Nothing cauld be worse or further removed from sensible ftr.anre than th* relations existing between the currency the government has issued, th* gold held for its r-demp'don, and the means which must be resorted I® for the purpose of replenishing such redemption fund wli*n Impaired Even If th® claims upon this fund wer • cuntfned to the obligations originally intended, ana if the redemption of tte.se obligations meant their cancellation, the fund would b* very small. But these •bligattens, when received and redeemed in gold, are not cancelled, hut are reissued and may do duty many times byway of drawing gold from the treasury. Thus we have an endless chain in operation constantly depleting the treasury’s gold and never near a final rest. As if this vra-, not bad enough, we have, by a statutory declaration that it is the policy of the gnrenrment to maintain parity between gold and silver, aided tbe force and momentum of this exhausting procris and added largely f® tbe currency obligarions claiming this peculiar geld redemption. Our small gold reserve is thus subject to drain from every side. The demands that increase our dinger also imrease the necessity of protecting this reserve against depletion, and it is most unsatisfactory to know that the protection afforel.nl is only a temporary palliation. It Is perfectly and palpably plain that the only way under present conditk-ns by which this reserve. when dangerously depleted, ran be replenished, is through the issue and sale of bonds of the government f<*r gold; and congress has not ®nly thus fur declined to authorize the Issue of bond* best suited to such a purpose, hut th*re seems a disposition in some quarters to deny both the necessity and power for the issue of bond* at all. I cannot for a moment belier* that any of our citizens are* d *iio*rat*iy willing tnat their ernment should default in it" pecuniary obligations. or that its financial operations should be reduced to a silver basis At any rate, I should not feel that my duty was don* if I omitted any effort I could make to avert jmeh a calamity. As long, therefore, a® no provision is ;©a •• for the flaal rsdemptic-n or the putting asld- of the currency obligation now used to repeatedly and constantly draw from the government Its gold and as long as no better authority for bond issues is allowed than at prtffint exists, such authority will he utilized wnenever. and as often as it becomes necessary to maintain a sufficient gold reserve, and In abundant time to nave the redlt of our country and make good the financial declarations of our government. Favors a New Currency System. Questions relating to our banks ami currency are closely connected with the subject jnat re ferred to and they also present some unsatisfactory features Prominent sruong them are th* lack of elasticity iu ©ur currency circulation and its frequent concentration in financial centers when It Is moat needed in other parts ot tbe country. Tbe absolute dirpreemeat of the government from the business of banking is the id*al relatibnahlp of toe government te the circulation of th® currency of the country. This condition cannot b* immediately reached, but ai a step lu that direction, ftsd as a means ol securing a more elasti.' cnrreirey and ebviatlnj other objections to tbe present arrangement o! bar.a circulation, the secretary of th® treasurj presents in his report a acbome modifying present banking laws and providing for th® issue ®f circulating notes by stat* banks free from taxation under certain limitations. The secretary explains his plan so plainly and its advantages ar* developed by him with such remarkable clearness that any effort on my part to present argument in its support wool Ibe superfluous. I shall therefore content myself with an unqualified endorsement of the secretary's propose© changes In the law and a brief and Imperfect statement of their prominent features. The Proposed Plan. It Is proposed to repeal all laws providing for tbe deposit of United States bonds as security for cir illation; to permit national banks to 1* sue circulating notes not exceeding in amount 75 1-r ••■nt. of i. .< j».. ip *ad •..nlnapaired cai*; tai, provided they deposit with the government a* a guarantee fund in United States legal tender notes, including treasury ©otes of 1890. a sum equal in amouat to 30 per cent, of the not*® they desire to Issue, this 'leposit to b<* maintained at all times but whenever any bank retires an.