The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-12-04

| tributed to, if it has not been the direct
cause Of, the recent panic and stringency
ed Special Committee as to nyeaie. sppo abis
whole subject curing the vacation, and
report at this session. have nothing to recommend
| until their report is ready.
INLAND WATER NAVIGATION.
There is one work, however of national char
the West, The North and the South are equally in
terested to which win invite your attention. The
| State of New York has a canal connecting Lake
| Erie with Underwater on the Hudson River. The
State OF Illinois has similar connecting Lake
River, thus making water communication inland
between the East and The West and the South.
These great artificial water courses are the prop
ery OF the States through which they pass and pay
toll TO those States. Would it not be wise states
manship to pledge these States that if they will
open b these canals for The passage OF large vessels
| navigabe condition the great public highways
with which they connect, to-wit: The over-slough
on the Hudson, the St Clair flats, and the Illinois
and Mississippi rivers? This would be a
national work, one Of great value TO the
| ing them cheap transportation for their
produce to the seaboard, and mark to the con-
| sumers in the East in giving them cheaper food,
particularly of those articles of food which do not
ind foreign market, and the prices of which,
therefore, are not regulated by foreign demand.
fhe advantages OF such work are too obvious for
argument submit the subject to you, therefore,
without further comment.
Hfhsfo1 fega Of y Tai AsAzoS and
States south of US Offering field where much
might be ACCOMPLISHED to further this object.
com panied with authority for the Secretary of the
Navv to nit our naval vessel to ascend the Anna
zen River to the mouth of the Madeira, thence to
Bolivia and to report 10 Congress at Its next
session, or as soon as practicable, the Access
sources, and the population SO reached. Such an
exploration will cost but little. 1t can do no harm,
and may result in establishing trade OF value to
both nations.
REVISION OF THE TARIFF LAWS.
In further connection with the Treasury Depart
ton Of the tariff laws. and the opening of more
minis for coming money, with authority to coin for
such nations as may apply.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
The attention of Congress Is invited to the rec
porting the Academy l. fully explained in the re-
ptins vour attn,ion to all tb
made by the Secretary OF War, there are two which
would especially invite you to consider: FIRST,
peace by providing f proper armament for our
sea-coast defenses. Proper armament of vastly
can be supplied very speedily for temporary pur-
poses when needed; the former cannot. The sec
staff corps OF the army. Particularly is This neces-
sty felt in the medical pay and ordnance depart
ments. At this time it is necessary to employ by
cal attention required BY the army. With the
present force of the Pay Department, it Is now
dificnlt TO make the payments to troops
provided for by law. Long de avs in paym ents are
productive of assertions and generalization and
the law prohibits the payment of troops by other
than regular army paymasters. here are now
sixteen vacancies in the Ordnance Department
thus ieayinF thai branch Of the service without
dlnereut arsenals on large scale, if
| CURED.
NAVY DEPARTMENT..
During the past year our navy has been reduced
by the sale OF some vessels no longer fit for naval
disposed of. This, however has been more than
compensated for by the repair of six of the old
| sloops of war authorized by the last Congress.
me building of these latter has occurred at
doubly fortunate time. III hey are about being
completed, when they will possibly be much need
| ed, and the work upon them has not only given
employment to thous ands of men, bur, no doubt,
| has been the means of keeping open establish
| mepts of other works at time of great financial
| distress. Since the commencement of last month,
however, the distressing occurrences which have
taken place in the waters Of the Caribbean Sea,
along our very seaboard, while they illus
tFate most foreibly the necessity always existing
| tain in state of efficiency a navy ade-
quate to its responsibilities, has at the time
demanded that all the effective force We really
have shall be put in immediate readiness for war
| like service. This has been and is being done
promptly and efficiently, and am assured that all
| the available ships, and every authorized man of
the American navy will be ready for whatever &C.
maintepanes ST 5fpfet55 ur Of aolf OFF
ms ms, OF course, Will canse the expendi-
which were calculated to extend through The fiscal
year; but Congress will, l doubt not, unders and
ad- -uately, not only for the present preparation
but Tor the future maintenance Of naval force.
year been quietly putting some of our most extern
sive monitors in condition for service, and thus the
eI1gency nnds us In much better condition for
war than we could possibly have been without his
action
Posr-oFFIoE DEPARTMENT.
A complete exhibit is presented in the accom-
pauying report Of the Postmaster General of the
operations of the Postofice Department during the
year.
The ordinary postal revenues for the fiscal year
ending June 80 1873, amounted to S22 1856 TAI. 81,
and the expenditures of all kinds to Se9 945 81
The increase of revenues 1872 was S1,uS1 315-
20, and the increase in expenditures, 81 426 5S &c.
Independent of the payments made from special
deficiencies was s5,a65, 475 The constant and
1pon railways and the improved facilities for the
collection. transmission distribution and delivery
account for the Increased expenditures of this
popular branch of the public service. The total
number of Post-otfic In operation the Goth of
June, 1879 was 3d. 244. net increase of 1881 over
the number reported the preceding year. The
number of Presidential offices was 1863 an
increase of 163 during the year.
The total length of railroad mail routes at the
close Of the year was g., 457 miles. increase of
5,546 miles over the year 1872 Fffty-nine railway
post-office lines were in operation on the til of
June, 1873, extending 1896 miles of railroad
routes, and performing an aggregate service of
The number of letters exchanged with foreign
countries 27, 459, 1876, increase Of 1905 6S5
over the previous year, and the postage thereon
amounted to 81. OIL Sc, and the total weight
of correspondence exchanged in mails with Eu-
ropeah countries exceeded 912 TONS an increase of
90 tons over the previous year. The total cost of
the United States ocean mail steamship service in
GLIDING ST35O,0 paid from special appropriations
to subsidized lines of mail steamers, was 81, O4I,-
271-35. New additional postal Conventions
have been concluded with Sweden, Norway Bel
GUM, Germany, Canada, Newfoundland and
Japan, reducing postage rates correspondence
exchanged with those countries and further efforts
convention with France, but without success
invite the favorable consideration of Congress
to the suggestions and recommendations of the
Postmaster-General, for an extension of the free
delivery system in all cities having population of
not less than 10000 for the prepayment of postage
ond class; for uniform postage and limit of
weight on miscellaneous matter; for adjusting the
compensation of all Postmasters appointed by
the President by the old method of commissions
the actual receipts of the Office instead OF the
present mode of fixing the salary in advance upon
special returns; and especially do urge favorable
action by Congress on the important recommends
ton of the Postmaster Gene al for the establish
ment of United States postal avfngs repositories
Your attention is also again called to consider
alton of the question of postal tcegraphs and the
arguments adduced in support thereof, in the hope
that you may take such action In connection there
with a. in your Judgment will most contribute to
the best interests of the country.
UTAH.
Affairs in Utah require your early and special at
tention. The Supreme Court of the United States
in the case of Clinton VS.. Englebrecht decided
that the United States Marshal of that Territory
could not lawfully summon jurors for the District