The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-09
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
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ed The provisions Of law, and has IN no respect
marked out how and when expatrauoh may De
accomplished by its citizens lsaa ceS vhere e
citizens Of the United states, mere naturallzeu VI
native born have formally become clpEens pI
subjects Of foreign powers but VINO heytlsiese' ~
the absence OF any provisions on sH,ssaaIy ~ ~
these questions, when involved IN ullncultl,es " ~
when Il seems 10 be to their Interest clalh 20 ve
citizens OF the United States. and demand tns III,
teryentiOn Of Il Government when lhey INV t .yns
since abandoned, and to when iOr yehis lily
have rendered no service not helu a nivlsans
ammenable. In other cases nalnralzeu v,,,EvS
Immediately after naturalization, nave IeluiahYGu ~
M their native country have become eIlgaHeu III
business have accepted oniCes OF puisu,In nd n
sstent with American citizenship anu i oiS
intent 10 return to the United States untll ctlleu
upon 10 discharge some duty 70 Wy vounuy
where they are residing, when NJ once lney hssoI'
their citizenship, and call upon tne ispleGGsa ~
tyeg of the Government To ala then ~ VIZ tlslt W "
inst pretentiOn II is but justice 10 all oopls elt
{Sens thatno doubt should exist on such questions,
and mar Congress should determine by enaelmeht
NJ law how expatriaton will be accomplished
and change Of citizen hip be estaDnSneI. ny. hiso
invite your attention 10 the necessity Oh IeBuiaV
ing bylaw the
STATUS OF AMERICAN WOMAN WHO MAY AARKf
FOREIGNERS, ..
and of defining more frily that Of children born
In a. foreign country Of American parents VINO
NAV reside abroad. and also OF some further pro-
visions regulating or giving legal effect TO mar
Tiages OF American citizens contracted N ioielBn
Counties The correspondence submitted mere
with shows few Of the constantly occurring
Ouestons ON these points presented TO the cor SID
Grafton of the Government, There are Few SUD
iects 10 engage the attention ofCungress on which
more delicate relations are depending
NEW STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING,
In the month Of July last the building erected
for the Department Of State was taken possession
.g..al. l,nN IaW.a rNFsan nnN N m
10 say that the archives and valuable papers Oh
the Governmentin the custody OF hatdepartment
are now safely deposited and properly cared for
OUR NATIONAL FINANCES
The report Of the Secretary of the Treasury
shows the receipts from customs for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1874, to have been Sl6S, 1888 Co.
and for the fiscal year ending June ~, 1870, 70
have been Sl57 I63,722 30, decrease for the last
hst al year of 50 1885, Ill The receipts from inter
nal revenue for the year ending June 80 1874 were
SO24097S4 30, and for the year ending the Sglh OF
June 1875 were 1l0007 49S bS, and increase SI,59I
7OS 6s The report also shows complete history
of the workings of he departments for the last
wear and contains reC0mmendauOnslOrt the forms
and for legislation which concur IN, but cannot
comment on so fully as ] should like 70 do II
space would permit but will contne myself TO q
few suggestions which look upon as vital 70 the
best interests of the whole people, coming within
the purview Of the treasury.
IMEAN SPECIE RESUMPTION,
TOomuch stress cannot be laid upon this ques.
ton and hope Congress may be induced at the
earliest day practicable TO, insure the consumma-
ton of the act of the last Congress at i last sess
ion, to bring about specie resumption on ana al
Ter he lst day of January 1879 at furthest, 1t
would be great blessing ifthis could be consum-
mated even at an earlier day. Nothing seems TO
be more certain than that full, healthy and per
mRnent reaction cannot take place in favor OF the
,a,..s II, aud
until we return TO q measure OF values recognized
throughout the civilized world. While We use a
currency not equivalent to this standard, the
worlds recognized standard-specie-be a
commodity like the products of the soil the sur.
