The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-08

and one OF co.nmerce AID consular privileges
proclaimed, as has also adeciaration with Rus
STA with reference To trade marks. The
report o. the secretary of the treas
rectlv 70 Congress. and forms no
part part o, this message, .yill show the
Tor the last fiscal year, the amount received
nom each source OF revenue, and the amount
ment. 10 Will be observed from this report that
.ne amount OF receipts over the expenditure
June TO- 1874, and that for the current fiscal year
not much exceed se,OOOOOO. In view OF the
oblig etions TO add one per cent. per annum TO
the sinking fund, a sum amounting now 10
revenues should not be Increased or the expen.
o,gLes ,rn,s oim,nished to reach this amount Of
Is a partial failure TO comply with The contracts
and oDligations OF the government Az the last
sessSn eSnc.ion OF Congress very considerable
taxation and in the number OF articles sub
mitted 10 taxation. The question may well be
wisely. In connection with this subject, too,
the opinion Is snbmittsi that the means
ipSp.a hnye hs been sevenhe a especially from
lation so as TO make IL questionable
whether or not large amounts are not
treasury, aud 10 the prcjudice OF I'll the Interests @
OF honest importers and tax payers. The secse-
tary OF
In his report, favors legislation looking TO
specie payments, thus supporting the views
previously expressed In this message. lie also
recommends economy in appropriations, and
calls attention TO the loss OF revenue nom re-
pealing the tax on tea and coffee without Dep-
eft 10 the consumer. He recommends an In
crease OF ten cents gallon on whisky, and fur
ther that nalmodifcation be made In the bank
ing and currency bill passed at the last
session OF Congress, unless modification should
become necessary by reason OF the adoption of
measures for returning TO specie payments. In
these sea.recommenda 1 cordially joins /
would biggest To Congress the propriety of re-
adjusting the taiiff, so ns 10 increass the reve-
nue. and at the same time decrease the num-
ber of articles upon which duties are
levied. Those articles which enter into our
manufactures and are not produced at home.
II seems 10 me, should be entered free. OF those
articles OF manufacture or which we produce a
That part which we do not produce should
enter enter free also. will instance fine wool
dyes, ETC.. These must be imported 10 form
part or the manufacture OF the higher grades
of woolen goods, and chemicals used as dyes.
CON pouaded In medicin ee, and used in various
ways in manufactures, come under this class.
The Introduction free of dues of such woods
we do not produce should stimulate the man.
ufacture OF goods requiring these or those we do
produce, and therefore would be a benefit to
home production, there are many articles en-
tering into home manufactures which we do
not produce ourselves the tariff upon which in
creases the cost of producing the manufactured
article. All corrections in this regard are In the
direction of bringing labor and capital in
one of the elements much needed. The
report Of the secretary OF war herewith attached,
and forming part OF this message, gives all
wants and necessities of
THE ARMY,
and contains many suggestions and
recommendations which 1 commend
TO your special attention. There is no
class of government employees who are harder
worked than the army officers and men, none
who perform their tasks more cheerfully, and
more efficiently. and under circumstances of
greater privations and hardships. Legislation
is desirable to render more efficient this branch
of the public service. All the recommen-
dations of the secretary of war 1 regard
as iudicious, and 1 especially commend
to your attention the following: The consolida-
tion of government arsenals, mileage 10 officers
travelling under orders, the exemption of money
received from the sale OF subsistence stores from
being converted into the treasury, the use of ap-
priations for the purpose sof subsistence stores
without waiting for the beginning of the fiscal
made; additional appropriations for the collec-
ton of torpedo material, Increased appropr1a-
various states from Indebtedness for arms
charged to them during the rebellion, fropping
officers from the rolls OF the army, without trial,
for the onence Of drawing pay more than once
for the same period, the 1discouragement of the
plan to paw soldiers by checks, and the
estab ishment OF a professorship of rhetoric and
English Literature at West Point The reasons
for the recommendations are obvious and are set
forth sufficiently in the report attached. also
the EI1 army be liked where this has not already
been DONE, so that promotions may
be made and Vacancies filed as they occur
in each grade wnen reduced below the
number to be fixed. The necessity for such leg
ment, below the number adequate TO the per-
formance of the duties required OF them by law .
The efficiency OF
THE NAVY
has been largely increased during the last year.
Under the impulse of the foreign complications
which threatened us at the commencement of
the last session OF Congress, most
OF our efficient wooden ships were
put in condition for Immediate service,
and the repairs of our ironclad fleet were pushed
with the utmost vigor. The result is that most
of them are in an effective stste and need only
be manned and set in commission and TO go at
once into service. Some of the new sloops au-
thoriZed by Congress are already in com mission
and most of the remainder are launched and
wait only the completion OF their ma
chinery to enable them to take their their
Two irou torpedo ships have been completed
during the last year, and four of our large double
When these arefinished everything that is need
full for our navy as now authorized, will be In
vance in Science of torpedo warfare, the
army and navy, comparatively small as 1T
=, will be found powerful enough for for
has also been accomplished during the year in
aid of silence, and TO increase the sum OF gen
eral knowledge and further the interest of COM
merce and civilization Extensive and much
needed soundines have been made for hydro
graphic purposes and 10 tx the proper rates of
ocean telegraphs. The surveys OF the great
isthmus have been undertaken and
completed, ard two vessels Of the
navy are now employed in conjunc-
ton with those OF England, France, Germany
and Russia in observations connected with the
transit of Venus, useful and interesting to the
scientific world. The estimates for this branch
of the public service do not differ materially
from those of last year, the general support of
the service being somewhat less and those for
improvements at the various stations rather
year ago. The regular maintainance and a
steady increase in the efficiency of this
most important arm, in proper
ton to the growth of our maritime
intercourse and Interests, is recommended TO the
attention of Congress. The of the navy dur
ing peace might be fur her utilized by the direct