Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-12-11


stnne ,,,orn ot o,Ino t,i,,, ,' ' e. , ,'ns ,'o'
,nont of et,c% ,IIa,, f ~, ,mv
those yassoIs 5y tvo,iII j lil,i t i,U va
their ,yaf,,i,' ,,7 oi' "' alnV'i ~" l"9'ttlG
mnst ndmit tbn im,mort.,,,n' I",'n ~ ,, rr
five navy tn - nn.inn IiLn o,,,.. o,.iTC,
such nm cxten,iad snS c,aIf to r.Gii,nt III
yet we hnye NOT 81 eir,,lo ,oplI - ,,.nt
that could kern mo onny o,,,i,,, " aw't
class vessel of ary imnorto,,t mn,yor GncL
"A condition ouobt moi 1nr,,or 20
continue The notion tb,t c,,no1
resist npprpssiou i coustantl,. ov
eXpnspd TO H. lis forrign nolic,. il If nec-
eSsity weak and its ucpotiatioHs are con
CuctGd with disodvnnt,In Lor.,,,.o il l.. DOT
| in condition to ruforcn the farms dictntad
| bv it's sense of ri,rht and iuetire IruniroJ
| as am. bv the honr. .Larrd bv Nil natri
| otic itizens that tLe Jnv i nnt vnrv far
distant when our navy viii bn siirh ns no
| fits our stnndino nnono rho rotions Of tho
earth. | rejoice nt every sfrn thnt IpadS
| in the direction of such - cnn.tinnntion
| | deem if my dutv to e.neciolly dirnCt tho
attention of Couorn.s tn thn tlosn ot tho
rpport of the Srcrrtnrv of INA \o,,- in
which the huuiliptiny yeal,rcss of The
present orranizntion Of his d"nnrfment is
exhibited and the stnrtIin1 ahnsns and
waste of its present mcthod. are evnosed
| We need a thoroughly rporrunfzed navy
department. The fact that within seven
miliions Of doIi1rs ho,,a bn"n s,n,,t ~ tho
| construction ren,ir no,,ir,na,it and M
mnnent Of vessels ind thp firtE@r f"ct
| fhat instead of an effective and craditahIe
| fleet we have ONLY the disrontnnt and an
nrehensinn of a nation umGafenInd Nv
! war vessels added 70 tba discl0snrnS noyy
| made do NOT nernit fs to dn,iht tbnt
| every ottennt to rnviayourna1v hns Tins
far for the most part been misdirected and
ali our efforts i'm that directIon have heen
| n little better than Hind urasnino and ev-
| nensns aimlpss foIlins G-nof1psti0nnhIv if
| we are content with the maintenance Of a
navy department simnIv as' n shnhhv or
| natHaut to thn ,,nl,ar1n,nnt - cn,,+on+
wntchfulness may nrevnnt some scandal
and ahnses ,vhicH hnve fonnd tbeir yvav
| into our nrasn1,t orronivation ond its IN
curable waste NAV he reduced to the
minimum Rut II we desira to hniId
| .hinu FOR nrey,,tt nsaf,,lnoss i,stood Of
naynI reminders Of tbe IavS That orn nast
we rlust have - dsnartne;,t or,r1nizad For,
tho tvnrl, eIDnIisd ,ritb ali tG. MINT ond
in1enIity o,1r rountrv atTnrds nrrnnrad 70
tnke adv11ntope Of tbG nvnarienrn IF otheT
nations cvstemati1ad 81 thot ali etfort
shall units ana iend in ona Jiractian and
fully imbned vitE tha convirtion that war
vessels thoupb new ara useless unIess
they combine MI that the in~pnuitv of
man has mn to this dnv hrouohf fnrtb 20
latino TO their construction
| THE POSTAL SERVICE.
The affairs of the postal service are eX-
hibited bv the report of the Postmaster
General which will be laid before Won.
The postal revenue, was checked bv the
reduction in the rate of hostage, which
took effect with the hepinninU of October
1883 The anticipated and natural revival
of the reyenue has been ODpressed and re
| torded nv the unfa vornhla business condi-
tiOn of the country of which the DOstal
service is a faithful Indicator The prati-
; tving fact is shown. however, bv the re
| DOrt that our rpturninr DroSperity is
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