Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-09

that this process has yet reached point with our
people that would sustain the policy Of remitting
the care of these disabled veterans to the made
quate agencies provided by local laws.
The Department OF Agriculture.
The report Of the secretary of agriculture con.
tains not only most interesting statement of the
progressive and valuable work done under the ad.
ministration Of Secretary Rusk, but many sug.
gestons for the enlarged usefulness Of that lmpor.
tant department.
Agricultural products constituted 7s.f per cent
Of Our unprecedented exports for the fiscal year
which closed June 3d. 1892 the total exports being
S1,O30, ,21S Q30 and the value of the agricultural
products S7g3 1856, which exceeds by more
than Sl5OOO.OO0 the shipment of agricultural
products Of any previous year
Subject OF Quarantine.
On the subject of quarantine the President
makes needful warming, and he thinks it should
be taken into national control and adequate pow.
er given to che executive to protect our people
against plague invasions. There is danger that
with the coming Of spring. cholera will again ap-
pear, and a liberal appropriation should be made
at this session to enable our quarantine and port
officers to exclude the deadly plague.
We have right and owe duty to our own peo-
pie and especially to our working people not on
ly TO keep out the vicious, the ignorant the civil
disturber, the pauper and the contract laborer,
but to check the too great flow Of immigration
now coming, by further limitations.
The work of construction and Of preparation of
the worlds fair for opening of the exposition in
May next, has progressed most satisfactorily and
upon scale of liberality and magnifcence that
will wOrthily sustain the honor of the United
States.
Protect Railroad Employees.
Legislation is urged for the protection Of rail-
road employees against the dangers incident to the
old and inadequate system of brakIng and coup
ling which is still in use freight cars. During
the year ending June 30, 1891, 266O employees were
killed and 26 140 iured and nearly Is per cent of
bIgarc ctaD Of bp in
in coupling or uncoupling.
Honest Elections.
have in each of the annual messages which it
has been my duty to submit to Congress called at
tention TO the evils and dangers connected with
our election methods and practices as they re
lated to the choice of officers Of the national gov
ernment. Is il not time that we should come to-
gether upon the high plane of patriotism, while
We devise meti DDS that shall secure the right of
OF every man qualified by law to cast free bal
in choosing our public officers and in directing the
policy Of the Rovernmentf
Conclusion.
This exhibit Of the work of the executive de =
partments is submitted TO Congress and to the
public in the hope that there will be found in it
due sense Of responsibility, and earnest pur-
pose to maintain the national honor, and to pro-
mote the happiness and prosperity of all our peo-
pie. And this brief exhibit of the growth and
prosperity of the country will give level
from which to note the increase or decadence that
new legislative policies may bring to u.s.
There is no reason why the national influence
power and prosperity should not observe the same
rates of increase that have characterized the past
30 years. We carry the great impulse and in
crease Of these years into the future. There is no
reason why in many lines of production we should
not surpass all other nations as we have already
done in some
There are no frontiers to our possible de-
velopment RetrOgression would be a crime
BENJAMIN HARRISON
Executive Mansion, December q, 1892