Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-12-07

not permitted to land under the limitatio
of the law and bT were returned to the
countries from which they came by rea-
son of their having become public
charges. The total arrivals were l4l.03i
less than for the previous year.
The purchase of silver under the Law
of July IA, 1890, during the last fiscal year
aggregated a.Oos. 1899 fine ounces. which
cost Sac. .53l ,374.53. The total amount OF
silver purchased from the time that Law
became operative until the repeal OF Its
purchasing clause. ON the first day of No
vember. 1898, was 1853 674. 40 fine ounces.
which cost sl55, $50. 9io.s4. Between the first
chased under ali laws 5os. .Ooa. M fne ounces
Of siyer at as cost Of sasned the ns s
the act Of July "A, 1890. number 50, ,os1. .2S.
The se.gniorase arising from such coinage
mrfnts ia. Sss. .7so fine ounces of silver. which
Our total coinage of al metals during
pieces, valued at $4s. .6s5, 1880 of which
there was $780, .14o In gold coin. s5.34S. 7ls
syer II s.rveo een nad in minor eoins
During the ca,rndar year 1892, the pro,
duction of precious metals in the United
ounces of gold of the commercial and
coinage value of 100000 and $500 .oot
fine Of siys6 Of the II bullion noO
age value Of $74. .9S9 800.
1t is estimated that on the first day Of
the ' united States. consisting Of coin and
which s5s7.G47.ss5 was gold and ssl5, ,ssl ,4si
One hundred and nineteen national banks
were organized during the year ending
Oct. 81. 1898. with a capital Of 81 600;
i5s suspended SIxty-fve Of the suspended
banks were insolvcnt. so resumed business
and seven remained in the hands of bank
pYaDninRr9. with DrOSDRCtA of gDeedv
OF the new banks organized "A were To-
Mississippi river and "a In the central and
southern states. The total number of nat
ional banks in existence nc on the first day o
gate Capital @ OF ssis 3 % fhe nes assfe in
crease in the circulation of these banks
during the year was sss,sss.s72
The recent repeal Of the provision OF
law requiring the purchase of silver bui-
Ion by the government is feature of our
monetary scheme which has made
change in the complexion of our currency
affairs. do not doubt that the ultimats
result Of this action will be most salutars
In the nature Of things. however, 1t Is
Impossible to know at this time precisely
what conditions will be brought about by
tary iesisiat!on may in the light 81 such
conditions. appear to be essential or BE ex'
d'f: eiai purtSrbation. time is necessary for the
When. however. through tbs restored
@ frishtenea into % hoardins places is re.
turned to trade and enterprise, 4 survey
safe path leading to Prominently sound
currency. abundantly suftic.ent to meet
every requirement OF our increasing @ arn pop,
this object we should resolutely turn away
from allur.ng and temporary expedients
less than lasting and compreh IN sive
financial plan. In these cireumsta1ees.
dealing @ vnie WITH the % Subject. instead Of being
injurious, will increase the probability OF
wise action. ..,,
hled at Brussels upon our invitation wa.
adjourned to the sQsh day 9f November
s1ae tes pand ihe fact that dente
sition from us seemed to be expected upor
the reassembling of the conference. lead.
ing still SaSther postponed. It seems t.
me that 1t rhould be wise to give genera
nations TO such a conference at any time
when there should be fair prospect o.
accomplishing an international agreement
on the subject of coinage.
I desire. also to earnestly suggest tins
wisdom Of amending the existing statute;
bonds, The authority now vested In the
secretary Of the treasury to issue bonds
Is sonss eh are
their maturity and to rate of interest.
The secretary of the interior has the su-
pervis.on of 60 many important subjects
thpt his report Is of special value and in
teiest. On the thirtieth day OF June; 1878.
tEere were on the pension rolls s66.0l6. an
Increase of 1914 over the number on the
rolls June 30. 1892.
OF these there were II widows and
daughters of revolutionary rold.ers the
survivors of the war of 1872. 5.42o widows
of soldiers of that war. 2:,5lS survivors
and widows OF the Mexican war. 1889 eur,
vivors and widows Of Indian wars ~
widows @ "a and children Of deceased sold:eL.i
and sailors Of the war or the rebe!non.
Tns pdar oa aeesnDt Of
The number of persons remaining on the
der the act Of June q. 1880. which allows i,s
S s.Isk not rhe Rsumssr sdded ro!s
ber dropped was g: 60 u.,,,,n. .,,ovsd
during the year amounted to $50. .1s6 s19, 81.
This Includes arreatts or the aSGumuia,
aiiowancs Of pensions dates and the time
OF actually granting the certihcates. A.
neuSn fnr dSaabiisty M not related to mi itary ser
vice, yet. as a requisite to its bsnefts.
disability must ,bs esa nsnPae.afns Il manaa sPp
labor to such a degree as to render then'
unable to earn a support.
The execution of this law, in It's carry
sts Ces does not seem to have been in ac.
cord with its true intentions but. towarc
the close of the last administration an cu.
thcritative construction was given 70 lhe
statute and since that time this construc'
tion has been followed. This had the el.
feet Of limiting the operation OF ths law
to its intended purposes.
The sum expended on account Of pen
sions for the year ending June 10. 1888
was $l56, 6,740. .467.A The commissioner es-
timates that Sl55, COO 100 Will be required tc
pay pensions during the year ending June
The condition OF the Indians and their
ultimate rate are subjects which are re-
lated to a sacred duty of the government
and which strongly appeal to !he sense OF
Our Indians number about 2iS,0oO Most
of them are located on 16l reservations.
containing 86.ll6.53l acres OF land. About
ITO 900 of these Indians have to large de-
gree adopted civilized customs. LANDS In
severalty have been allotted to many OF
them; such allotments have been made to
io.oo1 individuals during the last fiscal ii
number of Indian government schools
opened during the year was 1856. an in:
crease of 1, over the preceding year; oi
this tosal, 40 were on reservations. OF
which 73 were boarding schools, and 81
were day schools. Twenty boarding
schools and five day schools, supported by
the government, were located on :he res
ervations. The total number OF Indian
children enrolled during the year as at
tendants of all schools was 2l,l3S. an In
crease OF 1921 over the enrolment for the
previous year. ,.,