Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-12-18

For the year For the year
ending June ending June
50, 1856 81, 1885
I s6aadisa .s ss85e229 90 e78ss2ss GO
Chandtss..... 1850, SJL UJ l15Uss5yA W
6old--......-.. 4Z852 l5l W s,#il,s5z "
5ilgar..... go. 2S.5ll.2lg W So .533 W
The value Of some OF our leading eEpOE.r
during the last fiscal year as compared with
the value OF the same TO- the year imme-
diateiy preceding is here given and fur
uishes information both interesting and sug
gestive:
ending June ending JuLe
Products 80, 1855 80, 1850
f ton m d5a cot s29Ol5,577 90 s7saola 90
mis- an. 49, 8Ol 20tgos 90 2L757s sos O0
Bread stutfs... I25.s45 sos 90 1dy,37O,5Z1 OJ
Proyisions... 90G25,2l8 90 IO7, 49,, 455 "
Our imports during the last fiscal year, 81
compared with the previous year. were a.
follows:
Article In 1885 In 1888
Merehandise... s4s5,48 5,1s5 90 8555,5 sos O
siI7sF.......... I7,s56.S57 90 I5,550.627 "
The president again directs attention TO the
surplus Of revenue IN the treasury and urges
a system Of tariff revision urging that the
public debt must be paid on ia the course
OF time and that unless such revision OCCURS
the treasury would hoard vast sums Of mon
ey which should be in the hands Of the PEG
pie. After r5CIting a number OF reasons,
he sayss 81 recommend that keeping II
view all these considerations the lncreas-
ing and unnecessary surplus OF national IN
come annually acc Jmmaiating be released
to the people BY an amendment 20 our re
venue laws which shall cheaper the price OF
the nsoessaries Of life, and give EEser en-
trance TO such imported materials as D5
American labor may be manufactured IN
TO marketable commodities Nothing can
be accomplished however IN the direction
OF this much needed reform unless the sub.
jeCt Is approached IN a patriotic spirit o
devotion to the interests Of the entire cOun
try, and with a willingness TO yield some
thing for ths public good. icons .derablt
space Is devoted 20 a discussion OF silver
coinage and the president again recon-
mends that the compulsory coinage Of that
metal be abolished
Attention is directed to the great number
OF suits growing out OF the collection Of
customs at the port Of New York. The
legal controversies, based upon conflicting
views by importers and eOIlsoi orB, as to in
terpr6tatlOns Of our present laws might be
all5Viatsd by amendmentzs but pending
such amendments, the present condition Of
this litigation should be relieved. There
are now pending 2, 800 Of these suits, ], 100 Of
which have been commence vi hin the
past sigh cen months and mFny others have
been at Issue Tor more than twenty i've
years The president says: ''Ln default Of
the adoption by congress Of plan for the
general reorganization Of the federal courts
as has been heretofore recommended
urge the ptOprlsiy OF passing law permit
ting the appOinrmen Of an additional fed
sral Judge in the district where these govern
ment suits have accumulated so that by
continuous sessions Of the courts devoted
to the trial Of these cases. they may be de-
termined- 1t is entirely plain that great
saving to the government would be accom-
plished by such a re medy, and the suItors
who have honest claims would not be denied
Justice through delay.
me rgport Of the secretary Of the war
department. is briefly adVerted to- and IL Is
stated that the army consisted at the safe
Of the last consolidated return of 2, lob ON
GERS and q. 946 enlisted men. The expenses
of the department for the last fiscal year
we're $50, S90, SOB 80, including S6,2S4, 300
43 for public works and river and harbor
improvements. 1t is recommended that
officers be required to submit to an eZami-
nation preliminary to promotion.
The project Of establishing adequate coast
defensss receives the presidents hearty ap-
psovai and the valuable and suggestive
Ersatmsnt Of this question by the secretary
liberation Of congress.
The only reference 20 the Indian question
La respecting GeFondnO's Apacnegs En0i Tne
president says are garr1s0neo al EorL PICK
ems. whence they will not be permitted 20
emerge. The women and larger children
are also there and the children OF proper age
Gil be placed in Iudi an schools.
Ehe message states that the present navy
Of the United States, aside from the ships
in course of construction consists oti FIRST I
fourteen single turret5d monitors none OF /
which QLlElAA564g4 4DE az tic ELG6G44l
time service ibl5. The batteries OF these
ships are obsolete and they can only be re-
lied upon as auxiliary ships IN harDor de- I
tense, and then after such an expenditure /
upon them as might not pc deemed JnSLlnl- |
BE. Second, i've fourth rate vessels OF |
small tonnage, only one OF which was qeslg- !
mated as a war vessel and all OF which are l
auxiliary merely. Third, tWenty-seven
cruising shipa, three OF which are built Of |
iron. Of small tonnage, and tWenty-toGr Of /
wood. OF these wooden vessels II IS e5tl- 1
mated by the chief constr 1ctor L9r the navy |
that only three viii be serVIceaDle D6s OEd q /
period OF six years. at which time II may pc 1
said that Of the present naval force MOTH l
ing worthy the name Will remain
Postal Affairs are said TO be in better con- /
dition than was anticipated and u 10 conn !
IDENTIFY asserted that the department VII /
goou become sustaining, in spite OF the /
reduction in postage and the extensions o. ]
gsrViGs and the addition OF convenience IN 1
tie shape Of deliveries at a largely increased I
number OF cities and towns. IL Is recon- /
msndsd that another assl5S1EEls postmaster I
general Be appointed.
Ths president faFOEs the construction Of q /
United States penitentisry where United 4
States prisoners may be confined 4E u I
again recommended that a commission Be 1
appointed auxiliary 70 those already esteb- /
iished for the care Of the Indians % con /
sist Of six men, three Of whom should be I
detailed from the army The problem OF 4
the future condition Of the Indians Is dis I
Attention g divided 70 the rapid appropri- (
alton Of public lands without bona Jids set 1
tiers OK cultivation, and the repeal Of the 1
timber culture and prescription acts IS [
recommended. Also that the homestead law 4
be 50 amended as 30 better secure comp1-
ano5 with the requirements OF residence /
improvement and cultivation for the period 4
of hvs years from date Of entry /
without Communication or provision Tor i
speculative relinquishment ALSO that 4
the desert land laws be repealed unless they I
are so amended as to render them less
liable 90 abnses-
Considerable space is devoted to pensions. !
On the 59th day OF June, 1886, there were 4
565s 7S3 pensioners on the rolls of the bureau. I
since 1851 there has been 1,O1T,7 85 appiiCa- 4
lions for pensions hlsd, Of which "a, so we're /
based upon service IN En5 way OF 49, There 4
were 52Ls254 Of these applications allowed I
including Co 17a 70 the soldiers Of 1872 and .
their widows The total amount paid Tor I
pensions since 1851 is sos, 624s 8ll 81. The
nun Der OF new pensions allowed during the
year ended June So, 1885, is Ao.e5I-a larger
nuz1baE than has been allowed "a any FeaE 4
save one since 1851. The names OF -
pensioners, which lad been previously +
dropped from the 1o--ss we've restored dur
ING the year. aud after daducElg llcaa 4
-loaG1l within Che same time a1E Tazl1a-z I
es1el mes mlraa17 remains LlE tle I
laEE a lla names. From 8lullET = T
fa - 1851