The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18
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pie, being as universally commended
~ any other Office connected with the
s0vsI1fnNs1st beiAg drawn rnsfe lind
more into intimate relations with
tl,sse who areitliiH dng OUT shelfdtnrs
Of the eauatxs tha aaaas. af 2sa s.li .ll[ !.
the profound re-, 81 wrifsrs WIG ssek t9n bsas
their theories, on forts, and sreesisipg
in rt3turn their coiJlisl solbperattoaD;
but, nevertheless, Ii 'askhg this Hight'
increase Of spprppriatiiaqdh, II vas des
featea, BY anste of-z4 ssess 70 60 noea,
1.-THE dsbsts was vigorous, una If ny
gratifying 70 the friends Of "a eagpeatiogAs|
in the country that with all the ear
nsatBess Of tie attempt to breskldo
the once, tio VOL. grounded Attack was
made upon the manner in which It'll
eonduotsd--even, ias Opponents ad-
nittedy ara ran, the iexeellente Of III
reports Il, End publications, and mode Of
it's administration. ~ E,aaiaef>fte5 sas I
1iBdt the ofI1ue hasfew clerks and has
~ patronage; Only those members
Of Congress are likely to visit it who
haveshighimotiveand ore devoted to
the publicservice. q 1t1s'probable that
not . single member who: opposed this
increase has ever been within Thereof
fee to give a half fnfndte's attention
to what is doing9 'i' 5,..'. .,a ~, I'M, ,.,a,
1T has been observed BY the friends
Of education here, TINT the Commits.
ssfoner, since che assembling IT Con-
gross, has been but little among the
members saad this, as Islmrns ens.in-
quiry, fl due t6 The immense increase
Of work in1'thls 'iSss The acton, II
the House in this mattermay etaken
as a very correct Indication Of the
measure II interest taken by the gen
lemen in the subject Of education o,
Messrs sumner, Piesce, bingham,
skellabarger,, 'Hoar, Garfield, May
nard,., townsend and steYenson did
their whole duty, in, defining clearly
the limitAtions of the national service
to edneatibnl,a and Demanding that tie
office be put ON an. efficient basis -, /,
If we could fund at d per cent. over
g per- Cent" $50 bonds, now announti,
ing to ss42, W,ooo, We would reduce,
our ANIMAL iuterestlcharge sa6, $40, 0oo.I
But while wehold up before the Eull
ropeati capitalists The prospect Of q,
speedy aud enforced redemption, we,
can not compete with even the 3 per
cent. cohsols Of ''pfayeti ont England"
{, It has become evident to, financial
men that We can not successfully push
both methods Of rapid reduction and
conversion at lower rates Of interest
at, the same time. Hence, it lis not at
alimprob.ble that Congress silfinods
ify the present ststena,, and limit the
monthly redpestiionI 70 d, lower, rate.
The.rapid enlargement ofl'oar resour-1
ces, without any ihcreasssof taxation, !
will soon enlarge the reyehne, !, to an an
extent that will enable the Secretary
to resume the policy which 1T fisa now
proposed to suspend. The annual
growth Of our revenue is about ten
millions.l 1es ..il ~ .gfl.aps{fti ssrsH
An English s&satistital writer jestil
mates the popdlation 81 England at
I85 per 100 acres. on this number II
per cent. areenRse4 il An agriculture !;
233s per cent, fed on sa surplus home pro-
ducts; 33Iper cent on imported meat
and 81 per cent ON imported corn.
The number 81 horses to each ,hiaini7-
dred acres is Z, each consuming eight
times - much 1as is fIecesafystU sup
port a human Icing, and the. whole
consuming about what is necessary. t y
support 81 human beings. I, Eacll,huh.
dred acres Their, isj charged With the
support Of 141 human beings. = From
all this he concludes that true, Iecopos.
mydemands that animal power should,
az far d. possible, be superseded BY
machinery, in order that larger pro- o.
portion Of the frnitsof the earth should
be secured to man. 3itnuHigz, >y', "a.