The morning call., 1892-06-04
THE COUNTRY'S WEALTH.
Census Bulletin Showing the Assessed
Property Valuation.
CONFERENCE WITH CANADIAN OFFICIALS.
Arranging Canal TellS-InTeStgatiO Of the Census
Oiiee-fhc Pneumatic Tube Inquiry.
KanamakCr's Reply.
CONFERENCE WITH CANADIAN OFFICIALS.
Special TO THE MORNING CALL.

WASHINGTON, June g. "A bulletin
issued to-day by the Census Bureau
shows that the assessed valuation OF
all the property in the United States in
1890, excepting railroad property, had In
creased from S16902 993, 543 In 1880 to S24.-
Col, ,55S 565 in 1899, the increase during the
decade being S7,74S, 591. 922, or 45.S4 per
cent. Should the same relation be found TO
exist between the assessed valuation of the
railroads in 1890 and the valuation as 1t eX-
listed in $780, the absolute wealth OF the
United States may be estimated at S64,6iS.-
CO0,00o, or more than $1,000 per capita, as
against SOL, 400, 7S0 in 1870. or $50 per ca pita
in 1880.
The valuation Of property for California
Is given as follows: 1SS0-Real property.
S466, 275, ,5S5; personal, Sll8, ,S04, ,451; 1890
Real property, $3.50, 800. .661; personal, $685.
240, 9C3; Increase Of the assessed valuation,
S513,963, SIS. Assessed valuation per capita
in 1880, S676 O5; 1890. 1853 90. The increase
per cent of the assessed valuation Is S7.92;
increase per cent Of population 39'12. ms
includes railroad property.
The Pneumatic Tube Service.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has sent
a communication 10 Representative Hender-
son of the House Committee on PoStothces
and Post Roads in answer to the sworn
statement of Samuel +. Leake of the Pneu-
matte Transportation Company of Phila-
delpha in which he charges irregularities
on the part of the POstmaster-Gene ID
connection with the pneumatic tube service
in Philadelphia The Postmaster General
says n part: without waiting a formal
call from your committee l beg to lay before
you the corTespondence between the de-
partment and Samuel +. Leake aud between
the department ana Hon. John Field, Post
master Of Philadelphia, 10 relation to the
same. Also the correspondence between
the department and James &. McHenry IN
relation TO pneumatic tubes, which IS snti-
cient to give your committee clear under-
standing of the whole matter"
The Monetary Conference.
Secretary Foster, on his return from New
Y Ork, gave the President an account OF the
conference in that city with tiuanciers rep
resenting different shades OF opinion on the
silver question. In commenting upon the
matter the President stated his own views,
and said ne intended that the composition
of the commission on the monetary confer
ence would be such as TO convince all fair
minded people that the strongest possible
effort had been made TO procure an lnterna-
tional agreement upon an agreed ratio and
the opening OF the mints Of the world to the
coinage OF silver as freely as is now accord
ed to gold.
CcnfeFence with Canadian onieials.
Secretary Blaine and General j. w. Fos-
ter, representing the United States aud Sir
Julian PauncefotP, the British Minister,
hon. George Foster, Candian Minister OF
Finance, and Hon. G. X. Bowel, Minister
of Customs. representing Great Britain,
and incidentally the Dominion Government,
had a conference in the State department
to-day in regard TO the trade relations be-
tween the United States aud Canada. The
main question at issue was the alleged
discrimination on the part of Canada
against the United States ia the matter of
tolls on the Weland and st. Lawrence
canals. The conference VIII last several
days.
The Census Office Scandals.
In the census investigation to-day ]. H.
Narwel testified that while he was an en-
gneer in the bureau. by order OF Chief En-
gineer Gully, he destroyed hundreds OF
thousands OF official envelopes already adj
dressed; he also burned five or six hundred
feet of lumber tor which the bureau had
paid from So 80 to SO per 100 feet. Super
intendent Porter appointed persons who
were generally known about the city as bad
characters Clara d. Boswell testified that
while employed in punching the enumer-
ating slips the employees told her that speed
and not accuracy was necessary, and they
were driven like animals, many faintins
under the strain. Favoritsm was shown
Gel tain female clerks, and they were always
young and pretty.
Yosemite Wagon-Road.
In the House to day, on motion of Repre-
sentative Caminetti OF California, bill was
passed granting to Mariposa County, Cali
fOrnia, the right of way for free wagon
road or turnpike across the Yosemite Ma
tional Park in California.