St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 24, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 10 December 1887 — Page 1

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PRESIDENTS MM. The Entire Document Devoted to Finance and Taxation. foiigrcss Irgeiiih falld Ipou to Reduce Hie Treasury Surplus, Our Present Tariff Laws Characterized as Vicious, Inequitable and Illegal. The Repeal of Ilie Jidernal Revenue Tax on Whisky and Tobacco Opposed. , To the Congress of the Unite 1 Staten : You are confronted at the three hold of lour legislative duties with u condition of the national t names which imperatively demands immediate and careful doueide iitmn. The amount of money am u illy exacted, thiouch the operation of present law's, from the industries and necessities< f the people, largely exceeds the sum neocssnry to meet the exigen. les of the Government. When we considet that the theory of our institutions guarantees to o.on citiz m the full en’oymentof nil the fruits of his industry an I enterprise, with only such deduction as mav be his share toward the careful and economical maintenance of theGovernm i t which plot •i ts him, it is plain that the exaction of more than this is INDEFENSIBLE EXTOUTKN, and n culpable betrayal of American fairness and justice. This wrong, ini icted upon h so who bear the burden of national taxation, like oilier wrongs, multiplies a brood of evil con oquenees. The public treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate object i of expenditure, becomes a hoarding p ace for money I needlessly withdrawn from trade ami the ;o '- pie’s use, thus crippling our national energies, suspending our country s d velopm nt. pre venting investment in productive enter rises, threatening financial disturlmreo, and m viting schemes of public tinnier 'lha condition of our Treasury is not altogether new; and it has mote than nice of late been i submitted to the people’s repr. seutatives in the I Congress, who alone can apply tho remedy. And yet the situation still continues, w,th a gr ivated incidents, metre than ever i res gi ig i n mciid convulsions ami widnepreml dis istor. It will not do to neglect thi.: situation Iwmi-.. its dangeri are not now palpably imminent and apparent. They exist none the less certainly, and await the unfore ecu, unexpected cecnsi on when suddenly they will bo precipitated upon us On the 30th day of June, 188., ti e excess < f revenues over public expenditure g after com plying with the annul reqiiirununt of t io sinking Hind ait, was SI7,H <i,'<3 .31; during ti o year ended June 3J, JBB such excess amounted to ?■!.),405,515.■-(*, and during the year endo I Juno 3', 1887, it reached the sum of ;5 ,5,7,819.51. The annual contributions to the sinking fund dining the three yi sis üboxe spe itmil, amoun' ing in the ng regate to i138,i 8.1.1 .91, and ue ducted Iron the surplus ns stat d, w re m ule by calling in for that purpose out-,trading t r m )er cent, bonds of ths Govoinmt nt J uriug tn ' i six months pijtr to June 31.887, tho BVHrt.VH 11EVEX0E

had grown so large by repented a cumulatmmi, and it was feme I be withdrawal < f thia ere t sum of money needed by the people would ho affect the business of the country, tha th < sum of j7J,BM,It)o of such s irphis was applied t> the payment of the principal ml interest of the turee per cent, bonds a ill outstanding, and which wore tin payable at the option o ti o Government. The precar, oils condition of tiimminl m'uiis among tho people still need ng relief, imm diately after the 30th day of dune, is . , the remainder of the 3 nor cent. I omL then outstanding, amounting, with principal and i iterod, t > the sum of if 18,877,50a, were t ailed in i.nd applied to Uio sinking-fund coiilnbut on fir tie cuneiit Uncal year. Notwithstanding these operat'ons of the Treasury Department repreaem tat ous of distress in buaim s t circles not only cent mud but increased, ami .absolute pi r I seemed at hand. In these circumstances ihe contribution to the sinking-fund for the curr mt fiscal j ear was at once completed by the expenditure of 827,684,263.55 in the purchase of Government bonds not yet duo bearing I ~ per cent interest, the premium paid there m av. tadmf about 21 per cent, for the former and 8 per cent, f w th » u tter. In addition to this, die iutere. t oeir in : during the prose nt year upon the outs an in; bonded indebtedness of the Govormneut was Io some extent anticipated, un i banks se'eite I a i depo dtories of pu 1 c money woie perm tto I io somewhat increase their depodts. While* the ospediontn Ibus o nploved tore lense to the people the mono. l >mg i ll i in the treasury served to avoit immediate danger, our surplus revenues have continued to ncc-.imuhUe, the excess for the present year amount ug on the first day of December to 5~2 8,701. m, imd estimated to reach the sum of ?! I 1.00 -, .11 on tl.n HOthofJune next, nt which dat'itiso'p cud thntthis sum, added to prior a -cumulations, Will swell the surplus in t ie Treusur. t । 5 I , 000.000. There seems to bo no assurance that with Buch a withdrawal from u o of the । oople's circulating medium our business m iv iotinth < m ar future bo subjected to the same distress which was quite lately produced from tin same cause. And while the lunctions of our hint mini Treasury should be few nnd simp! , ind while its best condition would bo reached. I believe, by its entire disconn ution with private business interests, ye when, by a porvorsion of its purposes, it idly holds money ureh svly ■'ub r.icted from the channels of trade there seems to be reason for the claim that some it itimnte moans shdnhl be devised by the ■.'<vernment to restore in an emergency, with out waste or extravagan e, such money to its place among tho people. If such an emergency arises there now exists no clear and undoubted e e utivo pnwm OF BELIEF. Heretofore the redemption of ; per cent bonds, ,which were payable at tho option of the Government, has afforded a moans for the disbursement of the excess of unr roionnes; but those bonds have all been rotir. d, and there uro no bonds outstanding th- payment of which wo have the right to insist upon. The contribution to t e sinking fund wnieh furnishes the occasion for expenditure in tlio purchase of bonus has been already made for the current year, b i that there is no outlet in that direction. In the present state of legislation the only pretense of any existing executive power to restore nt this lime any part of our surplus to the people by its expenditure, consists in tho supposition that the He rotary of tho Treasury may enter the market nnd purchase tno bonds of tiie Government not yet <1 ,o nt a, rate of premium to ho agreed upon. The only provision of law from which such a power could bo derived is found in an appropriation bill passed a number of years ago; and it is subject to tho suspicion that it was intended as t-mporary, and limited in its application, iu stead of conferring a continuing discretion and authority. No condition ought to exist which would justify the grant of power to a sing e official, upon his judgment of its necessity, to withhold from or release to the busii.es i of the people, in an unusual manner, money held in the Treasury, and thus affect, at h s will, tho financial situation of tho country; and if it is deemed wise to lodge in tho Secretary of the Treasury tho authority in the present juncture to purchase bonds, it should bo plainly vested, und froilded, ns fur as possible, with such cheeks and limitation< as will define this official s right and discretion and at tho same time relieve him from undue responsibility. In considering the question of PURCHAHtNU BONUS as a means of restoring to circulation the surplus money accumulating in the Treasury, -t should bo borne in mind that premiums must, of coms -, bo paid ujion such purchase, that there may be a large part of these bonds hold as investments which cannot be purchased at any price, nnd that combinations among hold trs who are willing to sell may unronsonal ly enhance the cost of such bonds to tho Government. - It has been suggi ited that the present bonded debt might bo refunded atalees rate of interest, end tho difference between tho old nnd now s- entity paid in cash, thus finding use for tho surplus in the Treasury. Tho miccem of this plan, it is apparent, must depend upon the volition of the holders < f tho present bonds ; and if >» not entirely certain that tho indueemi nt Which must be offered them would result 'll

