The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-22

that the currency reform should not be made political issue.
 Immediate establishment of a rural parcels post was urged. The President took the position that inc post would not destroy the business of the country storekeepers as concurred in by ths Aldrich plan.
 "Instead of doing this.r he said, T think the change will greatly increase business for the benefit of all. The reduction in the cost of living it will bring about ought to make its com mission certain
 Panama Canal
 On the Panama canal subject the President dealt with the question of whether American shipping should pay tolls
 T am very confident that the United States has the power to relieve from the payment of tolls any part of our shipping that Congress deems correct, he continued. We want control as 1t is onr money that built if We have the right to charge tolls for it's use. These tolls must be the same to every one, but otherwise when we are deal ing with our ships. the practice of many governments subsidizing their own merchant vessels is so well es-f tablished in general that subsia equal to the tolls or an equivalent | mission of tolls cannot be held to bo discrimination in the use of the cana
 Among the recommendations in | message were the following: An i mediate increase of 200 men in enlisted strength of the navy; abo ton of the smaller navy yards; co tributory pension system for gover ment employees; elimination of all of cers from politics; increased appropf ation for the completion of river al harbors Improvements along the MI sissippi, the Ohio and the Missou rivers an extension Of the term service of the special board of el gineers on the waterway from the lakt to the gulf; power in the executive remove clerks of federal courts f. cause; payment of the French spolis tion Judgments employers liability an workmen's compensation legislatio called to the attention of Congress-
 Message in Full To the Senate and House of Repre-
 sentatives:
 The financial condition of the goy4 ernment, shown at the close of the last fiscal year. June 30. 1911, was very satisfactory. The ordinary receipts into the general fund, excluding postal rev. enues, amounted to S70f.372,37499, and the disbursements from the general fund for current expenses and capital outlays, excluding postal and Panama canal disbursements. including the in- terest on the public debt, amounted to $654. .907S9, leaving a surplus of SAT. .234,37710.
 The postal revenue receipts amounted to $237, ,S79, 9,S2s60, while the payments made for the postal service from the postal revenues amounted to $237 660,- 705.4S, which left a surplus of postal receipts over disbursements of $219,- 11S.12, the first time in 27 years in which a surplus occurred
 The interest bearing debt of the United States June 30, 1911, amounted to S915,353,190. The debt on which in terest had ceased amounted to s1.S79.- $50. .26 and the debt bearing no interest. including greenbacks, national bank notes to be redeemed, and fractional currency, amounted to s3S6, 6,751, ,91743, or a total of interest and non-nterest bearing debt amounting to sl,303,9S4.- 937.69
 The actual disbursements. exclusive of those for the Randnla Cdndl ana Tor the postal service for the year ending June 30, 1911, were S654,137, ,997S9. The actual disbursements for the year end ing June 30, 1910, exclusive of the Panama canal and the postal service disbursements, were S659. .705.391.0S. making a decrease of $5,567.393.19 in yearly expenditures in the year 1911 under that of 1910. For the year end- ing June 30, 1912, the estimated re- ceipts exclusive of the postal revenues. / are $666,00 900. while the total es- inmates, exclusive of those for the Pan- ana canal and the postal expenditures payable from the postal revenues. amount to S645, ,S42,7 ,799S4. This is 8 decrease in the 1912 estimates from that of the 1911 estimates of S1.534.367.22.
 For the yeai ending June 90, 1913. the es- timated receipts, exclusive of the postal revenues are s667 .000 GOO, while the total estimated appropriations, exclusive Of the Panama canal and postal disbursements payable from postal revenues, will amount to sf37 92o. .Soe. S5. This is decrease in tho 1913 estimates from that of the 1912 esti- mates of S7,92l ,995.99.
 As to the postal revenues, the expansion of the business in that department, the normal increase in the post office and the extension Of the service, will increase the outlay to the sum of $260, ,SSS, 463: but as the department was self sustaining this year the Postmaster General is assured that next year the receipts will at least
 
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