Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-17

by adverse and unfounded claims.
Exclusion of Chinese.
The enforcement by the treasury department.
OF the law prohibiting the coming % Chinese to
the United States has been effective TO such
as seek 10 land from vessels entering our ports
The result has been to divert travel 10 vessels
snte ring the ports Il British Columbia, whence
passage into the United States at obscure
points along the dominion boundary is easy
a very considerable number Of Chinese laborers
nave during the past year entered the United
States To Canada and Mexico. The officers
OF the u eNury department and Of the depart
ment 81 Justice have used every means
at their command to intercept this
! immigration; but the impoSsibility of
perfectly guarding our extended frontier IS
apparent Tue dominion government collects
a ee14 Tax OF $50 from every Cinnamon enter
ing Canada and thus derives a considerable
revenue from those who only use its ports to
redcA position 81 advantage 70 cVade our eX-
ciu,ion laws. There seems TO be satisfactory
evidence that the la ,iaeSs OF passing China
men through Canada 10 the UaIted States is
organized ana quite active. The department
oi justice has coast rueu the laws O. require
the return IL any OuinuMan found 10 be uulaw-
country from WHttA ht came, not"lthstand~
Ing the fact that he came by way
uf Canada. bat several Of the district courts
have, In case, brought Before them, overruled
| this View 0l the law anj decided that such
| persons must ne returned 10 Canada. This
/ construction rops the law of all effectiveness.
| even II the DEGREES could he executed for the
/ men returned The next day recross our
| border. But the only appropriation made is
/ iNF HcANlA1 AntiN B&Ga 10 emma ana the cana
alah omei3is refuse to allow them 10 reenter
/ Canada without the payment OF the $50 head
/ tax. recommend sach legislation which will
remedy these defects in The law.
The Postal Service.
/ In the report Of the postmaster general some
very gratifying results are exhibited and many
bettermcuts OF the service suggested. A pc
| rusal OF the report gives abundant evidence
! that the supervision and direction Of the postal
| system have been characterized by an inteli-
gent and conscientious de- ire 10 improve the
! service. The revenues Of tire department show
/ an increase OF over 100000 while the esti-
mate FOR the year isg3 shows a surplus of re-
ceipts over expenditures. Ocean mail post
| offices has been established upon the steamers
/ of the North German LLOYD and Hamburg
| lines saving, by the distribution shpboard.
| from two to fourteen hours time in the delivery
| Of mail ~ the port II entry and often much
| moro than this IN the delivery at interior
| places. So thoroughly has this system, initi-
ated by Germany and the United States.
| evidenced its usefulness that 1t cannot be long
| before 1t is Installed upon all the great ocean
mail-caTrying steamships
Eight thousand miles OF new postal service
have been established upon railroads. the car
distribution TO sub stations in the great cities
| has been increased about 10 per cent, while
1 the percentage OF errors In distribution has,
| during the past year, been reduced over one
half
Rural Free Delivery.
| An appropriation was given by the last con-
gress FOR the purpose OF making some expert
ments in free delivery in the smaller cities and
/ towns. The results Of these experiments have
been so satisfactory that the postmaster gen
| eral recommends, and l concur in the recon.
| mendation that the free delivery system be at
once extended TO towns of 5000 population.
Extension of the Money Order system.
1t is stated that over 81 900 mel ign borhoods are
under the present system, receiving mail at
| post Offices where money orders and postal
notes are not issued The extension OF this
i system to these communities is especially de-
1 sirable. as the patrons Of such Offices are not
possessed OF the other facilities offered in more
/ los 10 tran gFfisS sir faf
small sums OF money
| have, in message to. the preceding con
| gress, expressed my views as TO the modified
use Of the telegraph in connection with the
| postal service
New warships.
The report OF the secretary OF the navy shows
a gratifying increase Of new naval vessels in
| commission. The Newark, Concord, Benning-
ton and Miantonomoh have been added during
| the year, and an aggregate OF something more
| than / 1000 tons Twenty-four warships of all
classes are now under construction ia the navy
| yards and private shops, but while the work
| upon them is going forward satisfactorily the
| completion OF the more important vessels viii
yet require about years time Some of the
vessels now under construction, II Is believed,
| will be triumphs Of naval engineering. When
IL is recolected that the work OF building "a
| modern navy was only initiated in the year
| 1883. that our naval constructors and ship
| builders were practically without experience
in the construction Of large iron or steel ships,
| that engine shops were unfamiliar with
| great marine engines and that the manufacture
OF steel forgings for guns and plates was al.
most wholly foreign industry. the progress
that has been made is not only highly satsfac-
| tory, but furnishes the assurance that the
/ United States will before long attain in the
construction Of vessels, with their engines
and ornaments, tho same preeminence
which it attained when the best instrument OF
! ocean commerce was the clipper ship and the
most impressive exhibit OF naval power the old
/ wooden three.decter man OF war
Further Development Urged.
! commend to your favorable consideration
| the recommendation OF the secretary, who has,
| am sure, given TO them the most conscientious
| study. There should be no hesitation in prompt
| ly completing a navy Of the best modern type,
! large enough to enable this country TO display
its flag in all for tho protection Of its cit
/ liens and its extending commerce.
Indian schools.
| The report Of the secretary OF the interior
! shows that a very gratifying progress has been
/ made in all OF the bureaus which make up that
! complex difficult department. The work In the
bureau Of Indian affairs was perhaps never
/ large as now by reason of the numerous nego-
| tiations which have been proceeding with the
/ tribes for a reduction Of the reservations, with
the incident labor OF making allOtments.
and was never more carefully conducted.
/ The provision OF adequate school facilities
1 for Indian children and the location
| 81 adult indians upon farms involve
! Everything dissertations, annutties and tribal
1 negotiations with tho agents inspectors and
/ commissioners who distribute and conduct
| them-must pass away when the Indian has
| become a citizen secure In the individual own
ership OF farm from which he derives his sub
| sistence by his own labor, protected by and
| subordinate TO the laws which govern the
white man and provided by the general gov
| eminent or by the local communities in which
| he lives with the means of educating his chill
dren. When Indian becomes a citizen
| in an organized state OF territory his
| relation TO the general government
/ ceases ia great measure, to be that
| Of award but the general government ought
not 81 once 10 put upon the state territory
| the burden OF the education OF his children It
/ has been my thought that the government
schools and school buildings upon the reserva-
| tions would be absorbed by the school systems
| Of the states and territories; but, IL has
! been found necessary 20 protect the Indian
| against the compulsory education OF his land
/ by exempting him from taxation for a period
| OF twenty five years, II would seem TO be right
| that the general government, certainly where
| there are tribal funds In its possession. should
| pay to the school fund of the state
| what would be equivalent to the To-
| cal school tax upon the property OF
| the Indian. II will be noticed from the report
! Of the commissioner of Indian affairs that al
ready some contracts have been made with dis
! trict schools for the education OF Indian chill
| dreu There Is great advantage, ] think, in
bringing the Indian children into mixed
| schools. This process will be gradual, and in
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