The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-02

in the aggregate $685. 6 ,8l4 or about 81 so
per capita, and OF this increase
only S7,1O0.00O was due to the
recent silver legislation. That this sub
stantial and needed aid given to commerce
resulted in an enormous reduction of the
public debt and of the annual interest
charge is matter OF increased satisfaction.
There have been purchased and redeemed
since March 4, 1889, four aud four and
halt per cent. bonds to the amount of $2l1,-
S34, $50 at cost of S246, 620 TAI, resulting in
the reduction of the annualiaterest charge
of S., 967. 500 and total saving of interest
OF SOL SIG, 106. l notice with great pleasure
the statement of the secretary that the re-
ceipts from internal revenue have increased
during the last fiscal year nearly Sl2, 600, 900
and that the cost Of collecting this
larger revenue was less by $780, 17 than for
the same purpose in the preceding year.
The percentage of cost of collecting Gus
toms revenue was less for the last fiscal
year than ever before.
CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION BOARD.
The customs administration board pro-
vided for by the act of June 10, 1890, was
selected with great care and is composed,
in part, of men whose previous experience
in the administration of the old customs
regulations had made them familiar with
the evils to be remedied. and in part of
and experience seemed to fit them for the
work of interpreting and applying the new
| statute. The chief aim of the law is to
secure the honest valuation of all dutiable
merchandise and to make these valuations
uniform at all our ports of entry. 1t had
| been made manifest by Congressional In
vestlgation that system of undervaluation
had been long in use by certain classes OF
| importers resulting not only in a great loss
| q
discrimination against honesty. 1t is not
seen how this legislation, when it is under
stood, can be regarded by the citizens of any
country having commercial dealings with
us as unfriendly. If any duty is supposed
to be excessive let the complaint be lodged
there. 1t will surely be claimed by any
well disposed people that aremedy may b.
sought and allowed in system of quas
smuggling.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
The report or the secretary of war ex
hib1ts several gratifying results attained
during the year by wise and ostentatiou
methods. The percentage of desertion
from the army Gan evil for which both Con
gress and the department have long beef
seeking a remedy has been reduced du
ring the past year "a per cent. and for tn,
months OF August and September, durin:
which time the favorable effects of the &C
of June 16 were felt, SO per cent. as com
pared with the same months of 1889.
The results attained by reorganizatiol
and consolidation of the divisions having
charge of the hospital service and records o
volunteer soldiers are very remarkable
This change was effected in July, 1889, an
at that time there were 40, 064 cases await
ing attention, mora than half Of these bein
, | calls from the pension office for informa
ton necessary to the adjudication of pen
sion claims. On the Both day of June last
though over three hundred thousand ney
calls had come in, there was not singl
case that had not been examined and en-
tered.
COAST DEFENsES.
J concur in the recommendations of tn
secretary that adequate and regular appro
priations be continued for coast defens
works and ordnance plans that have bee
practically agreed upon, aid there can b
no good reason for delaying the executio
of them; while the defenseless state of OF
great seaports furnishes an urgent reaso
for wise expedition.
The encouragement that has been e.
9 tended to the militia of the states generally
L appropriately designated the nations
guard, should be continued and eularget
= These military organizations constitute
l a sense the army of the United State
: while about five seventies of the annu
cost of their maintenance is betrayed /
the states.
/ | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
. The report of the attorney general /
. under the law, submitted directly to Co
y gress but as the department of Justice
:, one of the executive departments, son
. reference to the work done is appropriat
D A vigorous, and in the main effective, e
q fort has been made to bring to trial al
punishment all violators of the law, but
:, the same time care has been taken tn
;, - frivolous and technical offenses should n
: be used to swell the Golfers of,the officers
e harass the we'll disposed citizen Hepeci
q attention is called to the prosecution of Vi
II lations of the election laws and of offens
e against United States officers. The nuI
9 Der of convictions secured, very many
., them upon piers of guilty, will, it is hope
. have salutary restraining influence.
:, There have been several cases whe
y postmasters appointed by me have be-
!. subjected to violent interference in the di
. cutions and personal violence of the me
. extreme character. Some of these cas-
~, have been dealt with through the depal
10 ment of justice, and in some cases the pos
m offices have been abolished or suspende
w l have directed the postmaster general
NJ pursue this course in ali cases where 9th
-, "a efforts have failed to secure for any DO
~ master not himself in fault, an opportuni
!, to peacefully exercise the duties of
-, Office, but such action will not supplant t
~ efforts of the department of justice to bri
,, the particular offenders to punishment.
IS. FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES OF NATURALI
es TIoN.
o., The vacation by judicial DEGREES of fra
ulent certificates OF naturalization up
bills in equity filed by the attorney e
eral in the circuit court of the Unit
er States, is a new application of famil
es equity jurisdiction Nearly one b.
en- bred such DEGREES have be
IS taken during the year, the evidence d
et closing that very large number of frau
81 ulent certificates of naturalization hs
MT been issued And Ill this connection | /
us to renew my recommendation that the la
TO be so amended as to require more full 6
'rt searching inquiry into all the facts nee
e. sary to naturalization before any cert
en- Gates are granted. 1t certainly is not
IN much to require that an application
ne American citizenship shall be heard w
ne as much care and be recorded with as MI
Is formality as are given cases involving
hu pettiest property right.
,s- POOL SELLING IN THE DISTRICT OF CoLUMI
of At the last session l returned with
IS. my approval bill entitled ''An act to p
IN hiDit book making and pool-selling in
as District of Columbia" and stated my
'st lection to be that it did not prohibit, bu
on fact licensed what it purported to prohi
hit An effort will be MADE under existing |;
of to suppress this evil, though it Is not S
an that they will be found adequate.
os THE PosTMAsTER-G REPORT.
ge The report of the postmaster gen,
ole shows the most gratifying progress in
ult the work committed to his direction
IN business methods are greatly improved
rec large economy in expenditures and an
is crease of "a $50, 900 in the receipts
to been realized. The deficiency this yea
ION So, 300, as against $3.50. 1S5 last y