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more nnancinl bone t t > tho Goto n .lent than the purchase of I omls, while the latter । reposal would roilude tho i r n igal of the debt by actual payu ent, inst md of oxten ling it. i he proposition to dopes t tho money held by tho i overnmont in banks throughout the conn try for use by tho people, is, it seems to mo, EX< EEDINGI.Y OBIEI riONAOLH in principle as oHtabli-hing too c'oso relationship between Uis operati ms of tho Government T reasury and tlm business of tho country, and too extensive commingling of their money, thus fi storing an unmitural reliance in private business upon public lunds. li this scheme should be adopted it snouhl only be done as a temporary expedient t> moot an urgent necessity. I Legislative ami executive ellor. should genor- । ally bo in the opposite direction and should I have a tmd ncy to divorce, as much and as fast as can safely bo done, tho Treasury Department Hom private enterprise. Os course it i. not expected that inme:)essn.ry and extravagant api roprintions will be mudo for tho purpose of avoiding tl o accumulation of an excess of rovt nue. Such expenditure, be. Kiel s tho denim aliz it i m of all just conceptions of public duty which it entails, stimulatei a habit of reckless immoviden ’o ii >t in tho least consistent with the mis ion of our people or tho high mid beneficent pmpo ex of our Govern mont, I have deemed it my duty to thus bring to the knowledge of my oountrymmi, us we.l as to the । ttention of their iei resentatives charged with the reap msibility of le islativo relief, the <o XVITY OF OOH II ANCIAE Sill Ados. .Tlie f liluro of tho Congress heretofore to pro ' i iv against ttio dangers wiiieh it was qu to ev id t tho very nature i i tho diti.eul y must m'c ■; ur.lx produce, oiusod a io Union ot imnm ml distress uml apprehension sim o y< ur n it ■ d journment w hie h taxed to the utmost all the authority and exped cuts . ithin ■ xecutivv ci utrol, mid these appi ar non to bo exhausted. If disaster results from the oontin tied inaction of Congress, tho responsibi ity must rest where it belongs. I hough the situation thus far considered is Haught with danger which should bo fully re alt od, and though it preset.ts features of wrong to the people us w. 11 an peril to 1 he co,uirry, it i. but a ic-mlt growing out if u perfectly pmp.ible an I apparent c ms >, con stant.y produc ng the .same i larmiug co cum st (liens a congested N itional Ticasurx mid n depleted monetary condition in the busnn ss of the country. It need hardly bo stilted that, while the pro ent situation nemauds a remedy, we can only be saved Irom a like pr. dicameut in the future by th > rem >v il of the cause. Hi HEME . |- 1 AXATII N. <hir scheme of taxation, by means of which this needless surplus is tiken Irom the people and put mo the pul lie' t.oasmy consists oi a tariir or duty loiied upon imp. it itioua from abroad, and mtornul roionuota os levied upon the coiixuniptiou of L b .coo ana apirituoiiH and malt liquorH. It must be conceded Unit none of the things subiected to inti null reienim luxa tion are, strictly speaking, necessarms , thent appears to b > no just complaint oi Lus t ix .tio i i by tna consumers of those articles, and tl mu l seems to bo nothing so well able to boar tho bur.ten without hiird.sldp t,o nnj poitt n of tno people. Hut oir ir sent tarilf law the x iciom in , equitable mid illegal .onroeef unno, o ism > tax i ; at on ought to Im at once reiised and amend- I ed. Ih< h i laws, as their prinn r. and pam j } idled, laixe the pre o to cons mm i s if all art ebs mij <’it >d an I subject to duty by pr ci o \ ih I sum paid for such d iti s I hus Uu> nmo.mt of tee duty im .isi.r s the tux pm i o. taose whs 1 urehase lor use tlieaj imported j mt i Is, Many if these tdug i, how j ever, ive rais'd or miinufacturcd m ' our own country, ami the d ties now levied up- I on b reigu grains and products are cull I pro toction t> these hon e nuiliufaeturo ~ been se I they render it possible for those of our people I who are mauutacturoia to m ike these taxi d xr ticlea and sell them lorn price equal to t t demanded for the imi orted goods Unit lm\. • paid customs duty, bo it iiappens that while conpiiutix e>y a lew us to imports.i articles, millions < f om i eoplo, v h > noier use mid never saw any of the imported । i slush , puri'limm and use things of the same kind made in Urs eounti y, and pa there l r nearly or qu.te the tame enhin cid price which tho duty adds to the imi orted uiti les Tim e who bay imports pax ,1m dut. , ilnrgulth reonint, t o ptio i,. 1 rcnscr.i, b-.t t e grout uml, rity ■' on, , its cim, "h 1 b i do mo tic nriic.es oi the n mi ' class, pm a sum at least appro .limit dye |ii Ato tui.. duty toile i.omo mauulaeiur r. Tn a refer nice to the ope ation of our ta nt lav si, not mudo by w i x of re .tr . tmn : but in order that w may be co u st mtlv ri minded of the manner in w hii h Um . impose a burden U, on those who consume do m st.c irodilut. as well as Umm w ho e.insume imp; rind articles, and th is create a ta. i pun all our people. It is not proposed to entirely relieve the culm- j try of Ulis taxation. It must be e.tonsiiolj continued m> tie sour, o if th' Government's me mo ; and in n re:i Ijusimimtof oiirt .riii tho ii terests of Ame. i an labor ei gig d in mam fa turo al o ihl b • carefully c msidered, a i well n i the prcservatii n of our mmmfa. turus It mm bl . ailed Tin t u tmn, <rby mi other name, but re i f from toe hardshii s un I dangers oi . i piosent t .rill laws -<hou 11 b ■ a- vised w ith is eial precmitiou ngaii st imperiling the e . on o of our mmiufiuturing u t rods. But thi. existence anon .1 no mmi ft e n lition 1 wl:i h, without regard to tho । übu ho fine or a nutomil exigent!/ must nl ways insure the realization of inimenso j prorits instead of modoratul v profit ibl . returns. As tho volume an.l diversities of oir nutiomii activities increase new recruits ar. added to i those who desire a c. iitimin/ion of tho adumtages which th y conceive the present system if t.’irill taxation dirxctly atfoids them', ho nt ibbonilv h ive all elici ts to reform th i ] res ent condition been resism I by those ct o r fellow citizens ihus engaged tint they cim ; tun Inudl.. complain oi th" siispi. imi, intei tan e.l io ac< r-sin extent, Unit llmre exists an oil . AMJZin COM bin \ i lox along tlie line to ina ntain tl e r advantage We are m tile mid>tot ci nteunin! eelebratioiin and w itii be mm n ; pi d > we rajoieu in \meri i cun skill and ingenuity, in Ameriemi emugi I and uiterprisii, ami in tho wonderful n duiii! , advunl igo i and resources dovologed bx a .th ! tin s nuLi mil gn w th. >< t v hen an attempt is made tn justify n s. he no xvhicll perm t , a tax to bo laid up m every consumer in t le bind ' h r the benefit of our manufacturorri, quit > I o j y.md ii reaiomiblc demand f r gov< rimm.iml ! regard it sn ts Uio purpos s oi i d o itcy lo call ournianufiut rm. infant industries, still no*.l ing tho highes* and greatest d": reeof iavor and ' i sterin , e ire Unit can be wrung num I’edoral leg slution.

