The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-17

Commlssloner q poo11onA watch exhibits ~
detail ne operations q that noroau during the
pest ascal year. TIE Feport indicates greatly
incressed amount q work - > considerably
force. evincins skim and activity N 10 manage
TIE record shows that during the past month
The determination 81 cases has been not only
far N advance % the number appealed from tho
decision Of the Commissioner Of Pensions, but
that the increase IN the disposal Of the appeals
has been so per cent greater than ~ me
month prcceding
II Il asserted that the business Of the Patent
once Il In prosperous condition. and that the
current work. which was on m average nvc ~
one half months In arrears az the commence
mcnt OF the present administration. vas - the
time OF the commissioners report within three
months up 20 date. The commissioner de'
clarcs that he has all the force that Is really
needed" and that wiA such force he expects 70
be able 70 bring the work substantially up e
date within the next few months
The commissioner urges that additional room
Il very much needed. and several amendments
to the existing statutes are suggested
The Commissioner OF Labor submitted his IN
nual report on the nth Of last March II was
impossible for him 70 submit full report OF tho
operations OF the Bureau 1t an earlier date, Dc
cause the Bureau was not organized until dur
ing the last half OF the fiscal year ended June
NJ fspS the firsf report relates entirely 70 IN
duStrial depressions. and is the result Of plan
outlined by the Commissioner. and approved ~
me March IL. 1855. II groups facts drawn from
Trustworthy sources In Europe and America,
which show conclusively that the depressit q
| which has existed in the United States for Il e
! past half decade or more has been contempcr'
| aneous not only in features. but extent. with
/ dcpressions in other Industrial countries The
/ facts collected warrant the deduction that IN
/ dustrial depressions were largely exaggerated
| through the apprehension OF business men nru
| OF the public GENERALLY, growing out OF want u
4 clearly defined knowledge OF current events.
/ The operations OF the bureau for the present
year are outlined as follows:
4 l. An investigation into the number causes,
4 duration and results and other features OF all
l strikes occurring in the United States sine 9
\ and including the year 1881.
/ :. An investigation into the hours Of labor
4 wages paid. method OF payment. tours OF duty
the condition. etc, OF railway employees on a.
| railroad systems In the United states.
I An investigation as 10 the kind and amount
OF work performed in the penal institutions o.
the several States and Territories OF the United
| States and the District OF Columbia, the meth
| DDS under which convicts are or may be EN-
| pioyed in such institutions. and as 10 all th<
facts pertaining 70 convict labor and its infiu
| ence upon the industries OF the country.
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products. the cost OF producing and distributing
such products so far as the leading articles o
consumption are concerned. tracing each ar
ticle from its production 10 its consumption
and gathering all the facts a. to cost ans
method Of distribution.
s. An investigation into the employment
wages. condition. etc, OF the women workers 0
great cities
The Director OF the Survey sets forth in detail
the plan and organization OF the institution un
der his charge. and he then explains the char
arter OF the work occupying the attention Q
the different divisions, and points out It's utilit
and importance IN its bearing boil
on scientific research and economic &C
velopmenf With no substantial increase Y
the appropriation there has been executed
much larger amount OF satisfactory work thai
has hitherto proved feasible, in the al
sence OF those perfected methods whic'
have been the outVrowth OF experience
\ The whole number OF patients under treat
ment at the Government Hospital for the IN
sane during the year was 1-5ss the dali
average being f.21e62. The number OF acrnis
sions was 3a. discharges tincluhing deaths
81. leaving 10. remaining in the hospital .
the close Of the fiscal year.
II The board OF visitors recommend N apprc
priation OK &ls,00O TO provide additional accom-
mediation for the colored insane. There ar
now is3 u this class OF patients In the hospital
OF both sexes. TIE lodges originally intends
for their occupation accommodate only 3
leaving one-half the number TO be provided 10
in the other already crowded wards.
Ofthe other eleemosynary institutions unde
the fostering care OF the Government IN
Freeaman's Hospital. the Washington Hospita
for Foundlings. the Columbia Institution 70
the Deaf and Dumb. receive attention. -
also the Maryland Institute for the Blind an
the Pennsylvania School for Feeble Ninde
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the Government under their fostering care
Under the head OF Territories the repo'
, says:
, The general condition Of the Territorte
: shows marked and In some instances. striiin
progress in population taxable property, settl
! mcnt OF Land education. the mechanic ART
. railroad enterprises. and many Of the element
which promise to make them great and pro
porous States IN the future.
!. The chairman OF the Utah Commission :
! ports that tn general. during the past year.
in the last and previous years, the law reiatir
20 the Acknowledgement OF polygamists al
| those living in unlawful rehabilitation has bee
fully and successfully enforced
III The work done during the past year. the pre-
. | ent condition and the future needs Of the "a
springs reservation are set forth
or the Yellowstone Park the report says q
l | interest manifested In the natural scenery al
, ! phenomena af this wonder land which
I duced Congress- in 1872 70 segregate Il from Y
B public domain. 70 be reserved In common NJ
| .tnce a. National park, has in no degr
! | abafed but on the contrary. Is increasing fro
wear TO year as its wonders become bett
: known TO those Who combine pleasure-seeki
/ | with scientific research.
! on the c0th % March last lease was ma
! | BY the department granting Mr. Charles O.
= son. OF St Louis. NO.. hotel sites at Mammo
I Hot Springs. Norris Geyser Basin, Grand ca
Z Won ana Yellowstone Lake. seven acres In q
r together with the privilege OF furnishing traI
porfation and other necessary accommodate
a for visitors Under this lease operations We
!: begun Immediately after is execution and
additional facilities thus provided We
a enjoyed ~ many tourists duri
!. the season just passed by
duction OF fares upon the railway In
by which the park Il reached. the cost o. vis
q ing Il has been brought within the means Of
n larger number and the visitors during the ~
e. season were more numerous than In any
n vious year Over i've thousand registered
,e | the hotels. nearly one thousand Of these bel
re members Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
4. The Secretary recommends that authority
~ the building 81 railroad through the park
denied by Congress-