- part of its circulation a proportional part of its guarantee fund shall be returned t® it; to permit th® secretary of the treasury to prepare and keep on hand ready for Issue in case an increase In circulation is desired, blank national hank notes fur each bank having circulation and to repeal the provisions of the present law imposing limitations and restrictions upon banks desiring te reduce or increase their circulation thus permittteg such lr.crea.su or reduction within tb* limit 01 75 per cent, of capital to be quickly mane a emergencies arise. In addition to the gua.aptee fund required, it is proposed to provide a safety fund for the immediate redemption of the circuiting notes of failed bank* byimposing a small annual tax. pay one-half of 1 per cent, upon th* average circulation of each bank until the fund amounts to 5 per cent, of the total circulation outstanding When a bank falls, Its guarantee fund is to be paid into this saf'ty fund, and its notes are to be redeemed In the firet instance from such safety fund thus augmented—any impairment of such fund caused thereby to be wad® good from the immediately available cash assets of said bank, and if these should be insufficient, such impairment to be made good by pro rata assessment among th* oth<*r banks, their contributions constituting a first lic-u upon the assets of tbe failed bank in favor of th* contributing banks. As a further security, it is contemplated that th* existing provision fixing the individual liability es e t*efcholders is to be 1 . -ur.d *’ ■- bank’s Indebtedness on account of its circulating notes is to be made a first Hen on all its assets. For th* purpose of meeting tb® expense of printing not**, official supervision, cancellation and other like charges, there shall be paid a tax. say one half of 1 per cent, per annutu on th® average amount of notes tn circulation. It is further provided that there shall be no national hank u *tea issued of lees denomination than $lO. That each national bank, except in case of a failed bank, shall redeem or retire its notes in the first ißitaur® at Its own office or at agencies to be designated by it, and ’that no fixed reserve need be maintained on account of deposits. Exemption of State Ranks. Another very important feature of this plan Is th* exemption of state bank* from taxation by tbe United States in eases where it is shown to the satisfaction of the s*-rotary of the treasury and comptroller of the currency by banks claiming such exemption that they have not had outstanding their circulating notes exceeding 75 per cent, of their paid-up and unimpaired capital; that their stockholders are individually liable for th* red-iapiion of their circulating notes to the full extent of their ownership of stock; that th® liability of said basks upon their circulating notes constitutes under their stat® law a first lien upon their aasets. that such banks have kept and maintained a guarantee fund in United Steteg b*gal trader notes including thtreasury notes of 1899 equal to 30 of their outstanding circulating notes, and that sir 3 hanks have promptly redeemed tbeir circulating notes when presented at their principal or branch offie®. it is quite likely that this sebem* may be usefully amended in some of Its details; but I sm satisfied it furnishes a basis tor n very great improvement in our present banking and currency aystatn. I conclude this commiinlcAtion fully appreciating that the responsibility for ail legislation affecting the people of the United State* rests upon their representatives in the congress and assuring them that whether, in accordance with recommendations I have made or not, I shall b® glad to co-eperat* in perfecting any* le< slation that tends to the prosperity and welfare of our country. GROVER CLEVELAND. Executive Mansion, Dec. 3, 1334. From Our Exchanges. An exchange says: “Publish the best paper you can and don’t worry about your rivals; the public will take care of them and you also, and the best paper will win. People don't care so much for the editor as they do the amount and quality of reading matter and genetai tone of the paper. The paper whose editor tries to place himself on the right side of every question is the one the people are after.” Good for the Land. Beans, peas, and grasses leave land richer than they found it

REED AXDHISSPEECH MAKES NO EFFORT TO DEFEND M'KINLEYISM, Neither Does He Propose a Restoration of the McKinley Tariff The ’ vival of Business Not Due to th. Republican Victory. Satire and Sophistry. Ex-Speaker Reed mixes more orains in his speeches than most other Republicans who are now addressing the people. But tbe essential weaknes of the Republican position reduces even Reed to the necessity of sophistry and mere satire. When, for example, be ponderously declares that “this country is in favor of the doctrine of protection.” the implication is that it has not protection under the existing law. Mr. Reed of course knows, and it is a pity that a man of his intellectual resources has not the honesty or the courage to admit it, that the new tariff is a high protective measure. It is much higher than the Morrill war tariff, higher than the