The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-05

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nj. estimated that upon the basis Of
visiting laws the revenues OF the gov
.,nment for the fiscal year 1896 will be:
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yru internal LSgVSSVoS
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Total estimated revenues...........~Si16 sO7 '4Oi
Alsrve share Of the report is given tc
.bs consideration OF the reports OIL
Ss,ssu officers already made public. On
he subject Of customs administration
Il. secretary says there is, in his opin-
ian grea. necessity for a reorganization
n t6s customs districts throughout the
coun,ry, by reason OF the fact that there
an now many ports Of entry at which
ii,tle or no business is transacted.
lhs appropriations heretofore made
annually for the enforcement OF the
Chinese exclusion laws are declared to
b Inadequate for the purpose. To
p,operly enforce these statutes involved
IL employment OF inspectors, not only
uports where Chinese arrive directly
b. vessels, but at various places on the
Mexican and Canadian frontiers, and
I,o at places in the interior where
,h.re are large Chinese colonies.
On the subject Of the seal fisheries
NJ Carlisle says that the department is
in possession OF reports indicating a
marked decrease in the number OF seals
% the Pribylof island, and in conse-
sasres the number permitted to be
aksn this year was limited TO 10000
nd for the ensuing year the number
vii have TO be still further reduced.
Concurrently with this falling off on
he Islands there has been for some
rear, great increase in the number Of
I..Is killed at sea. While the official
returns Cannot yet be stated it is known
that the total catch in the North Pacific
md Bering Sea for the season just ex-
PRED 10 by far the largest ever known
ia the history Of Pelagic sealing. The
decrease in the seals on the Pribylotf
iil,nds, coupled with the large number
d dead pups found on the islands dur
Ing the last season, whose mothers were
presumably killed at sea, and the for
he, phenomenal increase in pelagic
a,sh, justifes the belief that before the
expiration Of FIVE years-wheh the reg.
rli.ions enacted by the tribunal OF
pbi.,alion are to be submitted to our
ru7Hument and that of Great Britain
sWSn new examination to consider pos
able notifications in the light Of past
.tpsrienee-the further seal will have
BEEN practically exterminated.
The secretary briefly explains his in
ability to put into operation the section
Of the new tariff act authorizing the re-
t1nding OF taxes on alcohol used in the
arts, etc, and estimated that these re.
funds will amount to not less than Sl0,.
10000. and that the cost OF the neces.
ity official supervision will not be less
han 500, 900 per annum.
CURRENCY REFORM.
The most important feature OF Mr..
Carlisle's reportis his discussion OF the
'ubiecs OF currency reform, in the course
Of which the administrations plans of q
new system OF currency are get forth in
detail. Mr.. Carlisle says.
In my last annual report l called at
tension TO the unsatisfactory condition
Of our financial legislation, especially to
sae Issue and redemption oil circulating
notes by the government and the liza
o!'ity OF the secretary OF the treasury,
under existing laws, to make prompt
aad adequate provision for the support
o. the public credit. The experience Of
1ae past year has confirmed and
strengthened the opinions then ex'
pressed, and therefore respectfully,
oas most earnestly, urge upon Congress
the necessity for remedial legislation
curing It's present session. The we'll
known defects in our financial system,
anu the serious nature OF the evils
threatened by them, have done moro
curing the last two years to impair the
credit OF the government and the PEG,
pLeoi the United States, at home and
abroad, and to check our industrial and
commercial progress than all other
%'ngs combined, and our first and
plainest duty is to provide, il possible,
come elective method for tho prompt
s permanent relief OF the country
" ION The consequences OF the present
poIlcy. A brief statement Of the practi.
ga and unavoidable results OF the ex'
sung legislation will demonstrate its
INJURIOUS effects upon our financial al
~ more clearly than any argument
'aaE could be submitted.
Alter many fluctuations the gold Fo'
s J, held for the redemption OF United
eate' legal tender notes was reduced
% The l1th day OF January, 1894, to the
,am Of :6J,757,S24, and the cash bal.
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