The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-02-01
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The second annual report Of Hon. D. A.
Wat, liz stsctld pmha Snesst ths Rsysnns.
contains facts and makes some recommendations
which will be found worthy Of note. Mr.. Wells
strongly urges q reduction in the expenditures
for the army and navy and in other departments
Of the public service. and recommends that no
money b. appropriated for the further purchase
Of foreign tssrisoty.8 He seys: kHl
with the substantial adoption on the part Of
Congress Of an economical policy ~ above indi.
satsd, the ordinary expenses of the government
might il is believed. BE- iInmsl stsly reduced to
oae hundred aud forty millions per anrum
vhish amount would even then bs Al excess of
ever 100 per osat ON the ordinary expenditures
Of the 2ssal year Of 1851. With saving of
from fifty 70 sixty million. per snnum thus Of
fseted. reductions Of tsxatioa 10 an sxtent suf-
Aeisnt to afford an i'm mediate reliet and stimulus
- the industrial interests of the country, be-
Gomez vt once practicable; and this even ON the
assumption thgt no increase Of the, Internal hey
snus il likely to accrue from ,sny impsoysnsht
in the method Of assessing and collecting taxes
or from the progress Of the country In wealth
and population Thus, for example. reduction
in the annual expenditures OF the W ar Depart
ak1nt from $SSS 4io}5. as'in 1871 ~ sixty mil
N0uS OF OOll1tS WUUiu uito" ASuuceso" Va ovcs
90 per cent ON all the taxes now levied on manu-.
featured products, exclusive Of liquors tobacco,
and q few other articles generally classed under
the head Of luxuries, and stall leave to the credit
Of this department for its increased Necessities,
growing out Of . change in the circumstances OF
the country, = sum 260 per cont in advance of
what was required in 1861. In like manner
reductions M the expsndi turss of ,ths Navy De-
partment from thirty-ons millions, the require
Il 2a.s cot linn.
would supplement all the present revenue de-
rived from the following articles, and sllpw the
taxes on The same to be sI,tirsy, dispensed with:
All fabriss and man ufsctures Of cotton all man.
ufAsturos Of WOOL including enrpetr and hosiery:
or all man ufuctures of iron and steel. including
machinery, steam engines, kc.; together with
hsts, leather. and al manufAc.urss Of leather iu-
eluding loot. a.s shoes. aaddlefy. harnsssand
trunks; with paper Of all Kinds. Orr to putt
case differently il = reduction could be effected,
Of thirty millions in the expenditures Of the
War Department OF fifteen millions in those OF
the Navy Department. 81 fifteen millions in
those Of the Civil Service, with dscou tin uance
Of Aay further appropriations fer VIII. may be
esllsd sxtrsordisssy expenditures, it would per-
NIT the removal. substantially. Of nearly all Of
what 40 smdstyasea - bsindustrisl t.sxss. and
sldoAbst Inc amount dsrvsd dSfinx thelast
A.esl year from the lax upon raw cotton.
In regard to the industrial condition. Of the
country the Cominiss.oner rolnsrks that "inini-
grafton Continues to Aow with uninterrupted
volume, ct the rate Of over 800, 900 per annuIn !;
making positive yearly addition - the wealth
and producing capacity Of the country Of not
lees than one hundred and fifty millions of dol
en-: "A continuSd incrs11e in lie inyeqDfoGsof
machinery, and the perfeeting Of processes for
improving aud chsapsniug products; as i, more
especially pads sviisnt by the returns Of the
Patent Oaics-ths whole number Of patents is
sued for the eleven months ending Dec. s. 1867,
being l0907, as compared with 8. 100 issued dur
ing the corresponding period Of 1865. $3.50 for
the Sntirs ysaf 1885, sand A6y7 for tie year 1864.
This very remarkable increase must not. how
eype, b accepted insits fullest apparent extent,
q iIlussras;vs 81 ssbssantial proSrss& tis 20,
.sadosbtsdly, in great part: bat, on the other
sAssd, the reel yalns sf many patented improve
<Aasats. - addition to the substantial wealth oi
the country. may well be doubted: An increase
in the capital invested and in the number and
capacity Of establishments for manufacturing
purpose In. order u ostsin some csrt.in infor-
Aaaon "a thissabjsetst bS Qcuiai.sioner n st.the
commencement Of the last calendar year. insti-
tutsd psa,Yrss for collecting ssd rscsrdipg such
data rslAaM q svsry dspartnent Sf Industrial
progress rs were available. The results thus obs
tAinsd wopld require 4 volume for their pubica-
ton and, although somewhat imperfect and
miscellaneous in their character. they establish,
psvefthelsss bsydna doubt and in . most curl.
Gus and interesting manner. the fact that great
AID substantial progress in manufacturing in
dvstry has been achieved in nearly every section
VI the country.
"In thsAmsA ufscturs II csttos, che amount Of
machinery at present in the country, and which
tsdbs6Saally eng nd In .fha Hsfk Of prod nc,
ton. 10 from IS to 20 per cent more than existed
ct the bsginniug sf7ths WAR, xhile the export
trade in coarse cottons, formerly before the warl
larys, bat altsEwsfd almost .entirsly lost. is nov
recovering with gratifying rapidity. In the de
partnsAt Of wooden industry, notwithstanding
the recent unusual depression .! this interest
stAs srsctien et,nsw nill4 vhass continued, with
the products. '''si& FNasA
"1n the department Of iron industry, ths
nunbsEst hlast i1nscss for che v aRpfueAwe O
pig iron, in operation during the past year, has
hsen in sxsst4 of thtt Of any fQrpers psrod, whil
q unusually large Number OK new furnaces an
How in process of construction. 90 ~ v~'
WS" DUfihy t6ss s4ms period the rolling nillss o
the country wersgsssrHly u eontinnou. oper.
ton; new estsbiijhments' Of this character, Ant
new and extensive swsrks for the wsnutacturo O
Bessemer steel have als0 been er0cted; WHALE {
marked increase in the American product Of or
binary steel is reported.
Tho Oommimieasrvyould also, in. this con
asction, sail ! IA iSA3 tatKs fAetthat notwith
standing the almost continued reported depres
sion Of the iron interest in the United States the
average Siuual inetsasS ips the domestic prsduc,
of pig iron IL remarkably uniform, and greatly
IN excess VI the ratio Of the increase Vt populs
sskSh No Anihal ratio Of inetSAes Of pig Iron
from 1850 to 1864. having hssa IN Sxeses efAigh!
por csntum. while that Of population from 1851
to !seSy",s about VI Pss DsAt,;s9r. :ssssd di d!