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RAMLTON, 0 * 0*01 A~
PENNY P08TAQE.
tHR FOSTMASTEB-flENKRAL’s ANNUAL RK
PORT—VBNST POSTAOK MUST COME.
The Postmaster-Gcnerni, Mr. Wana
maher, has submitted bis final annual
report to the president of the adminis¬
tration of the postal department for the
year ending June 30, 1889. What i«
needed flret, he says, la a fourth assistant
postmaster general to be in charge of
the railway mail, the foreign mail, the
money order office, the registry dead and sup¬
plies divisions, and the letter of¬
fice. He proposes that the country be
divided into twenty-six postal disiricts
for promoting efficiency of the service,
each district in charge of a supervisor.
With regard to free delivery, it is recom
mended that all places of a population
cot less than 5,000. $7,000, or with shall have a gross the
yearly revenue of
benefit of the system. The postmaster
general believes that penny postage must
come, as a matter introduced of course, adding,
however: If to-morrow, the
cutting in half of postage would reduce
the revenue on letter postage by, proba¬
bly, $15,000,000. We are not ready for
this while the present deficiency exists.
Penny postage should not require a tax
in fiomo other form to m»ke up its
cost. Numerous reforms throughout the
mail service aro earnestly demanded.
For the year tho revenue has been
$56,148,014.92; total and estimated ex
penditures, $011,701,871.08; a deficiency
In revenue of $7,803,850.70. The gross
revenue estimated for the year ending
June 80, 1890, is $00,618,830.87; amount
of appropriations, $67,727,891.52 — an
estimated deficiency of revenue to bs
supplied from tho general treasury of
$7,109,000.65.
LIVED IN A OI.AHS HOUSE.
Mrs. Badge You must have n nice
kind of a mother if sin- lets von fight in
the street like this and get a b n -k eye.
Little Johnny I was fighting with
your boy, ma’am, and lie’s got two black
eyes.
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n younj; man makes up his mind to ask
the veiy important, question, ho finds
great difficulty in coming to tho point. As
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you to go to your druggist or dealer in
toilet articles, and purchase a bottle of
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best made. As an inducement for you
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advertising on it. There is a ticket
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to my
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LADY'S
-BOOK-
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
A GREAT MANY TOPICS OF
INTEREST CONSIDERED.
Foreign Relations--The \Slave
Trade—The Chinese—The
Negrc — Revenues—Brazil
England—The Navy, Etc .
To the Senate and Uoune of Representatives:
There are few transaction* in the administra¬
tion of the government that are even ? 4 Mn|x>
rarily held in the confidence of t,ho*e charged
with the conduct of the public bunlnem. Every
step taken is under the observation of an intelli¬
gent and watchful people. The Btafce of t.he union
h known from day to day, and suggestion* a« to
needed legislation had an earlier voice than that
which speaks in these annual corrnnunicatkma
of the president to conffress.
FOREION RELATIONS.
Good will and cordiality have characterized
our relations and correspondence with other
governments, an»l the year Just closed leaves
few international quest,ions of importance re
maininK unadjusted. No obstacle is believed to
exist that can long postpone the consideration
and adjnstfnsnt of the still pending question*
upon satisfactory and honorable terms. Tlis
dealings Tif this government with other states
have lrf*;n, and shenld always be, mailced by
frankness and sincerity, our purpose avowed ar.d
our methods free from intrigue. This course has
borne rich frnit in the past, and it is our duty as
a nation to preserve the heritage of good repute
which a century of right dealing with foreign
governments has secured to us.
□ft ta a matter of high significance and no less
of congratulation, that the first year of the S 4 H&
ond century of our constitutional existence tlnaA
as honored guests within our borders, the rep¬
resentatives of all the independent suites of
North and South America, met together in ear¬
nest conference, touching th® methods of per¬
petuating and expanding the relation of
mutual interest and friendliness existing among
them. That the opportunity thus afforded for
promoting oioser Internationa) relations and the
Increased prosperity of th® states renwsented
will be used for the mutual good of aD/i cannot
penult myself to doubt. Our people will await
with interest and confidence the results to flow
from so Mpicioua a meeting of, allied and, In
a large part, identical interest.
