The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-04

/ schools. and II Is hoped that the charge
Z may be so gradual as 10 be perfected with
out TOO great expense TO the government,
or undue disregard of investments by those
/ who have established and are maintain
I such contract schools.
The appropriations for the cur
l rent year, ending June 30. 1885.
I applicable to the ordinary ex-
penses OF the Indian service amount to
I S6l33.e3 IS being less by s663. 2f0. l64 than
the sum appropriated on the same account
I for thep reviOus year
AT the close Of the last fiscal year. on
the 3Qth day Of June, 1884 there were
s5s,5if persons on our pension rolls. being
] a net Increase Of 3,532 over the number
I reported at the end Of the previous year
/ These pensioners may be classified as
E follows; Soldiers and sailors. survivors
/ OF all arms, 353,96S widows and relatives
I OF deceased soldiers. 2i5 l62. army nurses
/ in the war Of the rebellion, IA of these
I pensioners @2039 are surviving soldiers Of
Indian and other wars prior 10 the late
civil war. and the widows and relatives of
such soldiers. The remainder number
/ ing s34.505, are receiving pensions on ac-
count Of the war of che rebellion. and OF
these 1926 are on the rolls under the
authority Of June q 1890, sometime call
ed the dependent pension law. The total
amount expended for pensions during the
year was $l5S, sos 46l, leaving an unex-
pended balance from the sum appronri-
ated OF S25.z15,Il2 The sum necessary to
meet pension expenditures for the year
ending June 30 1896 is estimated al $40
V7WA The commissioner OF pensions is
OF the opinion that the year 1885. being the
thirtieth after the close of the war of the
rebellion, must according to all sensible
human calculation see the highest limit
of the pension roll and that after that
year it must begin to decline
The claims pending in the bureau have
decreased more than $4,000 during the year.
a large proportion Of the low claims filed
are Tor increase OF pension by those now
on the rolls. The number of certificates
issued was S0.213. The names dropped
from the rolls for all causes during the
year numbered 81 95f
Among our pensioners are nine widows
and three daughters Of soldiers of the rev
olution, and forty-five survivors of the
war of 1912.
The barefaced and extensive pension
frauds exposed under the direction of the
courageous and veteran soldier now at
the mead of the bureau leave no room for
the claim that no purgation of our pen
sion rolls was needed. or that continued
vigilance and prompt action are not nee
essary TO the same end. The accusation
that an effort to detect pension frauds is
evidence of unfriendliness toward our
worthy veterans and a denial of their
ment, suggests an unfortunate indiffer-
ence to the commission of any offense
which has for its motive the securing of
pension and indicates willingness to be
blnd to the existence of mean and treach-
erous crimes which prey upon demagogic
Tears ana make sport of the patriotic i'm
pulse of a grateful people
The completion of the eleventh census
Is now in charge of the commissioner of
labor. The total disbursements on ac-
count of the work for the fiscal year end
ms June 30, 1894, amounted to $40. 1855. 676
At the close of the year the number of per
sons employed in the census office was
6I9; at present there are about 400 The
whole number of volumes necessary to
comprehend the eleventh census will be
twenty-five, and they will contain % go
printed pages. The assurance is conf
IDENTIFY made that before the close of the
present calendar year the material in
complete viii be practically in hand and
the census can certainly be closed up by
March 4, 1885 After that the revision and
proof reading necessary to bring out the
volumes viii still be required. The text
of the census volumes has been limited,
as far as relates to the analysis of the
statistics presented, which is in accord
ance with the law. This has caused more
or less friction, and in some instances in
dividual disappointment, for when the
commissioner of labor took charge of the
work, he found much matter on hand
which, according to this rule he was
compelled to discard. The census is being
prepared according to the theory that it
is designed to collect facts and certify
them to the public, not to elaborate ar
guments or to present personal views.
The Secretary of Agriculture in his re-
port reviews the operations of his depart
ment for the last fiscal year, and makes
recommendations for the further extern
sion of its usefulness. He reports a
saving in expenditures during the year of
100000, which is covered back into the
treasury. This sum is % per cent. of the
entire appropriation.
special study has been made of the
| demand for American farm products in
1 all foreign markets, especially Great
Britain. That country received from the
/ United States during thenine months end
/ ing Sept. 30, 1894, 3059l0 live beef cattle,
valued at S26,5O0000, as against 1s2, GIL cat
/ tie, valued at 900, during the same
! period for 1898. During the first six months
\ of 1894 the United Kingdom took also
/ 900 pounds of dressed beef from the
! United States, valued at nearly $4,000 COO
/ The report shows that during the nine
months Immediately preceding Sept. 80
| 1894. the United States exported to Great
Britain 222,676000 pounds of pork; of APP
Piles 100000 bushels, valued at 81, 500, 600
and of horses 2,si1 at an average value of
] Sl39 per head. There was a falling off in
American wheat exports of 10, 500 900 bush
els. and the secretary is inclined to be-
lieve that wheat may in the future not be
the staple export cereal product of our
country, but that corn will continue to
advance in Importance as an export or
/ account of the new uses to which il is
/ constantly being appropriated The eX-
ports of agricultural products from the
United States for the fiscal year ending
June go 1894, amounted to 62S, 1863 OBS, being
72.2S per cent. of American exports OF
every description. and the United King
dom of Great Britain lost more than s.
per cent. of all the farm products finding
foreign markets.
The department of agriculture has un-
dertaken during the year two new an6
important lines of research. The first
relates to grasses and forage plants, with
the purpose of instructng and familiari.
zing the people as to the distinctive
grasses of the United States and teach.
ing them how to introduce valuable for
eign forage plants which may be adapted
to this country. The second relates tC
agricultural soils and crop productions
involving the analysis of samples of soils
from all sections of the American union
to demonstrate their adaptability to par.