The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-12-10

that Congress should determine by enactment of
law how repatriation will be accomplished ami
/ change of citizenship be established. ] also i'll
yitc your attention to the necessity of regulating
ty law the status of American women who mar.
| ~ foreigners, and OF defining more fully that Of
! children born IN Il foreign country % American
parents who may reside anruIft; AMI also OF
some further provision regulating or giving le-
Ttl effect To marriage ui -&Uyrir1l citizens con-
: irIctC't III foreign countries. The correspond
! encc submitted herewith shows Il few Of the con-
StaHtly occurring questions on these points pre-
scUte,. ~ the consideration of the Government
J There IRE few Subjects 10 engage the attention of
Congress on wtich more delicate relations are
depending.
TIE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The report OF the Secretary of the Treasury
shows Tie receipts from customs for the li-cII
. year cu'lIng June -, Isl, 10 nave been $i6j,-
/ iv5.-ii -, and for The fiscal Year eniing June
j $50, to have been = - iG1 ~ -; q decrease
for the last fiscal year Of 5",I}5, Ill ii. Re
criI.ts from Internal revenue for the year ending
I aHtl jane, I-If, We're z IU2, tt',.S -, and tor
the Lcsr ending 18th OF jun, 80, we're SID
G"1 1853 -; increase, 81, "a Is hS. The report
also shows Z complete history OF the work OF the
department for the last year, and contains re-
concentrations for reform and for legislation
which | concur in. buS cannot comment on so
fully rs | should like T. 30 if space wHulG per-
NIT, bat will Contine myself 70 q few suggestions
which | look upon as vital TO the best interests
Of the whole people coming within the purview
OF the treasury mean
SPECIE EEsUMPTION.
i 90 snlcl stress cannot BE ilit UPON tllS CUES
ton, and | nope Congress may be induced ut the
earliest day practicable 10 insure the cOnsunma-
ton of the actO II the last Congress ut its last SEES
sion, to bring about specie resumption on and
after the first day of January. $50, at furthest.
1t would he a great blessing If this could be con
Eumma.ct, even At an carrier day. Nothing
seems to me more certain than that g full,
healthy and permanent reaction Cinnot take
place III favor of the industries and financial
welfare OF the country, until we return to
measure of values recognized throughout the
8 ~ .syl NpAp'I Ntltl ErA rY-4 e FrrFs~. mot
! equivalent to this standard, the worlds recn@-
nIZeti standard, specie, becomes Il commodity
like the products OF the soil, the surplus seeking
= !GtIHct WhercNeFt there Is q demand tDrIt. Tn
der our present system We should want none nor
would wc have any. We're it not that customs
dues mast he paIl in com, and because OF the
: pledge 10 paw tEc interest OF the pGbii.; debt in
coin, the yield OF precious metals would low out
fpF the p|Grrh1Sr If ipryi-n productions ant
leave the United states hcTers Of wood and
drawers Ui water, because % "!Scr Legislation
TN the subject of finance iE the nations with
whom we have dealings. | anl not prepared TO
. say tnlt ! CAR suggest the best legislation u Sc
/ cure the end. Most h. .rlilv y1nmrnict, ii will
be 4 source Of great qualification u ne ~ be able
L. approve any measure Il congress locking et-
tectivrIy toward securing resumption. Tn
limited I~niittI'I WOUIt probably BRING about
specie payment more speedily than any leg.Sla-
t.On IOrhins t. redemption Of legal tIlGcrS ii
com, but it would bc 1t tie cXpeIs- Of honor.