THE WOIIKINUMXN’I PO HTION. It is alno s.i .1 that tho inoreiiau in tho i-riro of domestic mumiinitures r'suiting from tho proHintt .il f is mu on-nr. i.i ordor Unit higher wages may be pal 1 to our workingmen employed in mamifiictoiios th in uro ; aid for wmit is calle-1 the pauper labor of I- mope. All will acknowledge the lo.co of an argument which involves me welfare and 1j eml compensation of our laboring people, Gur labor is houorablj in tbn ey. a of every American citizen, and ai it lies at tlie foundut.Ou of our development uni progreia, it is entitle I, without ntf.c tit on or hyl poerisy, t > the ut i.ost rogind. The standard of our liboier.i life r lion I I not be m. asurod by that of any other c amtry less favored, and they uro entitled iu their full share of all our nd vantages By tho last census it is made to appear thnt of the t7,392,0-.i',> of our populntion engaged in nil kinds of industries i,m.i,4.i;l uro omplo.ed m iigriaulture, 1,071,231 in pr.To M mnl nnd personal Her .ice i-’,911,876 of whim uro domestic servants and laborersi, while 1,810,253 uro employed in trad ) mid transportation, und 3,817,112 urn clashed a.s emploj o i in manufuctiiiing and mining. Eor present purposes, however, tho hist number given should b < cousidoruldy r due d Without attempting to onum-roAo all, it will bo conceded that there should bo deducted from those which it includes 37 >, 113 carpouturs and joiners, 285,1 2 milliners, dresimakers and seamstresses, 17-2,i'23 b auksmiths, 113,753 tnilu.s and tailor -ssos, 1>3,17 I musons, 76, '4l butchers, 41,303 biikors, -.2,084 plastorurs, and 4,8.11 engiig >d in mniiufiicturing agri cultural implements, amounting in tho aggregate to i,2ii,i2i, leav ng 2,i>2 -,oh.i persons employe I in such manufacturing industries us are claimed to be benefited by a. high lariff To those tho appeal is made to save th ir employin' nt and maintain their wares by resistin'; a chan ;o. Tharo should bo no dispoHitioii to answer such suggestions by tho allegation that they uro in a minor.ly among those who labor, and thereby should forego un advantage, in the ii.tsrest of low i rices for the majority; their compensation, as it may bo uffocteil by thu operation of tariff laws, si.o.ild ut ali times be sciupulouslv kept in view; and yet with slight reflection hoy will not overlook tl.o fact that they are consumor.s with the rest; and they, too, have their wants and those of their families to supply from their ea niugs, and that the price of the necessaries of life, ns well us tho amourtt of their wages, will roguluto tho measure of their welfare mid comfort But the reduct.on of taxation deimiu.lod should bo so measured as not to necessitate or justify either the Josh of employment by tho workingman nor tho lessening of Iriß wagos; and the profits still remaining to tho manufacturer after a, necossm y read justmont, should furnish no excuse for tho sacrifice of the interests of his omployi s either in their opportunity to work or in the diminution of their eonipoiiHiiticn. Nor can the worker in manufactures fail to understand thnt. while a high tariff is claimed to be necessary to al'ow tiio payment of remunerative wages, it certainly resuitH in a iery largo inoreaso in the price of nearly all sortn of manr.factiiroH, which, in almost countless forms, ho imydv for Ho uho of himself mid bls [miilly.

W YI.KEKTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, 1N 1)1 AN A. SATU I! HAY, DECEMBEK 10, 1887.

i Ho rec i ves nt, the desk of his employer his I wagos, mid p. rhtips before ho roaches his homo 1 is obliged, in a purchase for family use of an ' nriicle which embraces his own labor, to rei turn in tho payment of tho incrouso in price which tho tmnif permits, tho hard-earned compensation of numy days of toil. FALSE I'HII.O .Ol'llY FOK FABAIEBS. Tho farmer and the agriculturist who manu- ■ fa ilure nothing, but who pay the increased price which tho tariff imp isos, upon e\erj’ ugrii cultural implement upon all ho wears un i [ upon all he uses, and owns, except the increase ’ oi his hocks an I herds and such things as his husbandry produce from tho soil, is invito I । to aid in maintaining the present situation, and he is tol I tha’ a high duty on imp rted wool is ’ necessary for the benoiit of those who l ave sheep to shear, n order that the price of tho.r ' I wool may be increased. They, ol course, aro not leminded that the larim r who has no snoop is by tms scheme old god in ids pur ei.a .os of c'.oUiing mid woolen goods to ' pay a tribute to lis follow farmer as । Moil us io the inmmfiu turnr and mor I ohuut; nor is uny mention made of tho 1 fuel Unit the rheep uw ners themsilies tin I ■ : tiinir households must wear clothing and us v other articles manufactured from the wool they i soli nt, tariil prices, mid thus us connmmrs must return their share of lids incmased price t > tlie tradosmmi. I think it may bo fairly assume I that a largo proportion of the sheep own- dbi the farmers I broil';hout the country uro Ln n I in small l ocks nimilH rm ; Irom twenty nvo io Idt-v The duty on the guile of nop irmd wo.d AVliii h these sheep jnd I is 10 m uts each | er । pound if of tlie vuliw ot . i> in nts oi loss, und i ~ cents il nl Um vuiuo of move th mu I cent I. It ; the hound o.timute ol s . p undu be allowed h r l in n lleovo tno duty then on would bi t u or <2 < imls, and this muy Le ♦ ikou us the mmo ,t | ouhimcomoiit of its price Li tho t irmer by reason of this duty. Eighteen dollars would Ui.;, ropresimt the mer.u o I j rice of tho j wool tiom twentv lhe sheep, mid i> that | Iron the wool of tiliy > Beep, and at i present values this addition woidn nuurnnt t > slii.it om -teird ot its pr o•. 11, upon its sale, the farmer ri coives t .tn or a lean turilt profit, the woomo.ivos ids hands charged with proc.holy that sum, whi h, in all its changes, will mlm ro to it until it it aches the consumer \V hen mannfacturi d into cloth am! other goods and material tor uso, it vo-ti-notoniv hicrea--o I to Uw extent of the im nu r a tm ill j rolil, but i a further num hu> boon u Idi d tor t; o bem'lit of । the mmiulavtiner under the <q oration ol other ! tariil laws. In tho meantime, the day nr- | lives wt en tha Imim r finds ii necei sary to pureiuiso wi’Olon goods and material to i lot ho liiinse.l nit I fmnily for tho wmte. \\ him he a e.s the i radon • :m I >r the t purp' oho d mon - . or. thin ho ii obln.ed u. t muy tn return in tho | way of Inc maxed priees, his tariil irit.toutlm , wool he s d.l, mid w liieh then peril ips lit s bolom him m mannlnetu. od form. Imi that lie mu t add ii eonsider.Uilo sum thereto to meet a imUi' r inciem o m co. I caused by a tin I l duty on the u unuliicturo. Ihus in the end he is aro.inod to the fu.t Unit ho lias paid upon u mod.uuto pmeliasu, an II result of Um tirm , scheme w nil h, wiien ho soul his wool seeiim l so piotltiiblu mi increase in price more than | ami eieiit to ..weop nwn v all th" tm HI p out ho । received upon the wool ho ] ridm i d mid sold. 1 I ' 111.1.1 X I I I S . I, Il I O'. \\ Inn the number of fa rim i i emite din woolI miriin. is. .mi nn d with nil the farmer, in the country, mid tho amtlll mopoitmn thuv boar t > ■ our |uq ulat 01l I > ' oiiHidorod ; whei it is niH'le j hi | niont th it, m the . uh. ot a !u go put of thorio who i-w n hoop, the bein' t"I tl. pre ent I la jit on wool is illns ix ; mid, ah no all, w him I it must be c nce.io I that tho im ioa ooi the eont of living i huh d by mien tiuill b' e mies ft I I u.dim upon those v iih model ate memii, mid the poor, the emploxi'd and um nipioi 01, tin < sick and w 11, and the w. ui, m.d o d. and that :it const t'ltus a tax wlili-u i. .tn is I ntlo m . q>. is fimt m. A iiiou thi- oli'tlnm: of mm num, : woman mi I eml lin the Im I reus ,s mo nil : i go ited way th.