The recommendations of this international
conference of enlightened statesmen will doubt¬
less b& ve the considerate attention of congress
and its co-operation ia the removal of unneces¬
sary barriers to beneficial intercourse between
the nations of America; but while the commer¬
cial results which It is hoped will follow this
conference are worthy of the pursuit and of the
limit interest they have excited, it is believed
that the crowning benefit will !>e found in the
better securities which may l>e devised fer the
maintenunce of p 4 *ac 4 ) among all American na*
ttona and the settlement of all oontentioti* by
methods that a ('hristlan civilization oatt ap¬
prove. While viewing with Interest our national
resources and products, the delegates will, I ain
sure, find a higher satisflctlon in the evidences
of Unselfish friendship which every where attend
tlfdlr intercourse with our people.
Anothor international conference, having great
possibilities is for good, has lately assembled, and
now in session In this capital. An invitation
was extended by the government, under the act
ol congress of July 0 , Ihmn, to all maritime
nitons, to send delegates to confer touching the
Mansion and amendment of the rules and regu¬
lation* governing vessels at s®a, and to adopt a
uniform system of marine signals. The rsurxmsd
Iq this Invitation has been very general and
very cordial. Delegates from twenty-sit
nations am present ih the con
ferepcc, with and they have entered upon Uielr useful
work great zeal ami with an ardent appre¬
ciation of its importance. 80 far as the agree¬
ment to b® reached may impUr® legislation to
give It effect, the co-operation of congress Is
confidently relied upon. It Is an interesting, if
not, indeed, an unprecedented that the two
international conferences have brought togethei
bore the accredited representative* of thirty
three nations. Bolivia, Ecuador and Honduras
are now represented by resident envoys of the
pleniiMitsutiary grade. All the states of the
A**ivftc«-n system now muBiiaiu iv?
resentation at this capitol.
In this connection It may tic noted that all the
natioas of the western hemisphere, with one ex
option, sent to Washington envoys extraordi¬
nary and ministers plenipotentiary, being the
highest grade accredited to this government.
The United States, on tlie contrary, sends en¬
voy* of a lowgy grade to wnne of our sister re¬
publics. Our representative in Paraguay and
Uruguay is a minister resident, while to Bull Vi I
we send a minister resident and rnnstil general.
In view of the Importance of onr
relations with tho states of the American
syltehi, our diplomatic agents in those
countries should l>e of the unifohn rank
of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten¬
tiary. Certain missions were so elevated by th®
last congress with happy effect,and 1 recommend
the completion of the reform thus begun, with
tho inclusion also Of Hawaii and flsyti, in view
of their relations to the American systems of
htates. 1 also recommend that timely provision
Ims made for extending to Hawaii any invitation
to be represented in the international congress
now sitting at this capitol.
Our relation* with China have the attentive
consideration which their magnitude and inter¬
est demand. The failure of the treaty negotia¬
ted under the administration of my predecessor
for the further and more complete restriction of
Chineec labor immigration, and with It thelegis
latum of the last session of ettfigress which dependent
thereon, leave some questions con
gross should now approach In that wise and just
spirit whteh should characterLV powtYs. the relations of
two great and friendly While our
supreme luterrsta demand the exclusion of a
laboring element which experience has shown to
ho incompatible with our social life, all step?
to compass this imperative need should be ae
ooin|v»Tded with a recognition laWhlly of the claim of
ihrwe strangers now among us to hu¬
mane and Just treatment. The accession of th<
young etnperor CTilna marks, we may ho|>®.
an era of progress and pco»*i»crity for the great
country over whiidi he is calk'd to rule.
The present state of affairs in respect to tfw
Samoan Islands is encouraging. The couferencr
which was held in this city in the summer of 1S87
Itetween the representatives i*f the United State*
Germany and Great Britain having been ad
j| turned because of the ivrraistont divergence id
Views JaInch was devek»|iod in Its de iberations,
the •utAscqucnt course of events in the islands
give rise to questions of a serious character.
Oh the 4th of February last the German minis
ter at this capitol, iu behalf of his government.
proposed a resumption of the couferen<'e alt
Berlin. This proposition was accepted, as coa
gross in February last was informed.
