Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-15
Turning to financial affairs. the

FfpSlUellt say lHe OtulildTi it- ceipts of the last fiscal year were S13.7i8, ,020.6S above those of the year preceding; the ordinary ex- penses, 17,GSS,7 ,797 less; the surplus left in the Treasury, S93, ,956, ,5SS. .56. as against 363, ,463 I'll .27 the pre-. vious year, being an increase of S30. 2,Sl1.21. The estimated sur plus at the end of the current ex- penses is about s30,00O 900. The President urges a reduction ot the revenues hy so modifying the tariff as to ''cheapen the price of the necessaries of life and give freer entrance to such imported mate rials as by American labor may be manufacturedn into marketable goods. The agriculturist he says. pays ''an unnatural profit, which, by the action of the Government is given to the more favored manu- faeturer. As to the compulsory coinage of silver, the President repeats his last years recommeu, dation of its suspension He advises the appointment of an ad ditional Federal Judge in the Southern District of New York, where customs suits have greatly accumulated.
 Of Secretary Endicott's recom- mendations he specially sanctions those relating to coast defense, and for requiring examinations, like those in the navy, upon the promotion of army officers. X short summary of Secretary Whit ney's report is given. with a some. what guarded approval of its l project for securing American ar. mor and gun steel. The Pre sident tamors an extension of the free de livery service, and an appropriation for increased postal services to the i Argentine Republic and Brazil. 1 though not as "a grant of subsidy :" He comments the suggestions of the Attorney-G General as a whole. and particularly the one to estab fish penitentiary for prisoners sentenced in United States courts. The cost of erecting and maintain- ing 1t would be partly offset, he says, by saving the sums paid to State institutions, and by "the manufacture of such articles as were needed for use by the Coy ernment."
 The President repeats his recOm- mendatiOn of commission of three army officers and three civil ians, as auxiliary to the present system of Indian agents. The al. lotment of Indian lands in several ty is also favored. The repeal of the Preemption and Timber Gull ture acts and the repeal or amend ment of the Homestead and the Desert Land laws are recommend ed, The subject of pensions are dicussed at length, but rather ] vaguely. There seems, however, to be an indication of an impor. tant purpose to object to pensions granted "upon any other grounds than actual service and injury or disease incurred in such service.r The Patent Office IS busy and pros porous. As to the Union Pacilic's !. indebtedness, the President some. what diplomatically says that the matters to consider are "the situa
 nation of the Government as a creditor and the surest way to se- cure the payment of the principal and the interest of it's debt" The proprety or interstate commerce legislation is suggested cautiously and the labor question prov ohes a renewal of the project to add arbi- tratiuu in labor to the present functions of the Labor Bureau
 The prevailing cattle disease is recommended to the attention ol Congress.
 Of the Civil Service law MT
 Cleveland declares that "eyery public officer who has a just idea cf bis duty to the people teStifies
 to the value of his reform,n thaI
 should it's underlying principle bt abandoned, it will be the abandon.
 ment of "the surest guarantee o
 the safety and success of American institutionS;' and that the Sa.arie,
 of the Commissioners ought to b,
 increased at once. He recommend;
 that the Government should pay t(
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