> lomovnl or mlti ti.m of this duty sh nid be m Lub'd a mvi not our I tardi law i. In ripual.im: of the diemm, d cost to the coll . aim r ot onr home mmiutnetiim-, ii belting i om a dut i lai I up m mm nted mti lon of tho । name des 'i iption, tlm la t i • not i'u ;.>,>1.e.1 that eomput timi among our ib im nm pr i im’ei - sometin os Ln t..e est. t t . 1 . n p.n ।U, |,. « , I ihmr pi olm t below t e1 i; lio t limit n low id i'l nib'll dut V 1' , I t '. I.L r. .i I .- i 11 i.I •ml i pel it mn Ih t m mteu i-‘ imi To. I bye i >A. net imm i ctllli'd trusts, which h ivo f ■! tlie.r o :o t the i roguhiti. n ot the mipmi an I m i. u of । omnmdi ' ties miub* mid oi l b men.' i in of ti e vom himitmn. 1 h pi '. io cun I,mdl. lug of. । any ' cmai.li'mtimi in the o.'er it on of the < -elimh I s.'hemes. It, ho vovo , in th ■ iil'eO ic.i of mi hemn im i I tion, n lien tliv und fr a eomp tit on rod loos the pr.co ol mi y |in t e i htr dnl.nble uti m of homo ) r win tion in imv tho limit wim h il j might otherw i,o much in. lor mic 1 uuf hiw ■ : and if, with such reduvol price, it- mrniutne i tno ci ii'in n ,to ihn . i'. it i । i.t ,i tI \ o\lAmit i that one tl.in: Lus b' ■ n Ai.s.mi e.el wlm h 1 .diould be can tally si rut ni. e.l in mi oltoiitc re.luce taxation. i ’I ho n 'Ci s-itv if e. niliinut o: to maintain thn Iree ot . n vonn.lenity '■ ■ tne t r.tt p Ant li r--111sin’s pio >1 that ■ one in> in will igto a. oept low er p ices im buc.i c.mim 'd i , mi I that such I rices aro remunerative, ind Inall p,n es pio I j dueidbl uo ino’Himi prove th <.n thing. I 1 h is, w hum etn rof 1 h o i o iditiou - exist a I lease won .1 t omi t. b pr s nti d f । ;.n u >sv re ' I Am U 'ii of t ivatioii I The ciiuaiderntio •wm. h bate been । rem nt i I 0.l toucl inii our tariil' law n me intended onli to ' i mjforc' mi onrnem ie • milm n hiti. n that tho I I surplus revenue ot th.'Government he prevent- | ed by the ni in i 11 n or ot u । i stows i> rii I mid, at tho anme linn', to emphnsi, ea sugi . s I ti in Unit in m complishim; tin . purpeiio we aim i | dun lim o a doi|. I . duty to onr people bi grant ' nig to them aHu i,sure of । "in i irom tm'itt Lixn i ' tii n in quarters whore r is mo-t ne.' led. mi I ' from Hoiirci", w h r • il . übe m'd faiil, a" I I | lusUy ui coulcl. Nor ian the pri i'ntiition ma lo of s ich eon- 1 ;> i. I^^i t oils lie, wth un v deg r.o ot fail lies ■ re i ga^B i us o\idencos m i nfi imidlim ■ , toward | mir mu mil .n tm in ; int. ire a.s or o .m\ I. k of i i appr c at mi m t nor mine and imi ortaneo, I '1 ii i,o into o.sis con t Into nle nlin,; uml niont i ri H ; tmi'inl eh mont ol our national gr utnass. mi I f r qsb. Um p.o i i proof of o’, r co miry ~ ' I io ross. But if, in the < in r.' ncy that premie.i 1 up n ns, our mrniafm tir -r. are asked to ' sui ueiidm' H ml. thing lor tha pul'd' good ! and to avert m . istor Ui i pi.tr 'ti-m, u . well as a grutoful in '.'i-nA si m advantages iilmady | iiltorded, libonfd lend th mi to witliu : < o-oi er ition N > dem uni H made thnt th y h ill tore k o .Al the benefits oi giieniimip 1 mgm.l but they iun not i in) to 1" ml monished of their duty. | as well us Ue ir enli li en • I so f iiitemst m.d safety, when they re r mm led o Ihef mt 111 i ’ I fin mi. i.i I p. nie a id co I lapse t i w hi. 11 tho | i Orient eond.tb n h nds, a lord no gr utter shelter or protection to our mmiutm'tiiH s th in toour other imp Ttmit enl.'i prim h. i pportimity for Hiife, emeiui and deliberate reh rm is now oll'ered, und none of us nhouhl be unmindful of a time when a . a I aim .ash iiutiTATl li people,

liuedloMs ul those who liuio resisted timely und u n omiblo relief, mm insist uj on n rudienl mid sweeping rectification of their wtongs. 'file dillieuliy attending a wise uno fair re vision of our taritf laws is not lindenstiimitod. It will require on too pint of our Congress great labor and care nnd mpoi'inlly broad and nitmmil contemplation of tho subject und u putriotic disiogar.l oi sn h looul an.l selii li iniiims as are um oiisomible and reekli sh of tint welfare ot Hie o itiro c niuti y. I nder oar present Je.ws more than four thousand articles uro subject to duty. Many of these do not in uny way compose with our own maiiufiicturos, mill many are liardlv worth attention us subjects oi reieiine, A consider.iblo reduction can bo made in tho aggregate by adding them to ih > free list. Tjio uixation of luxuries । resouts no featuro of hardship, but tho me'ssnrios of lire used und c niHiinio.l b\ ail tbo i eoplo, tho duty upon which adds to the cost of living in a very homo, Should bo greatl y cheap: nod. 5 ii.. rudienl reduction o’ tho dntinH imposed on ru v maieriul used in miimifnatures, or iti free importation, is of i onrte mi inqiortmit fa - tor in miy effort to reduce the pricegif those hoc; nsmi -ii; it would not only reliom them from the increased cost camo I by the tariif on such material, but the mmiuriio-urnd pmduot, be ng thus choajienod, that । art of tlie tniin now laid 'upon such products us a compmsiitioii to our mnnnfnctnrers tor tho pres nt price of raw material could bo iiccordingly mollified. Such reduction, or free importTtio.i, would serve beside to largely reduce tho rovoni.o, It is not apparent how such u chnngo can have uny injurious etfeot upon our mmiiifnc-.i.mrs. On the contrary, it would iippeur to give them il hotter chauco in foreign mmkets with the inmnifuotumrs of other countries who cheapen their wares by free material. Thus unr people might have ilie opportunity of extending tlmir sales beyond the limits of homo consumption saving them from the depression, int rrnp ion in buHiness, mid loss cmise I by a glutted dome tie market, anil affording their employes more certain and steady labor, with its resulting quiet and eont' ntmont. i li i question thus imperatively presented for solution s imild I o approached in a spirit higher than ) nrtismiship, mid considered in tlie light of that regard for I'ATIIIUTU' HI TV. which should chain, torizo tlie action ol tno o intrusted with the weal of n confiding people. Hut the obligat ion to declare party pulley and 1 rinciplo is not w anting t > urge prompt mid effective action. Both of the g^ >it political parties how rei resented in tho Government lune, bv ropeato l mid mjthoi itatlvo declm-ationii, eon denmed the condition of our laws which permit tlm collection from tho peopki of nnimcosmu v >mrmm>, ii.mi hove, in fim most Hohmm imm

