The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-11
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
President Sends TO the Senate the Report
Of the Delegates to International
Monetary Conference.


American veegeIs passing through the
Canadian canals.
The sundry civil blll has been 80 loaded
up by the Senate that there are grave
doubts about II passing the House at all.
The bill has been known To- lail IN con-
ference. 1t would be very serious for
many public works and government in.
nj tuti0ns II the bill should fan and ne
cessitate an cx ra session before June.
The Committee on immigration has
submitted 10 the Senate its report on
the bill establishing additional regula-
tions concerning Immigration TO the
United States by increasing by three the
number oil the excluded c,as-es oi aliens.
rhe first includes the illiterate over
IL years OF n, q, and speaking OF these,
the report Bnye, in view OF the alarm ny
changes taking place in the character OF
immigrants ewarming into the United
States, the measure IL not harsh one.
Aged persons, however, are permitted 10
come and JON their families. The sec
Ond class comprises persons partially or
wholly disabled from manual labor.
They are 10 be made the subject oi a 6pe-
al inquiry, and proof must be procured
that they will not become public charges.
The third class Ia made up OF persons
who belong 10 societies who iavor or jus.
tily the unlawful destruction OF property
or life. Tn Ter the present law, says the
report, they can enter the United Slates,
but the measure proposed is 10 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 llawa ian lslands, If finally
ratified, will require the government OF
the United States TO pay the public debt
of Hawaii and the amounts due the de-
posilors in the Hawaiian postal savings
banks, which aggregate $3,25O,O0), be-
sides $1,000 per annum TO the late
Queen and lump sum OF $3.50, % TO
the Princess Kaiaulani. II will also OBJ
ligate this government to pay the inhab-
itants OF sad islands q 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 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 ,O00, 900, about the average OF recent
years. The product OF silver was 5S,-
100, 00l ounces, OF a commercial value OF
s. ,75000n, Il falling off OF 800, ,000 ounces
from the prece ling year. The amount
OF silver purchased by the government
during the year WAS 64, 29,S27 fine
ounces costing S47 1894 ,29l, an average OF
S7l6 cents per fine ounce. From 1t
! $3.50, 346 silver dollars were coined dur
ing the year. The imports of go d ~
gregated $lS, ,056 and the exports
! S76 S46 500, q net loss of $5S $40, ,536
| The silver imports were $3l As 96S and
the exports SS7 ,54l ,30l The amount
of money in circu alton exclusive OF the
amonnt in the treasury was 81 ,6ll ,32l,-
b73 January an increase of 1928, l24
during the year There was an increase
OF over $l2,t 0 900 in thu gold product of
the world during the last calendar year
| OF this 81 50 400 was from Australia
and over $9,r 00, 00l from South Area,
The total silver product of the world in
| oh HEn lln
sioned chiefly by an increase of 400 It 0O
ounces in ,he 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 Con erence.
After referring to the programme OF the
United States, which was dis cussed in
all its phases, the delegates refer to the
report of the committee of twelve, which
reported aft 'matively upon one PROPOSE
ton, that Ii was wise to withdraw rom
monetary circulation all gold coins and
all paper redeemable in gold of less de-
nomination than Gl, 20 francs or 70
marks and substitute silver money for
them. In the discussion Of the various
propositions the attitude of nearly all
the governments disclosed the general
rec gniton in the conference that the
monetary evil required remedy. After
citing copiously from the speeches made
the delegates say the conference is to re-
convene May 80, 1898. In the meantime
it is expected that the propositions and
plans already gu omitted to the President
OF the convention and by him transmit
ted TO the several governments through
their delegates will be considered. 1t is
anticipated that the delegates upon the
reassembling OF the conference will be
able to state definitely the views of theil
respective governments as to what plans
are practicable to secure greater u Of
silver as a part of the metallic money o.
the world. In concluding the report the
delegates say it is the earnest wish of the
conference that plan for the enlarged
use of silver money, acceptable to the
nations and adequate to the monetary
situation, may result from its delibera
tions. No recommendations or sugges
tions of anv kind are made,