The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-06

mansion expenditures for the year ending June ao. 1898. is estimated at sl40,0Oo,0Oo. The commissioner of pensions is Of the oplnloh that the year 1895 being the tnirtieVn after the close of the war Of the repeliloh must, according to sensible human calcuia'ion, see the highest limit of the pension roll anu that after that year it must begin to oechne' The claims pending in the bureau have de- creased to more than 5000 during the year A large proportion of the new claims filed are Tor increase of pension by those now on the rolls' The number of certificates issued was so,2l3. The names dropped from the rolls Tor all causes during the year numbered 37,sol' Among our pensioners are nine widows and three daughters Of soldiers of the revolution ana forty-nve survivors of the war Of lsl2 The completion of the eleventh census IS now in charge of the commissioner of labor The total disbursement on account or the "ork for the fiscal year ended June 90 lS9f amount ed to BIO 365 6768i At the close or the year the number of persons employed in the census ol- flee was 6To At present there are about 4oo The whole number of volumes necessary to comprehend the eleventh census will be twenty five and they will contain 22,27o printed pages.
 Agricultural Matters.
 The secretary Of agriculture In his report re- views the operations of his department for the last fiscal year. and makes recommen- | fulness. He reports saving in expenditures during the year Of S6OO,O)O, which is covered back into the treasury. This sum is 23 per cent. of the entire appropriation, as special study has been made of the demand for Amer ican farm products in all foreign markets, es- pecially in Great Britain.
 That country received from the United states during the ninc months ending September 90, 1891. 305 90l live beef cattle, valued at e265OO- 600 as against Is2, Oil cattle, valued at N66S4,- 00J during the same period for 1893. During the first six months of 1894 the United King dom took also l20oO-0)O pounds of dressed beef from the United States valued at nearly | eI0, 900.
 The report shows that during the nine months ' Immediately preceding September O,1Soi, the Cnited States exported to Great Britain 222,- o7o.oO0 pounds of pork, Of apples l.9oO.OOO | bushels, valued at S2,50O.0J0 and of horses 2,Sll ct m average value Of si39 per head. There was falling of in Amer ican wheat exports of 13 900 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 that corn will con- | tinue to advance in importance as an export on | account of the new uses to which it is con- stantly being appropriated The exports of agricultural products from the United States | for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, amount | cd to sG2s 363 03s being 72.es per cent Of Amer
 
 United Kingdom of Great Britain took moro | thon 54 per cent of all farm products finding 1 foreign markets.
 The amount appropriated for the weather | bureau was s95I 100. Of that sum sl3s.5OO, or I4 per cent. has been saved and is returned to the treasury. The appropriation to the bureau of animal industry was sSi0,O)0 and the ex- ! penditures for the year were only s+954 429 24, thus leaving unexpended s354.S70.7j The in- i spoction of beef animals for export and inter | state trade has been continued and I2,9 ,056 | head were inspected during the year at cost | Of l'l cent per head against A cents for 1893
 The secretary of agriculture recommends that the law providing for the microscopical | inspection of export and interstate meat be so | amended as to compel owners of the meat in- spected to pay the cost of such inspection and call attention to the arguments presented in | his report in support of this recommendation. l The live beef cattle exported and tagged dur | ing the year numbered 3oJhSh This is an in- crease of 6s, ,533 head over the previous year.
 The once of experiment stations, which is a i part of the United States department of agri- culture has during the past year engaged itself almost wholly in preparing for publication works based upon the reports of the agricult- ural experiment stations and other institutions | for agricultural Inquiry in the United States and foreign countries.
 The department expened in the fiscal year 1892 g.. .S54 sO9 56 and cut Of that sum the total | amount expended fin scientific research was 45.6 per cent But in the year ended June 30,
 1894, out of a total expenditure of sl9I5, ,9Ss Ss the department applied5l per cent. Of that sum | to scientific works and investigation. It is deemed possible that an agricultural census may be taken each year through the agents of the statistical division of the depart mcnt. Such course is commended for trial | by the chief of that division. The work done h,yf ha 1pratn nf iS | fcially dealt with in this communication and | commend the report of the secretary and the very important interests with which it deals to the careful attention of the congress. The Civil Service.
 The advantages to the public service of an
 adherence to the principles Of civil service re- | form are constantly more apparent and noth- ing is so encouraging to those in official life | who honestly desire good government aS the in- | creasing appreciation by our people of these advantages. vast majority of the voters of | the land are ready to insist that the time and the attention of those they select to perform for | them important public duties, should not be distributed by doling out minor ofices and | they are growing to be unanimous in regarding | party organization as something that should be used in establishing party principles instead of dictating the distribution of public places as | rewards of partisan activity. Numerous addi- tional offices and places have lately been | brought within civil service rules and regula- tions. and some others will probably be in- cluded. The report of the commissioners will be submitted to the congress, and invite care full attention to the recommendation 1t con | tains.
 A Board of Health.
 am entirely convinced that we ought not to be longer without national board of health or national health officer charged with no other duties than such aS pertain to the protection of ] our country from the invasion of pestilence and disease. This would involve the establish. mont by such board or officer of properquaran- tine precautions of thenecessary aid and coun.
 sel to locate authorities on the subject, prompt l advice and Assistance to local boards of health
 or health officers in the suppression of con- tagious disease and in cases where there arc | no such local boards.
 The Labor Commission.
 | By virtue Of q statute of the United States passed in 1888, appointed in July last Hon. J D. Keen, of the state of New York, and Hon Nicholas E. Worthington, of the state Of Hi
 nois. to form with Hon. Carroll D. Wright, com.
 missioner of labor who was designated by saiC
 statute a commission for the purpose of malS.
 ing careful inquiry into the causes of the con troversieS between certain railroads and theil employees which had resulted in an extensive
 and destructive strike, accompanied by mucf violence and dangerous disturbance with con. Si1ernhlp lOSS of life and great deStruction n