The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-12-03

OF fraud are dtocOvefe0 ~ our ke8oSlOnS,
where the certificates Of naturalization ars
presented. either for the purposs Of obtain.
ing passports Or in demanding the protec-
tion Of the legation.
When the fraud 10 plain on the face OF
such certificates, they are taken mp by the
representative OF the government and for.
warded TO the Department OF State, but
even the record Of the court In which the
fraudulent naturalization occurred. remains
and duplicate certificates are readily obtain
| able, and upon the presentation u these,
| for the issue Of the passports. demanding
| the protection Of tho governnent, fraud
| sometimes escapes notice. such certl6.
Gates are not infrequenty used in the trans
actions of business, to the deception and
| injury Of innocent parties. Without plac-
ing any additional obstacle In the way Of
the obtainment Of citizenship by the
worthy and well intended foreigner. who
comes in good faith to cast his lot with
ours. earnestly recommend further leg
islation 10 punish fraudulent naturalixa-
the record OF every naturalization made In
fraud.
Since my last annual message the ex-
change has been made Of the ratification of
treaties of extradition with Belgium,
Ecuador, Peru and Salvador, also Of
treaty Of commerce and navigation with
Peru, and one Of commerce and consular
privileges with Salvador, all Of which have
been duly proclaimed, as has also declar.
alton with Russia, with reference to trade
marks.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, which BY Law is made directly to Con-
gress, and forms no part Of this message,
will show the receipts and expenditures Of
the government for the last fiscal year, the
amount received from each source Of rev.
enue and the amount paid out for each OF
the departments of the government twill
be observed from this report that the
amount of the receipts over the expenditures
has been but $2,34l.6 $50 so for the fiscal
year ending June SOth. 1874, and that
for the curren. fiscal year, the estimated re-
ceipts over the expenditures will mot much
exceed 100000. In view Of the large ma
tional debt existing and the obligations TO
add one per cent per annum to the sinking
fund, . sum amounting now to over $S4,-
100000 per annum, submit whether the
revenues should not be increased or the ex.
penditure diminished, to reach this amount
of surplus. Not TO provide for tho sinking
fund is partial failure to comply with the
contracts and obligations of the govern
ment. At the last session of Congress .
very considerable reduction was made in
the rates of taxation and the number Of
articles submitted to taxation. and the
question NAV well be asked whether
or not, in some instances, unwisely. In
connection with this subject, too, l venture
the opinion that the means Of collecting
the revenue, especially from imports, have
been so embarrassed by legislation, IS
to make it questionable whether or not
large amounts are not lost by failure to
collect to the loss of the Treasury and to
the prejudice of the interests Of honest i'm
porters and tax payers.
The Secretary Of the Treasury, in his re-
port, fsvors legislation looking to specie
payments, thus supporting the views pre-
viously expressed in this message. He also
recommends economy in appropriations,
calls attention to the loss of revenue
from repeating the tax on tea or
coffee, without benefit to the con-
sumner, recommends an increase Of ten
cents gallon on whisky, and further that
no modification be made in the banking
and currency bill, passed at the last ses-
sion of Congress, unless o modification
should become necessary by the reason Of
the adoption of measures for returning to
specie payments. In these recommends
tons cordially join.
would suggest to Congress the propri-
city of readjusting the tariff 50 As to increase
the revenue, and at the same time decrease
The number Of articles upon which dues are
manufactures and are not produced at
home, it seems to me. should be entered
free. Those articles of manufacture which
we produce constituent part of, but do
not produce the whole. that part which we
do not produce, should enter free also.
will instance fine wool, dyes, &c. These
articles must be imported to form apart of
the manufacture OF the higher grades Of
wooden goods. Chemicals used a. dyes,
compounded in medicines and used in va
rious ways in manufactures, comes under
this class. The introduction, free Of dues
of such woods as we do not produce, should
stimulate the manufacture Of the goods re-
quiring those we do produce and therefore
would be a benefit to home pro-
duction. There are many articles en-
tering into home manufactures that
which we do not produce ourselves, the
tariff upon which increases the cost Of pro-
duciug the manufactured article. All cor
rections in this regard are In the direction
of bringing labor and capital IN harmony
with each other, and Of supplying one OF
the elements property SO much needed.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
The report Of the Secretary Of War, here
| with attached, and forming part of this
| message gives all the information concern
| ing the operations, want and necessities OF
| the army, and contains many suggestiona
| and recommendations which commend to
your special attention. There il no class Of
government employees who are harder
| worked than the army officers anc
men, and none who perform theil
tasks more cheerfully and efficiently
and under circumstances OF greater
privations and hardships. Legislation Il
desirable to render more efficient thii
branch of the public service. All the rec
concentrations Of the Secretary OF War
regard as judicious, and especially com
mand to your attention the following: Tn
consolidation of government arsenals; thu
restoration Of mileage TO officers travelling
under orders; the exemption Of money re
ceived from the sale of subsistence store
from being covered, into the Treasury; th
use of appropriations for the purchase Q
subsistence stores, without waiting for tn
beginning Of the fiscal year, 70
which the appropriation Is made
for additional appropriations for the collee
ton of torpedo material; for increased az
propriatious for the manufacture Of arms
Tor relieving the various States from In
debtedness for arms charged to them duI
, ing the rebellion; for dropping officer
. from the rolls Of the army without tria
J for the offense Of drawing pay more tina
, once for the same period; for the discoul
+ agement of the plan to pay soldiers p
, checks and for the establishment of Prt
, fessorship of Rhetoric and English Litera
|. ture at West Point. The reasons for thes
/ | recommendations are obvious, and are &c
forth sufficiently in the report attached.
also recommend that the status OF the sta
J, corps Of the army be fixed, where this he
d not already been done, 20 that promotion
n may be made and vacancies filled as the
= occur in each grade, when r
/ duced below the number fixed by Law
0 The necessity for such legislation Is esp
/. / cially felt now in the Navy department
d The number of vacancies in that depar
O ment Is below the number adequate to Il
8 performance of the duties required OF the
n by law. The efficiency of the navy hi
/ been largely increased during the last yea
IT under the impulse Of the foreign compile
d tions which threatened US. At the COZ
II mencement of the last session of Congre
I. most of our efficient wooden ships wei
/. put in condition for immediate servic
e and the repairs Of our iron clad feet we
|. pushed with the utmost vigor. The resu
n Is that most Of these are in an effecti'
Ie condition and need only TO be manned al
d set In commission to go at once In
4. service. Sorae of the new slool
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