Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-09

Of the present low salaries In further
prevention Of abuses q system of Consular
Inspection should be instituted. The sp-
pointTent of q limited number Of Score
taries of legation at large, to be assigned
to duty wherever necessary and in psrdeu-
lar for temporary service at Missions which
for any cause may be without Q head,
should also be authorized.
/ favor alec authorization for the detail
of officers of the regular service as military
or naval attaches at Legations. Some
Ecreign governments do not recognize the
ILion of Consular with diplomatic func-
tons. Italy and Y~snzusla will only re-
esive the sppointee in one of his two
capacities, bat this does not prevent the
requirement of q bond and Submission to
the responsibilities Of an ofica whose
duties, he cannot discharge. The super
added title of Consul General should be
abandoned at all missions.
| deem it expedient that q we'll devised
measure for the reorganization of the ex-
ira Territorial Courts in oriental counties
should replace the present system, which
labors under the disadvantage of combin-
ing judicial and executive functions in the
same Office. In several oriental counties
generous offers have been made of prem-
ises fag housing the legations Of the United
States. A grant of land for that purpose
WAS made some years since by Japan and
has been referred to in the annual mes
sages of my predecessors. The same Gov
eminent has made q gift to the United
States Of c~ommodious quarters in Bang
kok.
10 Corea the late minister was permitted
to purchase q building from the govern
ment for legation use. In Ching the prem
ises rented tor the Legation are favored as
to local charges. AT Targier the house
occupied By our representative has been
Tor many years the property of this govern
ment, having been given fo- that purpose
in 1922, by the Sultan of Morocco. / sp-
prove the suggestion heretofore made that
in view Of the conditions OF life aud admin
istration in the Eastern countries the lega-
ton buildings in China, Japan, Cores,
Siam, and perhaps Persia, should ba owned
aAd furnished by the government with q
view to permsnsncy aud security. To this
end I recommend that If authority be given
to accept gifts advsrted to in Japan and
Siam, and to purchase in the other coun-
tries named with provision for furniture
and repairs, 3 considerable saving in rem
tails would result
Il WORLDS INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION
Seld at New Orleans last winter with the
assistance Of the Federal Government at
tracted q large number Of foreign exhibits
and proved of great value in spreading
among the c~oncourse Of visitors from Mex
leo and Central AMI South America q
wiser kno Wedge Of the varied nsnutsc-
tues and productions of this country and
their availability in exchange for the pro-
auctions of those regions.
TARIFF ON ART.
Past Congresses have had uader con-
sidsraion the advissbihty Of abolishing
the discrimination made BY the tariff laws
in favor OF the works of American artists.
The action Of the policy which subjects to
q high rate of duty the paintings Of foreign
artists ard exempt the production Of Amer.
lean artists residing abroad, and who re-
GIVE gratuitously advantages and instruc-
tons is visited upon our cilizens engaged
in art culture in Europe and has caused
them with practical uusnimity to favor the
abolition of such an ungrscetul distinction
10 their interest, and for other obvious rea-
sons | strongly recommend it.