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i hot, promised its correction; and neither us , eiti n m nor ns partisans me our t’ounti’ymen in a mood t । condone tlie deliberate violation of these pledgee. Our progress toward it w ise conclusion will not bo improved by dwelling upon the theories of protection and free trade. This savors too much of bandying epithets. It is a, condition which confronts uh, not a theory Belief from this condition may involve a slight reduction of tho adx ant ages which wo n ward our home productions ; but tlie entire withdraw nl of sin h advantages should not bo contemplated. Tho question ot free trndo is absolutely irrolavaut; and tho peraistimt claim made m certain quarters, that all efforts to relievo the people from unjust mid unnecessary taxation are schemes of so-called . free-traders, is mischievous and fur removed i from any consideration for tho public good. The simple und plain duty which wo owe the । people is to reduce taxation to the necessary : expenses of an I'conomica! administration of the Government, mid to restore to the businesa oi tho country the money which wo hold in the Treasury through the perversion of govern- ; mental powers, These things can and should be done with safety to all our ind istrios, without danger to tho opportunity f. r remunerative । labor which our workmen mu d, and with bonotit to them and all o r people, by elioupouing I their moans of subsistence and increasing tho ; measure of their comforts. 1 THE I’Aldl',’ WAS Am.-IMPOUTANT. Till' t'onstitiition provides that the President "ahull from time to time give io the i'oligress | informuiion of tho state of tho I mon It has been tha cu tom of tlie Kxeoutive, u oompliunoe w'th th h p.ot ision, to iHinuullv oxhioit to the < "mfre.ts, nt. tlieb'pening of its so-sions, tho 1 geuo. id c ndit on ol tho eountrv, mid to detail, wilh romo piirticulurily, the operations of th> differoiit executive dep laments. it . would bo especally agreeable to follow this i ourrio at the prohent time, and to rail attention to tho valuablii ucc unplish- , ments of these departments during tho last ! fiscal year lutlam so much impressed with the pm amount impoi tam e ot tho subji et to which this communicatiou has thus far been Anti d that I shall forego tho addition of any ■ other ti p . amt only urge upon your immediate [ consideration tho "state of tne Union" us show n in the present comlitiou of onr Treusnry ami jour gin nil fibctl situation, up >n which e\ery el 'imm. of our Hafoty mid prosperitv depends. I lie reports ot tlie 1 ends of departments, which w II bo s tbmittu.l, contain full and explicit iuformati.'ii touehim; the transaction of the busines, intrusted to them, and such ■ r 'eimimondati mH r lilting to Im mbitum in tha public interest ns they doom advisable. 1 ask ■ h r these reports uml re. ommembitions the deli hi rate ex mn nation a id act inn of the log is latite bimich ot the Goiorument. I hen- me other ul.ie. t not eml me lin tho depmtmenttil leports tiemimdiug hgislntivo o'lisi b rut on, an I w hieii I should bo glad t i Hiibmit. Som ■ of them however, have been oainestly presented in previous meHnigoH, mid us Ui them I beg leave to repeat pnot rteom. mondnt ions. As the law makes no provision for any rep nt from the I>opm tmont of stute a bi i f hi-t ly of the ti an-m t o. n ot that importmit depultm nt, togetln r w ith other mutters v. hieh it may j hi i tniit i be deemed i i teutiultO lommamlto , the nttenti m < f Cougi, s-, may furnish the occasion for a future comniutueatioii. ti-mv , It t i.|A i I ANU, । W a Itixi, i. n. He umbel n, 1- A. lluiii'h <>l I uhor in Ktissia, \n iimpeetjiiM i'ohiih itL o of fuotorioi exists in liu.HMin, mill tins coinuiittoe hii.s Inti ly published, hiivh Iron, a report whit Ii e >nt tins Hume iutereht.ng data cone, ruing tho hours of labor in that country, taken from the inspection during tho pa-t year of 2,21 I munufacturing establisbuienta, rtipresonting iliU'eront branel.t hoi industry, l rom the information thus collected, it appcan tnat a great dillerenco exists hotvvccii the working hours ut the v.htouh eahildishments u the iargi majority »»l them men ami women w, k jnal time. Ihe number of dail.' working hours varies lio n six to twe .tv in the various branehe .of production, uml, in one or two apeeml cases, unint rruptod tod is prosecuted lor the twenty-four hours by rohiys. 11 is romarkiilde that these prod diViTgcneies in tho number of x\' rking hours occur m the same brum <cs ot industry, within tho same inspector's district, uml among estubihlnnent i whoso ptodueo rea i.a s the s.mm market price. A dillerence oectirs of from one to eleven liouis in mannfaetories of the same nature, the piobnl'le eauso of this is the extent of tho works and the greater or less local . d"mand for the artieh s produced, The ! longer hours are, however, to be found I m those ost d>ii'hments of primitive construction, and belonging to proprii ctors who me either ignorant of, or profess to bo ignoru..t of, modern technical development Night work is pursued in 2li establishments, or 20 per 1 cent, of the total number, but principally in the governments of Moscow and \la lindr. llm majority of tho establishments open at b a. m. and close not later than 9 p. m. These i ep- , resent ‘JUii, or i l.t> per cent of the total number inspected, so that the law oi Juno 1, Ib.nj, lor the protection I of children, and living their maximum number of hours of day labor nt from b a. m. to 9 p. in,, and of night labor at from 9 p. m. to 9a. rn., does not atl'oct thorn, nnv more than the law of June 3, '.Sbb, by which female night labor .a prohibited in certain industiies, notabl tho textile industry. A large proportion of establishments (some 719) co iimeneo work only at (> a. m., or oven later, ami in some eases ns late as Lu a. m., and tho hours of closing vary from 1 p. m. to 9 p. m.

( l ime in Irclaml. 'l lii' statistics for crime in Ireland for the year 1880 show that the total number of criminal offenses was 223,202, or 108.5 per 19,000 of the estimated population, as compared with 231, >l’, or I >9.7 per 10,000 ol the population in ISK , showing a decrease of S, 111 in number, and a decrease of 13.2 in the rate per 10,000 persons. Offenses not disposed of summarily constituted the mere serious groups of crimes, and wore somewhat more numerous than in any of the three years immediately preceding, but show a decrease of 3,291 as compared with the year 1882. and the absolute number I 7,315) of these offenses and their ratio to the estimated population 115.0 per 10,00. I were below the corresponding averages for the three years ending with 1881, The dist ribution of criminal offensesis as follows: Leinster, 90,91 I, or 910.8 per 10,000 population; Munster, 51,387, or iii'.il; (Uster, 51,257, or 311,3; and Connaught, 23,0 U, or 287.0. The total coaHif the repression of crime for the year was 1'2,039,02\ being a decrease of £27,787 as compared with 1885, Os this sum Cl,s3Hili was for police, £55,473 for ; prosecutions, and the remainder for * prisons, etc, —- Notes of Ireland. i r is said that tire table upon which (lenorals Grant and Lee signed the Hamons paper at Appomattox Courthouse, which virtually terminated the rebellion, is now owned by a Mr. Gunther, of Chicago, who paid SI,OOO for it. The original owner was the widow of Major General Ord. An autograph letter from General Grant is said to establish its identity. It has been estimated that a pair of wrens destroy at least 000 insects a day. They have been observed to leave their nests and return with insmdH from forty to sixty times mi hour.

