Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-07

AMI habits OF Industry. to support IN IN
selves on the small tracts OF land usually
allotted tothem.
I am convinced that the proper solution
OF the Indian problem and the success OF
every step taken in that direction depen to
a very large extent upon the intelligence
an honesty OF the reservation agents an
the interest they have In their work. An
agent fitted for his place can 10 much
towards preparing the In iians N Ter his
clarge for citizenship and allotment OF their
lands, aud his a ivic rs to any mItter con-
corning their welfare will not misleld. An
uutit agent will N axe no effort to advance
the Indians on his reservation towards civil-
iziton o. preparation for allotment OF lands
in severalty, and his opinion Us to their con-
dtion in this and other regards is needless
an valueless.
The Indications are that the detail ofarmy
officers as Indian agents will result in i'm
proved management on the reservations.
The intelligent Indian school management
Of the past year mas been followed by gratl-
lying results. Efforts have been ma 10 TO
advance the worS in sound and practical
manner. Five institutes Of Indian teachers
have been held during the year, and have
proved very beneficial through the views ex-
changed and methods discussed particu-
larly applicable to Indian education.
Efforts ara being made in the direction OF
dian contract schools. 80 that in n conpar-
atively short time they may give way alto
gether 10 Government schools, AMI il is
hopei that the change may be so gradual as
tc be perfected without too great expense to
the Government or unlue disregard OF in
vestments made 10y those who have esta5-
lished and are maintaining such contract
schools.
The appropriation for the current year.
ending June 30, 1895. applioao Die to the or
binary expenses ~ tha Iniian service.
amounts to S6, 733. .003. Is, being less by 1868.
240.64 than the sun appropriated on tho
same account for the previous year.
PENSION MATTERS.
At the close OF the las. fiscIl year, on the
30th day OF June, 1894, there were 969 5i4
persons on our pension rolls being u net in-
crease OF 1892 over the number reported at
the end OF the previous year.
These pensioners may b. classified as fol-
lows: Soldiers AMI sailors, survivors Of all
wars, 1853, ,965 widows and relatives OF de-
ceased soldiers, 2l5. .l62; army nurs q 10 the
War OF the Rebellion. Ala. or these pension
ers 3l039 are surviving soldiers OF Indian
and other wars prior TO the Civil War, and
the widows aud relatives OF such soldiers.
The reminder numbering 937, ,505, are re-
,eiving pens ,ons on account of the War OF
the Rebellion, an ! OF these 1894 are on
tho rolls under the authority OF the act OF
June 81. 1890 sometimes called the depend
ent pension law.
The total amount expended for pensions
during the year was sl39. sOi 461. .Oj, leaving
an unexpected balance from the sum appro-
priated OF s25, POS. 7l2.6j.
The sum necessary to meet pension expen-
ditures for the year on ling Juns 80, 1896, is
estimated at sli0, ,00l 900.
The Commissioner OF Pensions Is OF the
10, thaNl lha hnfn ho II
tieth after the close OF the War OF the Rebel
lion, must, according to all sensible human
calculation, see the highest limit OF the PEN
sion roll, and that after that y ear ii must be-
! gin to decline
The claims pending In the bureau have
| decreased more than %. 900 during the year.
| A largo proportion of the new claims filed
arc for increase OF pension by those now on
| the rolls.
The number OF certificates issued was so,
| 2l3. The names dropped from the rolls for
| all causes during the year numbered 81, 95l.
Among our pensioners are nine widows
| and three daughters of soldiers OF the Revo-
luton and lorty-tve survivors Of the War OF
| 1912.
The barefaced aud extensive pension
! frauds exposed under the direction OF the
! courageous and generous veteran soldier
now at the h ad OF the bureau leave no room
| for the claim that no purgatlon OF our PEN
/ sion rolls was nee tod, or that continued
vigilance and prompt action are not neces-
| sary 10 the same en- !.
Tne accusation that an effort to detect
! pension frauds Is evidence OF unfriendlness
towards our worthy veterans and denial o
their claims to the generosity OF the Govern
ment, suggests an unfortunate indifference
| to the commission OF any offense which has
for its motive the securing OF a pension, and
indicates willingness TO be blind to the ex-
istence of mean and treacherous crimes
which play upon demagogic fears and make
sport OF the patriotic impulse OF grateful
people.
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
The completion OF the Eleventh Census il
now In charge OF the Commissioner o
LABOR The total disbursements on account
OF the work for the fiscal year ending jun
80, 1894, amounted to S10, 1855, ,676.S1. At th
close OF the year the number OF persons EN-
ployed In the Census Offics was 679. A
present there are about 400. The whole mum
ber OF volumes necessary to comprehend tn,
Eleventh Census will be twenty-five. and the.
will contain %, 270 printed pages. The assur
ance Is confidently made that before thu
close OF the present calendar year thu
material still incomplete will be practically
in hand. and the census can certainly b:
closed by the 4th of March, 1885, Aftei
that, the revision and proof-reading neces
sary to br!og out the volumes will still bt
required.
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS.
The Secretary OF Agriculture In his repor
reviews the operations OF his department 70
tine last fiscal year. and makes recommended
tions for the further extension OF its useful
ness. He reports saving in expenditure
during the year OF $500, 900, which is covere
back into the Treasury. This sum tstwenty
three per cent. OF the entire appropriation
A special study has boon made OF the de
mand for American farm products in all for
eign markets, especially Great Britain. Tha
country received from the United States dur
ing the nine months ending September 30
1894, 305, ,9l0 live beef cattle, valued at $26,
500, ,00n- as against 1851 cattle, valued a
1884. 900, during the same period for 1898
During the first six months OF 1894 tn
United Kingdom took, also, 1l2,OO0, 90
pounds OF dressed beef from the United
States, valued mt nearly $40, 100000.
The report shows that during the min
months ims ediately preceding Septembe
80, 1894, the United States exported to Ores
Britain 222, ,876. 900 pounds Of pork OF ap
pies, /, 900, 900 bushels valued at %, 500, 00C
and OF horses, 2Sll, at an average value
el99 per head There was a falling of 4
American wheat exports OF Il, 9,505, 900 bush
ais, md the Secretary Is inclined to believ
hat wheat may not, in the future, be tn
staple export cereal product OF our country
but that corn will continue to advance In i'm
portance as an export on account OF the ney
| uses to which It is constantly being appro
priated.
The exports oil agricultural products from
, the United states for tho fiscal year endinl
June 80. 1894, amounted to $685., 1888, ,03S, be
Ing 72.2S per cent. OF American exports o
every description, and the United Kingdom
Of Great Britain took more than flfty-fou
, per cent OF all farm products finding for
elvn markets.
The Department OF Agriculture has IN
, dertaken during the year two new and i'm
portant lines OF research. The first relate
= to grasses and forage plants, with the pur
pose OF instructing and familarlzlng tn
people as to tho distinctive grasses OF tn
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