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wise action.
hied at Bruasals upon our invitatiop va
adjourned 10 the soth day Of Novembei
sa iss fsc, s props
sition from us seemed to be expected upon
the reassembling of the conference. lcada
Ing s,.ii esther postponed. il seems e
me that II naoud be wise to give general
authority 70 the president to Invite other
nations 10 such conference at any Time.
when there should be fair prospect Of
accomplishing an International agreement
/ desire also to earnestly suggest the
wisdom of amending the existing statutes
bonds. The authority now vested IN the
secretary OF the treasury TO issue ponds
% + not as clear e. Il should snas, be. and and the
the government. both as to the tima of
their maturity and to rate OF interest.
The superintendent of immigra ton
through the treasury. reports that durins
the lr-t fiscal year there arrived at our
s-.s ,fa "a irnrgr snts: of these .c63 were
not permitted to land under the limitation
of the law and bT were returned to the
cotntries from which they came by rea-
son OF their having become public
charges. The total arrivals were llO34
less than for the previous year.
The secretary OF the Interior has the su-
pervis,on of 90 many important subJects
that his report II of special value and IN
tel est. on the thrtieth day of June. 1888.
.ncre were on the pension rolls e66.0l0 an
increase of So.9A over the number on the
rolls June %. 1883.
OF these there were II widows and
daughters of Evolutionary soldiers. the
survivors of the war OF 1872. b.42o widows
of soldiers of that war. 2.,5lS survivors
and widows of the Mexican war. s.sis sur.
army nurses and iis,sls siirviv.ors and
widows and children OF deceased sold;eta
and sailors OF the war OF the reb'llion.
The latter number represents those pen
stoned on account of disabilities or death
resulting from army and navy service.
rolls June 30. lss3. who are penti2nei un-
der the act OF June q. 1850. which allows
pensions on account OF oeath am oisa-
bi.ity not charg-abie to arny service wau
i5g.WS. The humber added TO the rolls
dur.ns. the year was le3.C3i. and the num-
Der dropped was SO. ESQ.,
during the year amounted to So. 1861 - ss
This includes arreiI,. or the aeeumutao Ia
allowance of pensions dates and the time
of actually granting the certihcates Al.
for disability no; related to military ser
vice, yet, , requiss.e to its bsnents. q
disability muia es.s, incapae.tatins appli;;
canls "fnom the performance OF manual
labor to such a degree as TO render them
unable to earn support.
The execution OF this law. In It's carly
cord with Its true intentions but. toward
the close of the last administration an au-
statute and since that time this construc'
tion hns been followed. This had the et-
feet OF limiting the ope,ation OF th' law
to Its Intended purpose5.
The sum expended on account of pen
sions for the year ending June 30. 1898.
was Slb6, 7s0 s67.i The commissioner es-
Inmates that sl65. .ooovoo will be required to
pay pensions during the year ending June
20. 1884
The condition of the Indians and their
ultifDate fate are subjects which are re-
and which strongly appeal to 'he sense OF
ju:ficc and the sympAthy OF our people.
OF them are located On i6l reservations,
containing ". 3.ll6.J3l acres OF land. About
lic.ooo Of these Indians have TO large de-
sereraity have been allotted to many OF
them: such allo.ments have been made 10
year, embracing about i.,oooo acres. The
number Of indian government to- schools
this to.al, ITO were on reservations. of
wliich Is were boarding schools, and u
schools and five day schools, supported by
the government. were located on he res
eryaaons The sgtn sal,n. number ,hs & %, indian
tendants OF all schools was u, ,l3S an in
crease of l.23i over the enrolment for the
l am sure that secular education nnd
moral and religious teaching must be i'm
ead N S any y ehGn ,a aaS
irlbai relations. and the he.ains Of land
aid in this consummatlon. II seems TO
me, however, tlat allo.nients OF land In
Gasns 5e Pc maze has.y w Soae
before the Indian knows IT'S meaning,
while yet he has little or NO idea Of tili-
there is great danger that a reservation
life In tribal relations may be exchanged
for he OF .aS siS1son nsrSe Se
SOLUTION Of the Indian problem depends
very large.y upon good adminis.fauon. ISL Hon.
adaptab llty to the peculiar du:y of caring
for their wards Is OF the utmost I'M
portance.
The vast area of land which but a
short time ago, constituted the public do
main, Is rapidly falling into private hands.
It Is certain that IN the transfer the
supply from its domain homes to indus
trious and worthy home seekers. Is often
stands with extorilonais purpose between
the land office and those who. with their
families. are invited by the government
be character who ought not to be ;oisra-
led. yet Il . = ,aas dilisai, to .hwar, his
ment OF the lands il, the Cherokee outlet.
embracing an area OF e.500.VO acres. not
withstnnding the utmost care In framing
the regulations governing the selection OF
locations. and Notwithstanding the pres
ence OF United States troops. Furnished an
gree. of the mad scramble, the violence
and the fraudulent occupation which have
accompanied previous openings of public
u ods. I concur with the secretary In the
belier rna, r4res, Courageous incidents can.
n7t t'p entirely prevented without 3 change
n TIL, laws CT the subject. and hope his
recoume ndatfon in that direction will be
fdv0rlby considered.
especially commend the attention OF
tho congress to the statements containee
IN the sccrctary's report on forestry. the
time has come when efficient measures
should be taken for the preservation of
our forests from indBcrim'nate deStruc-
tion.
The exports OF agricultural! products
from the United States for the fiscal year
ending June 30 1872. ntta.ne1 toe ENORMOUS
figure OF go In round numbers. be-
Ing 1877 per cent of our tNa. exports. In
the last fiscal year ,h:s aggresation was
greatly reduced, but, neyerthec:ns. reached
Ssl5, ,0O0 600, being i5.1 per cent Of all Amer
our agricultural exports. wrh special ref
erence TO their destinatlon. will show that
in almost every line the United Kingdom
far the largest proportion. OF cattle the
total exports agst eyatc1 In value for the
fiscal year ending Jun.a 30. 1893. SIS, ,00o. 600.
of which Great Briia took c5ne,derably
over Sl5.0o0.0oo. OF btef produce Of II.
kinds our total txp5rts wer, SIS. %, ,0oo Of