St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-08

clothing of the secretary with power to
! abolish districts and discontinue minor
ports; the revision and codificatiOn of
| customs and navigation laws, which is
especially urged with such modification
| and new provisions AS are required for
| the efficiency of the service. The work,
| the secretary says. could hardly be done
| by committee of congress engaged
upon other duties, and he recommends
tie appointment Of commission for the
| purpose of codifying and revising these
| laws. He gives table showing the
| values of imports and exports OF the
| United States carried during fiscal years
! from 1857 to 1892. On the subject he
says, g ,.. ,onon+o,,,o
| condition of affairs. 1t would seem that
we were well hemmed i'll by subsidized
steamship companies and subsidized
railroads of the British government, mo-
nopCiZing trade legltimately belonging
to our own people. The steps toward
| such prevention by the provision in the
statutes for payments to.American-bullt,
| Ans rican-owned vessels of certain class
| in the foreign trade is III the right direc-
| tiOn.'
On the subject of public buildings the
secretary says that the expenditures
during the year ending Sept. 30 last
were $G,74l. 236, and the outstanding
contract liabilities were S2.S34, 40S,
making total of s9,975,69l. From
present indications, he says, between
now and the close of the session OF the
Fifty-second congress, several million
of liabilities now outstanding. and ag-
gregating about Sl5000.0 900, will be COW
cred by contract liabilities. The report
charges the delays in commencing the
work on many new public buildings TO
the failure of congress to provide the
necessary clerical aid and expert force
and to the eight-hOur law. Especial at
tention is called to securing plans for
public buildings.
Immigration.
Speaking of the subject of immigra-
ton, the secretary is clearly OF the
opinion that only by rigid examina-
ton made at the place of departure can
the prohibitive features OF the law be
executed with any considerable degree
of efficiency. The remedy for the evils
of immigration, the secretary says: is
within tie control of congress. The
secretary recommends the increase OF
the head tax. AS measure to deter
mine what this tax should be, he sug-
49,
will eQuaize the cost TO the immigrants
to reach South America or Australia.
On the subject of alien contract labor
laws the secretary says: 1.-The Wig
Orous execution of the law has called
a halt in the extensive importation
of foreign laborers under con-
tract. On the subject of Chinese eXclu-
sion the secretary says tnat notwItll-
standing the severity of the laws relat-
ing thereto many Chinese persons flnd
their way into our territory, chiefly by
way of Canada. Provision is made for
the admission of Chinese exhibitors and
employees of exhibitors at the worlds
fair, and it is probable, the secretary
SAYS, that large number of Chinese
laborers will enter the United States
under this authority. The secretary
says at the close of the fiscal year no APP
plicationS for certificates had been made
to resident Chinese laborerS. and that
there seems TO be a determination on
the part of the Chinese not to register.
The Seal Fisheries.
AS to the fisheries he says: 1.-The
number of seals on the breeding
grounds of the islands was found to be
smaller this year than last" He rec
ommends that the appropriation of
$40, 500, made for the support of the ma
tives OF the islands of St. George and
St. Paul during the current fiscal year,
be renewed.
Touching the marine hospital the
Sc cretary calls attention to the activity
of the marine hospital bureau during
the past summer and fall. owing to the
tire atened invasion of cholera i'll
the United States, and refers to
the sew eral preventive measures,
adopted to keep it out. 1t is proposed
to keep in force the twenty-day re-
striction until congress shall have OPP
portunity to express its will in the mat
ter Or until the danger which prompted
if shall have disappeared. When rail
roads cross from Canada into the United
States the baggage of immigrants is.ad-
mitted into the United States without
previous disinfection. Reference is
made to the establishment OF Camp
Lowe. on Sandy Hook. and the secre-
tary says that additions will be made to
the camp during the winter with a
view to its utilization should cholera
again appear in the spring Or summer.
On the Subject Of Quarantine
the secretary says:
estate laws cannot properly control
or direct the management of great quar-
autineS. where other states are inter-
ested. The whole country should have
voice in their ownership and manage
ment, and this can only be accomplished
| by such legislative action as will forbid
! the collection of quarantine fees by
state or municipal authority. and which
shall direct the assumption of all quar-
antlne duties of the United States. This
duty rests under the same authority as
that under which the laws relating to
immigratio are framed and executed.
Every serious epidemic that this coun-
try has ever known has been traced to
the immigrant, and it must be apparent
that the same authority that controls
immigration should control quarantine.
admitting that any particular local
quarantine may be perfectly managed.
OF what avail is it if neighbOring port
| has either lax or insufficient quaran-
tine or none at all? Such are the facili-
ties for inland communication that all
guarantees must be equally efficient to
be successful i'll preventing importation
of disease, and only the strong arm of
the government directed under the
laws enacted by representatives of the
whole people can give confidence and
security"
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