Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-12

more SATISFACTORY footing than they q
have ever heretofore cnlOycd- II pro
vitrs not only Cor TIE ordinary rights
and privileges 81 diplomatic and con
suiar Officers. but also for an impor-
tant extension OF our commerce by m
creased facility o. access 90 Chinese
ports. and for the relief az trade by the
removal OF some o. the obstacles which
( have embarrassed e ia the past
I cali your attention 20 Tire reduced
f cost In maintaining the consular ser
7 vire FOR the fiscal year ending June 81.
( 1893. a. shown In the annual report OK /
+ the Auditor Tor the State and ot-tr Il
Departments as compared with the +
year previous. For the year under con- f
4 sidcration the excess o. cxpe- llttires .
over receipts or account of the con
suiar service amounted 20 $Ze-i-S-l-
as against Se6 9725 50 FOR the year end-
inr June so 1902 and 3ltI.ctolo
FOR the wear ending June 30. 1901 Inis
Is the best showing Ia this respect TOT
tho consular service for the past four
teen years. and the reduction II the
cost % the service 90 the Government
has been made in spite % the fact that
the expenditures for the year Ia cues
= ton we're more than $4,000 greater
than FOR the previous year
4 Rural free Delivery
= The rural frec-deiivery service has
been steadily extended. The attention
\ o. the Congress Isl asked to the Ques-
y ton OF the compensation 81 the letter
= carriers and clerks engaged IN the pos
II tai service. especially on the neN rural
A. frse-deliyery routes. More routes naEe
y been Installed since the hrst ol July
- last than in any Ike period IN the De
10 partueut While q due regard 20 econ
~ omv must De- kept In mind In the es-
i, Establishments ~ new routes. yet the eN-
= tension or the rural frcc-delNery sys.
y. Ter, must hc continued. Tor reasons o'
, sound public policy. 40 governmental
Ie movement OF recent years BIAS resuite'
- In greater immediate beuent 20 tn'
- people 0f the country districts. Nuih
"a free delivery. taken in connection VIII
- tho telephouc. the bicycle. and the troi
80 lev arrOmpilshes much toward lessen
- ing The isolation OF farm lie ana max
5s ing IL brighter and more attractive
RI Louisiana Purchase Exposition
ne trust that the Congress viii con
20 tinuo 90 favor In all proper ways On
ne Louisiana Purchase Exposition ihl
zee Exposition commemorate the Louis
TO- ana purchase which was The FIRST gre,
ZEN step in the expansion which made us
,ns continental nation. The expedition
,ve Lewis and Clark across the contncl
3D. followed thereon. and marked the n'
De ginning of the process Cf cNplor1tio
ffh and colonization which thrust our n
for t.onol boundaries to the Pacific. ~
,ni acquisition of fhe OREGON country \
-r- cludinc the present states of Orag'
-fe- and Wa hington. was "a fact ct lt
.als mcnsc Importance in our history. nr
1if giving as our place on che Pacific So
mn board and making ready the way {
ak our aacfndcnfy in the commerce ci q
for greatest OF the oceans. The ccuteun
t.,-. OF our establishment upon the weste
the coast by the expedition OF Lewis n
Clark is 90 he celebrated az fort.ai
Oregon. by an exposition I'm tho su
mer OF 1905. and this event should
49,, ceive recognition and support fr'
-, The National Government
Win Foreign Possessions.
e. rt is urged chat We do all We an
e is help Hawaii by constructing hg
ecu houses and helping 20 build up
ST. commercial interests OF the Islands.
ates OF our insular possessions the Phil
vers Dimes and Porto Rico it is crafty
'ugi- TO say that the.r steady progress
not been such ass 90 make DO unnecessary
aties speuf much time in discussing tn'
has Net the Congress should ever keep
been mind that a peculiar obligation I'd
rmer upon us 90 further in every way
Ored welfare az these communities
liate phflfDnines should be- knit closer tt
~ OF bv tariff arrangement IL would.
p the course hc impossible suddenly 20 n
'c no fhc people OF the ISLANDS 20 lAt
man pitch OF Industrial prosperity and
SC in governmental efficiency 90 which
ibery viii in the end by degrees attain,
'atics the caution and moderation show
developing them have been among
main reasons why this deVelopu
has hitherto gone on SO smoo'
49, SCrupuious care has been taken ia
- s+. choice OF governmental agents
..t1., the entire elimination OF partisan
ties from the public service TIE
- dition or the islanders ~ in ma
things far better tkan ever before. .
- their governmental. intellectual
60. 7 moral advances has kept pace
= their material advance. No one "a
$50 ever benefited another people
- than We have benedhtted the fhli
mo, by taking possession fthe isian
atoms Public Land Laws
, such The cash receipts OF the &c
Land Office FOR the last fiscal year
ST. O24. 743. 90. an increase OF 81
SI6.47 over the preceding year o.
entary sum. approximately. S.46i .493 vi
fation 20 the credit OF the fund for IN
'mDers clamatiOn % arid land. makins
NhiZe9 total of this fund up TO the 80
o'loed June. 1903. approximately. $l61S
De IN gratifying disposition has
I'm & eVinced By those having uniaVfl
ne the closures OF public land TO remove
ialheh- fences. Nearly two million acres
eAul-s closed have been thrown open O
Ons oi mand. In but comparatively few
lF SUD has it been necessary Go go into
o. CA 10 accomplish this purpose. This
viii be vigorously prosecuted un
unlawful Enclosures have been