VILAS' ANNUAL REPORT. Work of the Postofiice Department Reviewed by the Postmaster General. Tho Deficiency Arising from the Reduction of Letter Postage Steadily Growing Less. Postmaster General Vilas, in his annual report of tho operations of hie department, expresses tho Imlief that tho time is not fur distant when the postage upon letters cun be lowered to 1 cunt nn ounee, with ti further possibility of a diminution of the existing rates upon niei'cbaudiso and other matter. Tlie taxation for tho miiintenanoo of tho postal set vice by tno imposition of postage is regarded as the justosi form of assessment Low rates coneo.lod to nowapapors and per odioals aro amply so Hied by the return in moroused intelligence to the peoj'le. Tho profit arising from tirstciass mattei makes good the losses sustained in th • lower clnssos. On June 30 there wi re 1,801 third class postofiiees in the country. Os presidential omoes there were 2,381,1110 highest number in the hisiory of tlm department. Tho l ompunsution of presidential postmasters for tlie year was >3 810.3 ic, or an average of over 7 per cent upon the previous year. I bero were > ',v2l fourthclass olhcos on July 1, an increase for the year if I."I". The iuerense was made up by thoestablishnient of 3,0 i l new othves and the discontinuance ot 1,50.1. The new ottlocs established were 139 less than tlie previous year. On July 1 the total number oi p sti'tlices of all chtssos was ,'.>,157, besides v inch there were 013 branch oiiices or Htutions. Tho total number of appointments amounted to 13,079, of which 0,863 were to fill vac melt a by expiration of commissions or by resignations, ■?, cu were t > fill vaoaueies by removal or siiHpeiision, .ih' by death, aeA 3,u13 to establi-h new otlices There were 115 fourth-class oltices ruTsed to the presidential class, I ho free delivery scry ice was, duriug the Inst fiscal year exti'intcA to eight mlilitiomil cities which hud reached the limits then required by law ot W I,IXIO gross receipts or Ai.oin population, and Mere thus within tin' dis retionary consideration of the dot ailment, Their additjon left the total nmnb i of places within tho privileges of this ay stem to bo is > at the end of the year The average cost per currier fell still below that of lust year, from -sa i. 15 to NiT i ~ or rs llk to eu' h, rII per cent T his was duo to the larger proportion of min e i in towns w htoh have but two m a l e cf curriers, mid to tho consideruble number of curriers in tho lowest grade by new appointinuHU llm money ord. i i iviee continue I to increuso m volume duriug tlm past year, tho amount in tlm ag. legato of d imeetie orders iH:.m it rea dim.; •I i I, in ,i> xi.h >, and of mtermitmmil oiler •>. 11, . j ,| , .! per centum of iueieano over the preceding year in domestic orders. mid ." । e .cm m foreign, llm ng ie ate f |s>ntul notes issued was i 1,788,8 I', nil incriimm of but J i',811.79, IL. up. cnA .. eli\< i y ci ice doos not appt ar L' lune command! d m i. h turnoaso of patronnge dm in,: tho veur. I he re. enno of tlm past year enjoyed Ui chief ioer. an Lor the -lAe of slumps and an pod paper, in whien tho gum -1,2.3,8'7, ' mor.' than It) per cent. There «nt a guilt of lieui lv 15 pm cunt in ti e ale of lieu paper and |oi lodicnl ntamps iivor I pel'cent, la tter than the geii 'ial lute of increase. T lie i xpeudtt .res show nil appiHOUtl) rising pi rH’ntivgo o' ’ l. which, liltlm igli but ono-lnvlf tlm average est Im nix veins end' <1 June 3 >, Is ", xv Inch XV a.n I ■ p r• ■ ut , yi t""ee In the ratio f ilici iiiein 1- . tvlsb'l ctm bi.tper cent. iHE SON 0! HIS FA I HEK. Clnrlft Dickons, Jr., In’erviewed by a Pittsburg Reporter, Ujttslmig speeinl < I arles H hoiiH, ,L. aim int rviewed Imre, mid tulko I freely on liternturu mid literary men lieleiiing to Haggard mi l .'toy vnson, im nil d tin Ir em'imis WHH due to til 'tm't tl nt tlm P' qle HUI" til' I of th.' small b. . .t. le of ni i. :s f llm H.molls uml James si Im ■!. He ml.I. d ; I .-uy th s .th nil rusp. ct t the gentlemen name I, ■ .t it man obvious truth The read ii i l l'll, nn grown weary of tliut sat ot « rb, ■ ii I they seize upon the oiigmnlity of H . i;d mill bteiuu .u with inuliti. Mi. Mo ebson I. s, i f I'ourso, much ot Hnf.m in h s Molding Mr. Ilin: urd has also u pre.lecenaor w ' S-A* * s ‘ ; r- y ; >1 ly ;

'Ka oolub,’ which was written years ago mid ma er made nmi h of a, stir, Ims wn much of a fumilv resemblance to rhe’ and th« present romantic echool. T hese gimtlemi n have lieen fortunate in their opportunities. They have Int upon the tide which leads to fortune " I .i the editors of English pm iodioats have many offers of matter from American story and cssity writers?" be was asked. ■ >o far as I 1 now, Amorioan writers do not endeavor to write tin the English market, 'i’hey find tin ii best market ut Imme. In fact, 1 may say that 'what, v cmln do iidmirablv for the American public would hardly suit English rea lei s, tilthmigh to u very consid n able extent Euglisii writers please AmerieiniH " "Is there much demand f< r poetry outside of current pubii utions in maga-hnas?" "Very little. Voliunas of versa iw almost without sale. T here is, however, much good w ork in the periodicals work which is much above tlie average of half n century Ugo and for this there is grant domnnd. " Ha thought the greatest weakness of the writers of to day was Im k of originality. They work for money instead of fame, and lienee are careless in mmmer and matter, Homo of the greatest w riters of all dopr.rtments ot literature were Amerieana. Newspaper literature in the ITiited States, Im said, was very fine considering the haste with which everything bad to be j rejiured. ('GNSifii hAiihE excitement was caused at the New York Metal Exchange by an unfavorable report from tho Calumet aud Hecla, copper mines. The copper transactions on the oxcl ange for tlm last two days amounted to between o,(10(1,000 and 0,000,000 pounds. l’n ('. commission appointed by Congress to procure a site for a new poßtofhoe at San Francisco report that, the $150,000 appropriation for the purpose is insufficient, owing to the high value of real estate in the city, and recommend (hat it be increased to $850,000. THE flint-glass mannfaeturers in session at Pittsburgh adopted a new scale of wages, which will be presented io the workmen on .bin 3. The employes Hay they will not sign unless their association is recognized. The law cannot make a man moral, blit can make him dreadfully uncomfortablo when ho is immoral. To the receptive soul the rivor of life pau.seih not, nor is diminished.— (leorge Mint, Donkeys have powerful reaolieg^yifh Ihotr rpiH'H.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Notes on the Lesson for December 11—“ Parable of the Tares.” Ll'roin the Chicago Standard. By llev. J. M. Coon. | Tlie lesson may be found in tho thirteenth ch apter of Matthew, from tho twenty-fourth to the forty-third verses. Time, A. 1). 2ti I'laoe, boa of Galilee, near Oapurnauni, SPECIAL MENTIOIL hires. —The tare abounds all over tho East, and is a great nuiHmioe to the farmer. It resembloH the American cheat, but tlm head does not droop like tlm cheat, nor doos it branch out like outs. Tho grain, also, in eiiuillor, and is arranged along tho upper part ot tlm htalk, which stands puiTectly erect It is a strong soporific poison, ami must bo carefully winnowed, and picked out of the wheat, grain by gram, before grinding, or tlm Hour is not healthy. Os course the farmers are very anxious to ex^armmate it, but this is nearly impossible. (W. M. Thomson.) The Huis ami wheat both belong to the. special group of wlmiitliku grasses. T heir structure, mod.', and conditions of growth aro almost tlm same; ami it ih only when the. fruit is formed tint tho impostor is defected by its smaller and darker ear. lUe darnel, or tare, IH tlm only rpecies of grass that is posses Hod of deleterious properties. If its Heeds are mixed with wheat, tlm bread thus produced causes nausea, giddiness, paralysis, and, m eAtremo cases, eve-.; death. (Maomtllim.) 