The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-05-05
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

SuhiptFOtlerOI currency, assumes hieAn
: Ties, Secretary Carlisle intends ID reor
\ ganize the system Of examining nationa
banks. He desires to prevent such An.
: honesty as was shown in the affairs y
the banks which recently failed n pos
ton, Philadelphia and Nashville. ana n
that purpose after redistrictinr The bank,
20 as 70 eQualize the examiners work Il,
wlil ask Congress to enact law ciyin,
the examiners more power in lookins
out Tor the perpetrators Of frauds,
The abstract &C., reports made n II.
Comptroller Of the Currency. showinc
the condition OF all national bants +,
the United States at the time al tia last
call, Monday, March 6, have been nra.
pared at the Treasury Department. The
aggregate resources were S3,45a, ,72l OBS
In tins connection it is interesting IA
note that the gold coin held aggregates
y w, W 10, and the gold certificates 81 :
soS,VM The loans and discounts have
\ reached the enormous sum Of So. lsg
WM,WV. Among the liabilities are can-
ital stock paid in sass, ,O00. 900 and indi-
yidual deposits N,75l, ,OO0, 900.
The Committee ON Territories viii h.
GIN an investigation Of the condition 81
the four Territories now knocking for
admission as States early in ,funa
chairman Faulkner has not vet ma3a
ms selection Of the subcommittee hIt
ne has decided that the start Mil IL
nade nom Chicago June 10, and he ex-
poets 10 complete the work within one
month from that date. The committaa
VIII go direct to Utah, where ii win look
INTO the condition of affairs and then
pass through New Mexico and Arizona
From these Territories the COMMITTEES
VIII return by way Of Oklahoma. Short
stops will be made at the principal cities
N each OF the Territories, and the com /
mlttee Will address itself to the consid-
Grafton Of the material development n
Inc country and the condition of the nso-
pie who comprise Its inhabitants,
Secretary Morton has determined I'll
devote ms energies to ofurthering the con-
sumption Of corn in Europe. He invites
the cooperation in this work Of all man
lactlrers OF corn products, from whom
ne. desires as apreliminary step TO Obtain
lun statement Of the various kinds Of
made from corn by the manu- !
lacturers IN each State, with d brief state
alent as to their characteristics and ex- I
'eilence. Agent Mates OF Nebraska viii 4
ioon be in Washington for q conference | 4
y to the carrying on Of the work abroad
Among other things Mates viii .be IN /;
tructed 70 investigate the tobacco laws !
a force IN European countries, known :
enerally az Regi, with view of as
ertalnlng whether it ID not possible To :,
ecure treer market for the sale al +
,merlcan tobacco in foreign countries. !, !,
lattes Will also investigate the snhiact Y
the sale OF meat products in Germany
nd France ascertain whether this trade K
not seriously impeded in spite Of the 81
ottthe restrictions on our in fo
lected meat products by those conn
'ies ny local and municipal regulations. ci
Inc ninth annual report Of the Civil ii
srVlee e, commission I. was issued the other Al
". The Commissioners urge that the
assliled service should be extended as ta
pidfy as practicable TO cover every M pl
ton IN thepublie service to which Il can ca
appropriately applied. They ernest
desire that some such bill as that in =
oduced in the last Congress 70 take - -
nrth-ciass p0stmasters out Of politics = =
ay become law. The report eontin- =
q: Ultimately the system Of pro !.
oIions In the departments must come fl'
der the immediate supervision Of the 9.
nmission IN order to secure uniform- all
and the best results. Verv serious
nm in our judgment results from Al an
wing the chiefs OF divisions % be ex- Sc,
ped from examination, and we think ke
sy should be put under the general !
e and be appointed by promotion lisl
thin theservice. The report shows an,
err surprising growth in the number eut
employees compared with the growth ,
population. The percentage of the /,
with IN public service in ten wears "a =
lriy double that Of the population ~ -
9 service classified for examination ~. ~.
Ter civil-service rules has grown even -. :
ter 70 the same space Of time, increas- =
at the rate Of about 1870 Der cent. q haA
I, whereas only about ii per cent Of alle alle
public service was removed from tec'
~ politics in 1888, about q Der cent woi
1875 was 60 removed. The whole A
nDer q places subject to competitive Car
mlnation under the rules now is a. in !
issu