Arizona citizen., 1875-03-27
THE CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, M1RCH 27, 1875.
Appropriations for Scientific Ex.
 pIOratiOnS.

1
 For some years past, Congress has been
 quite liberal in making appropriations for
 typographical and geological explora-
 tions. This year, different spirit pre-
 vailed. Heretofore Lieut.. Geo. Nj. Wheel
 CT has had S90, GOO per annum to carry on
 explorations west Of the tooth meridian; {;
 this year he gets S45,000, and that only after the most persistent efforts and by compromise in committee of conference. We believe Professors Hayden and Powell fared better-the former getting S75, ,OOO and the latter S25, 1000.
 The work and reports of Prof. R. W,
 Raymond, commissioner of mining sta
 tistics, are regarded of most value by the
 mining population, and are sought for and read most eagerly at home and foreign
 countries. The appropriation in this be-
 half came up February 25, and was made
 in the sum of but S15,00O Even this was sought to be reduced to $l0, ,OOO-Con- gressman Cox of New York making quite an effort for the reduction, in which he took occasion to utter number of un- truths for which he can hardly plead the excuse of ignorance. In response to his unfair and false remarks; Delegate Nc Cormick said:
 1 regret that the gentleman from New York, MT. Cox, who is usually well in- formed on everything be undertakes to speak upon on this floor, has fallen into mistake on this subject. Professor Raymond has been commissioner of mines and mining for several years, and his re- ports have been generally conceded to be among the most valuable documents pub lished by Congress. So yaluabla have they been considered by the miners of the west that they have asked for an increases l number of copies from year to year. and so important are they thought to be by 1 the Territorial Delegates that at recent 1 meeting they unanimously signed a letter to the Senate and House Committees on 1 Appropriations, asking that this appro- 1 prlatIOn be made, and even a larger amount than that which has been reported l cOuld in their opinion wisely be given for | the work iE which Professor Raymond is | engaged. 1 have in my hand a letter from Professor Raymond, written in New 1 York yesterday, in which he says he ex- l pected an attack of this kind. He does 1 not say by whom, and am much surprised | that it should come from my friend from l New York. 1 am sure he has been misIed 1 by some one jealous of MT. Raymond's i or wholly ignorant of his services l to the government. 1 will ask the Clerk | to read extracts from this letter.
 The Clerk read the following:
 The whole cost of the office in New York is about S60G. The secretary and cost $500
 x x
 The commissioner and his single gen. eral assistant have travelled annually about twenty thousand miles in arranging foI tue collection of statistics, and as many local agents have been employed as could be got to work for nothing, or paid with the money appropriated. Let the reports speak for themselves as to their They are quoted, translated, and praised all over Europe as valuable and complete pictures, not of single prop critics, but of the Hiues of the United | States and the scientific methods in use lmong us for Ttheir development.
 We received one copy of Professor Ray mond's report for 1871, couple of months ago, and it has been loaned to different parties ever since. The appropriation should be doubled at least, and the in- crease could be very advantageously taken from the others named.