The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-11

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reservation whenever alloGmentS are
made and any Indian on the reserva
walton has previously settled upon a
lot and cultivated it. OF shown q d1spo
sition to improve it In any way, such
lot should certainly be allotted TO HIM.
and this should be mad plainly obli
gatOry by statue. In the light OF ex-
Derience and confederation of the I'm.
certainty of the Indian situation, and
it's exigencies in the future, / am not
only disposed TO be very cautious IN
making allOtments, but I incline to
agree with the Secretary of the In
terror in the opinion that when allOt
ments are made the balance of reserva
ton land remaining after allotment,
instead of being bought by the govern
ment, from the Indians, and opened
for settlement with such scandals and
unfair practices as seem unavoidable.
should remain for q time at least as
common land or besold by the govern
ment on behalf of the Indians In an or
derby way and at fixed prices to be
determined by it's location and deslra-
bllIty, and that the proceeds, less ex
penses, should be held In trust for the
benefit of the Indian proprietors."
FhNOlOCO AMI EhNOlON
SAT the close of the last fi+cal year,
on the 3Oth day of June 1894 There
were 500 544 persons on u pension
roll, being a net increase of 3 532 over
the number reported at the end of the
previous year.
These pensioners may be classified
follows: Soldiers and sailors. survi
vors of all wars. 753 968; widows and
relatives of deceased soldiers. 316 1853
army nurses in the war of the rebel
lion 414 OF these pensioners 80, O39
are surviving soldiers of Indian and
other wars prior to the late civil war,
and the widows or relatives Of such sol
dieTs
THE remainder, numbering 937 sos,
are receiving pensions on account OF
the war of the rebellion, and these
459 344 are on the rolls under the au
JnurIGy of the acG of June 9th. 1890,
sometimes called the dependent pen
si1ns law. The total amount expended
for pensions during the year was
$l39 8O4 461. leaving an uneXpended
balance from the sum appropriated OF
of S25 205 7I2 The sum necessary to
meet the pension expenditures for the
year ending June 80 1895 is estimated
at $l4 900 600 The. Commissioners of
Pensions is Of the opinion that the year
1895 being the thirCleth after the close
IF the war of the rebellion. must &C
cOrding to oil sensible human calcula-
ton see the highest limit of the pension
roll. and that after that year 1t must
begin to decline.
The claims pending In the bureau
have decreased more than 80 600 dur
ing the year. A large proportion of
the new claims filed are for OF
pension by these now on the rolls. TIE
number of certificates issued was
80 213
Tine names dropped from the rolls
for ALL causes during the year numbered
81, ISL Among u pensioners are
ulne widows and three daughters of
soldiers of the revolution and forty five
SURVIVORS of the war of 1912.
The bare faced and extensive pen
sion frauds exposed under The direction
of the courageous and generous veteran
soldier now at the head of the burt au
leave no room for the claim that 40
purgatiOn of our pension rolls was
needed, or that continued vigilance
and prompt action are not necessary TO
the same end The accusation that an
IF Irt to detect pension frauds Is evI
dence of unfriendlIness towards our
worthy veterans. and a denial OF their
claims to the generosity Of the govern
ment, suggests an unfortunate indlffer
TO the commission of any Cffenc9
which has for It's motive the securing
of a pension. and Indicates a willing
ness TO be blind TO the existence of mean
and trpaCher@us crimes which play
upon dem8gOgic fear and make sport
OF the patriotic impulse of a grateful
people" -
OUR AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.
"Great Britain received from the
United States during the nine months
September 80 1894 3O5 $40 live
beef cattle. valued at $40, 500 900 as
1872 Gil cattle, VALUED at 1852.
634 600, during the same period for
1898 During the first SIX months of
1894 the United z ngdom took also
liz 600 600 pounds of dressed beef from
the UniGed States, valued at nearly
$40. 600. 600 The report shows that
during the nine months Immediately
preceding September Both, 1894, the
States shipped TO Great Britain
676 600 pounds of pork; of apples
l. 900 900 bushels. valued at 81 500 600,
and of horses 2 81, with an average
value of S139 per head There was a
IF IN American wheat exports
Of Is SOC, 600 bushels and the Secretary
is inclined to believe that wheat may
not, in the future, be the staple export
cereal product of our country but tnat
corn will continue to advance in i'm
.ortance as a export On account of
the new uses to which it Is constantly
being appropriated.
"Theexpnr's of agricultural products
the United States for the, fiscal
ending June 80. 1894, amounted
TO 628 1853 O38 being ~ 81 per cent. of
American exports of every description,
and the united kingdom of Great
Britain lost more than 81 per cent. of