Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.
|, Cabinet OfRcsrs ana Their New
Duties.
NATIONAL DEBT SATISFACTORY
COMPARED With That Of Other
S,tiOns---Some Interesting Sta
tistical Data.
E culLINes FROM THE CAPITAL.



,sHryGroS, May Sit is not really
said a close observer Of things pohti-
ere, talking Of the criticism that has
beaped on the heads Of the Cabinet
,rs that there should be so much crit
of q new Cabinet before it fairly gets
The harness. It is but sixty days, you
since the Cabinet began its work, and
! er its members nor their assistants, or
;rs head have become acquainted with
work. They have to depend upon
,dinates Of an opposite political faith
| |sl information and assistance about
new duties. They are cropping in the
Of course under our barbarous sys-
| Of politics the opposition gives Just as
information or assistance as possible.
|nish, take some valuable lessons from
pgHsh neighbors in this particular. In
|apd an incoming Minister is always re-
4 in his department by the outgoing
who puts him in possession Of all facts
current business to be transacted.
|krorletgement of this the new Minis
Yripg tie whole Of his stay in office,
care that his predecessor shall
be srst informed of all events
sc,ed with the department which may
he public. Thus, if important news
| ii from abroad, a copy Of the dispatch
/ 5s forwarded at once by thu present
N Secretary TO the former holder OF
|5rce-,he idea Of this being that tne
IS critic ex oiHcio Of the policy Of the
preE, has ain 10 be supplied with
/ aLG rapid information. These patri-
1ur:es;es are not practieed in any
country. In countries where the Min
| Of Var is always q General, the Minis
/ Marine an Admiral the Minister Of
stion q professor, etc, the advent OF
new Ministry is the sig
for hasty. costly changes in
fractions. Every minister having, as
ncsiTss ample professional experience,
10 his work with his mind full Of
he,s ard thinks he must signslize his
Of oiice, however short, by sbolshing
,hing and setting up something also.
~ OF talent, who may have been rather
up,ous and Eighty as q member,
lis gets sobered when he is set to learn
|iEcult work of managing department
which be knew nothing. Material
ms or even intelligent work should not
H+c,ed until the heads Of the depart
have had time to learn something
their duties and the details Of their
|;tme2,s.
National Debts.
! Z approach OF the date at which the
|al balance sheet is struck and the con-
| Of the national debt announced, sug-
some comparisons of our Indebtedness
tha, o.. other nations. The result is
satisfactory from our national stand.
The deot ratio 10 wealth per cent in
a,:Ous nations of the world at the pres
me. 50 far as can be determined from
arss. reports, is as follows: United
per cent, United Kingdom /
| &c ll9, Germany 52, Russia Y ,,
"a g ;, Italy Is ), Spain 1913, Por-
- ), Holland 1, Belgium %, Den.
&&, Sweden and Norway ,, Greece |
Europe 1913; Canada Sc, Australia
Argentine Republic 9, Uruguay
total . ;. Here we see there are only
countries where the debt ratio is up to
cent Of the national wealth. The !
nsl debt OF the United States, when !
srsi with the wealth Of the country, is |
Than any any other country included !
+ inquiry.
{ ;o.al natio0al debt Of the world, not |
SGrg local debts of any kind, in 1913 |
|Esj 900 900; in 1888 they had risen to |
5000, 900 in 1893 20 S2,245, 10000 |
| 70 SI.s5 O0O,OGO in 1913 20 S1,2ij,- |
% in 1870 10 $l9l5O,0000 600. and !
- to S49, I55 100000. From the !
OF usctt iii the French revolution, !
Cd OF eighty years, the debt Of nations
+. $50 900 0@n, that is, almost $50
o a year Dariag the ensuing twenty |
ars down TO the battle Of Waterloo, |
va rise cf $t34O,OO 900, or near
ur. 0H0 per anuum. From Warer-
o.c % he pr, cent time the increase !
! eer >-GO0O. 100000, or almost $500
au lsarIy At this rate the amount |
.lc 5r5:sin 1900 will be considerably
|S.j"uo 10000. Though as the pub,
s.,b Is increasing At greater rae,
|.vdcrts ot this subject look with entire
,ai.e-ce upon this growth OF the
2 wear lslS marks a new epoch in
|COuomy OF nations: the political con-
OEs al over Europe, the introduction
llSays, the discovery Of new gold fields,
rh OF free trade moreover the sboh-
o. >rls in various countries, the iu-
On o. The elective telegrsphs, the out
o! emig-su's 10 America and in Brit
|,ClOal-s, tue spread of popular educa-
al chyop newspapers, all these CIR.
|:an-ss occurring almost simultaneously,
a grtA; impetus tohumsn industry and
Tr.ss. FrOu 1855 to 1884 the debis
rssD almost Sl9 OOO, O,OOO,O 900 or Sj2j,-
Go %, a0nun and the money found
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