The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-15

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| be freight both ways, whereby th
South would be relieved of the ne
i cessity of paying for empty ships {,
come aud carry off their produce. Il
hasten this day, each State should au
| thorize the General Agent OF Immi
grafton to correspond With the various
1 companies which have railways lead
ing from the ports Of the South, as
certaiuing- the facilities which theJ
will offer TO such lines of steamers
that the same may be stated in tabu
lar form In his report. He should
also state the encouragement which
each State may be prepared to afford
/ to the Immigrant who settles within
her borders. 81. Fs
I The report Of the agent should be
/ distributed among the immiRTatine
/ 4classes, especially in the United
! tkingdom, France, Belgium, Holland
/ fSBifzerland. Italy and Sweden. Great
Britain Is the chief for this missionary
work. The agent should have large
discretionary powers IN his expendi-
lures for this work, and should assess
.eacd Sta tie for her quota. The com
mittee does not design to interfere
with any plans adopted by individual
States besides State Organizations.
There IS a great deal of Inachirery
iying idle In the South which could
be employed to promote a ,healthiul
system of immigration This consists
public ASSOCIATIONS for the. encourage
meRtof immigration. The plan of
the committee is designed to bring
together and consolidate these parties
aud put them into effective operation.
In reference to oriental labor the COM
mittee said the importation of China
men and ether Asiatic labor does not
require the means suggested in the
report. That could be accomplished
BY the separate States and private or
ganizations. The future may develop
the necessity of using the means in
Asia, noWc suggested in this report; ;
therefore sA pa5S5.cr0 .ss.afF ee-s /,
RESOLVED, 1. That the Convention concur
in The. foregoing report - zLt.@...r-
2. That the great learning and deServ-
edIy nigh reputation at home and abroad
of GomIncdore Matthew T.. MauFy, emit
nentfy fit him for the discharge OF the du-l
ties bereinbefoFe Designated and that. this
Convention recommend him TO the ssg.
eraI States for the part of General Agent
OF Immigration. aae
mend the foregoing report 10 the various
States herein represented, and especially
those OF the south and Southwest, TOR
adoption by theiI respective Legislatures.
4IThatthe President OF this Convention
forward to the Governor, the President OF
the senate, and the SpeHker OF the House
or each Of the said States 8 COPY of th1s
report and resolutions for such action as
may to them seem ad sisable. Ls-a 10. 81
The COMMITTED on, Immigration
also made another report in reference
to the Oriental, New York, and medi-
terranean Steamship Company, which,
S o far as immigration was concerned,
was laid on the table. asEF
Tie Committee on Banking and
Finance made the following report,
action on which was postponed until
Friday:
The conclusio Of your Committee on
tiLlance and Banking are as follows:
j, The wealth OF q country consists In
the net value of its productions, and ali
financial meas Sures must be determined IN
the light of this fact. ----
2. Currency is not q product OF a country
at d is not property, but only a medium 10
facilitate the exchange of property Hne
currency values OF property and an ire.
deeIBable currency regulate themseiV yes by
each other, SO that, except temporarily,
be san1O Oun g. OF 1fredeemable currency in
c1rculati On Ia no manner regulates The
RaSe or tine money market or influences
ID he raAe1Of interest. tY "a Eee ~~rrray
IS. An lrredeenable currency retards pro-
dlet1on by the fact that 1t measures the
value of propertylso unsteadily as to de-
sbroy confidence. 1t prostrates industry,
unsettles society and should therefore be,
and cSn- be banished from the nations
exchange; therefore,
ERes0lged, i. That Congress be requested
at once to enact free banking law. with
Efficient and certain measures for the
pr npt redemption of currency, with q
pfoYisO that the currency Is to be issued
OILY as fast as the Legal Tender notes are
pod mn
IA entS are resumed.
2. Direct the Secretary oflthe Treasury
that come 1ntp his possession as fast as
the net meauS of the Government will
How, In case the National Bank currency
is applied for faster than 10 Can be fur
nished under the conditions here stated
preference. to be given first to the south,
al d second to the Vest, untn the whole
currency in Circulation be equalized upon
the basis of population. 80 =
3. To direct the Secretary of the Treasury
ne cessities OF theiGovernment, and leave
the people to manage their money markets
and business in their own way.
ISlgaed -. ], NJ. RICHARDS, Chairman.
The. .1Gommittee on Mississippi
Levees submitted their report, action
upon which, after a spirited contro-
veTsy, was postponed until Friday
morning. The essential points in the the
report are as follows: The import
anee of devising practicable plan for
the lands from inundation.
A system of levees was in operation
before the war, which afforded toler-
efable protection.s These have passed
away. The soil remains as fertile as 4
before, and.eapable of almostindefuite |
with capacity to yield
ahnuatly more of the precious metals
than all OF the mines Of the country
together. How shall this region be
deyei0ped2 How shall these Ievees
be Feb1iGt2 Private enterprise alone
viii attafn these results. These lands |
shoplldda5a5e rpclafn1ed by the aid of
j jDhnbg stock complnles organized on
theg5f,eitPdipl rs chat govern rail ?
road gc6mp4pies. Lei each pound |
ofap0ts onnor other produce raised |
under the protectiou Of the. leYee i
besaltaxed with every acre Of
avafA Bile land, aud the 1Company be !
to collect this tax. When
builssit shUuldnbs policed, protected |
and maintained with Telegraph, 1
section masters, tug boats, &e. In |
short, it should be thoroughly pro
tectedain seasan Of high water, thus
the land would 6yield remunerative |
dividends to the stockholders. The |
Committee would recommend the |
favorable attention of Congress to |
such cUmpanies if organized, and |
Wouldehurge thai they be aided |
by the Goyernment, but they |
donet believe the work can be done
exclusively by the Federal or State |
G Governments. The committee refers
to the success of the Pacific Railroad |
aud believes that the next importaa at |
work fer Congress to do is to aid in
the alluviai lands of the