Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1893-03-10
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
President Sends to the Senate the Repor
Of the Delegates to international
Monetary Conference.


Total receipts from the internal reve-
nue. for the first seven months of the
present fiscal year were $96, 6,4I4,786, be-
ing $7,7l5,577 more than for the same
period last year.
The President has issued procIama-
ton revoking the tolls levied on Cana
dian vessels and cargoes in the $500
canal in consequence OF the Dominion
government adopting an order In council
removing the determinations against
American vessels passing through the
Canadian canals.
The sundry civil bill has been 80 loaded
up by the Senate that there are grave
doubts about it passing the House at all.
The bill has been known to fail in con-
ference. 1t would be very serious for
many public works and government in
stitutions ii the bill should fail and me-
cessitate an extra session before June.
The Committee on Immigration has
submitted 10 the Senate its report on
the bill establishing additional regula-
tons concerning immigration to the
United States by increasing by three the
number of the excluded classes OF aliens.
The first includes the illiterate over
IL years of age, and speaking Of these,
the report says, in view of the alarming
changes taking place in the character OF
immigrants swarming into the United
States, the measure is not harsh one.
Aged persons, however, are permitted to
come and join their families. The sec
ond class comprises persons partially or
wholly disabled from manual labor.
They are to be made the subject of spe-
cial inquiry, and proof must be procured
that they will not become public charges.
The third class is made up of pereons
who belong to societies who favor or JUS
tify the unlawful destruction of property
or life. Under the present law. says the
report, they can enter the United States,
but the measure proposed is to remedy
this condition Of affairs.
Springer Of Illinois has introduced in
the House resolutions for reference TO
the Committee on Ways and Means, set
| ting forth that the treaty of annexation
with the Hawaiian Islands, if finally
ratified, will require the government OF
the United States to pay the public debt
of Hawaii and the amounts due the de-
positors in the Hawaiian postal savings
banks. which aggregate $780, ,00J, be-
sides 0,O0O per annum to the late
Queen and lump sum of $50, GOO to
| the Princess Kaiaulani Il will also OBJ
ligate this government to pay the inhab-
ltants OF said islands bounty upon
sugar produced on said islands. The
President is requested to furnish the
House with information showing the
amount of said postal deposits and the
debt of Hawaii, the rate of interest, etc !;
also any information about the amount
of sugar annually produced in Hawaii
and the amount Of money required to
pay the bounty in case OF annexation,
besides the probable amount OF the other
obligations this government will assume
as a necessary consequence OF such an
nexation.
The annual report OF the Director Of
the Mint for 1892 shows the value of the
gold product in the United States to be
$33, ,U00, 600, about the average of recent
years. The product OF silver was 5S,-
, Oh, ,00) ounces, of commercial value OF
50 ,750, 1000, falling off OF 800, 900 ounces
from the preceding year. The amount
OF silver purchased by the government
during the year was "a, ,129.S27 fine
ounces costing $47, 1894, POI. an average of
S71s cents per fine ounce. From it
d, 333, ,245 silver dollars were coined dur
ing the year. The imports of gold ag-
gregated $1S, ,056 and the exports
$76 845, ,592, net loss of $5S 1879, ,536
The silver imports were $3l ,450, ,968 and
the exports $37 ,541, ,301. The amount
OF money in circulation exclusive of the
amount in the treasury was 81 GIL 1921, :
573 January l, an increase of SIS, 1928, 124
during the year. There was an increase
OF over $l2, ,C0J, 900 in the gold product oi
the world during the last calendar year.
OF this 10000 was from Aastralis
and over $4,000, 900 from South Africa
The total silver product of the world in
creased about 7,650,000 ounces, occa.
stoned chiefly by anincrease of 4,600, ,GOC
ounces in the product Of the Mexican
mines, and 100000 of the Australian
mines.
| The President has sent to the Senate
the report of the American delegates to
the International Monetary Conference.
After referring to the programme of the
United States, which was discussed in
all its phases, the delegates refer to the
report of the committee of twelve, which
reported afiirmatively upon one PROPOSE.
tion, that it was wise to withdraw iron
monetary circulation all gold coins and
all paper redeemable in gold of less de
nomination than 9l, 20 francs or q
marks and substitute silver money fol
them. In the discussion Of the various
propositions the attitude of nearly al
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