tariff recommended by President Arthur,® protective commission, and neatly as high as the Republican tariff of 1883. If Mr. Reed means that this country believes in a 50 per cent, tariff, a monopolists' tariff, a McKinley tariff, he disregards two consecutive popular majorities of over 1,000.000 against that tariff. And it is worthy of note that Mr. Reed does not defend the McKkinley tariff nor propose its restoration. , The ex-Speaker is not deluded and did not attempt to delude his hearers with the notion that the tidal wave this year is liable to be more permanent in its effects than others before it have been. “If we have wisdom for two years we will be trusted with more," is his sensible admonition. And wisdom, according to his conception, consists in “lying low.” This is not courageous. It is hardly possible. The Republicans in the next Congress cannot sit with folded hands and bated breath. They cannot win the Presidency by concealing from the people their purpose and policy in case they should obtain control of the Government. In Mr. Reed's plea for more teaching, more facts, more object-lessons, we cordially concur. The new tariff will be an instructor. If it shall revive commerce, increase industry, cheapen prices, and restore wages, Mr. Reed's sophisms and satire will be in vain. If it shall fail to do this it cannot be defended. The experiment of a partial measure of tariff reform is assured. Both parties will have to abide by the result.—New York -World. Explaining Wage Advances. Among the score or more of wage advances in large mills, reported since the new tariff bill took effect, is one by the Whiting Manufacturing Company of New York. The New York Press of Nov. IS, In reporting this advance. makes an interesting comment and admission. It says: ‘-The restoration of wages to the former standard is believed to be the direct result of the recent overwhelming Republican victories. In this particular case some four hundred men are benefited thereby. The assurance of a Republican Congress leads the firm to believe there will be no further reduction in tariff duties, and they therefore look for a speedy revival in business.” The heading over the article removes all doubt, and says the restoration is “direct!v due to the recent Republican victories.” It is probable that a majority of the gullible readers of the high protectionist paper will believe the explanations of the Press. But there must be a considerable minority who will ask themselves, “Why should this company advance wages on the strength of higher duties three or four years hence?” Oh, I see; wages are not advanced in anticipaton of higher duties, but on the belief that “there will be no further reduction in tariff duties.” “But,” says this intellgent minority, “isn’t that a queer explanation to find in my protectionist paper? With a 45 per cent, duty on silverware wages were reduced; now with a 35 per cent, duty wages are advanced. My protection logic may be out of repair, but it seems to me that it would be proper and honest to credit such wage advances to tariff reduction, and to say that it is probable that a still greater reduction would have caused a still greater advance.” The people are not all fools, even though the Republicans did have a big majority at the last election. They cannot bo caught with such thin sophistry and cheap bililCOlube as this is. Did the Republican Victory Do It? And now the Republicans papers print all the news of the revival of business that is in progress, just such news as they have been suppressing for the past few weeks, and attributing it all to the Republican victories in the November elections. How little conrtdenc these editors have in their own protective tariff. According to them, the tariff has no effect at all—it is only Republicanism that counts. We had over a year of concededly hard times, all under a protective tariff, and the same tariff which they claimed to be absolutely perfect. They allowed that the tariff was all right, but attributed the panic and hard times to the Democratic administration. Then the McKinley tariff was repealed, and business at once began to improve. This they denied at first, but now concede, and attribute it all to the election of a Republican House of Representatives. This House will not meet for more than a year, and when it does meet cannot change the tariff or do anything else. Yet these papers claim that the Republican victory alone can nullify a tariff

