The weekly Louisianian., 1873-01-25

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7 gratifying to the friends of educate
. in the country that with all Il
earnestness Of the attempt to bres
down the Office, no well grounde
attack was made upon the mann'
in which it is conducted-e ven i
opponents admitted, as rule, ii
excellency Of it's reports and publics
tions, and mode of it's .administrs
ton.
But the Office has few clerks IN
has no. patronage. Only thos
members Of Congress are likely t.
visit it, who have high motive AM
are devoted to the pnblic service
It is probable that not singl
member who opposed this increas'
has ever been within the Office tx
give a half an hours attention *
it is doing.
It has been observed by the
friends of education here, that the
Commissioner, since the assembling
of Congress, has but little among
the members; and this, as I learn
on inquiry, is due to the emers'
increase of work in the Office.
The action of the House in
this matter may be undoubtedly
taken as very correct indication
Of the measure of interest taken by
gentlemen in this subject Of educa-
ton.
The friends OF education every
where may be sure that Messrs.
Sumner, Perez; Bingham, SilelE,-
bargcr, Roar, Garfield, Maynard,
Townsend, and Stevenson did their
whole du4y in defining clearly the
limitations Of the mai ,nal service
education, and demanding that the
office be put OH an efficient basis.
II we could fund at 4 per cent.
our 6 per cent $50 bonds, now
amounting to 3i2 millions we would
reduce our annual interest charge.
s2G, $4,000. But while we hold
~ before the European capitalists
thc prospect Of a speedy and en-
forced redemption, we can not com
plete with even the 3 per cent. con-
;ols of "played ont Englan':." L
las become evident to financial men
hat we can not successfully push
both methods Of rapid reduction and |
at lower rates of interest
It the same time. Hence it is no at |
IL improbable that Congress will
Modify the present system, and
INIT the mounthly reduction to a
over rate. The rapid enlargement
i our reources, without any in
rease of taxation will soon enlarge
he revenue to an extent thyk1wil!
nable the Secretary to resume. the
olicy which it is now propo5ed to
uspend. The annual growth of our
evenue is about ten millions.
An English statistical writer esti-
lates the population Of England at
5 per 100 acres. OF this number y
er cent are engaged in agriculture
b per cent fed on surplus home
roducts: 81 percent imported corn.
he number OF horses to each hun
red acres is 7, each consuming
ght times as much as is necessary
support human being, AMI the
hole cosmuming about what is -
'cessary to support 56 human be-
gs. Each hundred acres, then, is
larged with the support Of Ill hu-
an beings. From all this he con- y
,des that true economy demands
at animal power should, as far MS -
be superseded by machin- a
=, IN order that a larger portion
the fruits of the earth should be y
cured to man.
A rural gentleman who had been :,
,ored with q donation of seed for
perip,ent,l purposes by the De- !,
of Agricultural was well - =
eased with the result of his expe- + r
aents. In a late letter to the :,
mm;ssioner, he says his neigh-' ;. ;,
RS are all immensely pleased with -
, seeds, and he kindly offers for II :,
all per centage to sell any seeds +
, Department. may send out. !,