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

seem 70 me - absolutely necessary to Z,
turn to specie paymcnts-ihe first great =,
Quisite In return to prosperity.
The legal tender clause TO the law authol
ixipg the issue Of currency by tho nati0na
government should be repealed to take q
feet as to all contracts entered into after
day fixed In the repeating act, not TO apply
however, to payments OF salaries BY III
| government or for other expenses now pro
vided BY law to be paid In currency. II
| the interval pending between the repeal AMI
| by which the Secretary Of the Treasury cal
obtain gold Is II may become necessary
| from time to time, from the date when spe
Gle resumption commences. To this might
and should be added revenue sufficiently
| 10 excess Of expenses to insure IN accumu.
lation Of gold In the treasury TO sustain
redemption. commend this subject "a
your careful consideration, believing that
favorable solution 10 attainable, and that
il reached BY this Congress, that the pres.
ent and future generations will ever CRATE.
fully remember it a. their deliverance from
q thralldom of evil and Disgrace. With
resumption, free banking may be author
lied with safety, giving full protection to
bill holders, which they have under exist
ing laws. Indeed would regard free
banking IS essential. 1t would give the
proper elasticity to the currency. as there
should be more currency for the transac-
ton Of legitimate business. New banks
would be started, and in turn banks would
wind up their business when it was found
that there WAS asuperabundance of curren-
cy. The experience and judgment Of
the people can best decide just how
much currency is required for the transac-
ton Of the business Of the country. II Is
unsafe to leave the settlement of this ques.
ton to Congress, TO the Secretary of the
Treasury or the Executive. Congress
should make the regulation under which
banks may exist, but should not make
amount of redeemable paper currency that
lance that attach TO this subject, and 50
earnestly do / commend il TO your atten-
ton, that l give ii prominence by intro
ducing it at the beginning Of this message.
ouR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
During the past year nothing has oc-
Cured to disturb the general friendly and
other powers. The correspondence sub
AittCA h(ACWtth OCtWCNA tAtS koVNIGuiEAt
and It's diplomatic representatives in other
shows q satisfactory condition of
all questions between the United States and
the most of those countries, and, with few
exceptions TO which reference is hereafter
made, the absence of any points Of differ
ence to be adjusted. The notice directed
by the resolution Of Congress of June 18th,
1874, to he given to terminate the conven-
iion of July 18th, 1858, between the United
States and Belgium, has been gwen, and
the treaty will accordingly terminate on
the isi day CT July, 1875. This convention
secured to certain Belgium vessels entering
the ports of the United States ex.
ceptional privileges which are not
accorded to our own vessels. Other feat.
ures of the convention have proved salts
factory and have tended TO the cultivation
of mutually beneficial commercial inter-
course and friendly relations between the
two countries. Hope that the negotiations
which have been invited will result in the
of another treaty, which may
tend to the interests OF both countries.
Our relations with China continue
to be friendly. During the past year
the fear OF hostilities between China
and Japan, growing out of the
landing of an armed force upon the
island of Formosa by the latter, has occa-
stoned uneasiness. 1t is earnestly hoped,
however, that the difficulties arising
from this cause will be adjusted. and that
the advance of civilization in the empires
may not be retarded by state of war. In
OF the part taken by certain
citizens of the United States in this direc.
ton, our representatives in those coun-
tries have been instructed to impress upon
the governments Of China and Japan the
firm intention OF the country to maintain
strics neutrality - the event or hostliiaies
and carefully prevent any infraction Of the
law on the part of our citizens. In con-
nection with this subject / call the atten-
ton Of Congress to generally conceded fact
that the great proportion of Chinese immi-
grants who come 10 our shores do not come
to make their homes With US,
and their labor productive of general pros
perity, but come under contract with head
men, who own them almost absolutely. In
q worse form does this apply TO Chinese
women. Hardly perceptible percentage
of them perform any honorable labor.
They are bought for shameful purposes to
the disgrace of the communities where they
settle, and to the great Decentralization of the
youth OF those localities. II this evil prac-
tice can be legislated against, it will be my
pleasure, as well as duty, to enforce any
regulation to secure SO desirable an end.
II is hoped that negotiations between the
government Of Japan and the treaty powers
looking TO the further opening of the En-
pire, to the removal Of various restrictions
upon trade and travel, may soon produce
the result desired which cannot fail to inurc
to the benefit Of all the parties. On prev
ious occasions submitted to the consider.
alton of Congress the propriety Of the re
lease of the japanese government from the
further payment of the indemnity under the
Convention of Oct. 22d, 1864. and as no &C
ton had been taken therein, il became my
duty to regard the obligations Of the con-
venlion as in force and as the other powers
inrusted have observed their portion OF
the indemnity in full, the Minister of tr e
United States in Japan has, in behalf
of this government, received the re-
mainder of the amount due to the
United States under the convention of
Simousky I submit the propriety of ap-
plying the income of part il not the whole
of this fund, to the education, in the
japanese language, Of number Of young
men to be under obligations to serve the
government for specified time. as inter
prefers at the legation and the consulates
in Japan. A limited number of Japanese
youths might, al the same time, be educated
in our own vernacular and mutual benefit
would result to both governments. Tit
importance of having our own citizeni
competent and familiar with the languag.
of Japan, to act as interpreters, and II
other capacities connected with the legation
and consulates in that country, canno
readily ba over estimated.
The amount awarded to the government
OF Great Britain by the mixed commission
organized under the provisions of tn
treaty OF Washington, IN settlement of tn
claims of British subjects arising from tn
acts committed between April 18th, 1871
and April 9th, 1865, became payable undel
terms of the treaty, within the past veal
and was paid upon Sept. 2lst, 1875.
In this connection I renew my recon
mendation, made at the opening Of the las
session of Congress, that q special coul
| be created to hear and determine all claim
Of aliens against the United States arisin
from acts committed against their person
or property during the instruction.
appears equitable that an opportunit
should be offered to citizens of other STATE
to present their claims as we'll as to thos
British subjects whose claims were not a.
MISSILE, under the late commission, TO tt
early decision Of some competent tribuna
To this end l recommend the necessal
legislation, to organize court to di
pose of those claims Of aliens, of Il
nature referred TO in an equitable and sati
factory manner, and to relieve Congre
and the departments from the considerable
OF these questions.
The LEGISLATION necessary TO extend