Ellsworth American., 1875-12-16

charsed by the capitalists to comnensata fo,
.ne FISK oil downward fuctua ton In the value
oil the currency.
Second-That the Secretary of the Treasurv
DE authorized to redeem say not more than two
hillon dollars monthly OF legal tender notes
out issuing IN their stead long bond bearin Q
nteIest a the rate of three and sixty-fve hun :
| dredths per cent. per annum of ,lenomjnstiop :
ranging from fifty dollars to one Thousand doI.
| iars each. This would in time reduce the legal
'ehuer notes TO a value that could be kent ,aoat
without demanding redemption in large sums
| Thlrd-That additional power be given to
tn1 secretary OF the Treasury to accumulate
gold Tor iinal redemption. either by increasing
leNehue, eurtalilng expenses. or both IL l.
| preferable to do both, and recommend that n
| feuuetion of expenditures be made wherever IL
| can be done without impairng government oh
/ hSatlons or GRIPPING the due execution thereof
| SUGGESTIONS FOR INCREASING THE REVENUE.
| One measure for increasing the revenue and
the only one think Of, is the restoration OF tho
| duty on tea and coffee. These duties would add
| probably eighteen million dollars To the prps-
ent amount received from imports and would
IN no way increase the prices paid for those ar
ncieS by the consumers The articles are the
products OF countries collecting revenue from
exports. aud as We, the largest consumers. re-
duce the duties they proportionaIly incrp,sa
them. With thi, addition 10 the revenue many
duties now collected and which give but an in.
significant return Tor the collection. might b,.
rrnitirJ and To the direct Vantage of ennsurn.
ers At home. | would mention those articles
which enter into manufactures OF all sorts. An
dulles paid upon such articles 20 directly To IN,
cost OF the arti.rs when manufactured her.
And must d. paid for by consumers These du-
Ne not only come from the consumers at home
but art - protection 10 foreign manufactures
ot thc same completed articles In our own ana
distant markets.
FRAUprLENT WAR CLAIMS
! viii suggest or mention another subject
b"aring upon the problem of how the Secretary
Oi the Treasury i To accumulate balances [,
i To deyiue some better method Of verifying
claims against the goyernmt Mt than at present
exists through the court Of claims, especially
those growing out of the late war. Nothing 4,
more certain than that a very large percentage
Of the amounts passed and paid are either who'll
" fraudulent or are far In excess Of the real
losses sustained. The large amount Of losses
proven on good testimony. according to existing
law, by afiidaYIts of fictitious persons To have
been sustained on small farms and plantations
are not only far beyond the possible Weld of
those places for any one year, but n every one
knows who has experience in iilling the soil
aud who has visited the scenes of these spolia.
tons are IN many instances more than the in
dNhiual claimants were ever worth, including
thrir personal and real estate. fhe report Of
the Attorney General, which will be submitted
% congress at an early day. will contain a de-
tail" history Of awards made snl Of claim,
pending oi the class here referred %.
rmE ARMY
The report Of the Secretary Of War accom-
plny ing the Message give, a detailed account
Of the army operations for the wear lust passed
and expenses Of maintenance. &c. with COM
mendaii"n> Tor legislation. to which | respect
fully Invite YOUR attention. To some Of thc,, |
invite special attention.
fir-t-lhc necessity Of making 500 900 Of
thr appropriation Tor the >ub.i>tencc depart
mont available before the beginning ui the next
h'rai year without this provision troops at
points distant from supply production must
either go without fool or existing law. must
be violated II i not attended with cost on the
treasury.
>rcnnd-lll, r,,omJDrudation for the enact
mont VI 4 system Of auuutie- for families uf de-
ceased uiilr'r> by voluntary reduction from the
monthly pay Of officers. This again ! not at
trudrd Win a burden upon thr treasury ami
"'ntl iIr the iutuics ry.istr mach d.~trr>,
which every OH army officer hl- i, I'd ue~,,,I ln
lhr past ~ officers diving -uddtuly pt ltau.
