Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-08

opening OI Cue new mint at Denver
! will provide natural place of deposit
for the gold bullion produced in the
central west, the mint at San Fran
cisco will receive the production and
imports Of the Pacific coast. and the
mint at Philadelphia will receive the
imports at New York. The receipts of
gold at New Orleans do not Justify
the continuance of coinage operations
there. In view of these facts, the
director of the mint recommends that
after June 80, 1908, the New Orleans
mint be reduced to an assay office.
The stock of subsidiary silver in the
country is now limited by law to $780,
100000, and that aggregate has Eeen
reached. The amount in the treasury
on the LIST day of October, 1902, was
$9,082, 371.28. There is pressing need
for action by congress, and it is
recommended that the limit upon the
stock of SUBSIDIARY silver coin be en-
tirely removed; that the requirement
that $1,500,000 of silver dollars be
coined monthly be repealed, and that
the entire stock of silver bullion now
in the treasury be converted into
subsidiary coin.
Reports and recommendation are
given on wide variety of matters
under the jurisdiction of the depart
ment as follows: Foreign commerce,
customs, Alaska, internal revenue,
District of Columbia, pneumatic dis
patch system, public buildings hall OF
records, immigration, Chinese ex-
clusion, pubic health and marine
hospital service. The revenues of the
government for the current fiscal
years are thus estimated upon the
basis of existing law:
Total estimated revenues, 1894 ,020,-
6O3.O0.
Total estimated expenditures, $751;
0zU,630.00.
Or surplus of 3,00O,000O0
The following recommendations
are set forth:
That the mint at New Orleans now
being operated at great inconvenience
and expense be reduced to an assay
Office after June 80, 1903
The building now occupied by the
bureau of engraving and printing
being overcrowded, additional room is
imperative.
1t is recommended that the rate of
taxation on such nationalbank circula-
ton as may be secured herafter by
bonds issued for the construction of
the isthmian canal be reduced to one
half of 1 per cent.
o4v o. fo1
be abolished and others consolidated. |
An annual appropriation for the
sinking found to meet the debt of the
District of Columbia is recommended;
and it is suggested that authority be
granted to purchase outstanding gov
eminent bonds with the proceeds of |
such sinking fund whenever it is i'm |
practicable to purchase advantageous |
ly the bonds of the district.
The treasury building is poorly
ventilated. A modern heating and |
ventilating system is therefore
earnestly recommended.
The several branches and bureaus
of the treasury department are widely |
separated, which could be avoided |
with great saving to the government
by the installation of comprehensive |
pneumatic tube system.
The attention Of the congress is |
called again to the necessity for a
hall of records. The treasury depart
ment is now seriously congested.
Some suitable penalty for the will
full violation of the law relative to |
the importation of diseased aliens is
suggested.
The department finds the so-called |
"Chinese-exclusion laws" very difficult |
to enforce, and therefore recommends
additional appropriations and the
adoption of the Bertillon system for
the Identification of this class of |
aliens.
The revenue-cutter service asks an
appropriation for the construction of |
at least five new revenue cutters to
replace those that have become old
and practically worthless.
1t is believed that the Introduction
of the decimal or metric system Of |
weights and measures in the depart |
ments Of the government will do much !
toward bringing about the general |
adoption of the system by the public.
Special attention is called to the |
Importance of providing literally for
the erection of lighthouses and light |
ships, and bringing those now in ex-
stence to a higher standard.
A pension for families of the life
saving crew who persisted at !
Monomoy, March II, 1902, is recon-
mended.