Pursuant to ths nwderstaading thus reached.
iMhimlssloners were apjioUited hy me, by and
with th«‘ ad\ 1 ®e ami consent of the senah*. whe
proceeded Io Berlin, where the conference wa$
renewed, "rtie delltveratlons extendetl through
zsrzs
for its api'reval ! trust that the
effirirte which hare been ma«tb to effect
an adjustment of this question will l»e pro
dtreMve ntf ftw* tHwnwiuonr establishment nf law
and order tn Asra»»a n^xvn the basts of the main
tmaarr of the rtgltt* and tntereste of tho native*
as welt as of th®se tflightv power®.
ITie (Questions wtfifeb hare arrsen dnrmg the
,
past tew days bobween Great Britain and
fhe United riat^ are in aberanct
or in course of amicable adjustment,
tin the part of the go vern ment of the dominbwi
,»f Canada an effort haa been apparent during
the season just ended to admiuister the laws
an t regulations applicable to the fisheries %rith
as little occasion for friction as was possible.
and the temperate representations of tho sot.
era men t In r es interrelation p ect of cares of undue hardship
or of harch has been in most
care® met with measures of transitory relief. IV
1 ® tniseed the attainment of our just nifhts
exlstlne treatle® aad in virtue of the r/*u
current legislation of the two contiguous coua
trios will not be long deferred, and that all 2 x
win*, cause® of difference may be equitably ad
JU'itHi.
l recommend that prevision be mad® by an in
icruatlona! agreement for a surrey marking the
water beundawr between the United Atate* and
Cana da, sa the narrow channel® that loin the
great lake®. The conventional bne therein
traced by the northwestern bcmcv*ry survey
ago, is cot in all ca®«® rcadih* a»<%ruitahi«
forth®senlemeatof junsdict.oiialqnesuutt*
linUMSW W-JIK SJPOUJD
A j oat and acceptable ot the Ls
oi rrflj^ni fnr djiii ^ mfHUMui ©*' ca.a
ed jed ic most deeiagbla
4ZC Crest Tht tarriteny oi ;
neither lasoprje a necuja harbor few c*
ahortccnang eT “- o* the thi* other thresh aay atvida&e j
la regard a new treaty on
tfctosobjeet the two poww* has been n
eerrtly negotiate*! tad will *wm be laid befiH ,
the Henate.
Thf importance of the oommeree of Cuba an*
Porto Rico with the V nfted State*, their nearest
awl principal market, jwriitie* the expectation
that the exhflng relations may he IxmefietaRy
expanded. The imj»edlweT>t>i rewriting from va¬
rying dues on naviunXiim aad from the vexation*
treatment of oitv reneei* on merely te<jhu$cal
grounds of complaint in West Tnffia ports shouhl
be removed.
The progrew) toward an Adjntment of impend
injz claim* the Ignited States anH ^vain
ia not a« rapfvl aa conld he desired.
Qneations affeetinp: American interests in
connection with railways constmcted and oper
ated by our citizens in Fern have claimed the
attention of the government. It la urged that
other governments, tn pressing Fern to the pay¬
ment of their claims, have, disregarded the pro¬
priety rights of American citizens. The matter
wHl be carefully investigated wiftii a view to se
. curing a jfrep<*r and CTjiiitable adjustment.
A similar issue is now pending with F»)rtugal.
The Itelagoa Hay railway, in Africa, was con
•tructed under a concession by I’ertugal to an
American citizen. When nearly compiete 4 l the
road was seized by the agents of the Portugese
government. Formal protest has been mr: e
through our minister at Lisbon againftt th
and no proper effort will 1 >e spared to
proper relief.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
In pursuance of the charter granted by
gtess, and under tho terms of Its contract with
the government of Nicaragua, the Inter-Oceanie
Canal company has begun the construction of
the imjHAftant water-way !>etwcen the two ocean*
which its organtzation contemplates. Grave
c<rmplicati 4 ms for a time seemed imminent, 1 b
view of a supposed conflict of jurisdiction be¬
tween Nicaragua and Costa Rica in regard to t>»«
accessory privileges to lie conceded by the latter
republic toward the construction of works on the
Ban Juan river, of wbtyli the right bank is Costa
Rican territory. I am happy to learn that a
friendly arrangement has l»een affected betweefi
the two natl^ms. Tlds government lias held the
adjustment of all questions that might, present
olAStacles to the completion of a work of such
transcendent importance to the commerce oi
this country, and indeed, to the commercial in¬
terests of the world.
