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

THE %ERATI OF THE PATENT OFFICE
demonstrates the activity of the inventive
genius of the country. For the year ended
June 80, 1885, the applications for patents
Including reissues, and for the registration
of trade marks and labels, numbered 3d.
6S8. During the same period there were
%. 928 patents granted and re-issued, and
l,429 trade marks aud labels registered.
The number of patents Issued in the year
1875 was 1881. The receipts during
the las fiscal year were $l,074, 974.35,
and the total expenditures, not including
contingent expenses, 1894, 1871. There
were 9,7S8 applications for patents pend,
ing on the first day Of July 1884, and 1876
on the same date in he year 1885. There
has been considerable improvement made
in prompt determinations of applications
and a consequent relief to ezpectsnt In.
ventors. A number Of suggestions and
recommendations are contained in the re.
port of the commissioner of patents, which
are we'll entitled to the consideration OF
Congress.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
L. the territory Of Utah the law OF the
United States passed for suppression OF
polsgamy has been energetically and faith
fully executed during the past year with
measurable good results. A number Of
convictions have been secured for unlsw'
tul cohabitation, and in some cases pleas
CT guilty have been entered and slight
punishment imposed upon promise BY the
accused that they would not again offend
against the law, nor advise, counsel, aid,
or abet in any way its violation by others.
The Utah Commissioners express the
opinion, based upon such information IS
they are able to obtain, that but few poly
gamous marriages have taken place in the
Territory during the last year. They
further report that, while there cannot be
found upon the registration lists Of voters
the name of a man actually guilty of poly
gamy, and while none of that class are
holding office, yet at the last election 10
the Territory all the officers
elected, except in one county,
were men who, though not actually living
in the pr ctice Of polygsmy, subscribe to
the Goetrine Of polygamous marriages az g
Divine revelation and a law INTO al, high
er aud more bindiog upon the conscience
than any human law, local or national:
Thus is the strange spectacle presented OF
a community protected by a republican
form of government, to which they owe al
Ie~giarce and sustaining by their saffrages
aud principle, and q belief which sets at
naughtthat obligation O. sbsolute obed'encs
70 the law of tie land, which lies At the
foundation Of Republican institutions The
strength, the perpetuancY and the destiny
Of the nation rests upon our homes, estao'
lished by the law Of God. guarded by par
entail ca e, regulated by parental authori
~ and sanctioned By parental love. These
are not the homes Of polygany. The
mothers Of our land, who rule the nation,
"a they mould tie character and guide the
actions of their sons, live according to
Gods holy ordinances, ard each secure
ard happy in the exclusive love
of the father Of her children,
sueds the warm ght OF true womanhood
unperverted and unpolluted upon all within
her pure and Wholesome family circle
These are not the cbeerleSs, crushed and
unwomanly mothers Of polygany. The
fathers Of our families are the best citizens
of the republic. Wife and children are
sources Of patriotism and conjugsl
and parental affection, beget de-
votion to country. The man who
audefled with plural marriage is sur
roundei in his single home with his wife
and children, has a stake in the country
which inspires him with respect for lis
laws aud courage for ils defense These
are not the fathers ofpolygsmous families
there il no feature of this practice or the
system which sanctions it, which is not
opposed 10 all that is ct value in our iC-
stitutions.
There should be no relaxation in the
firm but Just execution of the law now in
operation, and | should be glad to approve
such further discreet legislation as will rio
the country Of this blot upon its lair fame.
PROHIBIT MORMON IMMIGRATION,
Since the people upholdlng polygsmy in
our Territories are reinforced by imnigrs-
ton from other lands, | recommend that
q law be passed to prevent the importation
of Mormons into the country
The AGRICULTURAL INTEREST
Of the country demands jast recognition
and liberal encouragement. It sustains
with certainty and uDisiling strength our
~ustioa's prosperity by the products Of its
steady toll, and bears its full share of the
burden OF taxation withou! complaint
Agriculturists have but slight personal rep
resentstives in the counse!s Of the nation,
and are generally content with the hum
bier duties Of citizenship and willing to
trust TO the hOGnty OF nature for q re-
ward OF their labor. Bat the magnitude and
value Of this industry is appre lated when
the statement is made that of our total an.
nusl exports more than three fourths are
the product Of agriculture, and of our to.
tai population neGrIY 0ae.hslt are exclu-
siveiy Engaged III that occupation. The
department OF agriculture was, created for
the purpose Of acquiring and diffQs!og
among the people useful intoEmsiion re.
spectiGg the slniect1 they have in charge
and aiding in the cause
of intelligent aud progressive farming
oy the collection Of stalistica, BY testing
he value aud ~laeia!aess OF new leeds and
plants and distributing such as are found
desirable among aSriculturists. This and
other powers and duties with which this
department is invested are Of the utucst
importance, aud, If wisely exercised, must
BIZ Of rrest benefit t. tso country. The
aims Of or beniHoent Government is the
improvement Of the people in every
station aud the ameliorstion of their
condition. Surely our agriculturists
should not be negled. The iustramsntslity
established in aid Of the farmers Of the
land should rot oniy be we'll equipped for
accomplishment of its purpose, but
those for whose benefit it has been accept
ed should be encouraged TO avail them
fully Of its advantage.
PROTECT oCR CATTLE.
The prohibition Of the importation into
several countries Of certain Of our animals
and other products based upon the supicion
hat heslth is endangered in the east, aud
consumption sugsests the importance of
such precautions for the protection Of our
,tOck of all kinds e~yainEt 6assssa IN will 4