The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-15

a number of other improvements will be
in effect during the next fiscal year. The
appropriation. 1t Is said, Will en-
able many more clerks to take the fifteen
days leave of absence contemplated by law
and an emergency fund will be placed at
the disposal of frst-class offices for extra
assistance during the holidays and other
times when there is a large increase or
business. The postof1ce officials have
strong hopes that if conditions continue to
improve 1T will be feasible to limit rkin
hours throughout the service to eight hours
a day. beginning with the fiscal year. July
The monthly statement of the imports
and exports of the United States issued by
the bureau of statistics shows that during
the month of May, 1900, the imports Of mer-
chandise amounted to 81, 500, SCI. of which
nearly ss1, 900, 600 was free of duty. This is
an increase in dutiable merchandise as
compared with May, 1893, OF over $2,W0.OW.
The exports of domestic merchandise dur
ing last May aggregated Sill, 2S6,S25, an in
crease of $50, OO, 600. The gold imports dur
ing May amounted to So. zoe. 161 and the ex-
ports s12, 209, 500 In May, 1899. the imports
of gold were SCOOPS n the exports 81
049. 255. The silver imports were s.. 461 ,493,
an Increase of $4,000 0 The silver exports
were s6,066 .05S. an increase over May, 1888,
of s1.s3o.0O0.
A postofice has been established at Nine
tree. Morgan county. Indiana, with Walter
s.. Moss as postmaster.
In response to the large number of re-
quests from wives of officers serving in
the Philippines to join their husbands the
secretary of war has decided that the
wives of the regular officers and the vol
1fnfppr stat officers stationed i'm the Phil
ippines can go on government transports
when there Is room for them by getting
permission from the quartermaster general
of the army, but that owing to the fact
that the officers of volunteer regiments will
be soon returned to this country by expira-
ton of term of service, the wives of these
officers will not be permitted to go to the
Philippines on the government transports.
John f. Baker, of New York. has been
selected as secretary of the Chilean claims
commission.
Commissioner General Powderly, of the
Bureau of immigration. to-day ordered the
deportation of thirty-one Japanese from
Port Townsend. Wash. where they had
landed in violation of the immigration
laws.
Representative Slayden, of Texas. one OF
the board of visitors at West Point, said
to-day that the board had resolved unan-
imously to recommend that the examina-
ton for entrance to the academy be raised
materially so as to accord with the first
years work. AT present the entrance ex-
animation is framed under an old law and
is so elementary that cadets readily enter
the institution. Once inside. however, they
are confronted with a very difficult course
and 80 per cent. drop out the first year
The board of visitors felt that il was quite
unjust TO admit a cadet by an easy ex-
animation and then force him out of the
academy by a rigorous course
XXX
w. f. McLennon. for many years chief
of the division of bookkeeping and war
rants. one of the most important In the
Treasury Department, has been selected
by secretary Gage to institute a
system for paving the depositors
which Congress, at its last session, made
an appropriation. 1t Is estimated thai
these deposits will approximate $4,000
Their payments will be made through the
American Bank of Hawaii.
The board OF naval bureau chiefs to-day
| decided to m the retention OF
naval officers in the capacity of chief ex.
pert inspectors of material and shipbuiId.
ing. The proposition before the board was
to replace these officers by civilians, but IL
was decided that while the present number
of civilian inspectors might be increased
TO meet the needs of the service they
should be continued under the direction OF
naval officers
John p. Coffin, of Lake Butler, Fla, sesti
fed before the Industrial commission to-da,
In regard TO labor in its relations to capital
In his opinion the walking delegate wa.
largely responsible for strikes. The mex
great cause of labor troubles, he said, wa,
| greed, sometimes on the part of the mar
row minded employers. but the agitator Il
always in the field" The third cause was
in his opinion, the employment of non
union men in a shop where the labor com
binations are trying 10 obtain and keel
absolute control. This attacks the right o
1 the employer to manage his own affair,
and the right Of a citizen to earn his bread
Such an action. said Mr.. Coffin. forms
| gigantic trust. besides which the so-calles
trusts or a~ggregations of capital pale int,
insignihcance. He advocated the non-em
1 ployment of alien labor after the foreigne.
had been a resident of this country a suf
ficient length OF time to become a either
and still remained an allen. Mr.. Cofii
| recommended legislation forbidding IN,
employment OF convict labor, except o,
the roads OF the several States: also leg
I: islation forbidding the employment of chf.
labor. He earnestly advocated the eight
hour law as allowing the laborer 10 becom
educated and broad-minded and thus
better citizen
Mr.. r. Bacon. OF the Michigan Alkal
Company. spoke on the question OF railwa,