Killed, leaving iamtIi.s without even til.
mean, Of reaching their friends. Il lfftrtun4tc 10
have friends to all them
Thir,l-rhe repeal Of the law aboli,hing mile
asr and return to the old system
f"urth-Ih" trial with torIcdors under the
corps OF engineers and appropriation for the
same. >Aouid war ever occur D"twecn tho
United states and any maritime power torpe-
does VII bc among, II not the most effective and
AHtAiF'L AuAl4iifl IuT tNt uelr nee Bi hIFbDr-.
and also IN nggr, ->iNr operations. that we can
have. Hence Il j, advisable Ia learn by expert
m"ni their best construction and application As
We'll effect.
FHlh-A permanent organization for the sig
nal service corps. Thu, service ha, now be-
come a necessity OF peace ~ wcllfas war, under
the advancement made by the present able man
agemcni.
SIXTH renewal of the appropriation for
compiling the official record, OF the war. Nc.
rHE NAVY
The condition " our navy Al TIL. time /. 4
subject Of satisfaction. II does not contain il Z
l. trHc. an oi the powerful cruising iron cltI,
which make - much OF the maritime strength
"i some other atIon-, but neither our conti- |
t"htaI situation nor our foreign policy require, /
that We should have a large nutnbcr of ,hiu. of
thl> character, while this situation and The ma
turc Of our ports cOmiiLc To MAKE. those of
nthrr nations iIttl- dangerous TO u- under uuN .
circumstances. our nIyN does contain hoyrl-
era considerable number Of iron-cil,l> oi the
monitor c!I>-. which. though not Irur,r,
cruisers, are powerful and effective fur hAb,r
defence ana fpr operations near our oyyli shores
ot these Ilt the single turrrtcl-tiftrcn i'll mum
brr-hiNr been substantially rebuilt their lot
zen wooden beams replaced with iron their
hulIs strengthened and their engine. and ma
chInory thoroughly repaired. so that they .r,.
now IN the most efficient condition and rrul,
ior SEA - soon a. they can be manned and u.t
ia cunlmi,,iu The five double turret,.I ir'.l-
clad' belonging To our navy, BY far the mos.
powerful UI our ships for lighting purposes. are
also IN hand undergoing complete repair. ana
couid Dc ready tor eca IN periods VARYING from
four 10 -iN months. With these cotnrIrted MI
cOrding 10 the present design and our two iron
torpedo boats now ready, our run-clad fleet
viii be for the purposes Of defence al home
equal to any force that can readily BE- brought
against il.
OF our wooden navy also cruisers Of various
sizes 10 the number of about forty including
these now IN commission are in the Atlantic
and could be ready for duty as fast AS men
could be enlisted for those not already in com
mission. OF these, one-third are in effect new
ships. and though some ofthe remainder need
con, ,idcrabe repairs TO their boilers and ma
chinery, they all are or can he readl made ei-
icetlVe. his constitutes fleet Of more than |
nlty war ships, of which fifteen are iron-rl,I |
now IN hand ON the Atlantic coast The navy
has been brought to this condition by a iudir- /
lOus and practical application of what could be |
spared from The current appropriations OF the |
last few years from that made TO meet the Dos
slble emergency OF two wears ago IL has haep
done quietly without proclamation of di.plav |
and though II has necessarily Strengthened the |
dep irtnne I III its ordinary expenditure and n, !
T A. the iron-clads are concerned, has added |
nothing 10 the cruising force of the navy vet /
the result is not he less satisfactory because il
i t. b. found IN great measure OF real rather !
than app rent force.
The expenses incurred in the mainten |
ance OF an effective naval force in all its |
branches are necessarily large but such |
force i essential To our positions relations |
and character, effects seriously the weight |
OF our principles aud policy throughout the |
whole sphere OF naval responsibilities The |
estimate. tor the regular support OF this
branch Of the service for the next year
amount To little less Ia the aggregate |
than those made. fhe b,,,
some additional appropriations are asked
for objects not included in the Ordinary
maintenance of the navy. but believed TO
be of pressing importance at this time. II
would. IN my opinion, be wise at once TO
afford sufficient means for the immediate
completion of the five double turreted n,on-
itors. which must otherwise advance slow |
iy and only as money can be spared from
current expenses. Supplemented by these
our navy, armed with the destructive wea-
pons of modern warfare, manned by our
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