The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-12-06

balance tro3i the sum appropriated OF s!5,.05,-
''2t3 Inc sum necessary to meet pension ex-
penuitures ior the year ending June 30, 1895, is
e. estimat,c u, sli00)0ON. $50
Inc secrttary OF agriculture In his report re-
views tae operations OF his Geprtncnt for the
last HscAl year and makes recommendations
for the furt er extention of its usefuine,s. He
rcporti u saving in expenditures curing the
year OF S0OO,0oJ which is cove: cd back intodhe
tettury. rms sum is 23 per cent CIT entire
The scientific Inquiries OF the bureau of ami
NAL industry have progressed steadily during
tie year. Much tuoerculn and malltin have
been furnished to state authorities for use in
the agricultural colleges and evper ment sta
tions for the treatment OF tuberculosis and
glanders
Owing to the peculiar fpalty OF the stati-
clans work and the natural AMI acquired ft-
ness necessary to its success ful prosecution,
the secretary Of agriculture expresses the
OPINION that every person crployed in gather-
ing statistics under the chief OF tllt division
shoull oe admitted to thLt scr5ico ily after
thorough, exhaustive, and surces jtul eyami-
nation ut the hands OF the United states civil
service commission. This has led him to call
1or such examination OF candidates for the
position OF assistant statiscians and also OF
candidates Tor chiefs OF sections in that di-
vision.
The advantages to the pub ic service of an
adherence TO the principles OF civil service re-
form are constantly more apparent; and moth
ing is SO encouraging to those In official life
VINO honestly desire good government as the
increasing appreciation by our people OF these
advantages vast majority of the voters of
the land are ready to insist that the time and
attention OF those they select to perform for
tnese important pubic dutles should not be
distracted by doling out minor offices, and they
are growing to be unanimous In regarding
party organization as something that should
OF dlctating the distribution OF public places
as rewards OF partisan activity.
Inc president is convinced that we ought
not 10 be longer without a national board OF
nealth. the national health ohcer charged
with no other duties than such as pertain to
the protectlon OF our country from the invasion
OF pestllence ana disease, and earnestly recon-
menus leg,siation 10 that END.
By virtue of q statute Of the United States,
passed in 1881, appointed In July last Hon.
John d. Herman of the state OF New York,
and Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington. of
the state Of Illinois. to form with Eon.
Carroll d. Wright, commissioner of labor who
was designated by said statute o comm ssion
for the purpose of making careful inc uiry Into
the causes of the controversies between cer-
tain railroads and their employees which had
resulted In an extensive and destructive strike,
accompanied by much violence and dangerous
disturbance with considerable loss OF life and
great destruction of property.
The tariff act passed at the last session Of
the congress needs important amendments il
it is to be executed effectively and with cer-
tainty. In addit on to such necessary amend
meuts as will not change rates of duty, / am
still very decidedly in favor OF putting coal and
iron upon the free list
So far as the sugar schedule Is concerned,
would be glad. under existing aggravatons to
see every particle Of differential duty in favor
OF refined sugar stricken out Of our tariff law
7 fxritb al he fny cd ha ciir
filming interest in our tariff laws il still Lam
guishes to the extent of closed rcfneries and
thousands of discharged workmen, it would
seem to present hopeless case for reasonable
legislative aid.
Whatever else is done or omitted. earnestly
repeat here the recommendations have made
in another portion of this communication that
the additional duty OF one-tenth of q cent per
pound laid upon sugar imported from coun-
tries paying a bounty on its export, be abro-
gated.
The president then recoun:s the necessity of
issuing bonds to replete the gold reserve, and
says; Nothing could be worse or further re-
moved from sensible finance than the relations
existing between the currency the government
has issued. the gold held for it's redemption,
and the means which must be resorted to
for the purpose OF replenishing such redemp-
tion fund when impaired. Even If the claims
upon this fund were confined to the obliga-
tions originally intended, and il the redemp-
tion Of these obligations meant their cancel
lation the fund would be very small. But
these obligations, when received and redeemed
in gold, are not Cancelled but are re-issued and
may do duty many times by way Of drawing
gold from the treasury Thus we have an end.
less chain in operation constantly depicting
the treasury's gold and never near final rest
AS If this was not bad enongh, we
| have By o statutory declaration thai
| 1t is the policy of the government
| to maintain the parity between gold and silver
| aided the force and momentum of this exhaust.
| ing process and added largely to the currency
| obligations claiming this peculiar gold redcmp
| ton Our small gold reserve is thus subject tc
drain from every side. The demands that in
| crease our danger also increase the necessity O
| protecting this reserve against depletion ant
| it is most unsatisfactory to know that the pro-
| lection afforded is only temporary pallation
| 1t Is pefectly and papably plain that the onll
way under present conditions by which
| This reserve when dangerously dep.ete,
can be replenished is through th'
| issue and sale OF the bonds of the gov
ernment for gold: and vet congress has no
only thus far declined to authorize the issue o
bonds best suited to such purpose. but there
| seems q disposition in some quarters to Cen,
| both the necessity and power for the issue o
| bouia n a