The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1882-12-09

Nnanges have occurred in the diplomatic
representation Of several foreign powers
during the last year. New ministers fror,
the Argentine Republic, Austria. Hunoorv
Brazil, Chilli, China, France, Japan. MEXICO
the Netherlands and Russia have present.
ed their credentials. The mission Of Den.
mark and Venezuela at this capital have
been raised In grade, Switzerland has crea.
led plenipotentiary mission to this
Government, and an Embassy from Mada.
gascar and minister from Siam will short.
~ arrive. Our diplomatic inter course has
been enlarged by the establishne and re.
lations with the new kingdom of Sierra. bv
mission to Siam, and BY the restoration
OF the mission to Greece. A charge DAT.
faires will shortly be sent out to Persia.
the Representatives of Great Britain have
hitherto protected the rights Of our citizens
In that empire.
Legislation il recommended to place this
country In harmony with other mowers
with respect to the international rules for
the prevention Of collisions at sea. Money
Is asked to enable the Smithsonian Lnsti.
tute, under the Department ci State, to
make an exchange Of official publications
with the leading European powers in &C.
cordance with All agreement made in Paris.
The act of Congress making appropria.
tions for the diplomatic and consular serv.
ice is warmly approved. 1t contemplates
the reorganization of both branches Of
such service on salaried basis, leaving the
fees to enure to the benefit Of the Treasury.
Of the finances Of the country the Presi.
dent says It appears that the ordinary rev.
eMues from all sources for the fiscal wear
ended June goth, 1881, were as follows:
From customs, $a2o,4 42l,73o.as; from inter.
nal rev. .,$l47,4o7,sos,4s; from sales Of public
lands, $4,7s3, I4O69; from tax on circulation
and deposits ON National Banks, $685..
766.4s; from repayment Of interest bv the
Pacific Railway Company, $S4o,5s4.37;
from sinking fund for Pacific r. r. Co.,
$7o6,a71.42; from customs, fees, fines, pen.
alties, etc, $l34.334,So from fees, Consul
ar letters, patents and lands, $a63,Sooo7;
from proceeds Of sales Of government prop
erty, $314,os98s: from profits Of coinage,
bullion deposits and assays, $44y693; from
Indian trust funds, $s75,a43; from deposits
BY individuals for surveying public lands,
$3,os3,so6; from revenues Of District Of
Columbia, $I,7Is ,r764I; from miscellane.
GUS sources, $33Sa44s.43: Total Of ordi.
nary re1eipts, 4o3,42s,25o.2S.
The foreign commerce of the U. S. dur
ing the last fiscal year, including imports
and exports Of merchandise and special, was
- follows: Export merchandise, $7so,74a'.
a7a; special $4o,417,476; total, $79ooso,736
Import merchandise, ,,$7a4.63Y.s74; special.
$4a,477,3oo; total, $767. 7.llI.964. Excess Of
exports over imports Of merchandise, $3s..
oo3. .683. This excess IL less than It has
been before In any Of the previous six yeara,
a. appears by the following table for the
year ended June GOTH: Excess Of exports
over imports. Of merchandise, in 1876,
$t767o6,434.S1; 1877. $l5r,!sa.o94; 1873,
$7o7,8l4,a34; 1879, $s64. COL .666; 1850,
$'67.6S3.o1a; 1881, $as9,71a,71S; 1884,
$7s.9os.6o3. ,,..
During the year there have been organi-
xed III national banks. OF these Institu-
tions there are now In operation 2.e69,
larger number than ever before. The val
ue Of their notes in actual circulation on
July lst, 1881, was $3a4,6s6,+sS. l COM
mend to your attention the Secretarys
views in respect to the circulation, and to
the modes by which that result may, In
his Judgment, be avoided.
On the coinage Of silver dollars the
President saws: ! have seen nothing to al.
ter, but much to confirm the sentiments to
which gave expression last year. A com.
parison between the respective amounts Of
silver dollars in circulation on November
1st. 1881, and on November lst, 1881 shows
a slight increase Of million and half dol.
lars, but during the interval, there had been
in the whole number coined an increase Of
100000 600, and the S,ooo,ooo thus far mint.
ed make little more than 3S,ooo,ooo In
circulation.
The message refers at length to the rev.
enues of the country, and the President
gives his views on the tariff, advising
revision ofthe tariff laws. The
from customs for the fiscal year
ending June goth, 1879, amounted to $I37'
100000. It has In three succeeding years
reached first $l86.ooo,ooo then $loSnoo.-
coo; and finally, as has been already stated,
$e26yoO0,ooo.
Indian affairs are referred to as follows:
From the report of the Secretary Of War 1t
a,,pears that the only outbreaks during the
nast wear occurred in Arizona and In the
soutkwestcrn part If New Mexico. They
were promptly quelled and the quiet which
has prevailed In all other parts Of the coun.
trv has permitted such an addition to be
,nnde to the military force in the region en-.
ny the Apaches that there Is little
reason to apprehend trouble IN the future.
Afler referring at considerable length to
the rept,rts of the heads OF departments,
the star route cases, the public service po'
litical assessments, and agriculture, the
message. uuder Its sub.headings reads:
POLyGAMY.
The results which have thus far attended
the enforcement OF the recent statutes tor
the suppression Of polygamy In the terrific
ri.s are aeported BY the Secretary Of the
Interior. 1t is not probable that any addi-
tional legislation in this regard will be
deemed desirable until the effect Of existing
laws shall be more closely observed and
studied. congratulate you that the COM
missioners under whose supervision those
laws have been put In operation are encour'
aged to believe that the evil at which they
are aimed may be suppressed without re.
hort to such radical measures as IN some
quarters have been thought indispensable
for success.
THE TERRITORIES.
The close relations of the general govern
ment to the Territories preparing to ne
great States, may we'll engage your special
attention. It is there that the indian o's'
turbances occur, and there that po'ygamv
has found room for its growth: ! cannot
doubt that careful survey OF the terr'to!la1