The morning times., 1895-11-29

The report of Mr.. Hokc Smith, Secretary
OF the Interior, made public last night.
deliberately reviews the varied work or
the Interior Department.
| IL begins with the Indian service aud
| calls attention to the strict enforcement
which has been given 10 civil service re-
| form, both as to those places covered by
tie classified service ana those 10 which
| tue rules of this service do not apply.
| 1t dwells upon the necessity OF e,iminat-
| ing politics from the management OF
| Indian affairs, and of conducting each
| reservation upon stricuy business piiucI-
| pies, tue object being 10 make every III
| dian VINO remains upon Tue reservation
seif-snppOrtihg ana Ready. as soon as pos
| siDie, 70 assatuc the dulles OF citIzeiisuip
and be freed from the paternal care OF Tue
government.
| ne recommends that instead of a single
| CoInmis ssioner of Indian Affairs tue iu-
| dldn service be placed In charge OF three
| comtnissioners-two of them 10 he CIVIL
| ians-to be appointed from different poiit-
| icai parties, aud one TO be oetaiied army
| officer.
INDIAN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
The report shows that tie atteEGarce
upon the Indian schooIs increased 1900
during the past year, nearly one bali oil the
increase beng III the government Gay
schools. Tne reduction or ~ per ceno wfI.,h
the law required 10 be niaue IN coniiec-
ton with t.t contract SCHOOLS mas betn
strlciy Carried out. anu Tie SttTttdTy dnIis
tnat tI:crc seems To be no reason why sucn
rcuuCtiOn snouid not Continue ironi year
10 year unti tue system VI government tiu
10 sectarian scnoois sGall Crrininatc.
the REPORT Estimates the amount or pub
lie lanes unuisiJseu OF to iJe ABOUT otU,-
OU0,oUu acres at the close or the iKcal
year, ana SHOWS tnat the total receipts
uur,ii-s tie year Tor pGDilc IaIius announced
to over S2,oot,CUU. 1he unadlusled iand
grants To railroads amount to nearly 9O,
UUO,U0O acres.
ARID STATE LANDS.
The Secretary suggests the advisab.iity
Of patentIng the ara lands to The States
arter IL is-luiiy determined tnat tie selec-
tions made by them under the Carey act
are arid iands. He calls attention to the
fact tuat the reservoir sites selected by
tne gcuiogicai survey remain without proper
legislation providing for their use, wtiic
tue water tney Were expected to stole Is
being diverted TO less practicable anu eco-
no;iIicai sites.
CnGcr iiie subject of forests, the Sccre-
tary calls attention 10 IN. tact Inut
II .UGu,, o. acres are now Incluucu wItfin
forest reserves, the object being To thus
preserve the forests for 1uturc use and
through their preservation 10 control the
supply of water so that 1t may DE stored
auu utilized Tor irrigation.
MORE AGENTS NEEDED.
There are but thirty special agents to
protect the timber upon the entire public
domain, to examine swamp lands, TO in
NtsliBdte lidAiuieHt ldlHi tDiTlts-d IoTCe
too small To permit anything To be done
toward guarding the forest reservations.
UnleSs some plan il devised 10y Con
gress for the protection of the Forests
either by the army or by Ioresters nvins
upon the reservations, IL IL ILaniiest tnao
tho oiject sought To be accomplished VIII
fail.
Inc review of the Pension Office shows
the aggregate OF the pension roll at the
close OF the year to be ,U12,SS5. Re
fefring to the number OF pending eases,
the statement is made that The greater
quality OF proof which the law requires.
IoND AIDED ROADS.
One of t!ic interesting features of the re-
tween the government and the bond-sided
roads and OF the possibility Of coilceting
the amount cue the government from unesc
roads. The report urges that two tiiiI IS
are TO be considered, t1) the Collection of
the debt due 10 the government. and p,
the creation OF great through line from
the Mlssodri 10 the Pacific, winch w.s tie
original purpose or the government lcg,-
ing TO the issje OF subsidy bonds.
He states that the government is already
out S11T, ,43G, eco upon these roaaS, and
that the first mortgage bonds only amount
TO S64.6i3,cUO; that tie property is worth
vastly more than tie first mortgage bonds,
aud tiat the government interests Gun be
protected, If necessary, by taking up these
bouds.
All these bonds are now maturing and
draw per cent, and Secretary Smith be-
lieyes they could easily be replaced WITH
per cent bond If the government qua ran
iced them. The net earnings OF each one
of the lines during the pass ten years have
made an average OF nearly 6 per cent on
the sum or the first mortgage bonds, and
Of the government subsidy bonds.