Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-30
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idea Of establishing prohibitive measure
| to prevent the rapidly increasing flow d
/ undesirable immigrants over Canada III
borders into this country, in violation n
| the laws of inspection and immigratiN
This subject has been an old sore whd
| the immigration authorities have attemN
| ed to heal. But the situation is brough
. to a crisis now by the great tide of in n
migrants now breaking through the lneS
and settling this side the border. Th
Russian Jews and Italians form the bull
of these immigrants. Easy channels dS
admission to this country are afforded bill
the steamship and railway companis
Secretary Taylor proposes to stop thS
evil and incidentally arrive at an agree
ment with Canadian officials to maintaaa
necessary safeguards at various points Gg
entry.
Important survey work of this gov
eminent in the West Indies will be cork
tinued next year. Four vessels of thE
navy will probably be used for this purN
pose, the Yankton and Eagle, now at thu
Portsmouth, N: H. navy yard; Thu
Vixen, now at Norfolk, and the ScorpiGH
h
do business with West Indian ports com
plain of the inaccuracy of the old Span
ish charts, and naval officers find then
dangerously defective in many respects II
The wonder is, say naval officers that
the charts have been of practical ser
vice so long. The United States Govern.
ment has done a great deal already to n
ward correcting the old charts and has 4
expended large sum of money in coast
and harbor surveys. The work will re.
quire two and possibly three more seasons
to complete, but all possible haste will be 4
made to issue reliable charts as re-
suit of the surveys now contemplated.
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What the statisticians at the Census \
bureau are seeking for just now is to es
tablish the probable ratio of increase in
the population, and when that is done
good guess can be made as to the total
for the country. The ratio for the whole n
country between 1880 and 1880
was 24.S6 per cent increase. From 1870 Z
to 1880 it was 30.0S; from 1860 to 1870
22.63 per cent; and from 1850 to 1860
the increase was 1888. The low rate U
from 1860 to 1870 was, of course, due to q
the war, but as whole the percentage a
Of increase in all countries is reduced 4
steadily as they fill up the unoccupied
lands. The experts look for reduction &
in the ratio to a considerable extent" 3
The Increase now appears to be only two "
thirds as much as ten years ago. Some n
of the best posted men in the census say u
the total will be between 100000 and
100000, and rather above than below 4
the mean between those figures.
49,
OF the total of 81 ,OOO, 900, 900 in gold in &
the United States it is estimated at the
treasury that the bulk is locked in the de-
partment safes and in national banks. The
gold reserve in the treasury amounts to "
$43O, 100000, while the national banks
hold large proportion, so that nearly \
$500, 100000 of the gold supply is with
drawn from circulation. During August
Secretary Gage expects to pay out Sl9'
100000 to redeem the old per cent
bonds. Up to the present time $6,OOO,0OO 4
of the per cent issue has been redeemed,
and it is believed that the bulk of the I
SIG, 100000 remaining will be rendered
for redemption during August, when in
bonds were issued on authority of the n
act Of 1869. The payment of this issue
will reduce the bonded debt of the nation Il
to almost 81, 0O0,0o0,OOO. N
At it's last session Congress appropriat n
ed $4,000 for drawing plans for an addi "A
ton to the White House. Capt. Theo n
dore Bingham, superintendent Of public 4.
buildings and grounds, is now having the Il
plans prepared, and there will be an ef "
fort to have the alterations made in time n
for the celebration of the hundredth an Y
niversary of the location of the capitol n
in Washington. Congress will be asked \
to appropriate million dollars at the
short session next winter.
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The one member Of the cabinet who a
does not believe it is necessary to leave E
Washington in the summer is Secretary B
Of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage. He re-
mains at his post the year around, and
his only change is to move out to his sub 4
urban cottage at Chevy Chase when the
warm weather arrives. From there he 4
comes in every morning on the electric 4
car, reading his newspaper like the rest Y
Of the department employees.
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Word was received at the census office u
that William G. Pine Coffin and Charles
NJ. Robbins, enumerators for the northern s
districts Of Alaska, who were thought to
have persisted on their way down the Yu,
kon from Rampant City to st. Michaels,
had arrived there safely, that their port u
folios were in perfect condition, and that IS
they closed up their work and received n
their pay.
General Director of the Census Mer
Ram is in danger of getting the writers
cramp. He is spending nearly ten hours
a day now writing his name. There are
about $4,000 pay vouchers which have to q
bear his signature He says he is get
ting so he dreams his signature at night
and sees visions Of never ending pay
rolls.