National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-05

received eNtuencoa IRON n majority OF the /
missionary societies having part In this work
that those suggestions are received In the most
cordial Christian spirit, aud will be acted upon
wherever II may be found TO be necessary.
The duty Of the nation toward the original
occupants Of the soil, who have become the .
wards Of the nation by the fortunes Of con-
quest and territorial acquisition, seem to me |
! plainly marked out. The Executive II en- |
deaVOring In good faith, and In what IL deemed /
| the most proper and efficient manner, to full. |
all the nations duty toward helpless aud |
! benlghted race. He has sought to combine !
influences which may effect their physical aud |
moral elevation and Improvement. Ths mis- |
siOnary authorities have an entire race placed |
under their control, to treat with in accord |
ance with the teachings of our higher Christ |
| ian civilization. Their work Il Immense, and |
wlhlc results may not be encouraging within |
a veNy short time, they must lose faith In the
power of our aggressive civilization II they |
refuse to accept the truth or fOregO their |
efforts In this direction until complete success
Ia attained.
Even though the success we hope to attain |
may be but partial, yet the very efforts the
Government Is making In so righteous cause
must rebound to the substantial good as well
as to the honor and glory Of the country by
attracting public attention to so commendable
work, and educating the people Into n
higher conception Of the duties Of the nation.
PUBLIC LANDS.
During the last fiscal year publiC lands were
disposed Of as follows Cash sales, $50, $40 10
acres located with military warrants 3S9, 400
acres taken for homesteads, 4, B1l, 382 l4acreai
located with college scrip, 6SBlS.Si acres;
grants for railroads, B. So, SS1 SO acres; grants
to wagOn-roads, 465, 3I7.2l acres; approved to
States as swamp, ia, 255.l0 acres; Indian
scrip locations, 8, 100 acres; total, II, o64Wob4
Rcres-a quantity greater by ,Og9 80. - acres
than was disposed Of the previous year. The
cash receipts, under various heads, amounted
to S3,2lS, 100. During the same period there
were surveyed % 00B 608 acres, which, added
to the quantity already surveyed, amounts to
$50 S6t, 80 acres leaving unsnryeyed an area
of $50 Us, 02O acres.
PATENTS.
Needed reforms have been made In the con
dition Of the Patent Office during the past
year, the most noticeable and important OF
which IL the abolition Of the old form OF Pat
, ent Office Reports, aud the substitution there
for of the Official Gazette of the Patent Onice.
, Defective Us the old reports were, and pub
, lished from two TO three years after the date
of the Issue Of the patents reported In thom,
their discontinuance seemed to greatly alarm
the inventors and manufacturers OF the coun-
try, and the demand for their restoration, or
an adequate substitute, was so great us to
/ require prompt action In that direction. Dur
, ing the last session Of Congress authority was
: given for the publication Of the Patent Otlcc
Onlcial Gazette, comprising the Commits
sioner's decisions, the decisions Of the Su-
n
I cases. all changes In the rules of practice of
: the office, notice Of all applications for extern
, sion Of patents, brief Of tho specifications,
= and tho full claims OF oil the patents Issued,
together with such Illustrations, taken from
' the drawings Of the patents, rs would give to
: the public clear idea Of what IL patented. 1t
' will thus be seen that these publications en-
n brace very much more than was contained In
q the old Patent Office Reports; and instead OF
being two or three yeers behind date, Us the
a.. Ia la NkWna
r days Of the delivery of the lettcrs-patent.
!. This work seems to meet the demand, and Is
A received with universal favor.
. The number of applications for patents, in
q GLIDING reissues and designs, during the year
= ended September 80, 1871, was 1857 the
o number Of applications for extension OF
l. patents, 2S4 the number Of applications for
g the registering Of trade marks was $50. Dur
n ing the same time there were Issued 1898
' patents, 1888 extensions, $50 certificates OF
i registry of trademarks, and 3, 100 caveats
have been filed. This shows a small increase
d over the number of the preceding year. The
9 fees received during the same period, from all
snurcea, amounted to 500, 954.S6, and the
n total expenditure to S623, $3.50, making the
!, receipts In excess Of the expenditures to the
v amount Of 81, 4OO.00.
