The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-04

eco trademarks, 6s2 labels, and 9S
 prints registered. The number of patents
 which expired was 19,988, The total re
 ceipts for patents were $1 35S, 22S.35. The
 expenditures were q, PAT 827.58, showing
 surplus of $110,A00.T.
 The attention of the Congress is called
 to the report of the Secretary of the In
 terior touching the necessity for the fur
 ther establishment of schools in the Ter
 ritory of Alaska, and favorable action IS
 invited thereon.
 Much interesting information is given
 in the report of the Governor of HaWall
 as to the progress and development or
 the islands during the period from July
 z, 1898, the date of the approval or the
 joint resolution of the Congress provld-
 ing for their annexation, up to April 5o'
 1900, the date of the approval of the act | providing government for the IerIlto- ry, and thereafter.
 The last Hawaiian census, taken in the
 year 1896, gives a total population of ! 109,O20, of which 31 ,o19 were native Ha-
 waiians. The number of Americans re-
 ported was 8,4S5. The results Of the 1 Federal census, taken this year, show the islands to have d total population of lof,- O01, showing an increase over that re- ! ported in 1896 of 44,98l, or 4l.2 per cent There has been marked progress in the educational, agricultural, and railroad de- velopment of the islands.
 In the Territorial act of April 30, 19OO, section ' of said act repeals Chapter 34 of the Civil Laws of Hawaii, whereby ! the Government was to assist in encour- aging and developing the agricultural re- sources of the Republic, especially lrIlga- tion The Governor of Hawaii recon x mends legislation looking to the develop \ ment of such water supply as may exist < on the public lands, with view of pro \ noting land settlement. The earnest X consideration of the Congress is invited X to this important recommendation ana t others, as embodied in the report of the < Secretary of the Interior
 \ The Director of the Census states that X the work in connection with the Twelfth Y Census is progressing favorably ms national undertaking, ordered by the ! Congress each decade, has finally result { ed in the collection of an aggregation Of statistical facts to determine the indus ! trial growth of the country, its manu- E facturing and mechanical resources, it's richness in mines and forests, the number of it's agriculturists. their farms and 1 products it's educational and religious opportunities. as well as questions per staining to sociological conditions.
 The labors of the officials in charge of ! the Bureau indicate that the law of March 8, 1899, requiring the completion of the four important and most-desired subjects, namely, population, agricultur- Co and vital ctntictIpS \ will be completed within the prescribed \ limit.
 The field work incident to the above inquiries is now practically nnlshed' and as result the population of the States and Territories, including the Ha- waiian Islands and Alaska, has been an Inounced The growth of population dur ing the last decade amounts to over l3,- GOO 900, greater numerical increase than in any previous census in the hls- tory of the country
 Bulletins will be issued as rapidly as possible giving the population by States and Territories, by minor civil divisions Several announcements of this kind have already been made, and it hoped that the list will be completed by January l. Other bulletins giving the results of the manufacturing and agricultural inquiries
 will be given to the public as rapidly as circumstances will admit
 The Director, while confident of his liability to complete the different branches of the undertaking in the allotted time, finds himself embarrassed by the lack of
 a trained force properly equipped for sta tistical work. thus raising the question whether in the interest of economy and a thorough execution of the census work there should not be retained in the Gov ernment employ certain number of eX- II perts not only to aid in the preliminary organization prior to the taking of the decennial census, but in addition to have the advantage in the field and office work
 of the Bureau of trained assistants to ia ! cilitate the early completion of this enor-
 nous undertaking.
 I I recommend that the Congress at it's present session apportion representation
 among the several States as provided by the Constitution.
 The Department of Agriculture has been extending it's work during the past year, reaching farther for new varieties : of seeds and plants cooperating more fully with the States and Territories ln sresearch along useful lines; making prog ! ress in meteorological work relating to
 lines of wireless telegraphy and forecasts for ocean-going vessels; continuing in- duiry as to animal disease; looking into the extent and character of food adulter- ation; outlining plans for the care, pres ervation, and intelligent harvesting of our woodlands; studying soils that pro- ducers may cultivate with better knowl- edge of conditions, and helping to clothe desert places with grasses suitable to our arid regions Our island possessions are , being considered that their peoples may be helped to produce the tropical products now so extensively brought into the Unit l ed States. Inquiry into methods of i'm , proving our roads has been active during the year; help has been given to many To- calities, and scientific investigation of
 material in the States and Territories has
 been inaugurated Irrigation problems in ! our semiard regions are receiving careful
 and increased consideration.
 ] An extensive exhibit at Paris of the
 products of agriculture has maGe the } peoples of many countries more familiar : with the varied products of our fields and
 their comparative excellence.
 l, The collection of statistics regarding our crons iS being improved and sources