Tim traditional good feeling lie tween thi?
amt , the v Franrh , repul,lie 1M . tare _ rewired . .
«,«ntr,
«ldlrt, u «l treflmnny In tlxe partleipaMon "f om
goverau^nt and peoj.le In t.he International ex
pnattton held at Paris durtn K the part summer.
The enr.-ew, of our exhibitor, hare l*en «ratfr
T l>« report of the comralesioa will he laid
before ooiifirce* In due imaeim.
TVIK SLAVS TRADE.
This government lias accepted, under propel
reserve as to its policy in foreign Uirritxirios, the
invitation of tl»s government of Belgium to t&ke
part In an international congress, which opened
at Brussels on th® lfith of Noveml>er, for th®
purpos® of devising measures to promote thf
aliolition of the slave trade in Africa,
and to pnlP&nt the shipment extinction of slaves of thi* by crime wca.
Our Interest in the
against humanity in the regions where it sur¬
vives, has lieen increased by the results ofoman
olpation within our own borders.
With flennany the most cordial relation?
continue. 'Hio qnestbma arising from the re¬
turn to the empire of Germans naturalized ir
this coantry ar® comddered and disposed of in a
temperate spirit, to the entire satisfaction oJ
both govern men ta.
It i* a source of great satisfaction that the
Internal disturbances of the republic of Hayti
are at last happily ended, and that an apparently
stable government has been constituted. It has
been duly recognized by the United States.
A 11 American commission is now in session tn
t ills capital for tlic nett lenient ol lung statullne and
claims a*nlnst tile repulillc of Venezuela, will be
It is Impel! that a satisfactory conclnsioa
speedily reached. This government lies not
hesitated to si press an earnest, desire that the
Ixiundary dispute how pending between Crest
Britain ami Vensuela may lie adjusted amicably
and in strict accordance with the historic title
of the parties. .if the empire of Japan
Tlie advancement has
been evidenced by the recent promulgation of a
new constitution containing valuable principles
of liberty and providing for a responsible minis¬
try to coinluot the government.
It is sarnestly recommended that onr judicial
rights and processes In Corea be established on a
firm basis by providing tlie machinery necessary
“caMVSsersasL.
continues So to be et,n»« shown l.v 1>y It® Its iranfirdill generous tranhnnn* treatment
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^VerTTre™' C “*“” ^ * Te,0pTOM
A discus Ion I. in pr.«re,. touching Unite* th. juris
dictions! treaty rights of tho States in
Turkey. An earnest effort will be mails to de
flue these " rights 6 to the satisfaction of both gov- *
“stlousfshtlbue ,
th iHse th Out teiation.
wtth severs! t'huhtHe. in fespeot to die. rights
From "’"'** *" Un|* rr,< to time, earorttefforts^hT,,, ’ .been I I
wfth these countries. . An improper use J
naturalization should not be permitted, hnt it ts
most important that those who bare been duty
i.atunUlar .1 should everywhere be accorded re
cognition of the rights pertain ngh, the citizen
ship of the country of their adoption.
The appropriateness of sp.H-i.1 eon
ventlons for at P I" re'wgn zed In
treaties which this government has Wmchirted
wlth a nnmber of K|ir<.pean states, and it is »d
-mini. 1C .mm.irl,
htiAztuAh BBVottrrtdjr.
The rereht revolution lh Brazil In favor nf the
establisbinertt of a republican form of govern
nisut is an event of great interm to the United
^ates. Onr minister at Rio ds Janeiro was at
once instructed to maintain friendly diplomatic
relations with the provisional government and
the Brazilian representative* at this
Capital were instructed by the provisional gov
eminent to continue their f line Units,
Our friendly intercourse with Braxil has,
therefore, suffered no interruption. Our minis¬
ter has Itcen further instructed to extend, on the
part of this government, a formal and cordial
recognition of the new republic, so noon as the
majority of the people of Hnuhl shall have sig¬
nified their assent to Its estabAshmentaud main
te nance.