11/kuZ umf Tarrs Ti'</<t/nr.--is\\ reasons why m tlm kingdom of grace wicked men should bo inseparably miuglod with godly: (1) Because UypocntcH e.m never bo severed but by him that can search the heart; (2) becaus ' ii mi n should make tlm separations weak ( hristians would be counted nm Christians, and those who have a grain of grace under a load of imperfections would be emmtod reprobates; (3) because (loti's vessels of lienor for nil eternity, not as yet appearing, but wallowing in sin, would bo made castaways; (I) because (L d, by the mixture of the wicked with tlm godly, will try tho watehfulness and patience of his servants; (5) becauso thereby ho will bestow many favors mi the wicked, to cleat' his justice and render them tlm more inexcusable; lastly, because tlm mixture of the wiekeA, grieving the godly, will make them the more heartily pray for the iat -’f judgment. (A. Fuller.) !'><<■ I'/ii, and th< False.- A Western i'armer pointed out to a friend from the East a grove of trees. Ho asked him what they wore. 'TTm.-itnutH,” was the c.mtldent reply. "Como atid se>,” tlie fanner said The ground was str. wn with acorns. Groitly surprised, tlm traveler looked tip. The leaves, surely, were chestnut leaves, but th.' boughs hung full of acorns. It was tlm chestnut-oak of the Wont. Not tlm leaf but the fruit decided uh spiaquH. Wo often detect tho chestnutoaks. What only begu s tn appear hero is mao.' clear t > all beings at the harvest, or tho judgment. Then is made a careful and final hi pat Jtmu bi iwceii the true and the false, (Aliecdotns on Bible Texts.) t /•' hl li the llm’/</.--Because the phi iso "kingdom . I lioavnu” is used we might ritippoHo that tins parable treats of the church, aim is designed to toivch that none slmuld be exoludod irom tlm church. But we are exmi -a y told that the held is tlm world (V. UN). It m on tho earth- but not necessarily in the i lmieh that the wheat and the tares are to be a'i iwo l to grow together. If it bo asked how it emild be said that lite kingdom of Imavuii could be lik no,! to this, wo reply that tl,.' kmgdom of heaven has various elements a l.mg, subjects, laws, lerritory, etc. Now •Ins kingdom muy >«> treated of with apeoial .. I ~mm to Ah t. rritor,. whu ll in tho whole e irtli (U , 8), and to iIH king, how he will I . .tl v, nh thoHo wlrn are rebellious in this terlitor . There is no reference to church diseiphno in tlm parable. T rue, the principle la te laid down, as a principle of coinmoii • nnv, may wisely apply to some cases of . Imr.'li discipline; but it has no such applicat ion here.

MASONS nJ THIS PAUABI.E. I hie painble explains Hi - entire structure in tho system of probation under the Christian dispensation, or perhaps through all Pun \s the former parable dtiHcribes tho planting of the .1 Hpeiisatten, ho thia dosertbes its struggle with evil m the world until tho judgment day. It is nut ho much a parable id the chin ch uh of tho world and the church und. । the Mi sinh; for tho field is tho world. Wmlo m-obatmu ia-ts wicfcedneHs is pernut- ■ i Ito develop itm If. There in to be no or- . nic di Htruction of wicked men lyGod or aibpde; there milHt be. mi persecuting them lo destruction by the Hm vantH of God; they must I- allowed to live aud work their destiny; nor will thov bo forcibly changed or irreHmiibly i g> m i nted in tlmir nahirt. [Whedon.] Thu pat able of the fares accounts for fife existcmo of’ < vd in this world, and declares that it is not from God; at the mine time it assures us of <b»d • perfect ..modm'HH, aud of His de Hile .mil Uchimi (short of compulsion) that the whole world should bo saved; fm, as our I ord ib iaiiH, ‘'the fluid is the world.” T hat is, tn Ilin will and design, tho church is coi xmn-ivo with the world The parable asHitnn uh also of the eontnniaiiue of the eaiiieh visible unto the end, of the future, lull, mid final victory of good over evil, ami of th<> nV. r.anting re ward of virtue apd the eternal puni.shmont of sin. (0, Wordsvvor h.) < hir Savior toacheH her. : let, That hypon'lteH and ueeeiva I por.sonH must be expected in Ihe chinch. 2d, Thal this lathe work of the enemy of man. They are not the work of f hriHtiniiity, any mure than tra ters are of p itfiotiHm, or counterfeiters are of the proper eii.'e:. of legislating about money. They bolong io the world; ami hypocrisy is only one form of sin. Tim Clinatian religion never m idi a hyi”u-iite; nor i.s tliuin a liypoeiite on tlm face oi the earth vvlio.se principles ami practice it does nut condemn, fid, That all hope of removing tbpm entirely would l o in va n. 4lh, That an attempt to remove them altogeiln r vvonkl injure real Chris' unity by eausing excitements, diHOord and bard feeling ■ ev.-n among Christians. fith. That ho w-iil himself separata them at the proper time. There is no doubt that it is the duty of tho i-hurch to attempt to keep itself purej and to .. ut off gross ami manifest offender- 1 . (1 Cor. b; 1, .\) Ho r.jfers to those who may b.v huhpeetet] el hypocrisy, but against whom it cannot be proved; to tho.-o who so successfully imitate Cliristians as to make it difficult or impossible to distinguish them. (Barnes.) By tho parable of tho wheat and the tares, ho tea-lies that Ins kingdom would not bo oslabli. ned by uprooting the wicked from the earth; and Hint good and bad would continue to grow together on the earth, that his kingdom did noi depend on I\ re • to maintain it; that luh disciples must expeat to live in tlw canto world w.tli (lie wicko I, ami endure a l Ilie evils of a warfare growing out of their preK-nce ami their poisoimn-i iiMtltteiio. 1 . I’hey mu I ipd persecute them b manse they were nut Chi istiauH, nor seek io fnrv.ard bis king dum amu ig men by acts of violence, (l et-c tic Commontary.)' Do yon belong to the tares or the wheat? Are you a good seed sown by the Son of man, or uno of those seeds which are south red broadcast by the evil one? Yuu are either one tn-die oTicr, If you are not a Christian, pi rhnps you say that you cannot see much diff, i o ''c - between yourself and thu.se wlm are. T bat thought is one that has illuHirntiuii in this p'traiilo. There is not much difference li tween tho lares and the wheat outwardly. I hero is enough differ.mco between those who lire children of (l d and those who are not, h iwt-vor, to cause him to gather all those who an-, so that they i .ay bn with hijn where ho is elormilly. Ture or wheat; worthless or real worth; whh-h? (Ilnziud,) Hubjni-t of lesson for ]>econtbor IS, “Other r-vrib|oi.” Mint. 11: m ii liT. The Hindoo Vedas, or Laws of Menu, addressed to a cidli/od people, were edited by Kullnoa, aboutßßo 11, C. Evif man has an aptitndo born w th him to do easily some feat impossible to any other, /.'/person. Bei.ii a e mo, there is no earthly happiness equal to the um easing pursuit of knowledge. Augustin Thierry. Neveu Ilse lye to clean tin; it will soon spoil it; make it clean with pogp and water and mb with whiting.

