The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-18

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the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.
The impression has been created from the
fact that but a few of the late appointees
were females that the heads of departments
were discriminating against women. This
Is mistake. The larger number of those
appointed were assigned to work as exam
iners, This Is work requiring frequent con-
situations with different officials, and be-
cause of the nature of the work, calling for
discussion OF diseases and ailments con-
tracted by. soldiers, cannot be considered in
q family circle. That explains why the APP
pointees were mostly males. The remain
der OF the additional force of clerks are ap-
pointed to work to which they will be as
signed, being purely of q clerical character.
1t has been the intention all along to allow
q fair share OF the appointments 10 female
applicants.
THE CHINESE RESTRICTION.
The Treasury Department has received a
| communication from Collector Webster of
Baltimore. Md. asking for Instructions rel
ative to the landing OF party of Chinese
| laborers from Cuba en- route 60 San Francis
co, and thence home. Acting Secretary
| French in reply Informed him that the Chi
nese bill positively prohibits the entry of
| Chinese at any of the pOrCS or the United
| States, and directed Collector Webster to
refuse the privilege of landing this class or
| passengers ut Baltimore. 1t is stated that
| there are between four and five hundred
Chinese on board the boat whose captain
| made the request, and according to his or
ders from the department, Collector web
! Ster will decline To accommodate the cap
| tain. The vessel will have to leave the
port, and the cargo of Mongolians will prob
| ably have to make a sea voyage to San Fran
| cisco instead of going overland through the
| United States. During the last session or
Congress Senator Logan advocated an
amendment to the Chinese bill providing
hat Ia al nstr IF rot
! should not be excluded from landing at
! ports in this country to secure tranSporta-
| ton to the Pacific slope, but the amendment
failed to receive the approval or the major
| ity of both Houses, and consequently the
| Chinese must find some other route to eX-
pedte their return to the flowery kingdom.
Two requests of the same nature as that
| made to Collector Webster have been de-
cided adversely by the Treasury Depart
ment, and it appears that the law is to be
rigidly enforced.
TIE WHITE HOUSE.
The White House is good deal of a
"Whited Sepulchre'' just now, at least so
far as life and activity is concerned, most
OF the clerks there employed having ar
ranged to avail themselves Of their leaves
while the President is absent. Mr.. &. Nj.
Hendley, executive clerk has left for Lake
George and Mr.. Crook, the disbursing Of
ficer, for LOudon County, Virginia, where
he will remain for couple of weeks
Messrs. Phillips and Pruden, private secre-
| tary and assistant private secretary, Will
remain here in charge of the White House
during the absence of the President. The
complete renovation, although there will be
little refurnishing. The usual double coat
of white paint, elegantly denomnated by
the citizens the annual withdrawing,
will be applied to the exterior. After re-
peated efforts on the part of successive Com
| mic nf al u
well succeeded in securing from Congress
| this year an appropriation for concreting
the roads leading through the grounds
These drives are now OF gravel, and caused
much annoyance last year while the Presi-
dent lay sick by the sounds which they gave
out under carriages. In winter they are
lakes of mud. They will be concreted this
! summer. Under the provisions of the eX-
ecutive bill the salaries of J. S. Balway,
Walter Duke, Charles Loeffler, the Presi-
dents dOorkeeper, and Alexander Powell,
the Presidents messenger were raised
All except Powell were old employees at the
mansion.
FOREIGN COMMERCE.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, in
a statement in regard to the foreign com
merce of the United States during the fiscal
! year ended June so. 1882, says:
The total value of the foreign commerce
of the country during the year, embracing
both imports and exports of merchandise
and specie amounted to S1,5G6, 456, as
against Sl,6i5, Oh, 3lS during the preceding
fiscal year, showing a falling-off of $685.
1854, 962. The value of the exports of domes-
tic merchandise from the United States
during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1882,
amounted to S1S3, 033, 931, as against $685.
g25 0E during the preceding year, q falling
off of $50, 5000. The only commodity
| the value of the exports of which exhibited
an increase of any considerable magnitude
was petroleum. During the eleven months
ended May 81, 1852, the value of the exports
of petroleum amounted to SAG, 563, 142 as
against S34, 1881 during the correspond
ing months of the preceding fiscal year,
showing an increase of ST., 500, sol.
The value of the imports of merchandise
into the United States during the year end
ed June 80, 1882, was larger than during any
previous year in the history of the country.
ltamounted to $!24 623,3l7, as against S642, e
66462S during the preceding fiscal year,
showing an increase of ISL, 95S, GS9, or 1871
per cent.
The value of the exports of merchandise
from the United States during the last fiscal
year exceeded the value of imports of mer-
chandise into the United States by the sum
of $25, 127,S56 This excess of the value of
the exports over that of the imports of mer-
| chandise was less than during any preced-
ing year since the year ended June 80 1875.
During the fiscal year ended june 80, 1882,
the value of the exports of gold and silver
coin and bullion amounted to $40, Az $40
as against SO 40G, 81 during the preceding
year, an increase of $50, 005, 30. and the i'm
ports thereof amounted to so, Az, 800, as
against Sll0515, 497 during the preceding
year-a falling off of SOS 1903, l0i.
There was during the fiscal year just
closed an excess of exports over imports Of
gold and silver coin and bullion amounting
to So, $40, 1856, as against an excess of imports
over exports during the preceding year of
S91, 168, $50.
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