The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-04
penses, should be held in trust for
benefit of The Indian proprietors.
The Indian Schools.

OGllGltL VI Tie IIUid@A R4UpAl
The Indian Schools. N
The intelligent Indian school mary
ment of the past year has been followed
by gratifying results. Efforts have
been made to advance the work III A
Sound and practical manner. Five in
lstituteS of Indian teachers have been
held during the year and have proved
very beneficial through the views ex-
changed. and methods discussed
are particularly applicable to In
dian education Efforts are be-
made in the direction of grad
ual reduction of the number OF
Indian contract schools, so that in a
comparatively short time they may give
way altogether TO government schools.
and Ii is hoped that the change ~
be so gradual as TO be perfected witR
iout too great expense to the government
or due disregard of investments made
by those who have established and are
maintaining such contract schools.
The appropriate for the current year
ending June 80. 1925, applicable TO the
ordinary expenses. OF the Indian service
amounts TO S. 1888. 00S.1S, being less by
$3.50. 240.64 than the sum appropriated on
the same account for the previous year.
The Pension Rolls.
At the close Of the last fiscal year. ON
the S0th day Of June, 1894. there were
1884 persons on our pension rolls, be-
/ ing a net increase of 1852. over the num-
Der reported at the end Of the previous
year. These pensioners may be classt-
| fled as follows:
| Soldiers and sailors. survivors of all
wars, 1853. 06S: widows and relatives OF
deceased soldiers 215, 162: army nurses in
| the war of the rebellion 414. OF these
/ pensioners 32.039 are surviving soldiers
/ Of Indian and other wars prior to the
. late civil war, and the widows are re-
/ licts of such soldiers. The remainder.
numbering 937, sos, are receiving PEN
sions on account of the war of the re-
bellion, and of these 469.344 are on the
rolls under the authority of the act of
June q. 1890. sometimes called the de-
pendent pension law.
| Amount Expended for Pensions.
! The total amount expended for pen
sions during the year was S159,S04.4S1.O5.
leaving an unexpended balance from the
sum appropriated of $25. 2O5,712. The
sum necessary to meet pension expeK>
ditures for the year ending June ~
! 1896 is estimated at Sl4O,OOO,OOA
/ The commissioner of pensions n
of the opinion that the year, ~
being the thirtieth after the clYse
to all sensible human calculation,
see the highest limit of the PEN
sion roll and that after that year It
must begin to decline.
! The claims pending in the bureau
have decreased more than 100000 dur
\ ing the year. \ large proportion of the
new claims filed are for increase Of
pension by those now on the rolls. The
number of certificates issued was 3O213
! The names dropped from the rolls for
all causes during the year numbered
I 1881. Among our pensioners are nine
widows and three daughters of soldiers
of the revolution and forty-fve survi- e.
vors of the war Of 1912.
Pension Frauds Exposed.
| The barefaced and extensive pension
frauds exposed under the direction efN
the courageous and generous veteran
soldier now at the head of the bureau,
leave no room for the claim that no
purgation of our pension rolls was need
ed or that continued vigilance and
prompt action are not necessary to the
same end. The accusation that an ef-
fort to detect pension frauds is evidence
/ of unfriendliness toward our worthy
veterans and a denial of their claims -
! the generosity of the government,
gests an unfortunate Indifference 70 ne
commission of an offense which hSsr rtr
its motive the securing of pension fnd
indicates a willingness to be blindA 10
the existence of mean and treacherfus
crimes which play upon demagogic fekrs
and make sport Of the patriotic I'M
pulse of a grateful people.
The Eleventh Census.
The completion of the eleventh CEN
sus is now in charge of tine commission
! of labor. The total disbursements on
account of the work for the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1894. amounted to So
/ 800 1851 At tine close of the year the
number of persons employed in the CEN
! sus office was $40. At present there are
about 400. The whole number of vol
umes necessary TO comprehend the
eleventh census will be twenty-five. and
they will contain 22,270 printed pages;
while the assurance is confidently made
that before the close of the present
calendar year the material still tncom-
Iplete will be practically in hand and the
census can certainly be closed by the
4th of March, 1895. After that the re- ,
vision and proof reading necessary t9l
bring out the volumes will still be fe1
quired. The text of the census Volt
umes has been limited as far as possible
to the analysis of statistics presented
| The method, which is in accordance
with law, has caused more or less fricS
ton, and in some instances individual
disappointment. When the commission
er of labor took charge of the work he
found much matter on hand, which, ac-
1
| to discard. The census is being pre-
pared 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.
Report of the Secretary of AEricuI-
ture.
The secretary of agriculture in his re-
port reviews the operations of his DEF
partment for the last fiscal year ami
tmakes recommendations for the further
extension 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.
| A special study has been made OF the
demand for American farm products in
all foreign markets. especially Great
Britain. That country received from
the United States during the nine
months ending September 80, 1894, 300
| go live beef cattle valued at S26.5OO.OOO
as against 1851 cattle valued at S16.-
624. 900 during the same period for 1893.
During the first six months Of 1894 the
limited Kingdom took also 1l2,OOO,UOO
pounds of dressed beef from the
UNITED States, valued at nearly SlVcUO,-
900. The report shows that during the
mime months Immediately preceding
! September 30 1894. the United states
Iexported to Great Britain 222 .676,000
pounds of pork; of apples, 100000 lbs,
Valued at 50, 500. 900; and Of horses 2,S11,
at an average value of S1s9 per mead;
There was a falling Off in American
wheat exports of 900 bushels. The
lsecretary is inclined to believe that
wheat may not. in the future, be the
staple export cereal product of our
country. but that corn will continue To-
advance in Importance as an export 8ff
account of the new uses to which 1t Is
constantly being appropriated.