Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-12-11
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Continued from last,issue)



There were 26,54O letters patent granted,
including reissues and designs, during
the fiscal year ended June 30, 190O 1850
trade marks, $50 labels and % prints, reg
pired was 1s,eSs. The total receipts for
patents were sl,35s.2sS.35. The expendi-
lures We're 81 ,247, s27.5S. showing surplus
OF sl10 so0.T7.
The attention of the congress is called
to the report Of the secretary of the in
terror touching the necessity for the fur
Their establishment of schools in the ter
ritory of Alaska, and favorable action
Is invited thereon.
Progress in Hawaii.
Much interesting information is given
in the report of the governor of Hawaii
the islands during the period from July
Z, 1893, the date of the approval of the
joint resolution of the congress provid-
1900, the date of the approval of the act
sory anna ther ssfeee"' '0f ''s 'ef''
The last Hawaiian census. taken in the
los. o2o, Of which sl,ol were native Ha-
waiians. The number Of Americans re
was this yea OF sbo
islands to have total population of 1884,
co., showing an INCREASE osI 4. oyer that re-
There has been marked progress in the
ssSssens GLANDS ana rar0a0 's
q In the teTTllOrlal act Oh ApTll SU, lSUU,
section of said act repeals chapter 81
OF the civil laws of Hawaii, whereby the
government was to assist in encouraging
81 Inc Teps ha b
governor of Hawaii recommends Legislation
looking to the development of such water
supply az az sass On he 9ubG
The earnest consideration of the congress
is invited to this important recommended
tion and others, as embodied in the re-
ri If a serrofQrv Of tho int arinr
The Twelfth Census,
The director of the census states that
the work in connection with the twelfth
census is progressing favorably. This
Rsess each decade kas nay result s s0h IN
The collection Of an aggregation of stats
teal facts to determine the industrial
and and mechanical resources. its richness in IN
mines and forests, the number of Its agri-
culturists, their farms and products, its
well - questions pertaining 10 sociological
The isbors of the officials in charge of the
2, 1899. requiring the completion of the four
important and most desired subjects, name
~ pogui latte agricultural, manufaStur;
within the prescribed limit.
The field work incident to the above in
auries II now practically finished. and as
territories. including the Hawaiian islands
and Alaska, has been announced The
growth OF population during the last dec
ede amounts 20 over 1900, 600, a greater
numerical increase than in any previous
census in the history of the country.
Census Bulletins.
Bulletins will be issued as rapidly as DOS
sible giving the population by states and
territories, by minor civil divisions. Sew.
sral announcements of this kind have ale
.eady been made, and it is hoped that the
list will be completed by January /. Other
bulletins giving the results of the manu-
featuring and agricultural inquiries will
be given to the public as rapidly as circum-
stances will admit.
The director. while confident of his abil-
lty to complete the different branches Of
The undertaking in the allotted time, finds
himself embarrassed by the lack of q
trained force properly equipped for sta
tistical work, thus raising the question
whether in the interest of economy and
execution of the census work
there should not be retained in the govern
ment employ a certain number of experts
,ot only to aid in the preliminary organiza-
lion prior to the taking of the decennial
census, but in addition to have the advan-
age in the field and Office work of the bu-
reau of trained assistants to facilitate the
early completion of this enormous under
taking: ,,-,-coneress at If.
present session apportion representation
among the several states as provided by
the constitution.