= II will Of once no perceived that tho nd
4 dltiOn Of about twenty thousand applications
: for patents every year must greatly Increase
Il the work of the office. Over DO,OOO appli-
! cations for patents have been filed since 1896,
!. and about 1888, 900 patents have been granted.
The drawings models, and files accompany
,r ing these applications must DO so classified
and arranged us to facilitate access to them,
n otherwise there would he constant dangeroOf
n duplicating patents upon the same invention,
=, and each years accumulation adds largely to
" this danger. The office Is now being admin
n istered under substantially the same law and
IA the same general organization adopted at it
II Inauguration, when only from one hundred to
II Ave hundred applications were made per
n annum.
n The office has outgrown the plan Of Organi-
. cation that was sufficient for II then, and q
N new organization has become absolutely
necessary to sdcure to inventors and to the
. country the benefits Of our patent system.
y invite attention to the communication for
y warded to Congress suggesting a roorgani'
cation Of the Patent Office.
y The commissioner urges the importance OF
separation Of the Patent Office from the
y Department Of the Interior. This matter Is
= embraced In the bill now pending before Con
!, gress for a reorganization Of the bureau.
II Another subject to which attention IL
y earnestly invited Is the necessity for more
- room for the work of the Patent Office. A
~ plan has been devised by which II Is thought
the mOdel-gHllcry will be sufficient, In all
u time to come, TO store such models II may be
~ desirable TO retain In the Office, but for the
~ working force and the necessary llles of the
III sibe to transact the business Of the oGicdawith
~ safety to the inventors or the manufacturing
= interests of the country, excepting with more
" room In which to arrange the files and draw
" ings that must DO consulted hourly In the
=, transaction Of Office business.
" The work Of the office has been conducted
~ " the most satisfactory manner during the
lo entire term of the present commissioner and
IL / most checrfully attest his efficiency and ca
pacity for Its manifold and delicate dutics.
H. PENSIONS.
q There are now on tho penslOn-rOlls the
tn names Of 5TS widows Of soldiers who served
in the revolutionary war, decrease Of 81
10 since the last annual report. The names O
d, 1,l57 widows and children OF soldiers whC
llT served In the wars subsequent TO the reyOlu
ne ton, and prior to the late rebellion, excepiin!
C. the war OF 1912, are borne on the rolls, bein,
n, 81 less than the preceding year.
nd During the last fiscal year there were OK
FIR amined and allowed 6,3l7 original appllCa
'st tons for invalid pensions Of soldiers, at al
cy annual aggregate rate Of S42i, 6265O, ant
n 5,ll8 applications for increased pension o
NJ invalid soldiers, at an aggregate yearly rat
res Of S26l, 1850. During the same period Z, l2
original pensions to widows, orphans aud de
ell pendent relatives Of soldiers were allowed, u
Ot an aggregate annual rate of $3.50, IDS, and -
cd applications Of the same class, for Increase q
ey pension were admitted, at total annual rat
lie Of els, $685.. The number Of claims, Origi
" nal aud Increase, admitted during the yea
lal was Is, S43, and the annual amount Of pen
81 siOns thus granted was 81, $50, 433,85. On III
ch Both day Of June, 1872, there were on III
p- rolls the names Of 05 405 invalid military pen
re sioners, whose pensions annually amounted +
m $S,6ll, S54.9l, and Of ll3, 5lS widows, orphan
Is and dependent relatives of soldiers, who's
q yearly pensions amounted to Sl4,b3O, 77S.8s
he making an aggregate Of 20S Ge3 army pen
ny soners Of total annual rate of &23 li2 6S3 81
The whole amount paid during the last hscl
hs' year to invalid military pensioners was SlO
m l45, 1850, aud to widows, orphans and dt
Of pendent -TelRtives S17,2GB, 1862, making
In grand total Of S27, al, 30l.5l which include
IRE the expenses Of disbursement
an During the same year there were examines
mt and allowed l5lOrglna applications for invali
ed Navy pensions, at an aggregate annual rate O
er, 5l4, b52; 6S applications OF the same class ia
n increase Of PENSION at a total yearly rate {
Ice S3,9l5; l24 new applications Of widows, 81
lb- phanS, and dependent relatives Of those VIII
err died In the Navy, at an aggregate yearly rat
ts, Of SlS 494; and pensions Of the same ella,