The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-12-07

the mails at one cent per pound, Will
the publishers of standard works ar
required to pay eight times tina
amount in sending their publications
An abuse consists of the free caIriag'
through the mails of hundreds of tom
of seed and grain, uselessly distrib
uted through the department of agri
culture. The postmaster general pre-
diets that if the law be so amended al
to eradicate these abuses, not only
will the postoftice department no
show a deficiency, but he believes that
in the near future all legitimate news
papers Sssad periodical magazines will
be properly transmitted through tbs
mails to their subscribers free OF
cost.
PENSIONS, ETC.
The president agrees with the at
torney- general that an additiona.
judge of the circuit court of appeals
in each circuit would greatly strength
ell that court He also favors the
construction of additional battleships
und torpedo boats for the navy.
The subject of pensions is treated al
considerable length and among other
things, he says: At the close of the
last fiscal year, on the Both day OF
June, 1894, there were 969,544 persons
on our pension rolls, being a net il
crease of 1882 over the number re-
ported at the end of the previous
year. The commissioner of pensions
is of the opinion that the year 1895,
being the thirtieth after the close of
the war of the rebellion, must accord
ing to all sensible, hur,an calculation,
seen the highest limit of the pension
roll and that after that year it must
begin to decline. The names dropped
from the rolls for all causes during
the year numbered 37,951. Among
our pensioners are nine widows and
three daughters of soldiers of the
war, and forty-fye sur
vivors of the war of 1912.
The accusation that an effort to de-
tect pension frauds is evidence of un-
friendliness towards our worthy vet
Grams and denial of their claim to
the generosity of the government, sug-
geSts an unfortunate Indifference to
the commission of an offese which has
for its motive the securing of a pen
sion, and indicates an Lnwillingness,.
blind to the existence of mean and
crimes, which play upon
fears, and rake sport Of
the patriotic impulse of a grateful
people.
AGRICULTURAL.
A large portion of the message is
devoted to the report of the secretary
Of agriculture, which deals extensive
ly with exports of live stock from, this
country and the inspection of meats.
There was a falling off in American
exports Of wheat of l3,500G0O bushels,
md the secretary is inclined to be-
iieve that wheat may not, i'm the fu-
ture, be the staple export cereal pro-
duct Of our country, but that corn
will continue to adv vaEce in impor-
tance as an expectation on account of
the new uses to which it is constant
" appropriated.
The exports of agricultural products
from the United States for the fiscal
Year ending June 80, 1894. amounted
to $629, ,3S3.O33, being 1928 per cent
Of American exports of every descrip-
tion and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain took more than 81 per
cent Of all farm products finding for
oign markets.
... THE TARIFF.
The tariff act passed at the last
session of congress needs important
if it is to be executed
and with certainty.
In addition to such necessary
as will not change the
rates of duty, am still very decided
~ in favor of putting coal and iron
upon the free list, and SO far as the
sugar schedule is concerned, would
be glad under existing aggravations
to see every particle of differential
duty in favor of refined sugar strick-
en- out of our tariff laws. If, with all
these favors now accorded the sugar
refining interest in our tariff laws, it
still languishes to the extent of clos
ing refinerieS and thousands of dis
workmen, it would seem to
present hopeless case for reasonable
legislation.
Whatever else is done or omitted, /
repeat my recoI; meI dation,
that TIE additional duty of one-tenth
of a cent per pound laid upon sugar
imported from countries raying
bounty uu its exports, he abrogated.
1t seems to me that exceedingly i'm
portant considerations point to the
propriety of this anne. dment. With
the advent of a new tariff policy, not
only calculated to relieve the con-
sumers of our land in the cost Of
their daily life, but to invite a better
of American thrift and
create for us closer and more profita-
BILE commercial relations with the rest
of the world, it follows as a logical
and imperative necessity that we
should at once remove the chief, if
not the only obstacle, which so long
prevented our participation in the for
eigh carrying of trade of the sea.
The ancient provision of our law,
denying American registery to ships
built abroad and owned by Americans
appears in the light of present cond'
tions, not only to be failure for good
at every point, but to be nearer a
relic of barbarism than anything that
exists under the permission of a stat
ute of the United States. I earnestly
recommend it's prompt repeal.
SOME BY-COMMENTS.
A vast majority Of the voters of the
land. says the president, are ready to
insist that the time and attention of
those tlr'y select to perform for them
important public duties, should lot be
distracted by doing out minor Offices
,nf fhny 1ra GROWING to he unanimous