The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-04

the assembling of a new congress, an
will inevitably increase all the compli
cations of the situation, and could nc
but be regarded as a signal failure t
solve the problem which has practicall
been before the present congress eve
since its organization"
The president renews his recommen
dation for the location and construction
of two prisons for the confinement O
United States prisoners.
'To obviate the deficiency existing
in the postoffice appropriation the pres
ent rate should be raised on second
class matter. Terms from time to tim
have admitted to the privileges intend
ed for legitimate newspapers and per
iodicals a surprising range Of publica
tions, and created abuses, the cost o.
which amount in the aggregate to th'
total deficiency of the postoffice depart
ment. Pretended newspapers are start
ed by a business house for the mer'
purpose Of advertising goods, comply
ing with the law in form only, and
discontinuing the publication as soor
as the period of advertising is over
The paper covered literature consisting
mainly of trashy novels novels to the
extent Of many thousands of tons is
sent through the mails at one cent per
pound, while the publishers of standard
works are required to pay eight times
that amount in sending their publica-
tions. An abuse consists in the free
carriage through the mails of hundreds
Of tons Of seed and grain uselessly dis
trlbuted through the department of ag-
riculture. The postmaster general pre-
diets that If the law be so amended as
to eradicate their abuses, not only win
the postofice department not show a
deficiency, but he believes that in the
near future all legitimate newspapers
and periodical magazines will be prop
erly transmitted through the mails 70
their subscribers free of cost.
The president agrees with the attor-
ney general that an additional judge
Of the circuit court of appeals in each
circuit would greatly strengthen the
count.
Continuing, the message says: "The
secretary of the treasury reports that
the receipts of the government from all
sources of revenue during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1894, amount to
1872, S02, ,49S.29, and it's expenditures to
$442 sos, 1887, leaving a deficit Of $780,
500, 260.5S. There was a decrease Of $15,-
952, ,674.66 in the ordinary eXpences of
the government as compared with the
fiscal year 1893 The value of our total
dutiaJble imports amounted to $275, ,199,-
O6S, being $146,657, ,625 less than during
the preceding year, and the importa-
tions free Of duty amounted to $379, ,795,-
5S6, being 64,74S,675 less than during
the preceding year. Our exports of
domestic and foreign
amounted during the year to 1892, ,14O, 172,
being an increase over the preceding
year of 44,495,37S. The total amount of
gold exported during the fiscal year was
SIG, ,S9S O61, as against $1OS $50, ,444 during
the fiscal year 1893 The amount inn
ported was $72, ,449, ,119, as against $1,174,-
3S1 during the previous fiscal year, 1898.
The imports of silver were $13,286,522,
and the exports were $50, 1865. The
total bounty paid upon the production
Of sugar in the United Safes for the
fiscal year was s12,11020S. 1t is esti-
mated lthat upon the basis of our pres
ent revenue laws, the receipts Of the
during the current fiscal
year ending Jun 30, 1895, will be $424,-
i27. .746, and its expenditures, $444 427,74S,
in a deficit Of $20,000,000. On
the first day of November, 1894, the to-
tai stock of money of all kinds in the
country was ,24O,77S,SSS as against
81, ,2O4, ,651 900 on the first of November,
1893, and the money of all kinds in cir
culation not included in the treasury
holdings was $1,672,O9 422, or $24.7S per
capita upon an estimated population of
IS, 1897, 900.
The president favors the construction
IF additional battle ships and torpedo
boats for the navy The subject OF pen
sions is treated at considerable length |
and among other things, he says:
"At the close of the last fiscal year
IN the 3Oth of June, 1894 there were
,69.544 persons on our pension rolls, be-
Der reported at the end Of the previous |
year. The commissioner of pensions |
s of the opinion that the year 1885, |
being the thirtieth year after the close |
If the war of the rebellion, must ac- |
,ording to all sensible human calucula- |
ions, see the highest limit of the PEN
don roll, and that after that year Ii |
must begin to decline. The names |
lropped from the rolls for all causes |
Turing the year numbered 37,951. |
Among our pensioners are nine widows |
md three daughters Of soldiers OF the !
evolutionary war. and forty-five sur
,ivors of the war Of 1872. The accusa.
ion that an effort TO detect pension |
rauds is evidence of unfriendliness to-
wards our worthy veterans. and a de-
rial Of their claim to the generosity |
# THE government suggests an unfortu-
late indifference to the commission of
IN offense which has for a motive the
securing Of a pension. and indicates
In unwiIlingness, blind to the exist
,nce of mean and treacherous crimes.
which play on demagogic fears. and
make sport of the patriotic impulse of
grateful people"
A large part Of the message is devot-
d to the report Of the secretary Of
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