Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-03
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According to the latest official list.
there are 10,446 public fu%nctionaries Of
various kinds and degrees employed ex.
clusively in the District of Columbia cons
Quoting the numerous departments and
bureaus of the federal government,
These are the civilian appointees in the
executive departments and do not in-
clude Senators and Representatives, and
several hundred employees of the houses
who vibrate between the capital and
their homes in other parts of the country.
Nor does this aggregate include $50 OF
400 army and navy officers, active and re-
tired. who form a large permanent col-
ony. The monthly compensation of these
19.446 civilian employees mounts to ST..
G335, iSOS.S1. Therefore the aggregate
sum in salaries annually paid out in
Washington by the government disbufs.
ing clerks reaches the enormous total Of
S19,62S.5 sos. ~. Besides, probably not less
than $3,OO0,00O additional goes to the
Senators and Congressman and their SUBJ
o%rdinates and perhaps S1.25O,OOO more to
the army and navy officials, most of
whom are of high rank with large pay,
there being constantly in Washington not
ANSc AAtA tANN SS3NAttA tAt NSy
active and 7etired. These totals form .
grand aggregate of SOB ,S7S. O5O.72 annu-
ally paid out in Washington i'll the single
item of salaries.
Last year our national liquor bill
amounted to $1.O59. 565, 1877. an average
per capita of $13.94, or 17.GS gallons. In
1900 the people of Great Britain paid
Cpnl fSC SQN f,,- ,1aol,,1;. ,l,;,I.. an ~.
erage per capita of $11.29. OF this,
amount England paid $500 ,607 ,215, an
average of $40. 70 per head of populations;
Scotland, S71,529,5 sos, an average Of
$1G.5S, and Ireland, $50 3322 O7O, an av-
erage of $14.50 per head. The aggregate
shows a decrease in Great Britain from
the previous year of S~6,35S,7SO. The
people of the United States, however. are
consuming larger quantities of alcoholic
liquors than formerly. Last year the av-
erage of all alcoholic drinks per capita
lies gallons-has only been exceeded
once since 1891, when, in 1893, the aver
age reached 1920 gallons. More gallons.
of coffee are consumed than any other
drink or stimulant, amounting in 1900 to
1,20I,9So,206 gallons, compared with
1,221, 800, 16O gallons of beer. In 1900
we also consumed $37, 312, Cos worth Of
tea and $6,000,OO0 of cocoa, bringing the,
total for alcoholic and non-alcoholiq
drinks to S1,22S, 674 ,925, an increase over
1899 of S%S1,777,1O3.
The statistics of foreign trade show
that there has been a constant increase
in the exports and a constant decrease in
the imports. The figures for the nine
months of tho c,,rront fSoo1 voor nnd,no
March 81 show n tota, of $1,l4O.1 70, 12S
merchandise exported, an increase Of
$S6,540,032 over the corresponding period
in the previous year. which was the high.
est record in otEr - .~sy. At the same
time the imports show a decrease of
SD o $3.50 compared with the nine
months of the previous year, which
makes the balance of trade in our favor
500. 6SI 1881 for nine months. an increase
of SIPS. S32,671 The largest increase
has been in the export of agricultural!
products. The export of manufactures
is slightly less because of the inte.rup,
ton Of trade with China and the fact
that shipments to the Hawaiian Islands
and Porto Rico are no longer included
in the statistics of foreign
~ SSNSA w y KS " "a
oily the right to carry the mails. For
the convenience of the public letters may
be transmitted by express upon the pay.
ment of the regular express charges
provided they are inclosed in govern.
ment stamped envelopes. 1t is a viola.
ton of the law for an express company
or individual to transport mails upon
which the postage has not been paid in
that way. An adhesive postage stamp
will not do. Express companies are moi
authorized to cancel imprinted stamped
envelopes which they are permitted to
deliver, but it is expected that the re.
ceiver will in opening the envelope ren.
der it unfit for further use. Imported
postage stamps cannot be cut from one
envelope and used upon another. Should
a government stamped envelope be-
faced any postmaster may redea
it bears no mark OF having bee
ously used.
Assistant Postmaster General Madden
is receiving many replies to his circular
seeking the judgment of legitimate news.
papers us to the propriety of ruling out
of the second-class mails publications that
depend upon premiums for their circu.
lation. A large majority of the replies
contain assurances that the publishers
associations throughout the country will
back up the department. in any measures
it may take to suppress fake period.
calls.
The congressional appropriation Of 3d.
100000 for the extension of the rural de-
livery postal service becomes available in
three months, and Chief Machen Of the
Postoface Department is now getting
ready to spend it. The rural delivery
routes cost an average of $500 q year
each. and, allowing 100000 for clerical
hire and other expenses, it will be posi- Z
BILE to establish about 5000 new routes. :
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The President has appointed seventeen
new army chaplains and a board has been
detailed to examine them as to their
qualifications. Among other things the
board is instructed to inquire into their
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