Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-31

iAssistanI secretary Taylor, I'm charge.
OF the immigration bureau of the Treas
ury Department, goes to Montreal to con-
fer with Canadian authorities with the
idea of establishing prohibitiyc measures
to prevent the rapidly increasing flow of
undesirable immigrants over Canadian
borders into this country, in violation of
the laws OF inspection aud immigration.
Ihis subject has been an old sore which
the immigration authorities nave attempt
ed to heal. But the situation is brought
to a crisis now by the great tide of inn
migrants now breaking through the lines
and settling this side the border The
Russian Jews and Italians form The bulk
OF these immigrants. Eusy channels of
admission to this country are afforded by
the steamship and railway companies.
Secretary Taylor proposes to stop this
evil and incidentally arrive ut an agree-
lnenf with Canadian officials 10 maintain
necessary safeguards at various points of
entry.
Important survey wogI, Of this gov
crnnlent in the West Indies will he con-
iniad next year. I'ouv vessels of the
navy will probably be used for this pnr-
p.se. tie Yaniiton and Eagle, now at the
Portsmouth,, y. H.. navy yard; the
Vixen, now at Norfolk. and the Scorpion,
ut Boston. The commercial lines wl;cl,
do business with West Indian ports com
plain of the i%naccuracy of the Old Span
ish Charts, and naval officers find them
dangerously defective in many respects
The wonder is, say naval officers. that
tie charts have been of practical SER
vice 80 long. The United States Govern
mcnt has done II great deal already to-
waSd correcting the cid charts and has
expended n large sum OF money III coast
and harbor surveys. The work will re-
qlire two and possibly three mere seasons
to complete, but I'LL possible haste will he
made to issue reliable charts as Il re-
suit of the surveys now contemplated.
What tire statisticians Mt the Census
bureau are seeking for just now is to cs-
tabliSh the probable ratio OF increase III
the population, and when that is done II
good guess can be made as 10 the total
for the country. The ratio for the whole
country between 1850 and 1880
was 2i.sti per cent increase. From 1870
to 1889 it was 30.0S; from 1860 to 1870,
.222.SSs5 per cent; and from 1880 to 1860
the increase was 1898. The low rate
from 1850 to 1870 was, of course, due to
WV ""i, p!s as ~ MiD.V tLS percentage
of increase in all countries is reduced
lands. The experts lock for a reduction
, i'll the ratio to Il considerable extent.
Tho increase now appears to be only two
thirds as much as ten years ago. Some
of the best posted men in the census say
the total will be between T4.o3o,0W and
s~S.0oO.O00, and rather above than below
| ti.a mean bafwepn those iirureS.
OF the total of 81. GOO. 100000 in gold In
the United States it is estimated at the.
treasury that the bulk is locked i'll the de-
partmcnt safes aildin national banks. The
gold reserve in the treasury amounts to
S.E,0, 0.0o0. while the national banks
hold a large proportion, SO that nearly
$500, oo0,OoO of the gold supply is with
drawn from circulation. During August
Secretary Gage expects to pay out Si9.-
00o.&OO to redeem the old = per rent
bonds. Up to Tie present tine sii.0o0.uu
of the ? per cent issue has been redeemed.
and it is believed that the bulk of the,
Sl0,oo0,000 remaining will be rendered
for redemption during August, waen in
terest upon the issue will expire. These
bonds were issued on authority of the
act of 1860. The pavmen of this issue
will, reduce the bonded debt OF the nation
to almost 81, 000,C coo. eco.
At it's last session Congress appropriate
ed $4,000 for drawing plans for an add
lion to the White House. Capt. Theo-
dore Bingham, superintendent of public
buildings and grounds. is now having the
plans prepared, and there will he an eff
fort to have the alterations made in time
for the celebration of the hundrcdth an
niversary of he location of the capitol
in Washington. Congress will be asked
to appropriate n million dollars ut the
short session next winter.
The one member of the cabinet who
does not believe it is necessary to leave
Washington i'll the summer is Secretary
of the Treasury Lyman ]. Gage. He re-
mains at his post the year around, and
his only change is to move ont to his sub
urban cottage at Chevy Chase when the
warm weather arrives. From there he
comes in every morning on the electric
car. reading his newspaper like the rest
of the department employees.
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Word was received ut the census Office.
that William q. Pine Coffin and Charles
NJ. Robbins, enun,erators for the northern
districts of Alaska, who wore thought to.
have persisted on their way down the Yu-
kon from Rampant City to st. Michaels,
had arrived there safely, that their port
folios were in perfect condition. and that
they closed up their work and received
their pay.
Genera! Director Of the Census Mcr-
ram is IN danger Of getting the writer's.
tramp. He is spending nearly ten hours
q day now writing his namc. There are
about $4,000 pay vouchers which have to
bear his signature. He says lie is get
ting so he dreams his signature ut night
and sees visions Of never ending pay
rolls.
Congress will be asked to provide for