Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10

fails. the comptroller of the currency
thru his appointees winds up it's af.
fairs
II suppose need not refer to the col
lection of public moneys. The interna
revenue department collected last year
over 5000, 100000 and the customs depart
ment in round numbers over s240,O00.-
600. in the aggregate over a. million and
d half per day. The difficulties with
which these branches of the service are
fraught would not be so taxing if the
debtors conscience We're as acute con-
corning public as private matters. AS it
is, 1t becomes necessary to maintain an
entire department of revenue cutter
service, and to send revenue agents into
many mountainous regions to seek out
and prosecute the so-ctlled moon
sinner But this is not all.
The treasury department. has some
what to do with reference to commerce
and navigation. Suppose some one of
my friends here proposes a trip abroad.
If he goes by an American steamer he
will find the material which is used in
its construction has been passed upon
and approved by the treasury depart
ment, and the ship will be provided with
pedigree, showing It's nativity and an
tecedents. 1t will further show that it
has been examined and it's health has
been annually passed upon by the same
department The ship will also be sup
piled with charts prepared by the coast
and geodetic survey, showing the loca-
ton of every dangerous rock and shoal
within miles of our coast Lest this shall
be insufficient, the treasury department
is charged with the responsibility of
erecting lighthouses. and the intention
Is to have them so located as that the
ship In sight of land shall never be out
of range of one of these beacons. There
are points. however, where these can
not be erected, and so the treasury de-
partment has anchored over fifty ships
with lights displayed. Nor is this all.
Steam sirens are placed at important
points to warn the vessels from danger
Gus reefs. This service alone requires
the employment of 5000 men, and these
in turn have located at different points
along the coast 5000 buoys. some of
them supplied with electric lights, and
some with gas that will burn for weeks
untouched. All this will be insufficient
unless skilled pilot shall come to your
aid as you approach the coast, and these
are licensed by the treasury depart
ment. But suppose. in spite of all that
may be done, you are driven helplessly
before the storm, the life-saving depart
ment. connected with the treasury,
PAGES the coast all night, and with con-
summate skill and daring stands ready
to risk all for your protection. My pre-
tal1 hot in fWa w "
years there has never been an instance
of cowardice displayed in this branch of
our service, and the loss of life on our
entire coast is now less than on the
coast of Long Island and New Jersey at
the time the service was established.
the fact that the num-
Der of those who go down into the sea
in ships has multiplied nearly twenty
fold
I'm 1896 5000 lives were imperiled, but
only twenty were lost. Then after all
this care has been taken. and all this
expense incurred, you safely land. don't
be surprised if earnestly solicited to-
make declaration of whatsoever goods
you may have purchased abroad. And
lest you may forget some little Item. 1t
will probably be wise to continue the
practice Of having your bag
gage carefully inspected by gentleman
~ attendants furnished by this depart
ment am credibly advised that lapses
of memory are not infrequent.
Immigrants prohibited by law, such
as criminals paupers. persons under
contract for labor, and those afflicted
with contagious diseases are sometimes
brought to our shores. and the treasury
Is charged with the respon-
sibility of protecting the public am
advised that this is one of the most per-
picking and ever present annoyances
with which the secretary has to deal.
Not only our entire coast but the Mex-
can and Canadian frontiers must be
guarded against the Importation of Chi
namen; and the very people charged
with these responsibilities have been
known even In recent generations to be
unfaithful to their trust and to accept
D consideration. So you gee gentlemen.
that the task before me, while it carries
with it great honors. comes charged
with many responsibilities. If goods es
cape the customs officer, If they are I'M
If the volume Of currency
runs short; If the opportunity to invest
the surplus in bonds at fair value isl
wanting; If the marine hospital service
IS pooph If the lights go out on the
shore; " accommodations for the recep-
ion OF immigrants are Inadequate: If
hese people are imposed upon at Ellis
sland: If an officer is discourteous to a
'eturning tourist: II any one of the 26,- |
100 public servants connected with the |
department., anG scattered thruout ev-
Try state of our domain, or posted on
my shore, is discharged except upon
,harges that can be verified; If an ap-
olication for position is rejected when
t should have been accepted; il any one
II 10000 other natural and inevitable |
are made, there is just cause
or criticism. In other words, the treas
Try department is the bloody angle" of |
IN administration. All I can crave is
he same indulgence from the people
whom / love as has been shown me in |
he past"
Sheffield.
Special to Times Republican.
Sheffield, Jan 10-About thirty-five
rom this place attended the play of
Richard Carvel' at Albert Lea last
evening.
David Atkinson left Monday to at
end school at Morning Side.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Will Aborn started Mon
lay for Reilly, Okla, to look for a loca-
ion.