Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-03

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 During the past year the Olympic Re l serve, in the State of Washington was reduced 265, ,0lO acres, leaving it's present area at 1,923,S4 acres. The Prescott Re serve, in Arizona, was increased from | 1O,24o acres to 423,6S0 acres. and the Big Horn Reserve, in Wyoming, was n- l creased from 1,12I,GS0 acres to 1,1SO.- l 500 acres. A new reserve, the Santa l Ynez, in California, embracing an area | of 14J,000 acres, was created during this 1 year. On October 10, 1900, the Crow 1 Creek Forest Reserve. in Wyoming, was 1 created, with an area of 56,320 acres i At the end of tho fiscal year there wore i on the pension roll 993,529 names, q net 1 increase of :, 2,01O over the fiscal year 1S99 1 The number added to the rolls during the l year was 45,34t. The amount disburscd i for army pensions during the year was l Si31. TOO !}9T .24, and for navy pensions
 B. 761 ,533. fl, q total of S13S, ,462, ,13O. .65 i leaving an uncXpended balance of $0,- ! ;j42, TGS25 to be covered into the Treas i ury, which shows an increase over the i previous years expenditure Of SHOT, ] OTTO There were 6St names added to l the rolls during the year by special acts i passed at the first session of the Fifty sixth Congress.
 The act of May Q, 1900, among othe-
 things provides for an extension of in i come to widows pensioncd under said act
 to $250 per annum. The Secretary of
 the Interior believes that by the opera l tions of this act the number of persons
 ucnsioned under it will increase and the | increased annual payment for pensions | will be between S3,0O0,000 and $4 OOO-
 GOO.
 The Government justly appreciates the
 services of its soldiers and sailors by
 making pension payments liberal beyond
 precedent to them, their widows and or l phans.
 There were 2654O letters patent grant
 cd, including reissues and designs, dur,
 ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900
 I,6S0 trademarks, 6S2 labels, Gnd 93 prints registered. The number of patents
 which expired was 19,9SS. The tctal re-
 ceipts for patents ,trrc $1 .:},.S. .222S.3,j. The
 expenditures were S1 ,24T ,S2I.JS, showing
 a surplus of $110.4O0.17.
 The attention of the Congress is called
 to the report of the Secretary of the h.
 tc"ior touching the necessity for the fur
 ther establishment of schools in the Ter
 rtory of Alaska, and favorable action is
 Invited thereon.
 Much interesting information is given
 in the report of the Governor of Hawaii
 3S to the progress and development of
 th" islands during the period from July
 [. 1888, the date of the approval of the
 joint resolution of the Congress provid-
 ing for their annexation, up to April 90,
 1900, the date of the approval of the act
 providing government for the 1crrlto-
 ". and thereafter.
 The last Hawaiian census, taken in the
 year 1896, gives Il total population of
 10a. .020 of which 31 ,O19 were native Ha-
 waiians. The number of Americans re-
 ported was &.4S5. The results of the
 Federal censUS, taken this year, show the ! If -.f
 OO1, showing an increase over that re-
 port cd in 1886 of 44,9S1, or 41.2 per cent.
 There has been marked progress in the ! educational. agricultural, and railroad de-
 ve0p:nent of the islands.
 In the Territorial act of April 30, 1900,
 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 irriga- ton. The Governor of Hawaii recon , nends legislation locking: to the develop
 ment of such water supply as may exist on the public lands, with view of pro- ; noting land settlement. The earnest consideration of the Congress is invited to this important recommendation and
 others, as embodied ill the report of the . Secretary of the Interior.
 The Director Of the Census states that the work in connection with the Twelfth Census is progressing favoTab!y. This
 national undertaking, ordered by the
 Congress each decade. has finally result cd in the collection of an aggregation of , statistical facts to determine the indus trial growth of the country. its mantl- , facluring and mechanical resources, its richness in mines and forests, the number | of it's aSrirl.lturists. their farms and , products, its educational and religious
 { taining to sociological conditions.
 The labors of the officials in charge of . tl,e Bureau indicate that the law of March ;, 1899. requiring the completion , of the four important and mostdesired . subjects, namely, popuiat tion. aGricultul- al. manufacturing, and vital statistics will be completed within the prescribed , limit.
 ! The field work incident to tie above inquiries is now practically finished f and as q result the population of the States and Territories, including the Ha
 waiian Islands and Alaska, has been an
 nounced. The growth of population dur l ing the last decade amounts to over 13, 0UO, 600, a greater numerical increase than in any previous census in the his
 tory of the country.
 , Bulletins will be issued as rapidly as 2 possible giving the population by States : and Territories, by minor civil divisions : Several announcements of this kind havt - already been made, and it hoped that the
 list will bc completed by JanuaFy l f Other bulletins giving the results of tn, r. manufacturing and agricultural inqurie: - will be given to tic public as rapidly q: - circumstances will admit.
 - The Director, while confident Of hi' V ability to complete the different branche. , Of the undertaking in the allotted time I | finds himself embarrassed by the lcck O l. q trained force properly equipped for sta l tistical work. thus raising the questio, , whether in the interest of economy ant i q thorough execution of tho census worl t. there should not be retained in the Gov I crnment employ certain number of eN n perts not only to aid in the prelminar. , organization prior to the taking of tn . dccennial census, but in addition to hay , the advantage in the field ard office worl l. of the Bureau of trained assistants to fa , cilitate the early completion Of this enor l nous undertaking.
 r I recommend that the Congress at it : present session apportion representation : among the several States as provided b, 3 the Constitution.
 f The Department of Agriculture ha