The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-05

/ bureau eStabllSh appalling consplracleS to &C
| eomplish pension frauds. by no means the
/ least wrong done is to brave AID de
/ serving pensioners, who certainly ought
/ not to be condemnedstO such association.
/ Those who attempt in the line of duty to rec
/ tify these wrongs should not be accused OF
! enmity or indifference to the claims OF honest
veterans. The sum expended on &C cunt of
/ pensions for the year ending June 81. 1898
/ was $3.50. go 467 H. The commissioner Cstf-
! mates that $4,000, 600 will be required 70 pay
| pensions during the year ending June 80, 1894
| THE INDIANS.
The conditions Of the Indians and their Ill
/ innate fate are subjects which are related to
/ a sacred duty n the government, and, which
strongly appeal 10 the sense OF JUS
/ tee and the sympathy Of our. people
/ Our Indians number about 24SN0. Most of
| them are located in 1871 reServat ions, contain
! ing So 1851 acres OF land. About no 90 Of
! these Indians have, TO large degree, adopted
/ civilized customs. Lands IN Severalty have
/ been allotted many OF them. Such alloimentS
! have been made to 10000 individuals duEing
/ the last fiscal year, embracing lOO)O09 acres.
/ The number Of Indian government schools
/ oUen during the year was 1875, an increase of
/ l. over the preceding year. or this total l1O
/ are on reservations, of which q were board
/ ing schools aud ~ were day schools.
Twenty boardhouse, schools and five day
schools supported by the government were
/ not located on the reservations. The total
/ numOer Of Indian children enrolled during the
! year, as attendants OF all schools was 2ll3S
/ an increase of ,23l over the enrolment for
/ the previous year l am sure that secular
education and moral and religious teaching
must be important factors in any effort 10
/ save the Indian and lead him to civilization.
l believe too that the rehnQ mshment Of
tribal relations and the holding OF land in sew
! crafty may. in favorable conditions. aid this
/ contamination 1t seems TO me however,
/ that alotments OF land in Seyeralty ought to
! be made with great care and, CirCunS pecti0u.
/ II hastily done before the Indian knows its
{ meaning. while yet he has little or no idea
! OF filling farm and no conception OF their
| fate there is great danger that reservation
/ life in tribal relations may be exchanged FOR
/ the DauperiSm of civilization instead
I OF its independence and elevation.
The solution Of the Indian problem depends
/ very largely upon good administration The
personal fitness OF agents and their adapta-
billty TO the peculiar duty OF caring Tor their
wards is Of the utmost importance
The law providing that except in especial
cases army officers shall be detailed as Indian
agents, it Is hoped will prove successful
experiment.
There is danger of great abuses creeping
into the prosecution of claims for Indian
| depredatOns ana ! recommend that every
possible safeguard be provided against the
enforcement OF unjust and fictitious claim OF
this description,
The appropriations on account of the Indian
bureau for the year ending June so, 1894,
amount to H9ji ,p62 20. "A decrease as COM
pared with the year preceding il of 1887, 1875.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
The vast area of land which but n short
time ago constituted the public domain, is
rapidly falling into private hands. IL is Ger
tain that in the transfer the henehcient inten-
tio1 o. the government to supply from its
domain homes to the industrious and worthy
home seeker is often trus rated. Though the
Spectator who stands with extortionaie pur-
pose between the land 0 ice and those who
with their families are invited by the govern
mcnt to settle on the public lands is despic-
able character who ought not 10 be tolerated,
yet II is difficult to thwart his schemes. The
recent opening to settlement Of the lands on
the Chrokee outlet, embracing an area OF
500, 600 acres, Notwithstanding the utmost
care in fra ming the REGULATE )ns governing the
selection OF locations, and not outstanding
the presence Of United States troops fur
nlshed an exhibition, though perhaps in q
modified degree. of the mad scramble the
violence and the fraudulent occupation which
have accompanied previous openings of the
public land. | concur with the secretary in
the belief that these outrageous Incidents
clnnot be entirely prevented without e
change IN the laws on he subject. ana / hope
his recommendations in that direction win
be- faNurRblV considered.
eSpe Tally commend TO the attention OF The
congress the statements contained in the sec
retarys reports concerning forestry. The
time has come when efficient measures should
be taken for the preservation OF our forests
from indiscriminate ana remedyless destruc-
ton.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
The report OF the Secretary OF Agriculture
| will be found exceedingly interesting es-
| pecially 10 that large part Of our citizens In
/ timatelv concerned ia AGRICULTURAL occupu-
! Iay rolls e,,a50 employees. ghis number has
/ been reduced to 1850 persons. In
view OF depleted treasury and
| the imperative demand o. the
| people for economy in the administration Of
| their government the secretary has entered
/ upon the task OF nationally reducing expendi-
/ lures by the elimination from the pay rolls
Of an pers ons not n3eded for an efficient con
| duet OF the affairs OF the department During
! the first quarter OF the present year the eX-
/ penses of the department aggregated S3i5.-
] S16 az against XilG Ol9 ~ pf1rrag-
/ pondlng period OF the fiscal year ending jane
/ 30, 1898. The secretary makes apparent his
/ intention to continue this rate OF reduction
/ by submit ting estimates for the next fiscal
/ year less by 1894 $50 than those for the pres
! enL wear.
! Among the heads OF divisions in this de-
! partment the changes have been exceedingly
| few. Three vacancies occurring from death
! and designations have been filled by the pro
motion Of assistants in the same divisions
/ These promotion Of experienced and faithful
| assistants have not only been in the interest
| OF efficient work, but have suggested to those
| in the department who look for retention and
| promotion that merit and devotion to duty
! are their best reliance. The amount apIrJ-
/ priBted for the bureau of animal indu 3try for
! the current fiscal year is sS500J). Ahe estI-
| mate for the ensuing year is S00000O.
! The regulations Of 1892 conc erning 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 been efeCtually guarded against
/ by the owners OF the affected cattle. while
! contagious pleur pneumonia IN cattle has
/ been eradiCated
Animal tuberculosis, a disease widespread
! and more dangerous to human life than pleuro
! pneumonia, is Still pl evalent investigations
/ have been made during the past year as
! TO the means OF its communication and
/ tine method OF its correct diagnosis
! Much progress has been made in this direc.
/ ton by the studies Of the division OF animal
/ pathology. but work ought to be extended in
| co operation with the local authorities until
/ the danger to human life arising from this
cause is reduced to q minimum
The number of animals arriving from
Canada q lring the year ana Inspected bv
bureau officers was 462 092. and the nun Der
| from transatlantic countries was 2g7 No
contagious diseases were found among the
| imported animals.
| The total mum Der OF inspections OF cattle for
export during the past fiscal year was Gil ~
| The exports show a falling on Of O. bout - pr
cent. from the preceding year the decrease
occurring entirely in the last half OF the year
This suggests that the falling of may have
been largely due TO an increase in the price of
American export cattle.
During the year ending June 30 1898 cX-
ports of inspected pork aggregated 90 G17 40
pounds as against -. S74 pounds for the
preceding year. The falling of In this ex-
port was not confined, however. to inspected
pork, the total quantity exported for 1892 be-
ing 661 I9O6l6 pounds, while in 1893 it wa only
521 3Os, 695 pounds.
l ,oin the secretary in recommending that
hereafter each applicant for the position OF
inspector or assistant inspector IN the bureau
| OF animal industry be required, as a condition
OrpcedPut 10 his aDnoinfTupnt tn avbibif n,