Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-10


SSH. Of cattle and pork products In
Nee NEED for shipment abroad has been
bssis OF a series Of successes which
tne 'attended our efforts to secure the
nas al OF the restrictions maintained
Enropean governments for ten
ine Protests and petitions upon this
ysssiSct from the packers and stock rails
SUI the United States have been d.
eIS ID against the restrictions which so
Ise-,'oTsly limited our markets and cur
Sled the profits of the farm. 1t is
source Of
GENERAL CONGRATULATIONS
-. snccess has at last been attained
10 otbe effects Of an enlarged foreign
IO -. i1 for these meats will be felt, not
Ia Diy bv the farmer, but In our public
o. and in every branch OF trade.
u Il a. PARTICULARLY fortunate that the in
LL..sssd demand for food products, re-
I.I,i,g from the removal of the restrict
80. mon our meats and from the re-
..t,rocal trade arrangements to which l
"a referred, should have come at a
- when the agricultural surplus is so
IS Without the help thus derived,
,-Tsr Drices would have prevailed.
The Secretary Of Agriculture estimates
20, tbe restriction upon the importa-
ION of our pork products into Europe
lost rs a market for 0,OOO,O 600 worth
ofthese products annually.
The grain crop OF this year was the
rsrgsst in our history, fifty per cent.
-rsater than that OF last year and yet
Re new markets that have been opened
81 the larger demand resulting from
mort crops in Europe have sustained
,rices 70 such an extent that the enOr-
mons surplus of meats and breadstuffs
viii be marketed at good prices, bring
ing relief and prosperity to an industry
That was much depressed.
The value Of the grain crop OF the
United States is estimated by the secre-
torv TO be this year at five hundred
million dollars more than last, OF meats,
o7e hundred and hfty millions more,
and Of all products OF the farm, seven
hundred millions more.
10 is not inappropriate, I think, here
N suggest that our satisfaction in the
contemplation OF this marvellous addi-
lion 20 sthe national wealth is IN
cOuded By any suspension OF the cur
rsDcv by which it is measured and in
which the farmer is paid for the pro-
duet Of his fields.
The report of the
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
should receive the careful attention Of
the opponents, as we'll as the friends Of
this reform. The Commission invites a
personal inspection by Senators and
representatives of its records ana meth
DDS; and every fair critic will feel that
such an examination should precede
iudgmentOf condemnation, either OF the
system or administration. 1t is not
claimed that either is perfect, but / be-
lieye the law is being executed with i'm
partialty and that the system is incOm-
psrably better and fairer than that Of
appointments upon favor. l have, dur
ing the year, extended the classified
service to include uperintendentS,
teachers, matrons and physicians in the
Indian service. This branch Of the
service is largely related TO educational
and philanthropic work and will obvi-
ousy be the better for the change.
The heads OF the several executive
departments have been directed to es-
tabsh at once an efficiency record as
the basis OF a comparative rating OF the
clerks within the classified service, with
view Of placing promotions therein
upon the basis Of merit. / am confident
that such = record fairly kept and open
20 the inspection OF those interested
will powerfully stimulate the work of
the departments, and will be accepted
by all as placing the troublesome mat
ter Of promotions upon a just basis.
recommend that the appropriations
for the Civil Service Commission be
made adequate TO the increased work
Of the next fiscal year.
I have twice before urgently called
the attention OF Congress 70 the neceS-
sity Of legislation for the protection Of
railroad employees, but nothing has yet
been done. During the year ending
June 80, 1891, $50 brakemen were killed
and 7,S4l manned while engaged in
coupling cars. The total number of
railroad employees killed during the year
was 294, and the number injured %, 800.
This is cruel aud largely
a needless sacrifice. The govern
ment is spending nearly $1,000
600 annually to save the lives OF
shipwrecked seamen aud every
steam vessel is rigidly inspected and re-
CURED TO adopt the most approved
safety appliances. An this is good; but
how shall we excuse the lack of interest
and effort in behalf OF this army Of
brave young men who, in our land OF
commerce, are being sacrificed every
year by the continued use OF Anticipated
and dang erOus appliances? A law re-
curing OF every railroad engaged in in
ter-State commerce, the equipment
each year Of given per cent. Of. its
freight cars with automatic cOuplerS
and air brakes would compel an agree
nent between the roads as 20 the kind
OF breaks and couplerS to be used, and
would very soon and very greatly re-
dlce the present fearful death rate
among railroad employees.
THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENT
BY the States Of electors for President
and Nice-PreSident has recently at
Gacted renewed interest, by reason Of a
departure by the State OF Michigan
nom the method which had become
Uniform In all the States. Prior to 1892,
various methods had been used by the
Ss..1erent States, and even by the same
S'a,e. In some the choice was made
" the legislature; in others electors
we're chosen by districts, but more gen
orally 10y the voters Of whole State
upon a general ticket. The movement
0"2rds the adoption OF the last named
method had an early beginning, and
vent steadily forward among the States
-l'! IN 1882 there remained but sin
- State, South Carolina, that had not
al0gJed it, That State, until the civil
var continued to choose it's electors by