New-York tribune., 1866-05-01
More nbeut the sturdy Beggars.

Correspondence Of The y. !. Tribune
WASHINGTON, Arrl 9s lsC6.
The appearance of my letter in TIE TRIBUNE Of Jar-
nary 80, protesting against the g-pock and seedIoan
abuse which has crept under the wings Of Government,
created some little commoion among the sturdy beegarsi
and It's publication in The Hartford Coerdat, TIE Ihna
d,iphiG Nerth AH.r'cGa, IHe NssoTri De@Gc19f, Iae
4tckisoR Frte Pres, Tie Coiorado Ncvs and The San
FroscscO Flag, carried coDsternaton into the mnks oi
thc enemy.
The abuses flourish however, and viii continue so todo
long Congress continues TO APPROPRIATE money ior
the purposes of purchasing seeds printing books or mai
ing clothing even, for free distribution among The thou
sands ready 10 take whatever they can get at Others cost
Several ambitious patriots have expressed desire iof
liberal APPROPRIATION for the purpose OF eectng huSc
Government newspaper establishment the productions of
which to be dstribued under frank of members free to
rtoepcr might desire newspaper without the lhe'l-
venicIcc If pay ing for H.
Another desires a liberal appropriation TO buy mp the
stock Of all the Telegraph Companies IN the country
Thus il is, while our really patriotic Secretary OF .he
Treasury working night and day trying 10 reduce Tie
expenses Of The Government and BRING us back 10 lece
paynents We have hundreds Of projects for depicting the
Treasury and rendering al the Secretary efforts futile.
You have often commented upon the enormous aInoint
of money expended in Government printing hundreGs y
thousands q! dollars than necessity requires NOW
while am in favor Of udicious ext tenditure oI money IN
public printing entirely opposed 10 the publication o
expensive book for serminate distribution as az present.
carried FoI instance the Report of The Censusof lsuO
is published four volumes, the last volume being no"
nearly ready for the binder These volumes cost 81 ana
informed hv the officer IN charge az the Interior nopaf-
ment about :i2 each and circulated free by the ics
OF thousands. hare hes, 4l2 r0iuncs fer sale al
paper rog soros 10 Hs city 0fscfCn ccH per- DopEd t,or
Nfy had ban frots He pr,ss month! may almost -ay
that they went direct om the Government press back 70
the papcr-m. Millions OF dollars Of the people money
sthus absolu,ely thrown away.
Another instance is the scodsmaus division ol the De
paTimcnt o lulture, the original intention # which
TO distribute few samples of choice sceds 81 mfc
production to different paris of the country to Introduce
and foster The cultivation Of Productions but which
has grown into erroneous abuse, mere machine of
the free distribution f tuns aud of miscellaneous
seeds purchased with the peoples money every dee
ton. have received ~ packages of th'se seeds which
forward to yOu samples, by oxress the mails b'iag
too much ucumbred by iukod matter io render II cci-
tain yon will get them by that c0nycyHncc.
Though mmense amounts have alroady iocu distnbu-
ted see that The Department has fes moro leii."
morning paper states ihai;
"On MsdIesd6y, ah. O'Clock. The hfsiiuoI - TIE arr-
cultural seedloom si between S1il and s,yonb gave
way letting dow about three of iced 20 The tas,ment
NJ. Mcdonald. cf the employee uent down Win fh'
foOf and received slight bruises The sesd beng ~
Gags, the damage only 10 the bulldisr.
An additional appropriation viii doubtless he needed to
procure sior-holse sufficiently strong 20 hold he nns
Of seed Sufficient 10 supply aeonstaniy increasing Dc
mand.
am vel aware that our present Congress j. imme'u
late bui il must bear the sole responsibility q. fhese
abuses. So long tha body appropriate the p'ors
money for useless expenditure long viii The money be
oxpenqoG And in ,hs connection would II not be Wei
20 lenird that body OF wsc that the people pa
tpily waiting FIR a GIT reduction " the YAK, and
slight of por. duties certain productions OF
foreign labor, foreign food and capal' D.Dc.