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REPORTS TO CONGRESS. Commissioner Colman’s Account of the Work in the Agricultural Department. Tlie ( onipti'oller of tho Currency Recommends a Revision of the Banking Laws. AGRICVI.TUKE. Hr. f olnian's Iteport—Vrogressof the Work ol Lxtei'iuiiialini; Plouro-Pneumo ilia. the animal report of the Commissioner of Agi ienitmo Hays that tho Governors of thirtyone Stat is and Territories have accepted the rnh B mid regulations of tha Buroau of Animal Indus try in regard to pleuro pneumonia, and pr. mitjad the nssistuuco of local police olliasi a to secure their enforcement. In additieu the 1 .egislatures ot l.’fiode Island, Virginia, Na.v York und Illinois have enacted laws providing for co-operation. The worst-infected counties, tlm report says, ami those from which there wits most danger of the spread of the disease — viz., those m tlm neighborhood of New York, Chicago ami Baltimore have been place l in quarantiiiu ami no cattle allowed to leave them witiiout a permit issued after a speciul examination. By tliis means new outbreaks have been almost entirely prevented. From the beginning of the work for tlie eradication of this disease, in August, 1886, to Oct. 31, 1887, the iiispeetors of the bureau hu\a inspected 1',337 herds, continuing 117.180 animals, in d'stricts where the plague was supposed to exist Among these there were found ins infect ud herds, containing 10,766 animals, of w hich 2,23.7 wore affected with pleuro pneumonia. T hese figures do not include . ,873 head of cattle in the distillery stables of Chi ago, nearly halt of which were diseased. The number of uuimuls fouutt affected by this disease and the immber ot infected herds were much greater than had been anticipated, und the work for its control has subsequently required a eorrospondiugly larger force ami greater expenditure of money. The progress made, however, has lean v ery satisfactory, and the appropriation has bi en found sufficient to meed the d"miinds mud? upon it. Tho Commissioner expresses regret at the umiv. Liable loss inflicted in the farmers of Illiimis by llu> cattle quarantine, and adds: "There has not been a time in years when this malady has been confined to such restricted mviis as nt present, and, consequently, the conditions are very favorable for its complete eradicutien. If the Htate uutLorities contiuud their co-operation ns nt pr. sent, which there is every reason to expect, and ii un appropriation is uumo by Congress equal to that of the present fiscal year, and with authority f. r its similar use, it is believed that tins dangerous plague can be exterminated by the end of the next fiscal year." The Commissioner says it is yet too early to make an official statement of the results in detail of tlie present year's experiments in the development of s'lrghum-sugar manufacture, blit Unit enough is known already to enable this country to anticipate an early success of the enterprise. Tho experiments in silk-reeli ig have not yet reached tlie p int of paying their own expenses, but that was hardly to be hoped for with a plant so limited. Another year's experience, it is expected, will show what can be done under favorable oonditions. The commissioner recommemls that the public printer bo authorised to furnish to the agricultural press of the country, at the mere cost of labor end material, electrotypes of such illustrations of the depnrtmei t as the editors muy desire, und that the duties of tlie seed division be transferred to State and Territorial expoiinient stations. The commissioner disapproves of the efforts to make his department un e e utiv• department witn p, cabinet minister at its head. H > says that the building of rotervoirs among the Kooky Mountains tor the storage < f un immense volume of water now wasted should command the early attention of Congress,

THE NATIONAL BANKS. Annual Keport to Cong^cbs of the Compti oiler of the Currency. The imnual report of tho Comptroller i f the Currency shows that the total number of national banka organized up to Oct. 31 was .',BU>, of which 625 have gone into voluntary liquidation, 111 hnvo failed, leaving in operutiou at that date 3,0i1. The total number of new banks formed during the last year was 22>; total number closed during the year, 31, of which 25 went into voluntary liquidation and 8 failed. The gross increase in national bank capital di.riug the year amounted to yr, Hill,77. , of \\ hi. h t l,i ' ,001 represents an increiise ot capit.l by bunks existing Nov. 1, Hh6. There was, however, a decrease of capital of Hi,32-., 15 , of w nieh >1,087,45'5 wus the aggregate capital of the thirty three bunks which went into voluntary liquidation and failed, and the remuhider । epresents a decrease of capital by banks still in operation. The net increase of capital tor the your ia therefore r3i\s.-2,325. On the other hand, there is a net decrease of ?s', 1.15,5.10 in tho circulation represented by bonds. The decrease resulting from tho surrender of circulation by banks still in operation is t ■ 7,7T0, 175, mid the d -creuse caused by banka goings into voluntary liquidation and failing is -I,’. oi', mnkinga gross decrease of §5'.1.041,83 I, onset by a total increase of 88,^49,265, which consists of im increase by the formation of new I links of r 1,592,0 n i and an incruase of ciieulut i. m bj previously existing bunks to the amount of ..3,'.1,,, 175. In the cases of four of the five banks which - failed the creditors have received principul and interest in full, aud in case of the fi th tho total of dividends amounts to 81 per cent. Tin total amount of money paid in dividends dining the lust year is >2,llHi.Citi; whole amount paid to creditors of insolvent banks since tha ay stem has bean in operation is 82 >,434,9 s', upon proved claims amounting to 846,93i,388; total assessments on stockholders, 89,915,250, of which gross collections have amounted to 84,' 82, 561. The Comptroller submits a codification of the bankin : laws. Ifo recommends that the minimum amount of bonds to he deposited by a bank as security for circulation shall be 10 per cent of the capital of banks not over i 2 0,000, and-D,030 for banks of which th' cupiiul ex ceeds-250 iMO; also that the semi-annual duty on circulation be hereafter charged only on the amount issued upon bonds deposited in excess of the minimum amount as above; also that the national-bank notes be counted as apart of the lawful reserve of banks. The existing laws as to flip responsibility of officers of banks are modified by this code so as to avoid existing obstacles to their prompt enforcement. The restriction on banks as to making loans in excess of ten per cent, of capital to any one party is modified in respect to loans upon collateral security, and five total limit is raised to twenty per cent, of capital and surplus. The provisions as to reserve upon doposits are modified so as not to include Government deposits, and the provision as to State taxation of national banks is also modified, LET I S HAVE TEA! E. A r<<m« koi' ety that Wants a llimdrcd Millions of Dollars, The Pennsylvania Peace Society, nays a I’hilailelphiu dispatch, has jmit celebrated its twenty-first anniversary. Resolutions were adopted requesting Congress to enact a law appropriating $100,000,000 for the purpose of organizing ar I maintaining, in lucidities where they are needed, industrial manual Gaining schools and kinderi nrten schools free, to both sexes; requesting tho President to recommend to Congress such an appropriation in lieu of the largo appropriations already suggested for tho support and increase of the army and navy; deprecating the publication of reports of pugilistic encounters; favoring the exercise of suffrage v itliout regard to sex, and tho prohibition of the liquor traffic, A committee was appointed to look after Congressional legislation on the establishment of an arbitration council. ( Inileniiiity Selections Approved. Acting Commissioner Ktockslagor has completed the adjustment of the ('hicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway land grants, and bus submitted to the Secretary for his approval, as a basis for patent, three lists of indemnity lands, embracing in tho aggregate 2H2,iH>7 acres, that being the amount still due the company under the Secretary's decision. The Secretary apjiroved the selections submitted. Never contract a friendHhqi with a man who is not Mtev t h i yourself.