The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-08

improvement In machinery to aid the |
agnculturlst IN bis laboes, and In tbs |
knoWiedge Of those scientific subjects |
necessary to thorough system cfeconomY |
in Agricultural productions, namely, chem
issry, botany and entomology. This report, |
by those interested in agriculture and de- |
irving their support from il. win be found |
OF value In pointing ont those articles |
which are raised in greater quantity than |
the needs of the world require. and must
sell therefore for less than the cost
of production, and those which COM
mand q profit over the cost of
production because there Is not an over
production. call special attention to the
need of the department for new gallery
for the reception of the exhibits returned
from the Centennial exhibition, including
the exhibits donated by very many foreign
nations, and to the recommendations Of the
Commissioners of Agriculture generally.
The reports of District Commissioners and
the Board of Health are just received, too
late to read them and make recommends
tons thereon. and are herewith submitted.
THE CENTENNIAL.
The International exhibition held In
Philadelphia this year, in commemoration
Of the one hundredth anniversary Of Amer
lean independence, has proven . great sue
cess, and viii, no doubt, be of enduring ad-
progress in the arts, sciences and mer-
chanicaI skill made in single century and
demonstrated that We are but little behind
the older nations in any one branch, while
in some we scarcely have Q rival. It has
served to bring the people and products of
skill and labor from all parts of the world
together, and in bringing together people
from all sections Of our country, which
must prove of great benefit the information
impaired and pride of our country
engendered. Il has been suggested by
scientists interested in, and connected with
the Smithsonian Institute, in q communi-
cation, that the Government Exhibit be
removed to the capital and suitable
building be erected or purchased for its
accommodation as
A PERMANENT EXHIBITION.
earnestly recommend this, and, be-
lieving that Congress would second this
/ view, 1 decided that an the government
exhibits at the Centennial exhibition should
remain where they are, except such as
might be injured by remaining. in build
ing not intended as a protection in inclem-
-ent weather, or such as may be wanted by
the department furnishing them, until the
question of permanent exhibition is acted
on. Although the monies appropriated by
Congress to enable the participation of the
several executive departments in the An
| ternational exhibition of 1876 were not suff-
cient to carry out the undertaking to the full
extent at first contemplated, it gives me
! pleasure to refer to the very efficient and
! creditable manner in which the board ap-
pointed from these several departments to
provide an exhibition on the part of the
| government baVe discharged their duties
| with the funds placed at their command,
without precedent to guide them in the
preparation of such display. The success
of their labors was amply attested by the
sustained attention which the contents of
| the government building attracted during
] the period of the exhibition, from both for.
| eign and native people. / am strongly
| impressed with the value of the collection
made by the government for purposes of
| the exhibition, illustrating as it does the
| general resources of the country; the sta
tistical and practical evidences of our
| growth as nation; the uses of the mechanic
arts and the applications of applied science
in the administration of the affairs of gov,
eminent. Many nations have voluntarily
contributed exhibits to the United States to
increase the interest in any permanent ex-
hibition Congress may provide for. For
this act of generosity they should receive
the thanks of the people, and I respectfully
suggest that a resolution of Congress to that
effect be adopted.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
The attention of Congress cannot be too
earnestly called to the necessity of throw
ing some greater safeguards in choosing
and declaring the election of a President.
nd hc IN,
be no provided remedy for contesting the
election in any one State. The remedy is
particularly in the enlightenment of the
electors. The compulsory support of the
free schools and the Acknowledgement of all
who cannot read and write the English
language, after a fixed probation, would
meet my hearty approval. / would not
make this apply, however, to those already
voters, but would to all becoming so after
the expiration of probation fixed upon.
Foreigners coming to this country to be-
come citizens, who are educated in their
own language would acquire the requisite
knowledge Of ours during the necessary
residence to obtain naturalization. IF they
did not take enough interest in our Ian
guage to acquire sufficient knowledge to
enable them to study the institutions and
| laws of the country intelligently, wonld
not confer upon them the right to make
and enact laws nor to vote fer those who
do.
/ append to this message for convenient
reference, synopsis of the administrative
events and of ali recommendations to Con-
gress by me during this seven years. Time
may show that some of those recommends
tons not to have been wisely conceived,
but believe the larger part will be no
discredit to my administration.
sANTo DOMINGO AGAIN.
united opposition of one political party in
the Senate, and with strong opposition in
the: other, namely: the treaty for the annex
alton of Santo Domingo to the United
States, to which l shall specially refer,
maintaining as l do that if my views had
been concurred in the country would be in
q more prosperous condition today, both
politically and financially. Santo Domingo
is fertile, and upon its soil may be grown
Just those tropical products of which the
United States use so much, and
which are produced and prepared for mar
ket now by slave labor almost exclusively,
namely. sugar, coffee, dye wood, mahogany,
tropical fruits, tobacco, etc. About IS
per cent. of the exports of sugar are con
sumed in the United States. A large |
percentage of the exports of Brazil find |
the same market. These are paid for
almost exclusively in coin, legislation,
particularly in Cuba, being unfavorable to |
q mutual exchange ofthe products of each
country. Flour shipped from the Missis- |
sippi River to Havana can pass by the |
very entrance TO the city on its way to q /
port In Spain then pays duty fixed |
upon articles TO be Feexported. transferred |
to 3 Spanish vessel, and brought back al I
most to the point Of starting. paying Sec