that is sure to be In operation for the next three years and which they claim to be tbe worst jHissible, so that business flourishes under it much better than during the last year of McKinL-y---ism. If they are right, surely the tariff has very little effect on business. And a tariff that only needs a fruitless Republican victory to go with it to make business hum, cannot be so very bad, ! even from a protectionist view.—Rockland Opinion. | Senator Shertnan*s Interpretation. It is significant that although Seuai tor John Sherman lives in Mr. McKin--1 ley's own State he does not share McKinley's illusions. He does not discover in the results c>f last week's elections any sign or symptom of a popular demand for the restoration of McKinleyism. In his World interview, published yesterday, he said: “I do not regard the present result as an indorsement of the McKinley bill or a demand on the part of the people for radical tariff legislation.” Further than that, and perhaps even more significantly, he points out the fact that tariff legislation of a disturbing character is impossible during Mr. Cleveland's term, and pretty plainly intimates that even if the Republicans secure full control of the Government by the elections of 1896—which he does not regard as by any means certain—lie would not even then favor a return to McKinleyism: "1 would not favor any great increase in duties. On the stump In the campaign I said very plainly that I was a moderate protectionist, and wanted only such duties as would insure a fair rate of wages for the workingmen of the country.” This undoubtedly reflects the mind of the people just now. They administered a crushing defeat to McKinleyism in 1892. Having got rid of ft and put the question out of discussion for some years to come, they have in 1894 expressed at the polls their dissatisfaction with Democratic shortcomings. What they will do to the Republicans in 1896 is, as Senator Sherman suggests. dependent upon how the Republicans shall behave in the meantime. One thing is certain. They do not want the tariff issue revived just now. —New York World. Disgraceful Tactics. Here Is the way the successful calamity howlers give evidence of reform. The joyous intelligence herein set forth had its first appearance as a head in the Inter Ocean: MILLS BEGIN TO HUM. Business in Manufacturing Centers Shows Signs of Life. LABOR IS PLEASED. Proposed Reductions of Wages Will Not Be Made. Glass, Tin and Iron Works at Pittsburg to Be Put in Operation Right Away. Pittsburg. I*a., Nov. B.—(Special Telegram.)—The election of Republican Congressmen all over tbe country has bad a good effect on the window-glass trade. Etc., etc. Os course the “proposed reductions of wages will not be made.” They were proposed only to scare working, men into voting the Republican ticket. The more vital question, however, is whether the promised increase of wages in divers protected industries will be made. The Times for its part trusts they will, however much such action may inure to the benefit of the party now suddenly pitched into partial power.—Chicago Times. Iron Duties Unnecessary. “The general understanding among manufacturers,” says ex-Senator War ner Miller in a long interview concerning the Republican tariff policy, published by the Tribune, “is that most of the duties on iron and steel manufactures are sufficient for the protection of those engaged in their production.” This utterance is not quite in harmony with the Republican cry during the recent campaign, but the exSctiator does not overlook the fact that the prices of the fundamental iron products in this country to-day are practically on a level with the prices of similar products in Europe. The price of Besemer pig iron at Pittsburg is almost exactly equal to the price of such pig iron in England, and the cost of producing foundry pig Iron and the selling price are lower in the Alabama district than in any other part of the world. Important branches of the iron and. .'steel industry in this country would not be affected injuriously if two-thirds of the duties imposed on foreign products like their own by the new tariff should be cut off.—New York Times. A Suggestion to Brice and Goruian And now comes Senator Brice and tells the country who, in his opinion, will be the next Democratic nominee for the Presidency. We may not be able to catch precisely what the wild tidal waves are saying, but we fail to detect in any quarter a call forSenator Brice to speak for the Democratic party. The one thing which Senator Brice could do with most grace at present would be to go into a secret session, behind closed doors, with Senator Gor-man.—Courier-Journal. Garrison Means Freedom. The New England Tariff Reform League, with sturdy fidelity to its convictions, has changed its name to the Free Trade League, and has declared for the abolition of all taxes save those imposed forrevenuerequirements. New England led the way for the abolition of human slavery, and she is entitled to head the line in tbe new movement for commercial emancipation, in which, as it titl v happens, n conspicuous leader is the son of William Lloyd Garrison. — Philadelphia Record.