T.c lc-tl-tcnicrs would nave No value beyond
settling present liabilities, Of, properly speak
Ing, rcpudiaiing them. They would bay Moth
ing after debts were all settled: There are Anew
measures which seem 10 rae important In this
connection, and which ! commend 10 your con-
sheraton:
LEGISLATION RECOMMENDED.
l.. \ repeal of 80 IHuCI of the L--iI-t1ntcr act
rs MAKES the notes receivable Tor debts con
tracted after 4 date to he fixed IN the act itself,
80 II Is not later tGan the first 81 january, ISL
We should then have quotations at real values,
not fictitious ones; gold would no longer be at Il
premium, but currency at 4 discount; II healthy
reaction would set in :t once and With 4 degree
to make the currency equal - what it purpUrts
L. be; the merchants, manufacturers ana trvtieS-
men Of every calling could 10 bushes on a fair
margin Of profit, the money tn be received hay
ing an unyarying value; laDOrers and all classes
who work for stipulated pay or salary
would receive more benefit IrOm their income,
because the extra profits would no longer be
charged by the capitalists t. compensate Tor the
risk OF Il downward luctuatIon III tile value of
the currency.
,. That the Secretary of the Treasury be au-
IhoriZeI to redeem, say not to exceed s. 90 600
monthly OF icgal-tCnIer notes, by Issuing i'll
their stead long term bonds bearing interest at
die rate of 5 2p-I loo per cent. per annun, OF de
nominations ranging from 800 to 81 800 each.
This would in time reduce the legai-tcnder notes
to a volume that could BE- kept ailOtt without de-
manding redemption in large sums suddenly.
). That additional power be given 10 the >ccre-
tary uf the Treasury 10 accumulate gold for final
redemption of currency, increasing the revenue,
curtaiiing expenses, or both. II is preferable to
do both; and | recommend thata reductionO OF eX-
penditUres be- made wheneYerItcan be done with
/ out impairing Government obligations Or Grip
ping due execution thereof.
One measure for increasing the revenue and the
/ only one, | think, Is the restoration ri the duty on
TIA and coffee. The duties would add probably
SIS, GWl, $50 to the present amount received for
imports, and would IN no way increase the price
paid for these articles 10y the consumers. These
articles are the products Of countries collecting
revenue from exports, and as we, the largest
consumers, reduce the duties they proportion
atelv increase them. With this addition to the
revenue many duties now collected, and which
give but an insignificant return Tor the cost of
collection, must be rtmittCd, and To tie direct
advantage of consumers alone l would men,
ton those articles which enter into manufactures
of all sorts. All duty paid upon such articles 20
directly Ia the cost oi the article when nsnutac-
turc,l here, and must ne paid for by consumers
The duties now only come from the consumer
/ alone, but acLas a protection To foreign manufac-
turcr- Oi the same competing drtlCic IN cur OWN
Viii suggest, or mention, another subject
bearing upon the problem Of how 10 enable the
Secretary oI the treasury 20 accumulate bal
gUrnS. Ii Is to devise some better method of
verifying claims against the Government than ut
present exists through tine Court OF CI;tIu.s, es-
pccilflv those claims growing out of the late war.
Nothing Is more certain than that i h.rS &c percent
age Of amounts passed ana para are part or
wholly fraudulent, or are TAR IN excess 81 The
real losses sustained. The large amount OF loss
o. proven on good testimony are according 10 eX-
listing laws, by aiidavits Of fictitious or UHscrup-
ulous persons, Ia have been sustained on small
farms and plantations. are not only far beyond
the possible yield Of those places for any one
wear, bat as every one knows who has expert
euce in filling the sUi! amt has visited the scenes
of the solicitations, are in many instances more
I than the individual claimants were ever worth,
including their personal and real estate. The re
port of thc Attorney General, winch VIII be sub
mitteCi to Congress at an early dag, will contain
n detailed history of awards maize OF Claims
! pending of the class here referred TO.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
The report OF the Secretary of War, aCcOmpa-
nving this message, gives 4 detaiie'! account OF
! tie army operations Ton the year just passed, en-
pcnscs ior maintenance, etc, with reconImendl-
lions ior legislation, to which | respectfully IN
vite your attention.
l. Ghc necessity of making $50 900 of the APP
pruDriation for the Subsistence Department avail
able before the beginning OF tine text fiscal year
! Mtnnnt this NrOXlsIOn trOOps az points Nl-tant