The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-05
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
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The poHEy viii be maintained withontapy change, I
Excepting such as further experience may show to |
be necessary to render il more eficisnt.
The subject Of converting the so-caEed Indian
Territory south Of Kansas into Il home for the In
disns and erecting. thereon a territorial form Of
Government. is oneof great importance as a COM
PIGMENT of the existing Indian policy. The ques-
tor Of removal to the territory has W thin the /
pas yea been presented 10 many Of the tribes
a resident upon other and less desirable portions of
thu public domain, and has generally been receiv
ed by them With favor. As a preliminary step 10
the organization of such terrltory,it will be nee
essary TO confne the Indians now resident therein
to iarms OF proper size, which should be secured
TO them in full the residue to be used for the set
IL. men of other friendly Indians Efforts will be
mtde N the inmodia' 0 future 30 induce the remov
al of ~ many peacably disposed Indians only to
the Indian Territory as can ba settled properly
Wi boat disturbing the harmony Of those already
there. There is no other location now available
where apeople who are endeavoring to acquire a
knowledge Of pastoral and agricultural pursuits
can be as well accommodated "a upon the anoc7s
cuppd lands in the Indian Territory. territorial
government should, however, protect the Indians
from he inroad OF whites for term Of years until
they have bec0me sufficiently advanced in the arts
and civilization to guard their own rights and the
disposal Of lands held by them for the same period
PUBLIC LANDS. AZ @
During the last fscal year there disposed
ofths publlc lands 18of9T5 acres ,aqnantiy great
er by ,O99 go acres than was disposed Of during
theprevious year OF this amount $40 820 acres were
sold for cash. s89,460 located with military
warrrnts4 67l ,s32 acres taken for homesteads
693613 acres locates with college scrip, S554,8S7
acres granted to railroads, 465 347 acres granted
to wagonroads 71i,255 acres given TO states az
swamp-land. and 5,760 acres located by Indian
scrip. rhe cash receipts from all sources in the
land-ofice amounted 10 S391S10O. During the
same period 22016,608 Of the public laads
were Surveyed which, added 20 the quantity be-
fore surveyed amounts TO 6S3 364 $50 es, leaving
1851 62S acres OF public lands still unsurv+yed
The reports from the suborditates OF the land-of-
fee contain interesting information in regard to
their respective districts. They uniformly men
ton the fruitFuness of the soul during the past
seasons and the Increased yield Of all kinds of pro-
duca. Even in those states and territories where
mining il the principal busn ess, the agricultural
products have exceeded the local demand, and lib
eral shipments have been made TO distant points.
So PATENTS
During the year ending September Goth, 1874
there Were issued from the Patent Office 18 $40 PIT
ems, 23S extensions, and $50 certifca es aud reg
lister of trade marks During the same time 49,
5s7 applications for patents including reissues and
designs, have been received. and $500 caveats
filed; and the fees received during the same period
amounted 10 500 $50 Sc and the total expenditures
to $623,553,90, making the net receipts over the
pendinres SIT 4O0,5o. Since 1886, 100000 applica
tons for patents have been filed, and about 1874 900
patents issued The office is being conducted IN
der the laws and general organization as
were adopted at the original Inauguration, when
only from 100 to $40 applications were made per
snnum. The Commissioner shows thst tn office
has outgrown the original plan, and that new
organization has become necessary. This subject
was presented to Congress in apecial communica-
ton in February last with my approval and the
approval of he Secretary of the INTERIOR and the
suggestions contained In said Communication
were embraced in a bill that was reported to the
House by the COMMITTEES Patents at the last ses-
ion. The subjects Of the reorganization of the
Patentoffce, as contemplated by the bill referred
to, is OF such importance to the industrial interests
of the country, that commend 1t t. the attention
of Congress. - -@
The Commissioner slSo treats the subject OF the
separation Of the patent Office from the Depart
EAent OF the Interior. This subject is also EN-
Draced in the bill heretofore referred IT, The COM
missioner complains OF the want OF room for mod
del gallery. an9 for the working force and neces
Bary files IF the office II is impossible transact
the business of the Office properly without more
room IN which TO arrange the files and drawings
t1at must bel conSulted hourly In the transaction
OF me business The whole Patent-ofice building
will soon be needed If it is not already for the ac-
Commodat1on OF the Patentofnce.
PENSIONS. ...f II
The amount paid for pensions in the last fiscal
year is $50 $40, an amoua larger by 3d. 70S 43S
taan was paid during the preceding year or this
amount s. 3l3 400 were paid unds The act Of Con
gresss Of February 18th. 1871 to survivors or the
war OF 1912. The ann lal increase OF pensions by
the legislation OF Congress has more than Kept
pace with the natural yearly losses from the rolls
The act Of Congress OF June Sth 1872 has added an
estimated amount of $3.50 900 per annum to tho
rolls without increasing the number OF pensioners.
We cannot, therefore, look for any substantial de-
crease in the expenditures OF this department fol-
some time 10 come or SO long as Congress contin-I
ues TO change the dates Of pensions The whos
number OF soldiers enlisted in the war OF the re-
Oslion was ,523 The fetal number OF claims !
Tor invalid pensions is 176,500, being but six per
cent OF the whole number of enlisted men, The
total number of claims on hand at the beginning |
OF the year was 81 500; tie number received du-
ring the year 1854; the number disposed of, 80
IIS; making net gain of /, 1854. The number of
claims now on ME is 1905 On the both ofJune 1872
mere were on the rolls the names OF 9545 invalid
military pensioners, 1888 widows, orphans and
dependent re atives making a total OF 208 923 army
pensioners. At the same time there were on the
ids I b % lay navy pensioners, and LEO
tue whole number Of naval pensioners
3,l79. There have been received since the passage
or the act 10 provide pensions for the survivors Of
the var Of 1873 36 55 applications prior TO June
30, 1872. or these there were allowed during tn
last nscsl year 2O,l26 claims, 484s rejected
that date. The number Of pensions of all classes
granted during the last fiscal year was 81, s8s
During that period there dropped from the rolls for
various causes 9l4 names, leaving grand total of
232, 229 pensions on the rolls the Both OF June
1871 1t is thought that the claims for pensions Q
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