Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-02


| arts by securing for limited time 10
authors an Inventors the exclusive right
! TO their Respective writings aud discoveries.
| This government d not feel warranted in be-
coming signer, pending the action OF Con
| grsss upon measures of national copy
ght now before IL, but the right OF adhesion
| TO the Bernie convention hereafter has been re-
served ] trust the subject will receive at your
| hands III, att 'nton it'deserves, and that the
| just claims OF authors, so urgently pressed,
| VII be duly heeded.
Representa- ions continue to be made 60 me
| OF the injurious effect upon the American ar
| fist studying abroad, and having free access TO
the art collections OF foreign countries
aud Of maintaining discriminating
duty against tbs Introduction OF the works
| of their brother artists OF other countries,
and am induced 10 repeat my recommends
| ton for the ABOLITION OF that tax.
Pursuant To a provision OF the diplomatic
and consular appropriation act approved July
l, 1886, the estimates submitted by the Sec
| rotary of State for the consular service have
BEEN recast on the basis of salaries for all Of
icers 70 whom such allowance Is deemed ad-
| visable. Advantage has been taken OF
this TO redistrkbute the salaries Of the officers
now appropriated for in accordance
with the work performed and
the importance Of representative duties
in the incumbent and the cost Of living at
each post The latter consideration has been
which may suffice for the decent maintenance
OF a worthy and capable officer In q position
of onerous and representative trust at Il post
readily acce, be, and where the necessarles
| Of life are abundant and cheap, may prove an
inadequate pittance in distant lands, where
| the better part OF years pay Is consumed in
| reaching the post OF duty, aud
where the comforts Of ordinary
civilized existence can only be obtained with
difficulty and at cXborbltant cost thrust III At
| ~ guhmittpH
taken theory Of economy will pcrpetnatc a
system which in III past has virtually closed
to deserving talcn many Offices where capac-
ity and attatnmeuts of a high order are indis-
pensable and In not few instances has
brought dscre1it on our national character
and enta lie embarrassm nj and even suffer
Ing on t. ose dc 0uted to uphold our dignity
and interests abroai.
In connection with this subject l
earnestly reterate the practical neces--
trustworthy inspection and report
Of the manner in which the Consulate' are
conducted. In the absence Of such reliable
information, It's efficiency can scarcely be re-
wardcd or its opposite corrected. Increasing
competition IN the trade has directed atten-
ton TO the value of
THE CONSULAR REPORTS
lTr nted by the Department OF State and the
| efforts of the Government TO extend the prac-
teal usefulness Of these reports have created u
| wider demand for them at home and a spirit
Of emulation abroad. Constituting q record of
the changes occurring in trade and Of the pro
gTess of the arts and invention in foreign
countries, they arc much sought for by oil In
| terested in the subjects which they embrace.
The report Of the
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
exhibits in detail the condition Of the public
finances and OF the several branches Of the
| Government related To his Department l
especially direct the attention Of the Congress
| TO the recommendations contained in this
and IN last preceding report Of the Secretary
| touching the sim lihcatiOn and amendment
of the laws relating to the collection OF our
revenues and in the interest Of economy and
justice to the Government | hope they may
be adopted by appropriate legislation
The ordinary receipts OF the gov
eminent for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1886 wer5 1886, 430, 727.03, Of this amount
! SO! ,pl5, 023.4l was received from customs
and SIG, sos 9364S from internal revenue,
with the total receipts as here stated
were $l3,742, 0!0.6S greater than for
the previous year, but the In.
crease from customs was S4l,434, 0S4 10
aud from internal revenue "a, 4O7, 30 70, max
Ing gain in these items for the last year of
1854 1896. o., a fall ng off in other resources
reducing the total increase to the smaller
amount mentioned The expense at the diff
ferent custom houses of collecting this increas-
ed customs and revenues was IS than the ex-
pense of collecting such revenue the preced-
ing year BY $49O,5.S, and the increased re-
ceipts Of internal revenue were collected at a
cost to the internal revenue bureau OF SIS, 594,
400 less than the expense of such collection
for the previous year. The total ordinary ex-
| Ienses Of the government for the fiscal year
ended June 81, 1885, were S2i2, 4S3, 1873 50, be-
ing less by 7,1SS, T97 than or the year pre-
cedtnE, and. and icay ny ,,o o,oa surplus US
the last Gscai year of 500, a56, 5Ss s.,
as against S63, 469, l,27 at the close of the
previous wear, be ng an incre Use In such sur
illus Of $50, 492, Sl729. The OK end ture are
compared with those Of the prsCed.ng fiscal
ytar and ella lied as follows: For civil
ex, enses for the year ending June 80, 1885,
$23, 1924, 942ll; for foreign intercourse for
1885, 81, $50 800 80, ( r 1885, S. 430 609.ll; for
Indians for 1885, 5000, l5ll1 for 1883, ",
$50 492 SO; for pens ons for 1886, 500 4O4 S8403,
for 1885, $50 lC2, 1913 Tor the III ltary, In,
Guiding river and harbor improvements aud
arsenal for 1885, S34, 334, 153. "A, for 1885, So,
670,57S.47 for the navy, including vessels,
machinery and improvements OF navy
yards for 1885, $13, 9C7, SSG7S for 1886, $l6-
021 079. go; for interest On ublic debt for 1885,
SO $50 l45 81, for 1885, $751; 1856 $50 AZ; for the
District Of Columbia, for 1885, $3.50 31.S9;
for 1855, $3449,4 50 95; miscellaneous expen-
d,tures, including public buildings, light-hOu-
scs and collecting the revenue, for 1886 S47
9S6 6S3. OF; $54 TBS, 0B2l for the current year
en- ling June 81, 1871. The asccrtaIned re-
ceipts no TO Octob II |, 1885, with such receipts
estimated for the rcna nder of these are
amount 10 1866 0DO coo; the expenditure as
certainad and estimated for the same periods
are $3.50, 900, 900, indicat NJ an antcpat ed sur
plus a. the close OF the year Of$99,0 W,00.
| The total value OF the exports from the
Tn ted States TO foreign countries during
the fiscal year is stated and compared with
he preced,ng year as follows
for 70 wear ending
June -, Is June 80, 1885.
Dom. mdsc 1868, 645, go 90 S726, 6S2, 946 on
Fore On mdse l3,B0,3O l.OO l5,5 o. 800 90
Gold. 42,95!,l9l.00 SAL, S92 %
Silver. ...... 29,5l1,2l9.00 80, 752 $500
The value Of some OF our leading exports
during the las. fiscal year as compared with
the value OF the same for the year immedi-
ately preceding IS here given and furnishes
information both interesting and suggestive
For the year ending
June 30, 1886 June 80, 1885.
turc. .......... s2l9 Oi5, 5000 2lS, 100, O49 90
Tobacco and its
manufacture. 30, 44, 90S.00 "A, 161, 305 90
Breadstuffs l25 $40, SIS. 90 100, 80 S2l. 90
Provisions. 9O,635, 2l6.00 107, 49,, 466 90
Our imports during the last fiscal year, as
compareu with the previous year, were as fol-
lows:
1886 1885.
Merchandise .fG35, 495, 1876 S579, $50, 1888. so
Gold .............. 2J743,3I9 1860, 696. 90
s lver............. 17,S50,3O7 1850 597 90
URGES REDUCTION IN THE REVENUES
In my last annual message to Congress at