Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

is purchasing power, ne people WIN demand
the absolute stoppesss Of the silver bull on
Gavsr as aa 81 the wsoIs PORTION 3, the
silver coinage profits Tor Che redemption Of
the silver dollars which are held BY them.
nR oessy s.s
tnes1len o100o0s "a, about .iiikO0O
The loss ~ the ahfns:on 81 the coin, Il i was'
cert 'acates; on the whole, think it may besa!d
that the currsncy OF the country would be more
safe and more economical Il the coin were
by the < Government on pledge against out.
Whatever may Sc, thought STOUT tho v, sdom 81.
the w. s ts.r
wise. Future accumulation Of the precious
%s 81 os safs
moro easily sthan thetcoln. II this sut4 st,oh
was adopt 8aQ buA One Of our minis Illht ~
closed, ant large, useless expense be saved sss-g
PREVIOUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REVIEWED.
The Secretary reviews former recommends.
tions for the remedy ng of important defects IN
Ss ses ssa ss.
ties which have long affected the system.
IT Is gratifying to be able to show. further
the customs revenue; during the POST year 4
was 2A per cent; for the year 1885 II was 8. q
per cent. renew the recommendation made
4aSI year, anu Repeatedly uhu0 ny my pEtOOs
oessors, Tor the reorganization OF customs dis
tricts and the abolition of useless customs es-
Adjustments. ~ %' - FE' F" W:
;E5 ;. II8T FOREIGN .coMMERon. s.ss. II - i
The total value Of the imports and exports OF
& t6s As year 1857, sho~t IN increase Of
The value Of our exports Of domestic mer-
chandise during the last fiscal year were less
than that OF 1857 by e19, 100. $40. Sa.Gs g. gE.a
The total value OF the imports OF: merchan.
disc increase from 500, 3l9, T68 in 1887 to :3,.
or 4 s per cent, OF which e985O,484 represents
the increase in the value of FREQ merchandise,
and $s1,7s6S62 the increase in the value OF
The principal changes in duties collected on
articles and classes Of articles imported was an
increase In the duty collected on manufactures
silk, manufactures OF; manufactures of iron;
and potates: and q falling OF in the duty col.
lected on imports Of sugar, molasses and con-
feet onery, raw wool and ron ore. IT, r.
For the year 1887 the total values Of imported
articles entered for CONSUMPTION was e4so, ssS:-
S2l.b5, the duty collected being Ss12. Oh, 423 90
the United States, measured by its value, has
steadily declined from IS per cent. in 1855 to
less than II per cont. in 1883 Even OF this
small percentage only So per cent was carried
In steam vessels bearing our flag.
sf IMMIGRATION STATISTICS. '~ 81.
ending June 50. lsss were ese1, 1880. The e1.
o. as
State, by steam or sail vessels from .oreign
countries other - than tho Dominion Of
Canada and Mexico, during the year
which number 2,,6 I we're tourists or aliens not
intending to stay in the United States. In tho
year ending June 10. 1888, the total number Of
immigrants arriving at the various ports was
629, 33a, ofwhom 343, IA were males OF these
1,l1S were returned for the following causes:
Convtcts, l5: lunatlcs. g; idiots. 10: liable to
become publiccharges, 1,011.
,.. -. NAvIGATION.
The Bureau OF Navigation reports small
increase during the last fiscal year In the ton
mage Of the country, arising from the bu .lding
OF vessels, chiefly for the coastlng trade. The
tonnage built during the previous year was
year was PIE, 066 tons, comparing favorably, ao-
cording to the stat;st cs available, with the
amount built during that time In Austria, Bel
GUM, Denmark. France, Germany, tho Neither.
lands, Italy, Russia and Sweden combined. The
amounts Ia either case, however, are small IS
compared with the tonnage built in the United
Kingdom, where, on the goth OF June, 1883, S77
vessels, OF 6O8, liz tons gross, we're under con-
struct on. It is useless to expect any mater al
increase in the building of iron aud steel steam
under present conditions. We're all the re.
strictions of the tariff removed, tho business
would still be hampered by tho higher cost OF
the completed vessel Us compared with the ex.
pense Of q similar snip built upon the Clyde or
ut Belfast.
80 INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS &C.
The receipts from the several objects OF In
terna! taxation during the last two fiscal years.
as reported by the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, are as follows:
OBJECTS Fiscal gear ended Jxne 50
nie .Ile,d snirita Eek a0a ,o1 ~ aco efE 1Rs A.