The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07

during the yeSr was si39,Soi ash .O5 Ieaving an
incorporates balance from the sum appropri-
meet pension expenditures for tho wear ending
June %, 400, is estimated at el4O.0a)0Ol
Limit Nearly Reached.
The commissioner OF pensions is OF tho opin-
lon that the year 1893 being tho thirticth after
tho close OF tho rebellion, must according TO
all sensible human Gale ulation sec the highest
limit OF tho pension roll, ana that after that
year IL must begin TO decline.
The claims pending in the bureau have de-
creased more than 10000 during tho year. A
largo proportion OF tho now claims fllod arc for
an increase OF pension by those now on tho
rolls. The number of certificates issued was
S0,2l3. The names dropped from the rolls for
Among our pensioners arc nine widows and
three daughters OF soldiers OF tho revolution
and forty i've survivors OF the war OF 1872
Pension rauds
The barcfaced and extensive pension frauds
exposed under the directNn OF The COURAGEOUS
and generous veteran soldier now at the head
OF the bureau leaves no room for tho claim
that no purgation OF our pension rolls was
needed or that continued vigilance and prompt
action arc not necessary to the same end. The
accusation that an effort. 70 dotcct pension
frauds Is evidence of unfricndinCss towards
our worthy veterans, and a denial OF their
claims TO tho generosity or the government,
sugge IT'S an unfortunate Indifference 60 the
commission of any oncnse which has for its
motive the securing OF u pension and indicates
willingness TO be blind TO the existence Of
mean and treacherous crimes which play upon
otto impulse or grateful people.
Eleventh Census.
The completion of the eleventh census is now
in charge OF the commissioner of labor. The
total disbursements on account OF tho work
for tho fiscal year ending Juno 80, 1894
amounted to S10,365 670et. At tho close OF tho
year the number OF persons employed in the
census office was 679 At present there are
about 40l Tho whole number of volumes nee
essary to comprehend the eleventh census will
be twenty-five, and they win contain 22,270
M mao ic f1nv,f "
made that before the close OF the present cal
endar year the material still incomplete will
be practically In hand, and the census can GER
tainly be closed By the 9TH of March, 1895 After
that the revision ana proof-reading necessary to
bring out the volumes Will still be required.
the text of the census volumes has been lin
tied, as far as possible, to tho analysis OF sta
tistics presented. The method, which is In ac-
cordance with law, has caused more or less
friction, and in some instances individual disap-
pointment for when the commissioner OF labor
took charge OF the work he found much matter
on hand, which, according to this rule, ne was
compelleQ to discard Tho census is being pre-
pared according to the theory that il is de-
signed to collect facts and certify them TO the
public-not to elaborate argument or TO pre-
sent personal views
Department OF Agriculture.
The secretary of agriculture in his report re-
views tho operations Of his department FOR the
last fiscal year. and makes recommendations
for the further extension OF its usefulness He
reports saving In expenditures during tho
year of S60O0)0, which is covered bGcl; into the
treasury. Tnis sum is - per cent. OF tho en-
tire appropriation. a special study has been
made of the demand for American farn prod
ucts in all foreign markets especially Great
Britain
That country received from tho United
States during the nine months ending Sep
TENDER 30. 1894 300 $40 live beef cattle, valued
at S2G,50o000, as against i32 Gil cattle. valued
ut SIC G31,000, during the Sane period for 1899.
During the first six months Of 1891 the United
KINGDOM took also liz. 00,00J pounds OF dressed
beef from the United States valued at nearly
$4,000, 600 The report shows that during the
nine months immediately preceding September
80, 1894, tho United States exported TO Great
Britain 222Gi5,000 pounds Of pork; of apples,
10000 bushels, valued at - $4,000, and OF
horses. 2.8l1, at an averaSe value OF Sl39 per
head There was fallng of in American
wheat exports OF 600 bushels, and tho
secretary Is inclined to believe that wheat may
not, in the future be the staple export cereal
product of our country, but that corn will con-
tinue TO advance in Importance rs an export
on account of tho new uses to which IL is con-
stantly being Appropriated.
Tho exports of ayr u.slral products from
the United States for tho fiscal year ending
1928 per cent OF American exports of every
description, and the United Kingdom OF Great
Britain took more than 81 per cent OF oil farm
products finding foreign Li2f vets.
New Lines Of Uc5carch.
The department of agriculture has under
taken during the year two now and important
lines OF research The first relates to grasses
ant forage +, plants, with nth the purpose
Of tho United states and teacs-
eign forage plants which may be adapted TO
this country Tho second relates to agricult-
ural soils and crop production involving the
analysis of samples OF soils from all sections
of tho American union, to demonstrate their
adaptability to particular plants and crops.
Mechanical analysis of soils may be OF such In
estimable utility that it is foremost in the new
kinds Of agricultural research. and the secre-
tary therefore recommends that q division
having 1t in charge be permanently established
in the department.
The Weather Bureau.
The amount appropriated for the weather
bureau was 5l.l00; OF that sum si3s,500 or
IA per cent, has been saved and is returned to
the treasury. AS illustrating the usefulness OF
this service. IL may be here stated that the
warnings which were generally given OF two
tropical storms occurring in September and
October Of the present sn year resulted In detain-
2S3913, laden with cargoes of probably still
greater value. what Is much moro important
ships were also undoubtedly saved.
Bureau OF Animal Industry
The appropriation to tho bureau OF animal
industry was 1850 Loo, and the expenditures for
expended sS5i570.76 The Inspection OF beef
animals for export and Interstate trade has
been continued, and 12944,056 head were In
per head against ~ cents for is9s Ths
amount OF pork microscopically examined was
81, 437 ,0H pounds. against 20,677,@l0 pounds in
the preceding year. The cost OF this fnspec-
ton has boon diminished from so cents per
head In 1893 to 81 cents in 1894.
The expense OF inspecting the pork sold in
1904 to Germany and Franco by the United
States was SS8,g22l0 Tho quantity inspected
was greater by 100000 pounds than during
the year s, % Sas the cost Of such i'm
riculture recommends that the law providing
for the microscopic inspection OF export and
owners of the meat inspected to pay the cost
Of such inspection, and call attention to the
arguments presented In his report In support
Of this recommendation.
The live beef cattle exported and tagged
during tho year numbered 1853 ,535 This issan
Increase of CO.'S head over the previous year.
The sanitary inspection of cattle shipped to
Europe has cost on average OF lOk cents each.
and the cost OF inspecting southern cattle and
the disinfection OF stock yards averages 81
cents per animal. Tho scientific inquiries OF
the bureau Of animal Industry have progressed
steadily during the year. Much tubcrculin
and maliein have been furnished to state au-
thorities for use In agricultural colleges and
experiment stations for the treatment Of tu-
berculosis and CHAMBERS
Quite recently this department has published
the results OF its Investigations of bovine
and its researches will be vigor-
pusly continued Certain herds In tho District
Of Columbia will be thoroughly Inspected and
will probably supply adequate scope for the
tihc work and furnish sufficient material for
purposes Of illustration, description and def
milton. The sterilization OF milk suspected OF
Inf hs haci1lf M lna IN has bAan