IMPORTANT FOOD TESTS. How to Produce More Economical and Healthful Articles for tbe Table. The official food analyses by the United States and C anadian governments have been studied with interest. The United States Government report gives the names of eighteen well-known baking powders, sou e of them adver-ti-ed as pure c eam-of-tartar powders, which contain a um. The report shows the Royal to be a pure cream-of-tarta: basing powder, the highest in strength, evolving 160.6 cubic inches of leavening gas per single ounce of powder. There were eight other brands of cream-of-tar tar powders tested, and their average strength was lll..» cubic inches of gas per ounce of powder. The < anadian government investigations were of a still larger number ot powders. The Royal Taking Powder was here a'so shown the purest and highest in strength, containing fortyfive per cent, more leavening gas per ounce than the average of all the other cream-of-tartar powders. These figures are very instructive to the practica! housekeeper. They indicate that the Royal Baking Powder goes more than 33 per cent, further in use than the others, or is one-third more economical. Still more important than this, however, they prove this popu ar article has been brought to the highest degree of purity —f rto it* super ative purity this superiority in strength is due —and consequently that by its use we may be insured the purest and most w holesome sod. The powders of lower strength are found to have large amount, of imp.iritie- in the food. Thi.- fact is emphasized by the report of the (>hio State Food Commissioner, who, while finding the Royal practically pure, found no other powder to contain less than 10 | er cent, of inert or foreign matter. The statistic how that there is used in the manufacture of the Royal Baking Powder more than half of all the cream-of-tartar consumed in the United Mates for all pur. oses. The wonderfi 1 ale thus indicated for the Royal Baking Powder—greater tnan that of ail other baking powders combined—is j erha seven a hi her evident e than that already quoted of the superiority of this article, and of its iudispensabieno-s to modern cookery. Origin of Nursery Rhymes. “Th tee Blind Mice" is a musle-book of 1609. “Litt e Jack Horner” is older than the seventeenth century. _ “Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat. Where Have 'i ou Been'” dates from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. "Boys and Girls, Come Out to Play,* dates from Charles 11., as does also "Luc. Locket Lost Her Pocket." “Ofd Mother Hubbard.” Goosey, Goosey Gander.” and “Old Mother Goose” apparently date back to ths ixteenth century. “Cinderella.” “Jack, the Giant Killer,” “Bl e Beard.” and “Tam |Thum?>“ were given to the world in Paris in i'>7. The autho was Charles Perrault. “Humpty-Dumpty" was a bold, bad baron, who lived in the days of King iobn. ard was tumbied fr< m power. His history was put up into a riddle, the xn aning of which is an egg. “The in the Woods” was so nded on an actual c Ims committed in Norfolk, near Wa land Wood,in the ft- enth e ntm y. An o d house in the neighborhood is sti l pointed out unon a mantel-piece in which is carved the ■ntire history t he “Cat.” English di cipline with the cat-o’-nine-tails seems more s-vere than ite -u viva in Delaware The cat in the each State ha, nine tails of leather, ±aeh with a knot and the law sentences the convict to so many lashes upon the bare back, “well laid on K " Out the sheriff is the judge of what constitutes a proper aymg on and his strokes ire usually gentle. It i- their repetition that reddens the skin of the vioUm and it seldom happens that a single blow is of sufficient force to leave a noticeable mark. Deafnes® C an’t B© Cured By 1' cal applications, us they cannot reach the diseased pur ion of the ear. There is onlv on® way to cure I’eafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by au inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. Vi hen this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is th< result, and unless'.h • inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its noimal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine eases out of ten arc caused by catarrh which is nothing but au inflamed condition us the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ■as® of Deafness 7(cansoil by Catarrh) that we > nuot cure by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send >• circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, Ohio. fiSFSold by Druggists, 750. Brickdust Mortar. Lee of briekdun mortar a~ a eubstlutc far hydratfic cement whore the latter cannot be obtained, is re ommended by th© best engineering au thoriUes. Excursion to Northumberland, Pa. The Nickel Plate road will run its Annual Excursion to Northumberland, Pa., on Dec. 17, at ono fare tor the round trip, from all stations, Leipsic to Bellevue, inclusive. For further particulars call on or address Nickel Plato Agents. Searchlights are such good targets for the enemy’s guns that the Germans are arranging to throw the light first on a mirror and thence on the enemy, thereby concealing its real soui co. The Standard remedy for all stomach and liver complaints is Kipans Tabules, One tabule gives relief, but in severe cases one should be taken after each meal until the troubia has disappeared. AV ho Wants to Rr Taller? Roscuit’s late pjmphlet, “Man of the ineteenth Century, savs that only one man out of each -.03 attains a height of over six feet. Asthmatic Troubi.es and Soreness of the Lungs or Throat are usually overcome by Dr. 1). Jayne’s Expectoamt—a sure curative for Colds. Emergency War Ships. Twenty-eight big ocean passenger steamships belong to the British auxiliary navy. After six years' suffering I was cured by Piso's i'ure. M ary Thomson29}^Ohio Ave., Allegheny, Pa., March 19, '94. The Engineering and Mining Jour i.tii thinks w« sha.i su><»:i i»« cuiilp~»i’Ur» with hjiglish manufacturers of iron and steel in foreign markets.