Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-04

Ihe number added to the rolls durlng the
year wa, u 'si' .al tar nAilOer urOppea was
S'OsL The mst i,y ments on pensions al
loved during tho year amounted To sn,'",-
OWN Thie ldos arrears. or the accumu-
lauOn he," vi time from which the al
lowance ni D.. .p. lsies aud the time OF ac-
tually grautin "a certificate.
Although lYc law. uf lSn permits pensions
Tor dIsabilit.c. ..l. rvlded to military service,
yet "a a rolu....c 10 its benents "A Disability
must exist invapacitating applicants IRON
the performance Of manual labor To such a
degree a. To render them unable 20 earn a sup
port"
The execution Il this law in its early stages
does not sce.I tu have besn in accord with Us
true intention, but toward the close OF the
last adm minl~trat!pn an authoritative construc-
uon was siven To the statute, and since that
time this construction has been followed. This
has had the effect Of limiting the operation OF
the law To It's intended purpose.
l am unable TO understand why frauds In
the pension roll, should not be exposed and
corrected with ia roughness and igor.
Every name iraudulenuy put upon these
rolls 10 "A wicked imp tion upon the kindly
sen iment In which pensions have their origin.
The sum expended on account of pensions
for the year ending June "a. 1873, was sl5o,1fO,-
iUs.lL The commissioner estinat that 81 D.
on,OO will bee required 10 pay pensions during
the year ending June 81. 1894.
oar R-d Br-thren.
Our Indians number about $4,000. Most of
them are located ON l6l reservations, contain
ing jll6,53l acres of land. About HOOD OF
these indians have, To "A large degree, adopted
civilized customs. Lands in severalty have
been allotted 10 many OF them. such allot-
nents have been made TO 10, 10 Indians during
the last fiscal year, embracing about l,OD,OO
acres.
The number 1t Indian government schools
open during tnC 'Nsr Was Is, an increase of
IL over the pit, yr.r. or this total l'O
were on reserve Io rr wh"h 3 were board
ing school, aui ~ .,r.' noo.s.
The law pro'iIln 10 .. cp. In especial
cases, army u GERS .ati ea detailed a. IN
dian agent .. is hppeI, ol4i prove "A success
full experiment. There is dancer of great
abuses creeping iltp the protecution Of claims
for Indian dcprcdations, and | recommend
that every pos ible safeguard be provided
against the enforcement of unjust and hcti-
tious claims of this description. The ap.
proprtations on account OF the Indian bureau
for the year ending June ~. 1894, amount u
S79I, ,s12.g9, "A decrease as compared with the
year preceding II Of S;iS. ,l3l95.
Agriculture.
The report OF the secretary of agriculture
shows that on March :, 1893, there were upon
upon it, pay rolls 2f3 employees This num-
Der has been reduced to 1850 persons. In view
of depleted public treasury, and the i'm
peratiye demUud OF the people for economy
In the administ ration Of their government,
the secretary has entered upon the task Of
rational y reducing expenditures by the elimi-
nation from the pay rolls of all persons not
needed for an efficient conduct OF tie Affairs
of the department.
During the tirst quarter OF the present year
the expenses OF the department aggregate
S34j, ,s761d, "A, AGAINST sp2,0l2i2 for the cor
responding period uf the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1873. The secretary makes apparent
his intention TO continue this rate OF reduction
by submitting estimates for the next fiscal
year less by S0Jl,2SD than for he present year.
The regulations of 1892 concerning Texas
fever have been enforced during the last year,
and the large stock yards Of the country have
been kept free from infection. Occasional
local OUTBREAKS have been largely such as
could have Oocn ehoctually guarded against
by the owners q. he affected cattle.
While contagious pleuro-pneumonia in cat
tie has been eradicated, animal tuberculosis,
disease widespread ana more dangerous To
human life than pleuTo-pneumonia, is still
prevalent. Investigations have been made
during the past year as TO the means OF It's
communication and the method of its correct
dag nosis
The exports Of agricultural products from
the United States for the fiscal year ending
June 81, lSg2, attained the enormous figures OF
SSOO,UD,0D in round numbers, being 1871 per
"sat Of our total eHnnrts In thA laAi na"~'