Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-08
| proprla,od on the same account for tho provi-


Az the close OF tho last fiscal year, on the 30th
day OF June, 1894, there were o69bA persons on
our pension rolls, being net increase of 1882
over the number reported at the end OF the pre-
vious year.
These pensioners may be classified MS follows:
Soldiers and sailors, survivors of oil wars, T53,-
9S6; widows and relatives of deceased soldiers,
2l5,162; army nurses in the war OF the
rebellion, 4iI OF these pensioners 81
03o are surviving soldiers of Indian
and other wars prior to the late civil war,
and the widows are relatives OF such soldiers.
The remainder, numbering 9S7, ,bO5, are recelv-
ing pensions on account OF tho war OF the re-
bellon, and OF these 469,3 ,3H are on the rolls un-
der the authority of the act Of Juue 2I 1890
sometimes called tho dependent pension law
The total amount expended for pensions during
the year was $780, i6l.05, leaving an unex-
pended balance from the sum appropriated OF
81, ,205, 1895. The sum necessary to meet PEN
sion expenditures for the year ending June w.
1906 Is estimated at Sl40,000,000.
The commissioner OF pensions is OF the opin-
ion that the year 1895, being the thirtieth after
the close of the war of the rebellion, must, &C
cording to all sensible human calculation, see
the highest limit of the pension roll, and that
after that year IL must begin to decline.
The claims pending In the bureau have de-
creased more than 10000 during the year. A
large proportion OF the new claims filed are for
increase OF pension by those now on the rolls.
The number of certificates issued was SO2iS.
The names dropped from the rolls for all causes
during the year numbered 37,9oi.
Among our pensioners are nine widows and
three daughters OF soldiers OF the Revolution
and forty-five survivors Of the war OF 1912.
The barefaced and extensive pension frauds
exposed under the direction OF the courageous
and generous veteran soldier now at the head
OF the bureau leave no room for the claim that
no 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 effort to detect PEN
sion frauds Is evidence OF unfriendliness to-
wards our worthy veterans and denial OF
their claims to the generosity OF the govern
ment suggests an unfortunate Indifference
to the commission Of any offense which
has for It's motive the securing OF q
pension and indicates willingness to be
blind to the existence OF mean and treacherous
crimes which play upon demagogic fears and
make sport of the patriotic impulse OF q grate-
| full people
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
| The secretary OF agriculture in his report re-
| views the 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 the
year OF S6O0,0 600 which is covered back into the
| treasury. This sum is % per cent OF the entire
appropriation. A special study has been made
of the demand for American farm products
in all foreign markets, especially Great Britain.
That country received from the United States
| during the nine months ending September 30,
1884, 30J, ,9l0 live beef cattle valued at S26s 0oO
as against 1891 cattle valued ut Sl6, ,oOo
| during the same period for 1903 During the
first six months of 1894 the United Kingdom
took also li2,0O0Oo0 pounds OF dressed beef
| from the United States, valued at nearly tlo,-
| 100000. The report shows that during the nine
| months Immediately preceding September 30
| 1891, the United States exported to Great Brit
| al ,da nffN NJ
bushels valued at s. 500 600: and OF horses 2,sl1
| at an average value OF tl39 per head. There
was falling OF in American wheat exports OF
800 900 bushels and the secretary is inclined
| to believe that wheat may not, in the future, bt
| the staple export cereal product OF our coun'
| try, but that corn will continue to advance II
| Importance an export on account OF the new
uses to which 1t is constantly being appropri
sted.
| CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
| The advantages to the public service OF al
adherence to the principles OF civil service re
| form are constantly more apparent; and moth
ing is so encouraging to those in official lif'
| who honestly desire good government as tn,
| increasing appreciation by our people OF thes
advantages. A vast majority OF the voters o
the land are ready to insist that the time ant
attention OF those they select to perform 10
them important public duties should not b.
distracted by doing out minor offices, and the.
are growing to be unanimous in regarding part.
organization as something that should be uset
in establishing party principles instead of die
tating the distribution OF public places az re
wards OF partisan activity.
THE NEW TARIFF ACT.
The tariff act passed at the last session o
congress needs important amendments II 1t
to be executed effectively and with certainty
In addition to such necessary amendments a
| will not change rates OF duty am still YER
decidedly in favor of putting coal and iron upo
the free list.
| So far as the sugar schedule is concerned,
wonld be glad, under existing aggrSvations Z
see every particle OF diferential duty in favo
| OF rehned sugar stricken out OF our tarin Law
| II. with all the favor now accorded the suga
refining interest in our tariff laws it still Ian
| guisheS to the extent OF closing refneries An
the discharging of thousands OF workmen,
would seem to present q hopeless case for rea
sonable legislative aid.
Whatever else is done or omitted, earnestl
, | repeat here the recommendation have mad
| in another portion OF this communication tina
| the additional duty OF one-tenth of cent pc
| pound laid upon sugar imported from countrie
| paying q bounty on it's export be abrogated.
seems to me that exceedingly important con
siderations point to the propriety OF thi
amendment
With the advent OF the new tariff policy. nc
only calculated to relieve the consumers OF ou
land In the cost OF their daily life, but to nvit
o better development of American thrii
, and create for us closer and more profit
able commercial relations with the res
of the world, it follows as log
ical and imperative necessity that we shoul
at once remove the chief IL not the only obsta
, Gle which has so long prevented our partictpa
. tion in the foreign carrying trade OF the sea-
, tariff built upon the theory that 1t is well I
: check imports and that a home market shoul
bound the industry and effort OF American pre-
ducers, was hty supplemented by a refusal !
I allow American registry to vessels built abroa
though owned and navigated by our peopl
thus exhibiting willingness to abandon q
contest for the advantages OF America
t trans-ooeanic carriage. Our new tarin po
. icy, built upon the theory that it
I well to encourage such importations
0 our people need, and that our products ar
: manufactures should find markets in ever
part OF the habitable globe, is consistent
n supplemented by the greatest possible libert
h to our citizens in the ownership and navigate
: OF ships in which our products and mani
, factures may be transported. The million
: now paid to foreigners for carrying America
n passengers and products across the sea shou
4 be turned into American hands. Ship buildin