The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-10
MUCH INFORMATION
TO Be Cleaned from the Reports Of
Three Public Servants.
SECRETARY LaMAR's ANNUAL REVIEW.
Facts About the Indians, Public Lands and
Other Topics-Business of the Treasur-
er's Office During the Year-The
Secretary of Wars Budget.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WASHINGTON, Dec 6.-The annual report
of the Secretary of the Interior commences
with resume of operations in the Indian
Bureau. Out of an estimated Indian popu.
lation Of $4,000, less than 100 have been in
revolt during the year; the average school
attendance is about 1000 greater than ever
before, and there has been a general i'm
provement in their moral and industrial
condition. The Cheyenne and Arapahoe
reservation, in the Indian Territory fur
nishes striking illustration of this I'M
provement Of these Indians Secretary
Lamar SAYS:
There has been an increase of over 800
acres in cultivation; farms have been fenced
by Indians, who have built for this purpose 100
miles OF fencing. They have cut and put up for
winter use more than 400 tons of hay; have
hauled over 100000 pounds OF freight from the
railroad to the agency, and have over $50 more
OF their children in the schools. Nearly all Of
the squaw men on the reservation have be-
come legally married to their Indian wives in
conformity to the requirements of this depart.
ment''
The report says that, while the work of
elevating the race is bearing fruit, there
must be radical changes in our Indian pol
icy before they can be incorporated into our
political and social systems as citizens. In
this connection the Secretary recommends
passage ofithe bill for the appointment of
commission to inspect and report on In
dian affairs, which is now before Con-
gress. During the year about 800
Indians have received title to land
allotmeats, and number have
taken up homesteads. Congress is asked
to pass general law regulating the allot-
menti in severalty of lands to Indians. The
Secretary also recommends that the Army
Appropriation act be modified so that army
officers may purchase grain, hay and other
produce from Indians near the posts. The
Secretary considers it desirable that law
be enacted authorizing Indians to pasture
cattle on their reservations at reasonable
compensation for the benefit of the tribe.
Of the Indian Territory the Secretary
says:
1T is certainly of the greatest Importance,
and no less for the interest of the Indians
themselves than for the people of the ad-
joining States, that this vast area of coun-
try should have extended over it, as early
as may be practicable, the universal laws
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immense property interests be brought under
the influence and operation of those laws as ad-
ministered by the judicial establishment of our
country, SO that lawlessness may be punished
ana peace and good order preserved through
and by the courts of justice, and not by the
agency OF the executive departments, aided by
the military force of the Government
Secretary Lamar recommends that the
salary of the Commissioner of Indian At
fairs be increased from $1,000 to $1,000 per
year. The expenses of the Indian Bureau
Tor the fiscal year were Sc, 100, Isl.
The total area of public lands disposed of
during the year was A,614, 419 acres, for
which $9,031 1854 was received. The Secre-
tary reneWs his recommendation that the
minimum price for sales of land at pri-
vate cash entry be increased, in order
to prevent the increase of large tracts
in the hands of a few individuals. He also
recommends the establishment of date
after which claims founded on alleged
Mexican land grants be barred from
presentation. The recommendations con
tanned in the last report, that the desert
land laws be modified and the Timber
Culture act be repealed, are renewed
Legislation for outstanding the timber re-
sources of the country is urged Con-
siderable space is given to the unlawful in
closure of public lands by cattlemen. The
Secretary says in this connection:
Whatever appliances, however, the law has
placed in the hands of the Executive will here
after be invoked, If necessary, to put final
end to this enormous plundering of the public
domain
In the matter of pensions the report says
there are now BIO cases upon the docket
of the Board of Appeals, and he recommends
the continuance Of the extra appropriation
for this board until the arrears are brought
up.
During the year there were 1854 appli-
cations for patents and reissues received,
and "a, 1874 were granted.
The reports to the Bureau of Labor show
that the reports Of industrial depressions
are largely exaggerated. The report says
Among the various causes alleged by manu-
facturers and others for The existence Of indus
trial depressions are to be found the irregulari-
ties existing in the rates of duty under present
tariff legislation. These g1aring in
CAPABILITIES are potent cause of apprehension,
in the minds Of producers, of disturbance in
values and, therefore, of corresponding depres-
sions'
Continuing, the report says:
1.-THE adjustment of rates of duty on manu-
featured goods should be in accordance with the
labor cost of production, etc. The la
Dor cost in production and all the other ele-
ments Of production must be considered before
an equitable schedule can be arranged. Until
some such basis is adopted the inequalities
shown will exist, although they may
be shifted so far as products are concerned"
The operations of the geological survey
are considered and it's work approval.
From it is learned that the value of metal
lie products of the United States during 1885
was $1S1 $50, 1865, of which $64, 712, 400 were
pig iron, $51 100000 silver and S3l 80, 200
gold.
The development of the Territories dur
ing the year has been impeded by the
Apache raids in Arizona and New Mexico,
by Chinese labor troubles in the Northwest
and by Mormon troubles in Utah and Idaho
In presenting the report of the Utah
Commission the Secretary indorses their
recommendation. The bill now pending in
the House, as it was amended by the Senate
and by the Judiciary Committee of the
House, furnishes comprehensive plan for
the treatment of public affairs in Utah, and
they urge its passage at the approaching
session. They also recommend legislation
forbidding the immigration into the
United States of aliens who are polyga-
mists, and they favor the adoption of the
constitutional amendment proposed by the
Judiciary committees of the two houses of
Congress.
The Secretary concludes his report by
recommending liberal appropriations for
the Yellowstone Park, and that every meas
ure calculated to preserve and improve the
park, prevent spoliation of timber, or game,
or any other encroachments, be adopted
and enforced.
THE TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The United States
Treasurer has submitted to the Secretary
of the Treasury his annual report, from
WATCH it appears that the net receipts
of The Government during the year
ended June 80 Were 1886, 1876, 727, and
the net expenditures S242, 4S3, 1888. The
excess of revenue over expenditure
was S93, 956, 5S9 The net receipts for the
last fiscal year over those of 1885 are $50,
492,S17. The receipts on account of the
Post-ofice Department, not included in the
above statement, amounted to So, 997, 135,
an increase of s., 6S7, 1899 over those of the
preceding year; the expenditures increased
from $50 S26, 314 IN 1885 to 50,6S2 5S5 in 1886,
or 1856, 271. Bonds of the United States
amounting IN SdA All 2S0 xxyaT.n radnaned and