The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-11-15
io'ai Expenditure BY the Govern.
ment Since 1889 Up to 1900
Has Been s3s8,35S,217.
TUX FISCAL YEAR IT WAS sls,I7s,Ie1
commissioner Jones' Report Dppre.
Gates Ration System, Annuity Pay.
ments and Leasing AIlotmenrs. A
NO reputation of the Red.kin. in
"e united states Is About 2o7,-
ooo' of Whom 1870 Receive
Daily Rations.

Washington, Nov. 12.-The total OK
Penulturc by the government on ac
count OF the Indian service from
march g. 1889. up to and including
'"'y ~, 1900, has been $36s, ,35s.217 ac.
cord'ng TO the annual report Of Com.
missioner Of Indian Affairs william,
n Jones. The expenditures for the
10 SlO,l75,101. or this amount M least
nScdI year ended last July amounted
s''5J0,OOO was devoted to the cause of
indian education. The report reviews
inc changc in the system of transpor-
'at'on OF supplies, by which the sup
Phes are shipped in the open market
Dy common carrier at tariff or better
rates, and estimates that this saves
20 per cent. in cost.
Under the head of obstacles IN self.
support of the Indians the report dep
recates the ration system, annuity
payments and the leasing OF allot-
mcnts. The ration system. saws the
report, is the corollary OF the rescr.
Vatlon system. The Indian population
OF the United States is about 2ey,90O, |
OF which 1920 receive daily ration. /
lhe ration issued and its value ynry
according to the tribe. Nearly two
hiths OF the number receiving rations
belong 10 the great Sioux nation.
The ration has been gradually reduced
In the past few years, in accordance
with the policy of the Indian bureau.
III the Indians claim for full rations
as right is conceded, the commits
sioner predicts that the time when
they will be self-supporting lies in the
very distant future, If 1t comes at all.
a number Of the Indians also are as
sisted by occasional issues, and at sew ,
eral agencies the old and indigent are
provided for. These aggregate about !
1880. Altogether there are $3.50
Indians receiving subsistence in some
degree, exclusive of Indian children ,
In boarding schools. S
AnnuitieS distributed last year ag q
grcgated $l,507,543, the per capita /
ranging from $2j5 down to so cents 2
The report says that large money pay 7
nents to the Indians ARE demoraIiz- Il
ng In thc extreme. They degrade the &
indians and corrupt the whites: they il
induce pauperism and scandal and o
rime; they nullify all tho good ef- o
Gets of years of labor. Unscrnpu- h
Gus people induce the Indian to 90 ii
nto debt, and then, when the debt Il
as accumulated and the Indians
redit Is gone, pressure is brought
bear by the creditors upon the
overnment to pay the Indian, so that
can pay his honest Gu debts. The
late of affairs growing out OF this
round some of the agencies is a scan
al and disgrace" =,
There were $50 Indian schools OF all
nds conducted by the government "' "
I'd an increase of 1,4l2 pupils In en- -, ~
'llmcnt and 1,142 in average atten- ~ -,
nee shown over the previous year. ="
bout 5000 OF the $4,000 eligible VI
hool children arc provided for. lid
Compulsory education of the In
an children is strongly indorsed 80,
d congress is urged to authorize '"'
{ commissioner TO place every one '"'
school age in some school, the Sc 'o'
tion OF the school to be left large era
to educated Indians parents. .
The report controvcrts the common .o'
accepted theory that by constant ''"i
ltact with the whites the extinc- ant
n of the Indian is only matter P'e
time. 1t says II can be stated P'o
h great degree of confidence
It the Indian population of the
tied States has been very little Mo,
finished from the days OF Colum-
!. Coronado, Raleigh, Capt. John
it'll and other carly explorers.
he first reliable Indian census was -
1870 and certainly since then the ~.
ian population has been nearly s-a. S."
ionary, whatever decrease there ro'
.,'-,, tisti
ing citizens. -
cviewing Indian Territory affairs. -
report says there are $4,000 chill. 90 80 -
, of white parents there who 80
I'D have schools, and that thou. aao
- ,..a.,". 49,. o,.;nu wr a, ,,.a lo7.i
ignorance, already feeding the SO'--
ed States jails at Muscogee and ioi
r points with youthful criminals. '' .i'''
cost of education will not be ex- .'o'
We compared with results. School '"''e
a.. Lee sho,Id ha .x,epdad % spon
oso Choctow free linen Cov.rn. 900.
IL ha