Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-10
AT THE CAPITAL.

Treasury, s495. g97, I'll; net increase in sh
81, S97, 726; available for public debt reduc-
ton, s2lO, 3S0, les, unavailable fractional and
minor coin, sly, $751; Sl. Gold certificates
held as cash increased during the month
from s33, gu coo to $40, 1917 ,927; silver certi-
ficates held as cash decreased from S3i, $751;
ego to $32, 4t0.570. Debt less cash in the
Treasury April 1, l,417. 993, 235 While the
gold certificate fund in ths Treasury increased
Sla, 600 900, the gold coin aud iullon de-
creased I 500,000 dollars. The gold cert f.
Gates in circulation decreased 1902 900 dol
lars, and the net gold fund increased during
the month from 144, 164. O31 dollars to ISL ,57g,
524 The net silver is stated at 81 ,Sl9, G6S
dollars.
There is great Indignation among the rep
esantatives Of the wool growers here, over
he clause in the Hewitt-Morrison tariff bill,
placing wool on the free list. One Of them,
wao is himself largely interes ell in wool
growing, said That the effects of this provi.
ion woul no to entirely destroy wool cul-
ure in the All lntic and Middle States, the
satrous effect of this provision he said.
will be fully realized when it is
understood that a large area OF the
most valuable and high-priced lands
IL these Sta.es is still occupied for fi,e
We oil reduction, and that none but high.
priced woods can be ra sod on high-p priced
lands. The reduction of the duly on vool n
The past resulted In the reduction of the fine
| locks in these States at least three,fourths
and in COMPEL ng the owners OF the la d to
-esort to raising cereals and cattle. II wo
put on the free list the production of fla
wool on high price lands is thing of the
,ast. The farmers will commence growing
erals AM grasses, and, perhaps, raisiI 6
,attle, aul will enter inc competition in
,rt.c'es with which the markets are already
overs ocked.
A circumstantial story is given out to tn.
fleet that the illness of S .cretary Manning
was the result of an animated confereuc,
with the President rel ,tive to the policy ur-
i sued in making removals and ap. O ntments
AT Cabinet meeting last week the SUI CT
Of maxim, nominations in the lght # the
.ction Of the Senate, was under cons dera.
ton, when S, crerary Manning spoke quite
earnestly in regard to the appointment o
Collectors and other DO ded { flic rs in New
YORK which hn l been IN ide in good faith:
that they were ap)intel b.cluse they were
Democrats and there was no other ,use fer
the removal Of their predecessors than that
they Were Republicans. The Secretary fur>
thar dec AIRED that these new
nppointee, had gone to grea
trouble and to some expense to furnish the !
boud' AMI to cause ther rel ,c.ion for n.
o .her re, Oh tiln that the A lminis.ratiou
wi ID to make it appear that there was some
Other than the real reason for tie removal 81
thsir pre- lee .ssors woui ram some Of thes,
men, for which he the Secre airy, W, uld feel
that he was in measure responsible. The
Secretary = expos ul atiol w,re in vain. The
j idtr .rence of tn, Pres lent, is is STATED led
t, much feeling on tha part of S,cretary
| Manning and that he in ina.ei as / left
that he would tender his res gnation. An
other Authority says that he &C u lily tender
ell his resignation When the Secretary
reached his department his attendants mo-
ticed that he was much agltatel, evidently
from me ltal exc tie nen. AMI not as if suffice
il from physical disc ,mtort. He also fire.
uuently exprese to those about him when
attacked by nau sea thai he had 10 pan
The bill Introduced by Representative
White to authoriz, survey OF a route for a
ship canal to connect the Allegheny river
with Lake Erie, is the eighth scheme of the
kind that is now pending before Congress-
The schemes would involve on the average
more than II ,,OOO, coo each They consist.
besides the one proposed by Mr.. White, of
the Florida, Delaware, Hennepin, Erie, Mi
chigan, Maryland and N cara guam ship ca
mas. Most of these five come up year after
year in Con ,ress, and have afforded an in>
exhaustible subject for discussion by patri
otto and ambitions statesmen They will
probably never pass, hecau>e of the great
cost they involve
Mr. Whites Iii | provides that as soon as
PRACTICAL the Secretary OF War shall make q
survey and estimate OF cost fer ship canal
from n point near Franklin on The Allegheny
to point on l. Ike E5e; che canal to be of
sufficient capacity to Dat vessels engaged in
the trans portation Of iron ore. 1t provides
fer the appropr alton of 5000 to defray the
cost of surveying.