Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-12-13

promptly improved and enlarged the next
year will show a most gratifying increase
in our exports Of breadstuffs aud proyi
sions az we ! as of some important lines OF
manufactured goods.
In addition to tho bills that became u
law before adjournment of the last SEES
sion some other bills OF the highest impor-
lance wero we'll advanced toward q final
vote and now stand upon the calendars OF
the two houses In favored positions.
The present session has = fixed limit ana
IL these a res are not now brought to a
final vote all the work that has been done
upon them by this congress Is ost.
The proper consideration Of these, OF an
apportionment bill and OF the annual ap
preparation bills will require not only
that no working day Of the SEES
sion shall be lost, but that
measures Of minor and local interest
shall not be allowed to interrupt or retard
the progress of those that are of universal
interest: Id view Of thess conditions | re
frain from inging before you at this
time some suggestions that would other
wise be made and most earnestly invoke
your attention to the duty of perfecting
the important legislation now well adj
vanced and to some of these measures
which seem to me most important, | now
briefly call your attention. / desire to re-
peat with added urgency the recommenda-
tions contained in my last annual message
in relation to the development.
AMERICAN LINES.
The reciprocity clause of the tariff bill
will be Iargely limited, and its benefits re-
tartied and diminished. If provision is
not contemporaueously made TO encourage
the establishment. of first class steam com
munication between our ports and the
ports of such nations as may meet our
for enlarged commercial ex-
changes. The steamship carrying the
mails statedly and frequently, and Offering
to passengers q comfortable, safe and
speedy transit, Is the first condition of
foreign trade. Ii carries the order of the
buyer, but not oil that Is ordered or
bought. 1t gives to the sailing vessels such
cargoes as are not urgent or perishable and
indirectly, at least, promotes that import
adjunct Of commerce. There Is now both
in this country and In the nations of Cen
trial and south America a state of expecta-
ton and confidence as to the increased
trade, that will give n double value to your
prompt action upon this question. The
present situation of our mail comInunica
ton with Australia illustrates the impor-
lance of early action Dy congress. The
Oceanic Steamship company maintains a
line of steamer W San Francisco,
Sydney and Auckland, consisting of three
vessels, two of which are Of United States
registry and one Of foreign registry. For
the s, rvice done by this line in carrying
the mails we pay annually the sum
of $4,000, being as estimated,
the full sea and United States inland post
age which Is the limit fixed by law. The
colonies of New South Wales and New
Zealand nave been paying annually to
these lines gY1, 0O0 for carrying the mails
from Sidney and Auckland to San Fran
cisco. The contract under which this pay
ment has been made Is now about to ex-
- -
new the contracts unless the United States
shall pay a more equitable proportion Of
the whole sun necessary to maintain the
service. / am ad vised by the postmaster
general that the United States receives for
carrying the Australian mails brought to
San Francisco in these steamers and by
rail to Vancouver an estimated
annual income of $15,00h while
as | have stated, we are paying out for the
support of the steamship line that brings
this mail TO us only $4,000, leaving an an
nual surplus resulting from this service of
$4,000. The trade of the United States
with Australia, which is in a considerable
part carried by those steamers, and the
whole of which Is practically dependent
upon the mail communicates which they
maintain, Is largely In our favor. Jun
total exports Of merchandise TO Australian
ports during the fiscal year ending June 3
1891, were sll ,266, iS4, while the total i'm
ports Of merchandise from these ports
were only 81, 257,616. II we are not will
ing to see this important steamship line
withd rawn or continued with Vancouver
su INSTITUTED for San Francisco as the
American terminal, congress should put It
in tho rover of the postmaster. general to
make a liberal increase In the amount now
paid for the transportation of this impor-
tant mail. The south Atlantic and gulf
ports occupy . very favored position to-
wards the new and important
which the reciprocity clause of the tariff
act and the postal shipping bill are da-
signed to promote. Steamship lines from
these ports to some northern port of South
America will almost certainly effect a
connection between the railroad systems
Of the Continent long before any continu-
Gus line of railroads can be put into oper-
alton. The very large appropriation
made at the last session for the harbor of
Galveston was justified, il seemed TO
me, by these considerations. The great
northwest will feel the advantage of trunk
lines TO the south, as well as to the east,
and of new markets opened for the supply
of food products and for many Of their
manufactured products.
/ had occasion in my last 20 transmit TO
y report adopted by the interna-
tional American conference upon the sub
Ject OF the Incorporation OF an interna-
tional American bank, with a view to fa-
cilitatlon of money exchanges between the
states represented In that conference.
Such an institution would greatly promote
the trade we are seeking to develop. re-
new the alton that q careful
and well guarded charter be given. /
do not think the powers granted
should incl ude those ordinarily exercised
by trust guaranty and safe deposit com
panies or that more branchesin the United
Atataa ahnnlh Ia anfhnrf.aI thaw
strictly necessary to accomplish the object
primarily in view, namely, convenient for
eign exchanges. Ii 10 quite important that
prompt action should be taken In this mat.
ter, in order that any appropriations for
better communication with those countries
and any agreements that may be made for
reciprocal trade may not be hinde red by
the Inconvenience of making exchanges
through European money centers or bur
dened by the tribunal which is an accident
Of that method Of business.
U WAR EQUIPMENTS.
The report Of the secretary of war ex-
hibits several gratifying results attained
during the year by wise and unostentatious
methods. The percentage Of desertions
from the army Ian event for which both
congress and the department. have long
been seeking a remedy has boon reduced
during the past year "A per cent. and for
VIC "a ~ AuSuet huN Ocptc"ucf, uuT-
ing which time the favorable effects Of the
act Of June 10 were felt, 33 per cent,
as compared with the same months Of
1889. The results attained by q reorganiza-
tion and consolidation of this divisions hay
ing charge Of the hospital service records
of the volunteer soldiers are very remark.
able. This change was effected In July,
1859, and at hat time there were 40, 654
cases awaiting attention more than half Of
these being calls from the pension Office for
information necessary to the n adjudication
of pension claims. On the 30th day of June
last though over three hundred thousand
new calls had come in there was not a sin
gle case that had not been examined and
answered.
RESISTANCE or PLATES.
The experiments conducted during the
year TO test the relative reaisting power of
armor plates nave been SO valuable as to
attract great attention in Europe. The
only ART of the work upon the new ships
that Is threatened by unusual delay 10 the
armor plating and every effort 10 being
made to reduce that TO be minimum and IL
IL q source of congratulation that the antici-
pated influence Of modern vessels up the
Esprit De Corps of the officers and seamen
has been fully realized. Confidence and
pride In the ships among the crew are
equivalent to a secondary battery. Your
favorable consideration is invited to the
Recommendations Of the Secretary.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORS; REPORT