The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-18

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BY the Treasurer Of the United States free
otexpense, for checks on New York, in
his. fevor for certificates Of deposit issued
by any United States sub-Treasury or dc.
positary National Bank, for greenbacks
or bank notes. The above should be in
sums of 81 900 orits multipes.
Subscription to the per cent loan 10.
day was s., ,l4S,500.
STARTING SOUTHERN CLAIMS.
Representative Singleton has introduced
Ia the House q bill to provide for the pay
ment OF claims for Southern mail contrac.
tors. ltauthorizes the payment OF fifty per
lgeentOtal such claims as have been audited,
and whatever balance remains out OF the
amount appropriated. namely 1876, 600,
alter such payments shall be held for one
year to meet the claims which may here.
after be audited, the balance then remain.
ing to be divided among the claimants.
NEGRO EMIGRATION FROM TIE SOUTH.
SehstorS Windom to-day oifered,a a reso.
lutionf calhIg for aScOmmittee to. consifIer
twhetlfef It is not SexpGdicnt 10 provide
some means by which the negroes Of the
South who are deprived OF their rights in
the Southern States, can be transported
to some StqteP or Territory where their
/ Epghtsy lll he, respected u, htf9
Senator Window says that he offers this
proposition in good faith, and after hay.
ing submittedit to tweptyor more Sena.
totg, most OF otwh9h' th6pghtit a wise thing
to DO. He will make speech upon 1t in
few days, and state wherein he believes
his propositionto he practical and advisa.
,ble. I0SIG
GEN: GARFIELD HAS AN ARMY DILL.
Gen. Garfield has prepared substitute
for the army bill, which has received the
approval OF officers representing several
branches OF the service. 1t has the merit
Of brevity containing only six sections.
The substance OitlleSe is as follows:
First-The directions Of the Secretary OF
War to Ythe ARMY shall be deemed to be
orders Of the President, and shall be re.
spected and obeyed accordingly.
Second-Thc General commanding
army shall have the assistance of all the
staff corps OF the army to enable him TO be
informed atall titneSof thematerials and
supplies onhahd, and Of the Condition OF
appropriations for various military pur.
poses.
Third-The President shall perfect u
plan.by1which'all officers Of the line below
Major, except the medical corps, shall be
transferred from one arm Of the service to
another, so that every officer shall have
experience in each branch; promotion in
all cslses to be by seniority, except whore
The board pronohnces the officer unfit for
adya peelheft II ~ lltiI!llN
Fourth-The army to consist OF 5000
men, OF thirty.iour regiments-twenty OF
infantry, ten Of cavalry. and four OF artill.
ery-and the President Is, authorized 10
distribute the men to complete the organi-
zation.
Fifth=All officers, vino by long and
faithful service are entitled TO be retired,
may elect TO leaYe- the army absolutely,
taking gone years pay Of their grade ior
every five years Service ofthcy may be
retired as at present.
Sixth=-This sectionis one repeating con.
ilicting laws. The bill does not reduce
HEwITT Is LABOR .coMNrrTEE--I INTERESTING
y LsrATRMbNT ORD. e. !4coFrIx. 4
Mr.. c. c. Coffin (Carlton), of Boston,
made an9 argument before the Hewitt
Labor Committee, to-day. Tie argued
first thatmGchfnery did not throw labor
out Of employment, and instanced the
great, ,advapce.that had been made since
1890, which was the beginning Of new
civilization. The, factory system and rail-
roads, the inventions Of biography and
photography, with carts andind1strcs
which they had established, called for
an q immense number of; gmen from
the'iarm; from the Carpenter shop, and
various other trades, and gave them
higher position-one requiring more in.
teiligenGe, for which they receive higher
wages, Healso showed that wages had
advanced from 1880 to|the present from
SOTO 10 percent, and tile cost Fdf living Of
articles that enter into daily life had not
increased over II per cent. lie showed
that saSinaswebe ilargreater to-day than
they ever had been in the past that the
mass OF the people had more for their
money, added 10 comfort and happiness
than at any otherpcriod in the world. They
were betterhoused, better clothed, and bet
Ter fed as mass thRnHthey ever had
been. Cotton manufacturers now. Mr..
Coffin said, haye :testif1edthRt machinery
has added thousand fold 10 the power Of
the individual over the loom and hand
spinning Wheel. This being so, and the
fact that the number OF operatives
employed in cotton manufacture through
out tho world being spt down Rt l3, ,OOO, 900,
they aFe 49ipg today what under Tho old
systen 6tShsna Fbea and loom, wonil
require the labor Of every man, woman
and child in the world to accomplish.
Mr.. Coffin showed that before tho Invenr
ton OF tbeeottqn gin, ,theamOupt OF cotton
cleaned By hand per DAY was four pounds
IRfr, iRliyidual. The cotton crop Of last
year Would have required BY hand labor
800, 200, 900 Days work TO accomplish What
is done by 1914 men to-day, using The
eottin Gin, Mr.. Collins statement was
full Of Corresponding Illustrations.