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 Civil Service.
 The progress made In civil seryioo reform furnishes q cause for the utmost oon4rntus lation. IL has survived the doubts of it's friends A well ns the raneor of lta et, sssatss and has gained n permanent place among the agencies destined to cleansn our po- llllGs and Improve, eeonamixe aud elevate the public service There are now iu the eonpetatiye classified service upward of s1 O0O places More than half these have been included from time to time ales March 4, ls5s.
 Interstate Commission.
 I he annual report of the commissioners will hs duly transmitted and cummand the important matter they have in charge to the careful consideration ef congress The interstate commerce commission has l during the last year, supplied abundant evidence of it's unefulness and the impor. tanee Of the work committed to its charge ] desire to refer to the statements aiuss where mhdb concerning the governments i receipts aud expenditures for the purpose of yentuflnR npon some suggestions tolieh- ing our present tariff law and its operl l ton
 TarlT uafsrm.
 This statute took effect on the 28fh dAy of August, 1854. Whatever may bs its shortcominga ns A complete measure of tariff reform, 1t must be conceded that it has opened the way to a frser And greater exchange of commodities between Us and other countries, md thus furnished U wider market for our products and mtfnufAe@ turers
 The only entire iIseal year during which 1 this law has been III force ended 0n the yJth day of Juno, 1s96 in that year our iu4s ports increased over thosn of the previous year more Han kH, ,4ai taiB while the xalus Of the denaestie products Wa exported snd i which f1fud markets abroad WMn urarlx 1 S7oWg,gU more thAn during ths preceding year
 The situation uns Nneh iu December last, l seven months bef1fe the elDan 6f the fiscal year that ihr secretary of treasury fofstold l Il deficiency of Sff7 ,005 600 The great and i inpI easing apprehension and tiiniaity in l business circles and the depressi9n ia si activities intervening since that tiIns, re- eultng from cailHes perfectly well undsr- i stood and entirely disconnected with our tArin law or it's operation, Aenoualy 1 checked the imports wn would have Dthsl. wise received and readily account for ths 1 difference bstWssn this estimate ef the sec i rotary and the actual defieisneY na welt as for continued deficit
 To meet auY such deficit ue have in tha treasury in addition t0 4 gold fsaefes sf i tl00, DO ,600, A surplus of more than si18,- l 000. .01g applicable to thn payment Of tks i expenses of ths government, and Nhioh i must, unless expended for that purpose. remain n useless hoard of fl H0f sktfaYs- 1 RaHtlY wasted u1ust iu any event be Durs l ssfIed from the purpose ef ite exAetieH from OH people. The payment, taefef0fs, of l Any deficiency lii the revenue from this fund is nothing m0fs than its proDsr and 1 legitimate tfsc
 Monetary easstisn.
 This reference 10 tbe eonditisn aud pros 1 poets of our revenues naturally auGksxts l an aiiusl0n to the weakness and ytnsx sk l 0tif financial niethods IlAey have b~~es frequently pressed upon the at14nxie1 s4 l the congress in npfeYionserecutive conzaMe i nfcatigns and the inevitable danger Cf kaAAM continued tOieration pointed out Withoat j How repeating tHese detsiis cannes x~. ffaiH from again earnestly presenting sAs necessity Of IHg prOupb reform of zyxDsm opposed t1 every faie 0f sound nnAnas and shown by experience t0 be ffaNght vfsh the gfaYsst peril and psrDls1itY4 fhe terrible eiYfi var which shl1k tha i foundations 0f our government u1ots 1bAz thirty years ago brought in tts tsnaa tAs destruction pf property. There KsAaslE& N5IH l1z te daY, h fall strength s1sd scszy- itY as AL incident Of ttAt greuasndDan struggle. a feature gf ita financial uscss@e te8 n0t 0HtY uusaitsd to our present sfx~ ci4mst8nees, but maaifsstly di4taesAAN fnenaee t1 business security &fsd at sSm present agent Of monetary diAtrs.s.
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