The Princeton union., 1893-12-07

and as inexpensively transacted as the
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the compensation Of court officials depend
i upon the volume Of such business, and thus
OF OF the law and private gain, which cannot
Ia1l to be dangerous to the rights and free
dom of the citizens, an Irresistible tempta-
.ion to the unjustifiable expenditure OF
!, I also heartily join the attorney general
IN recommending legislation fixing degrees
many OF the states authorizing writs Of
error on behalf of the government In cases
ts where % final Judgment, Is rendered against
the sufliciency or an indictment or against
the government upon any other question
arising before actual trial; limiting the
right Of review in cases ,of felony punish
able only by fine and imprisonment to the
circuit court Of appeals, and making speedy
| provision for the construction Of such pris-
ons and reformatories as may be necessary
| for the confinement. of United States con-
victs. fr5r - - Ia -
| a.. + Agrtculture.
The report Of the secretary Of agriculture
Will be found exceedingly interesting, es-
Intimately Concerned in the agricultural oc-
cupation. On the 7th day Of March, 1888,
fhare WAS its pay rolls 21fo
sons In view Of a depleted public treasury
and the Imperative demand Of people for
| economy In the administration of their gov
ernment, the secretary has entered upon the
Task OF nationally reducing expenditures by
| the elimination from the pay rolls Of all
f6 ra not Tor an
the first quarter Of the present year the ex-
Pen Renses ss Of the department aggregated SS45,
spondng peiiod Of tSe scal Se Year. ne ending
June so, 1898. The secretary makes appar-
ent his intention to continue this rate Of re-
% ess bg sha
The amount Of the appropriation for the
1f HpNSrr {v,x1,
fiscal year is 1856, ,OOG. The estimate for the
ensuing year is 100000. The regulations of
1892 concerning Texas fever have been en- en-
free from Infection
The total number Of inspections Of cattle
GIL, $40. The exports show falling off Of
about 2o per cent from the preceding year,
the decrease occurring entirely in the last tst
falling off may have been largely due to an
increase in the price Of American export
cattle during the year ending June 80. 1898.
677,41o pounds, as against SO, iSS, ,s74 pounds
for the preceding year. The falling off n In
this export was not confined. however, to to
in 1892 being 665, 400 GIG pounds, while in
1893 it was only 527, ,3Os, ,695 pounds.
The exports of agricultural products from
the United States for the fiscal year ending
June 30; 1892, attained the enormous hg-
ure Of $500, ,OOO,O 900 in round numbers, being
7S.7 per cent of our total exports. In the
last fiscal, year this aggregate was greatly sa1
reduced, but, nevertheless, REACHED $tl5,-
100000, being 75.1 per cent Of all American
commodities exported. A review Of our
to their destination. will show that In al,
most every line the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland absorbs by tar
exports aggregated in value a for I'll the eo fiscal M
year ending June 80, 1898, $2S00q,G0o, 90 z-e OF
hoe
ear Great total brtsn sfRoltS toof wsfe 9 "
p0dvSs WSsb ths Srea tsa San STRAITS toeE
In bread stuffs, cotton and minor products
of like proportions sent to the same desti-
nation are shown.
ated $1,000, to be taken from the p patent te
office funds. for the purpose of collecting
ana rare IRE and improved ,en
ural Investigations and procuring agricult-
ural statistics. From this small beginning
the seed division Of the department Of az, =
and unjustifable extravagant proportions.
During the last fiscal year the cost OF seeds
Of offtaSe an appropriafion w Of $185 900 was ex-
pended in putting them up and distributing
| them. - 'A -~, 5.Ez %tsga
In each state and territory an agricultural
experiment station has been established:
These stations, by their very character and
name, are the proper agencies to experiment
yet this indiscriminate and wasteful dis
tribution by legislation and legislator con-
tinues, answering no purpose unless s 1t De t. TO
tives are willing to remember them with
gratuities at public cost.
Civil Service Reform.
The continued Intelligent execution Of the
service nv law and the ap
nest gratifying: The recent extension x ls % of
it's Limitation and regulationss + to the & EN-,
has been honestly and promptly accom-
plished by the commission by the hearty
cooperation Of the postmaster general, is
| an immensely important advance in the use
1 am, if, possible, more; than ever. con,
| yinced Of the incalculable benefits conferred
by the civil service law, not only in it's
effect upon the public service, but also,
| what is even more important, in its effect
in elevating the tone of political life gen.
orally.
Since 1886 congress has at each session
authorized the building of one or more ves-
sells, and the secretary of the navy pre-
sents an earnest plea for the continuance
Of this plan. He recommends the authori-
zation Of at least one battleship and six
we have inaugurated in building up thor
ough and efficient navy, can not refrain
should carefully take into account the num-
Der of unfinished vessels our hands and
the depleted condition Of our treasury in
| CouS1ueiluS tne pIopI1ety VI du dppiOpr1d-
ton at this time to begin new work
| The Pension Bureau.
On the Both day of June, 1898, there were
on the I pension Isl J., rolls e6So12 names an in
rolls June 80, 1892. OF these there were
seventeen widows and daughters of revolu-
| tionary soldiers, Sc survivors Of the war of
1912, 5,425 widows of soldiers of that war,
1,519 survivors and widows of the Mexican
war, 3SS2 survivors and widows of Indian
wars, 2s4 army nurses and 475, ,645 survivors
and widows and children Of deceased
soldiers and sailors of the War Of the Re-
| belllion. The latter number represents
those pensioned on account Of disabilities
or death resulting from army and navy
service. The number of persons remaining
on the rolls June 80, 1898, who We're PEN
stoned under the act Of June Fl, 1890
which include also pensions on account Of
death and disabilities not chargeable { to
added to the rolls during the year was 12S.-
6S4, and the number dropped was $1,000
| The first payments on pensions allowed d1r.
| Ing the year amounted to S33 57R 5d0 90