Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-11
THE MESSAGE,
Annual Communication of
President Kayes.
Read to Congress on. Mon1av. Dec. /

.alar session under circumstances call.
80 Aor mutual congratulations aud grateful
-xno~ledgement to tho Giver Of all good 1o1
| tho large and unusual measure of national
prosperity which We now enjoy. Tie most in.
esresting events which have occnrred in our
public affairs since nay last annual message t7
operations OF tho Government directly af9ectino
tho business interests Of the country
I congratulate Congress- on tha .no,..sf,,,
execution Of the Resumption ect A.
The time fixed. and in the wanrar
contemplated by law, United States notes
began to be redeemed in cain. Since
the LIST OF January last they have
Deen prompt redeemed on presentation, and
in all parts Of the coun.ry. they are received
and paid out as the ca laiv alent of coin. The
demand upon the tree Aurv for cold and silver
in exchange for u. .4eed States notes has been
comparatively T sm III, and the voluntary deposit
OF e' com ana IL Du.don in exchange for notes has
ooen very la.ge The excess of the precious
metals depc1ited or exchanged for United States
notes ovet the amount Of United States notes
rAdser'eta IL about $40, 100000.
Yne resumption of specie payments has been
followed by very great revivs! of business,
With = currency equivalent in value to the
oled to enter upon an equal competition with
other nations in trade and production The
increasing foreign demand for our marufact-
nres and agricultural products has caused a
large balance Of trade in our favor, which has
been paid in gold, from the 1st of July last to
Public Credit.
Since tho resumption of specie pavments
there has been a marked and gratifying inn
provenlent of the public credit Tho bonds Of
the Government bearing only per cent, inter
est have sold at or above par, sufficient in
amount to pay of all OF the national debt
which was redeemable under the orese "a
laws. The amount Of interest saved az -. ~,
by the process Of refunding the d-at hincs
March l, 1877, is $l4 297, III. IT.. bonis s2d
our citizens now holding tie nb1;o fS Of
is much greater than eyer f hafore' euftT1hs Ths
amount Of the natior.4l debt which natures
IN less than two wears, is s792 1871 40 of
which $5oo,C9,6 bear interest t'stV' at the he
ea.s 4 .. pef cent II is believed that
.,,na n,s par OF the public debt can be re-
n1u .na ~. +y by the % issue Of 4-per-cent. bonds,
snus be effected ABOUT s11 ,OCO,O can be an
uually saved to the treasury To secure thin
tmPortans reduction Of interest to be paid by
the United Statos, further legislation is re-.
CURED, which it is hoped will be provided BY
congress during Its present session. The
solnage OF gold BY che mints Of the United
States during the last fiscal year was $40 0S6,
It is gratifying to learn from the Bureau o,
Education the extent to which educational
privileges throughout the United States have
Seen advanced during the year. No more
tundamental responsibility rests upon Congress-
e euan tnaf Of devising appropriate measures OF
to local sction in States 'apR'0'4ea1i and Terri1
tories, and in the District OF Colum-
ola. The wise forethought of the founders
OF our Government has not only furnished the
oaeis Tor tho support vf the commou-scncol
systems OF the newer States, but laid founds-
tons for the maintenance OF their uniyersities,
ef colleges OF agriculture and mechanic art
Measures IN accordance with this traditional
policy for the further benefit Of all these in
terests and the extension of some advantages
to every, portion OF the country, it is hoped.
Will receive YOUR favorable consideration.
Agricultural Bureau.
My recommendations in former messages are
renewed in favor of enlarging the facilities Of
the Department Of Agriculture. Agriculture
IL the leading interest nnd the permanent in
dustry Of our people. 1t is to tho abundance Of
agricultural productions as compared with our
nome CONSUMPTION and the largely increased
md highly profitable market abroad which we
nave enjoyed in recent years that we are main
people. We must look to it's Continued main
tenance for substantial resource There is no
branch OF industry in which labor, directed
by scientific knowledge. yields such in
creased production in comparison with unskilIed
which the encourageme of liberal appropria
TONS can be more appropriately extended.
The omission to render such aid is not wise
economy, but on the contrary undoubtedly re-
sults in losses of immense sums annually that
might be saved through we!l-directed effor:e
interest The result already accomplished
with the very limited means heretofore placed
at the command OF the Department of Agri-
culture is an earnest Of what may be expected
with increased appropriations for the several
purposes indicated In the report Of the
Commissioner, with view to placing the de-
to prosecute more effectively tho objects for
which it is established. Appropriations are
needed for more complete laboratory for tie
Establishment Of Veterinary Division and
Division Of Forestry, and for an increase OF
force. The requirements for these and other
purposes indicated in the report Of the Commits
sioner, under the head Of "Immediate Neces-
sites Of the Department." will not involve any
expenditure Of money that the country cannot
with proPriety now undertake in the interests
Of agriculture. .H: ~
United States MarshaIs.
The appropriation for judicial expenses which
has heretofore been made for the Department
OF Justice in gross was subdivided at the last
session of Congress-, and 10 appropriation
whatever was made for the payment Of the
fees OF Marshals and their deputies either in
the service OF process or for the discharge Of
other duties, and since July 80 these officers
have continued the discharge Of their duties
without compensation from the Government,
taking uron themselves the n,cessary incidental
outlays as well as rendering their own services
In only q few unavoidable instances has the
proper execution Of tha process of the United
States failed by reason Of the absence OF
the requisite appropriation. This course
Of official conduct on the PsIt Of the officers,
by the Attorney General, who informed them,
however, that they would necessarily have to
rely for their compensation upon the prospect
of future legislation by Congress. I there
fore especially recommend that immediate
appropriation be made by Congress for this pur
ton for the Department Of Justice at previous
sessions has uniformly contained the following
clause: *And for defraying the expenses
which may be incurred In the enforcement
Of the act approved Feb 28, 1870, entitled
An act to amend an act approved May
Of citizens Of the United States to vote ID the
several States of the United States, and for
other purposes or any acts amendatory there
Of or supplementary thereto" No appropria
ton was made for this purpose for the current
year. As no general election of members Of
Congress occurred, the omission was o matter
Of little practical Importance. Such election
will, however, take place during the ensuing
year, and the appropriation made for the pay
Of Marshals and deputies should be sufficient
to embrace compensation for the services they
may be required to perform ct such election.
- Popular Rights. ~
The elections of the past year. though
occupied only with State Offices, have
not failed to elicit, In the political discussions
which attended them oil over tho country, new
and decisive evidence Of tho deep interest
which the great body Of citizens take
In tho progress Of the country toward
. more general and complete establish
ment, at whatever cost OF universal
security and freedom in tho exercise Of the
elective franchise . While nnauy topics Of
political concern demand great attention from
our people, both III the sphere Of National and
STATE authority, find no reason to qualify the
opinion expressed in my last annual message,
that no temporary or administrative interests
of Government, however urgent or weighty,
will ever destroy the zeal Of our people in do:
tense Of the primary rights Of citizenship, and
that the power of public opinion will over;