Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-12-17

.nv future monetary conference OF nations.
IL Is . significant fact that four OK tho nve conn-
tries composing the Lat a unfon mentioned IN
ms coinage act, embarrassed with their silver
currency. have Just completed an agree ment
among themselves that no more silver shall Dc
coined by their respective governments, ana mat
such as has been already coined and in circnia-
Ton shali be redeemed In gold by the country OF
its coinage. The resort 10 this expeuiene py
these Countries may well arrest the attention OF
those who suppose that we car nr9oeeu wltnoue
shock ar injury In the at empt to circulate upon
its merits ell the silver Wa may eSin Ghdef tne
proyisions OF our silver coinage act. The conai-
ton in which our treasury my oe pia0ea w
a persistence In our present coasse IL . niAster
OF concern 20 every patriotic citizen VINO docs
not desire his government 70 pay IN SILVER sMcn
OF fits obligations AZ should De PAID N so,u, ~,
shoaIi our condition be such as TO oplge US, IN
A prudent management OF our aHaiis, 70 aiscon-
thine the calling IN and payment OF Interest.
bearing Civilizations which we nave sv ua tthe
payment of further interest thereon.
The so-calied debt or class. for whose cement
the continued compulsory coinage Oh sn'esm
are In debt, and they should not be suspected OF
a desire 10 jeorardize the financial safety OF the
country in order that they may cancer tneI
present debts by paving the same In deprecifed
dollars, Nor should Il bs forgotten that II Is not
the rich nor the money lender alone that must
submit to such readJustment forced ov tne GOV
eminent and the debtors. The pittanoe OF the
widow and the orphan and the incomes or help-
hess beneticiaries Of all kinds would DC dis-
astrously reduced. The deposltors IN SAVINGS
banks aud Ia other institutions when he,u IN
trust III savings OF the poor, when their little
ACCOMMODATIONS are scaled down TO meet the new
order OF things. would in their distress paintuhy
realize the delusion OF the promise maue 70 them
that rIentTful money would improve their con-
dition, We have now on hand all the SILVER dol
lars necessary to supply the present needs OF tue
ueople and to satisfy those VINO rom s,n ~ Ihai
wish 10 see them IN circulation; ana IL thelr
coinage Ia Suspended, they can be readlly oD-
taiued by all who desire them: II the need OF
more Is at any time appareht theI. cUlhaSa
may be renewed. That disaster has not Already
oyertaked US furnishes no proof that
ANu DOES NOT WAIT
upon a continuation OF the present SILVER COM
age. We have been saved by the most catetul
management and unusual expedientsb by a cofnbi-
nation OF fortunate conditions, and oy comb
dent expectation that the course OF the gov
eminent in regard to silver coinage wonld be
spcedily changed by action OF congress. Pros-
perily hesitstes upon our Threshold, because OF
dangers and uncertainties Surrounding tnls
question. Capital timidly shrinks rom trade,
and Investors are unwilling TO take the chances
of the questionable shape IN winch thelr money
will be returned to them, while enterprise haits
1t a risk against which care ana sagaciouS man
agement do not protect. A. a necessary couse-
quence, labor lacks employment, ana sunering
and distress are visited upon a portion or our
fellow citizens especially entitled TO the careful
consideration OF those charged with duties OF
legislation. Nc interest appeals To US so strongly
for a safe and stable currency as the vast army
Of the employed. i the SUSPENSION
VI NV NNAhENaaNaf
directed by the law passed In February, 1878.
THE INSPECTION
serving on the 3oth OF june, 1850, was COM
posed Of 40 persons, including officers, clerks
and messengers. The. expenses OF the services
over thu receipts were Sl3s, s22.22 During the
fiscal wear the special Inspection OF foreign
steam vessels was organized under the law passed
In 1852, and maintained during the year az an
expense OF $50, Gal .Gi Since tho close OF the
fiscal year reductions have been made on the
force employed which Will result in a saving
during the current year OF lT,OO without
affecting the efficiency OF the service. The
supervising surgeon general reports that during
the fiscal year IL, IA patients have received
relief through marine hospital service, OF whom
IL, sos were treated in hospitals and 2s,9ll az
dispeusarles. Active and effective efforts have
been made through the medium OF thls
service to protect the country against
an invasion OF cholera, which has pre-
vailed in Spain and France, and the
smallpox which recently broks out IN Canada.
The most gratifying results have attended the
operations Of the lite-saying service during the
last fiscal year. The observance OF the prOytS~
ion of law requiring the appointment OF inc
force employed in the service TO be made solely
with reference to their fitness, and without ref
erence to their political OF party atiltattOn, has
secured the result which may confidently he eX-
pectsd in any branch OF public employment
where suCh q rule Is arrlied. As a consequence,
this service Is composed OF men well qualified
for the performance Of their dangerous and eX-
ceptiunally important duties The number Of
8 nations In commission at the close Of the year
was 202. The number OF disasters To vessels
ana crafts OF All klui Within tlfI ntsl OF AG-
tiOn was All. The number OF persons endan-
gered In such disasters was 2,l39, OF whom
2,42s were saved, and only 10 lost. Other lives
which were imperiled, though not by disasters
10 shipping, were also rescued, AMI q lsrge
amount OF property was saved through the atd
of this service. The amounts of maintenance
during the year were Ss2S t7i.43. The work Of
the
COAST AND EoDETIc SURVEY
was during the last fiscal year carried on within
the boundaries and of the coasts OF thirty-two
htaf. fNxp. aErftprfaa AND fha niGsriaf az InlpV N
bia In July last Ger ain Irregularities were
found tn exist in the management OF this bureau
which led 10 a prompt investigation OF its meth
DDS. The abuses which were brougiIbtb light by
this examination, and the reckless disregard OF
duty and the interests Of the government de-
YelOped on the part Of some 81 those connected
with the service made 4 change nr supeiintend-
ency and a few OF its other officers necessary.
Since the bureau has been In new hands an intro
ductIOn OF economies and application or busl-
ness methods have produced an Important saw
ing TO the. government, and a promise OF more
useful results. This service has neyef been reg
ulated by anything but the most Indefinite legal
nactmvnt and the IN. 81 unsatisfactory rules.
IL Was many years ago sanctioned, apparently
Tor a purpose regarded as temporary and related
to a survey OF our coast: but now, having gained
place on the approprta ions made by congress, il
has gradually taken to itself power and object not
contemplated in its creation, and extended it's
operations until II sadly needs legislative atUen-
tt0n. So lar a. a further survey Of our coast Is
concerned there seems TO be a proprietv ia trans
ferripg that work to the navy department. The
other duties now In charge OF this es ablishment.
ii they cannot be rrotitaDly attached TO some
existing depart nent or bureau, should he prose-
cuted under = law exactly defining their scope,
andwith o careful Determination between the SCI
entitic inquiries which NAV property be assumed
by the government aud those which should be
undertaken by state authority or by individual
enterprise. II is hoped that the report OF the
congressional committee, heretofore appointed
to invest gate this and other like matters, will
aid In the accomplishment OF proper legislation
On this subject,