The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-12-12

lust and uniform law in this respe(
would strengthen the hands of the gov
eminent i'm protecting its citizens abroad
and would pave the way for the conclu
sion of treaties of naturalization with for
eign countries.
THE CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC SER
VICE.
The legislation of the last session eff
fected in the diplomatic and consula
service certain changes n reductions
which have been productive of embar
rassment. The population and CONNER
cial activity of our country are steadily
on the increase, and are giving rise Il
new, varying, and often delicate rela-
tionships with other countries. Oul
foreign establishment now embrace:
nearly doubly the area Of operations that
it did twenty years ago. The coufine-
ment of such a service within the limits
of expenditure then established is not
it seems to me, in accordance with true
economy. A community of sixty mil
lions of people should be adequately rep
resented in its intercourse with foreign
nations. A project for the r%e-organiza-
ton of the consular service and for re-
casting the scheme of extra territorial
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limits of a short session will not allow its
full consideration, | trust you will not
fail to make suitable provision for per-
sonal needs for the service. 1t has been
customary to define in the appropriation
acts the rank of each diplomatic office to
which a salary Is attached. / suggest
that this course be abandoned and that it
be left to the president, with the advice
and consent of the senate, to fix from
time to time the diplomatic grade of the
representatives of this government
lbroad, as may seem advisable, provis-
ion being definitely made, however, as
now, for the amount of salary attached
to the respective stations.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
The condition of our finances and the
operation of various branches of the
public service which are connected with
the.treasury department are very fully dis
,ussed in the report of the secretary. 1t
appears that the ordinary revenues for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, were:
From customs, $195 ,067 ,4S9 70; from
internal revenue, $121 $50 ,072. 81 from
all other sources, $3l 1865 ,307 IS; total
ordinary revenues, $34S, 519 500 80. The
public expenditures during the same
period were: For civil expenses, S22,-
312 ,907. II for foreign intercourse, ST.
260, 766. SO; for Indians, Sc, 475 500. 30;
for pensions, 500 ,429 22S. SO; for the
military establishment, including river
and harbor Improvements and arsenals,
500 ,429 SOB SO; for the naval establish
ment, including vessels, machinery and
improvements at navy yards, $17 ,292,-
COL A; for miscellaneous expenditures,
n,h1ia h,,i1Iipn- lioht hAr,cae |
and collecting the revenue, $43, 939, 10;
for expenditures on account of the District
of Columbia, So, 407 ,049. 50; for interest
on the public debt, S54, SIS. 1873 .46; fol-
the sinking fund, $40, 700, 229. so; total
expenditures, 1920, 916, 4S3 SO;
eaving a surplus of S57 SOB 1896. 90. AS
compared preceding fiscal year, there
a net decrease of over S21 900 900 in
he amount of eXenditures. The aggre-
rate receipts were less than those of the
7ear previous by about S54, 900 900. The
alling off of revenue from customs was
Yearly 500, 900, 900 of this deficiency and
bout S23 900, 900 of the remainder was
lue to the diminished receipts for internal
axation. The secretary estimates the
otal receipts for the fiscal year, which
ill end June 30, 1885, at $3.50, 900 900,
the total expenditures at $500 ,120,-
Oh .16, in which are included the interest
n the debt and the amount payable to
lie sinking fund. This would leave a
lrplus for the entire year of about $780,
10, 900
II VALUE OF EXPORTS
the United States to foreign coun- t
les during the year ending June 30, t
was as follows: Domestic mer- G
1924, 964 ,S52; foreign mer- f
S15, 54S, 1853; total merchan- e
Sc, $40, BIB ,6O9; specie, $67 1873 1888; p
tai exports of merchandise and specie, t
'O7 .646 1892. The cotton and cotton r.
included in this statement o
ere valued at S20S, 800 ,415: the bread G.
ifs at S162 ,54 .715; the provisions at N
,4l6 ,547, and the mineral oils at iC
z JOB ,74S. During the same period it
g imports were as follows: Mcrchan- C;
Sc, 1867 ,697 ,693; gold and sih er S37,- ii
), 1862; total, sos ,123, 800. More than Sc
per cent of the entire value of i'm eli
rted merchandise consisted of the fol- nj
wing articles: Sugar and molasses, til
,S44, PA; wool and wooden manu- III
lures, $57. 542 292; silk and its man 10
%ctures, $40, $40, 12S; coffee, $40, $780, re
{; iron and steel and manufactures tn
reof, S41 ,643 500; chemicals, $685. foI
1865; flax, hemp, jute and like sub br
noes and manufactures thereof, $780, DR.
1893; cotton and manufactures of trr
ton, $50 ,454 ,476; hides and skins, In
than fur skins, $22 $3.50, 906. rel
concur with the secretary of the d.
in recommending the immediate bill
SUSPENSION OF COINAGE 60,
liver dollars and the the issue of sill er:
certificates. This is a matter to ser
oh in former communications L have biz
e than once invoked the attention OF on
national legislature. 1t appears fol-
annually for the past six years there tn,
e been coined, in compliance with re- co
of the act Of Feb. rs, 1873, ste
than twenty-five million silver dol sal
The number outstanding is re- no
ed by the secretary to be nearly one >
dred and eighty-five million, whereof 49,.
little more than forty million, or less l."
l % per cent are In actual circulation. We
mere existence of this fact seems to we
to furnish of itself a cogent argument A..
the repeal of the statute which has tne
lie such fact possible, but there are euc
II and graver considerations that pre-
in the same direction. The secre- IN
avows his convictions that unless this l,
age and the issuance of silver GER am