The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-04

peuding In the bureau have decreased
more than 5000 during the year. A
large proportion OF the new claims hled
are for increase OF pensions by those
now on the rolls.
The baretaeed aud extensive pension
frauds exposed under the direction OF
the courageous and generous veteran
soldier, now At the head oil the bureau,
| leave no room for the claim that no P1F-
CATION OF our pension rolls was needed,
| or shat contlnud vigilance and prompt
action are not necessary to the same
end. The accusation that an effort TO
detect pension frauds is evidence Of I'M
trieudliness toward our worthy veterans
and q denial Of their claims 10 the
generosity Of the government, suggests
an unfortunate indifference to the COM
mission II any offense which has tor its
motive the securing OF q pension and in
dicates a willingness to be blind to the
existence Of mean and treacherous
crime. which play upon demagoglc fears
and make sport OF the patriotic I'M
pulse OF a grateful people.
THE CENSUS.
Tho com pletion OF the eleventh census
Is now in charge OF the commissioner OF
labor. The total disbursements on &C.
count OF the work for the fiscal year,
ending June so, 1894, amounted to Sl0,-
365, $40 81. At the close of the year the
number OF persons employed in the
census Office was $40 At present there
are about 400. The whole number OF
volumes necessary to comprehend the
eleventh census will be 25. and they will
| contain 22,970 printed pages. The as
surance is confidently made that before
the close OF the present calendar year
the material still incomplete will be
practically in hand, and the census can
certainly be closed by the fourth OF
March, 1895. After that the revision
and proof reading necessary TO bring
out the volumes will still be required.
MARKETS OF THE WORLD.
A special study has been made OF the
demand for American farm products In
| all foreign markets, especially Great
Britain.
The Presidsnt reviews the statistics
OF the agricultural department and the
exports OF American products abroad,
and continues:
AGRICULTURAL WORK.
The work done by the department OF
agriculture ls very specifically dealt
with in this communication, and COM
mend the report OF the secretary and
the very important interests with which
II deals to the careful attention Of the
Congress. Quite recently the agricultural
department has PUBLISHED the results
| OF lie Investigation OF bovine tubercn-
loss, and it's researches will be yigor-
ously continued. Certain herds in the
District OF Columbia will be thoroughly
inspected. and will probably supply
adequate scope for the department to
inteliigently prosecute its sclentinc
work and furnish sufficient material Tor
purposes OF illustration, description
and definition.
The sterilization of milk suspected to
contain the bacilli OF tuberculosis has
been, during the year, very thoroughly
explained Ia leafet by Dr.. D. E. Sal
mon, the chief OF the bureau, and given
general circulation throughout the
country.
The office OF experimental stations,
which is a part OF the United States de-
partment OF agriculture, has during the
past year engaged itself almost wholly
in preparing for publication works
| based upon the reports at the agricut-
tural experimental stations and other
institutions for agriculture inquiry in
the United States and foreign countries.
The secretary in his report for 1893
called attention to the fact that the ap-
preparations made for the support OF
the experiment stations throughout the
union were the only moneys taken out
OF the national treasury by act OF Con-
gross for which no accounting to teder-
al authority was made.
The Fifty.third Congress in making
the appropriation for the department
fox the present fiscal year provided that
the secretary of agriculture shall pre-.
scribe the form OF annual financial
statement required by section three oil
said act OF March 9. 1887, shalt ascer-
tain whether the expenditure under
the appropriation hereby made in &C.
cordance with the provisions OF said act
and shall make report thereon to
Congress-. The best service OF the sta
tistiCian OF the department OF agriculture
Ia the ascertainnent by diligence and
care OF the actual and real conditions
OF tillable and untillable lands in the
country and conditions to the end
that the facts ascertained may guide
Intelligent action. In obedience to
this law the department Of agricul-
ture Immediately sent out blank
forms OF expense accounts to each sta
ton and proposes in addition 10 make
q thorough and systematic exam.
ination Of the several stations during
each year for the purpose Of acquiring
by personal investigation the detailed
information necessary to enable the
secretary OF agriculture to make, as the
statute provides, u satisfactory report to
| Congress. The boards Of management
! OF the several stations with great alacrity
and cordially, have approved the
amendment to the law providing this
supervision of their expenditures and
hoping that it will increase the
efficiency OF the stations aud protect
their directors and managers from loose
charges concerning their use OF public
funds, besides bringing the department
OF agriculture into closer and more con-
tidential relations with the experi-
mental stations, and through their
Joint service largely increasing their
J usefulness to the agriculture OF
the country. SActinH upon recommen'
dation contained in the report OF 1893,
congress appropriated $4,000 to enable
the secretary OF agriculture to investi-
gate aud report upon the nutrltivc value
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