The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-06

and slight decrease in It's expenditures.
The ordinary receipts Of the Postothce
Department for the past seven fiscal years
have increased at an average Of over 8
per cent per annum, while the increase
In the expenditures for the same period
has been but about 81 per cent per an.
nun, and tho decrease Of deficiency in
tho revenues has been at the rate Of near
ly2 per cent per annum.
AGRICULTURE. Al
The report OF the Commissioner Of
Agriculture accompanying this message
will be found one Of greatinterast, mar K
ing as It does the great progress oil the
last century in the variety OF the pro-
ducts OF the soil, increased knowledge
and skill in the labor OF producing, saw.
ing and manipulating the same to pre-.
pare them for the use Of men, in the i'm
provements in machinery to aid the agri.
culturist inrhis labors, in the knowledge
OF those scientific subjects necessary TO a
thorough system Of economy In agricul.
tural productions, namely, chemistry,
botany, entomology, etc. A study Of this
report by those interested in agriculture
and deriving their support from
it, will find 1t Of great value 10
pointing out 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 command
profit over the cost Of production be:
cause there is not an over production. l
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 Commissioner Of Agriculture gem
orally. .l..l... .sr .ra
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The report Of the District Commits.
sioner and the Board OF Health are just
received too late 10 read them and to
make recommendations thereon and arc
herewith submitted.
CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL ESH1BT-
TON.
The International Exhibition, held in
Philadelphia this year, in commemora:
ton OF the hundredth anniversary Of
American independence, has proven q
great success, and will no doubt DO Of
enduring advantage to the country. 1t
has shown tho great progress in the arts,
sciences and mechanical skill made In a
single century, and demonstrated that we
are but little behind older nations in any
one branch, while in some We scarcely
have rival. It has served not only to
bring peoples and products Of skill and
labor from all parts Of the world togeth.
er, but in bringing together people from
all sections Of our country, which must
prove great benefit in the information
impaired and in the pride Of country
engendered. It has been suggested by
scientists interested in and connected with
the Smithsonian Institute, in a comm u
nication herewith, that the government
exhibits be removed 10 the Capital and
a suitable building be erected or pur-
chased for It's accommodation as a perma:
nent exhibit. I earnestly recommend
this, and believing that Congress would
second this view, I directed that all gov.
eminent exhibits at the Centennial Exhi-
bition should remain where they are, ex-
cept such rs might be injured by remain.
ing In a building not intended as pro-
lection in Indictment weather, or such aS
may be wanted by the Department for
furnishing them, until the question Of
permanent exhibition is acted on. AL
though the moneys appropriated by Con-
grcsS to enable the participation Of the
several Executive Departments in the
International Exhibition Of 1876 were
not sufficient to carry out the undertake
ing TO the full extent at first contemplate
cd, 1t gives me pleasure to refer 10 the
very efficient and creditable manner in
which tho Board appointed from these
several departments 10 preside over the
Exhibition on the part OF the Govern
ment, have discharged their duties with
the funds placed at their command. With
out precedent to guide them in the pre-.
paration OF such display the success OF
their labors was amply attested by the
sustained attention which the contents OF
our Government building attracted dur
ing the period OF the Exhibition,
from both foreign and native
visitors. I am strongly impressed
with the value Of the collection made by
the government for the purposes Of tho
exhibition, illustrating as it does the
mineral resources OF the country, the sta
tistical and practical evidences Of our
growth as a nation, and the uses Of the
mechanical arts and the application Of
applied science in the administration OF
the affairs Of the government. Many ma
tions have voluntarily contributed their
exhibits to the United States to increase
the interest in any permanent exhibition
Congress may provide. 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. IS gi sgde
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. suyri
The attention OF Congress canno. be too
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