The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-08
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but now the policy of concentration is
obviously the light one. The new
posts should have the proper strate.
getic relations. The Gully frontiers
that we now have a,e those
OF the seacoast and o. tie north.
ern and part of our sou nern h,nn.
dairy. | d. not think that any uues-
ton of advantage in localities or
states should determine the location
of the new posts. The organization
and enlargement of the bureau of
military information, which the secre-
tary has effected, is a work the USE
fulness of which will become every
year more apparent. The work of
building heavy guns and the construc.
tion of coast defenses has been we'll
begun and should be carried on with
out check.
POSTMASTER GENERAL.
The report of the postmaster general
shows most gratifying increase and
a most efficient and progressive man
agement of the great business of that
department. The remarkable in-
crease in revenues, the number of
postoffices, and in the miles of mail in
terchange furnishes further evidence
of the high state of the prosperity in
which our people are enjoying. The
postal revenues have increased during
last year nearly $5,OOO,OOO. The
June 30, 1892, is $84S,341 less
than the deficit Of the previous year.
The deficiency of the present tiscaT
year it Is estimated will be reduced to
81 ,152 423, which will not only be ex-
during the next fiscal year
but under the contracts for ocean mail
service has not been included. There
have been added 1890 new mail routes
during the year with mileage of 1858
miles, and the total number of new
miles of trips added during the year
is nearly 100000. The number of
miles of mail journeys added during
the last four years is about 49,
DOC, 900, this addition being
q 100000 of miles more than
were in operation in the whole coun-
try in 1861. The number of postoffices
has been increased by 2790 during the
past four years, and up to Oct. 18th last
the total increase in the number OF
offices has been nearly 5000. The
number of free delivery offices has
been nearly doubled in the past four
wears, ard the number of money order
offices more than doubled within that
time. For the three years ending
June 80, 1892, the postal revenue
amounted to $l97. 744, 1853, which was
an increase of $50, 265, $50 over the
re venue for the three years ending
June 80, 1888. The increase during
the last three years being
more than three and a hall
times as great as the increase during
the three wears ending June 30, 1888
No such increase as that shown fol
these three years has ever previously
in the revenues OF the de-
partment.
OUR MERCHANT MARIN E.
Ever since our merchant marine
was driven from the sea by the rebe
cruisers during the war of the rebel
lion. the United States thus paying
an enormous annual tribute to for
eigp countries in the shape OF freighl
and passage monies, our grain ano
meats have been taken at our OWL
docks and our large imports there
laid down by foreign ship masters
An increasing torrent of Americt
travel to Europe has contributed
vast sum annually to the dividends o
foreign ship owners. The balance o
trade shown by the books o
our custom houses has been largely
reduced and liz many years alto
gether extinguished by this constan
Strain. In the year 1892 only II pc
cent of our imports were brought II
vessels. The great toreigl
maintained by our traffi'
are mauy, of them under contract
with their respective governments o.
which in time of war they Will be
come a part of their armed naval es
Establishments, profiting by our com
merce in pc CO they will become tn
most formidable 4estroyers OF oul
commerce in time of war. A whole
some change of policy and one having
in it much promise, as it seems to me
was begun by the law of March 80
1891. Under this law contracts hav
been made by the postmaster genera
for eleven mail routes. The ezpendl
lures involved by these contracts 10
the next fiscal year approximat
SOC, 412,3S3. AS one OF the re
suits already reached sixteel
steamships with al
aggregate tonnage of 81, 400 tons cost
ing ST 400, 900 have been: built or con
tracted to be built in American shi
wards. The estimated tonnage OF a!
Steamships required under existin
contracts is l65, 802 and when the I'll!
.,oo,,;,od bu ithaca contracts