plus seeking a marketwherever there is a demand
forit Under our present system we should want
none or would we have any were 1t not that Gus
toms dues most be paid in coin, and because the
pledge to pay the interest of the public debt in
coin, the yield of precious metals would flow out
the purchase of foreign productions, and leave
the United States hewers Of wood and drawers of
water because of the wiser legislation on the sub
iect of fiuance by the nations with whom we have
dealings. am not prepared to say that can sug-
gest the best legislation to secure the end most
heartily commended. II will be source of great
qualification to me TO be able to approve any meas
ure Of Congress looking effectively toward secur'
ing resumption Unlimited initiation would prob
ably bring about specie payments more speedily
than any legislation looking TO the redemption OF
legal tenders in coin but il would be at the eX
pense Of honor. The legal tenders would have
no value beyond settling present liabilities, or,
properly speaking, repudiating them. They would
buy nothing after debts were all settled. There
are few measures which seem To me important
in this connection, and which lcOmmend TO your
earnest consideration repeal of so much of
the legal tender acts as makes the notes receivable
for debts contracted after date to be fixed in the
ac, itself say not later than the lst Of January
1877. We should then have quotations ut real val
ues not fictitious ones. Gold void no lOng6rbe
at premium, but currency at discount.
HEALTHY REACTION Would sET1N
at snce and with it a desire to make the Curren-
cy equal to what 1t purpOrts to be. The mer
ChaRts manufacturers and tradesmen Of every
calling could do business on fair margin Of
profit The money received having an unvary
ing value, labOrers and all classes who work for
stipulated pay or salary would receive more from
their income, because extra pr0fSwOuld no long
er be charged by the capitalists to compensate for
the risk of downward fuctuation in the value
Of the currency.
CONTRACTION RECOMMENDED.
Second, that the Secretary of the Treasury be
authorized to redeem, say not 10 exceed two mill
Jon dollars monthly oflegal tender notes, by issu'
ing IL their stead long bonds bearing interest at
the rate of 3 25.l0O per cent per annnum, of de-
nominations ranging from fifty TO 81 600 each.
This would in time reduce the legal tender notes
10 volume that could be kept aHoat without de-
lNs
Third, that additional power be given 10 the
Secretary of the Treasury TO accumulate gold
for final redemption Of the currency, by inCreas-
in the revenue, curtaillng expenses or both. 1t is
preferable 10 do both, and recommend that re
duction of expenditures be made wherever Ii can
be done without impairing Government obliga.
tons or crippling the due execution thereof,
RESTORATION OF DUTY ON TEA AND COFFEE.
One measure for increasing the revenue, and
L, -
duty on lea and coffee, These duties would add
probably eighteen million dollars 10 the present
amount received for imports and IWOuldin no
way increase the prices paid for these articles by
the consumers. These articels are the products Of
countries collecting revenue from exports, and as
We, the largest consumers, reduce the duties they
proportionately increase them. With this addi-
ton to the revenue, many duties now collected
and which give an Insignificant return for the
cost of collection, might be remitted, and To the
direct advantage of consumers at home. / would
mention those articles which enter into manufac.
lures Of all sorts;. all duty paid upon such aTti-
cles 20 directly 10 the cost OF the article when
manufactured here and must be paid for by the
consumers. The duties not only come from the
consumers at home, but act as protection TO for
eign manufacturers 0fthe same completed articles
in our own and dis ant markets. / will suggest
or mention another subject bearing upon the
problem Of how 10 enable the Secretary of the
Treasury to accumulate balance. Il is 70 devise
some better method of verifying claims against
the Government than at present exists through
the Court Of Claims, especially those claims grow.
ing out of the late war Nothing Is more certain
than that q large percentage Of the amounts
passed and paid are part or wholly fraudulent, or
are far in excess Of the real losses sustained The
large amount OF losses proven on good testimony
according to existing laws, by affdavlts of icti-
tious or unscrupulous persons, to have been sus-
tained on small farms and plantations. are not
only far beyond the possible yield of those places
lor any one year, put as everyone knows, who has
experience in tilling the soil and who has visit
ed the scenes of these spoilatons are in many in.
stances more than the individual complaints
were ever worth. including their personal and
real estate MOI.
The report of the Attorney General. which will
be submitted to Congress at an early day, will
contain detailed history of the awards made Of
claims presented. r'.f II
THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR,
accompanying this message, gives de-
tailed account of army operations for the
year just passed, the expenses for main
tainance, &c, with recommendations for