Within onr own borders a general condition of
prosperity prevails. The harvests of the last
summer were exceptionally abundant, and the
trade conditions now prevailing seem to promise
a successful season to the merchant and mamt
facturer gnd general employment to our work
tug people*
RK\ RNrRS A NO KXrKXOlTinES.
The report of the secretary of tlie treasury de¬
partment for the year ending June 30,has
bean prepared and will Ins presented to Congress.
It presents with clearness the fiscal operations
of the government, and I avail myself of ft to
obtain some facts for use here. The aggregate
receipts from all sources fbr the year were $3S7,
<*V\D58,M; derived as follows: From customs,
$3?a.KX,7S!.t>9; from internal revenue, $LV.S8i.
M3.9S; trera miscellaneous sources, $31,335^08.33
The ordinary expenditure* for the same pcriml
were $* 81 ,996,615.60; and th® total expenditures.
Including the sinking fuud, were $J»A7l>,5«s».25.
The excess of receipt® Over expenditures was,
:er providing for the sinking . $57,4?0,
b»..v>.
Eor rhs oorrcnt flsera! Tear th» total terrain.-,
u-tttal and »stimafe.l. arc ami the
sntinary eipemliturcs. actual and esrimated. *n
UW-.'ve.ov. making. «1th the sinking • .u-i,
lorai expenditans (S41.g1,ltitSi leaving ah es
tiraated snrpln* ef #Ci.ST8.*SA.ol.
r>nrfns the flseat t-e*r there was applied to the
purchase of bonds, ln addition to those for the
linktnR fund. ♦sn.A'«,ir! .W. and during the first
quarter of the ee.Trent tear fhe sura of JJT.SAS,
<87 tt. all of which were credited to the sinking
| ;
vV revenues for th# fireal year ending June
16 . 1*61. are estimated by th* treasure depart
; ** ^W.sss.ese; aad the expenditures for
***** period, tnc?ndiag fhe sinking fund, at
JWMJMW.ffc of t%is H&sflP.JfcJ?.*, ®bows an esttmated surpht®
hkeTy wtrieh ts
to be increased thxn reduced, when the
1 *<**ual rran*acrien» are written up.
j pated Thee\M*»*re et so large an actual and actioi
Siif^>hi ,i sIkwiM have the tunned)at® atten
tlf% * ret ype®®, with a view to reducing fhe re
****** the treasury to the nefsf® the gov
* reroeut a* close!v as ttvav be. The coffeeTio® of
uot needed for public use® Imposes an
unnoceaeary burden upon our Republic people, aad the
praeeecv of ®o large a stirphas in vault
x burins * * disturbing eteaiem tc the <%>cduet of private
it has called imu> ue® expedients
I ittto ciiTuUtioe of \<srv queeoon
U * should ^pt cohit jeva&iae.
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, X of
^ ; hut
iii tig ts^aa*^
*** A? thesis ao ot^gr lauful
the moady U> cixcuUaon. and,
brr th# qvsihis
flers * auiiMantfei advantage, the lean
n K public funds to tbc bank*. wfth
,nt upon flie security of gov¬
ernment bonds, I regard as an osanthorized
and flan ire roos expedient. It result* In a tem¬
porary and nn;»tnrat increase of th» basking
capital of favored bounties, and oompels a oaa
tlous and gradual re . ill »f the deposit! te avoid
lHj’iry to the ooimnercial interests. It Is not to
te expected that banks baring these deposits
will sell (heir bond* tn tht treasury so owg as
ti» present highly beneficial arrange, sent is
conducted. They new oractieally get'nterest
both upon the boivk and the It proceeds
No further nse Should be made of
this method of getting the sorplr
into circulation, and the deposits now otftstand -
ing should he gradually withdrawn and applied
to the purchase of bond,! It is fortunate tin t
uch a use can be made of the existing surptes
flat -od for some time to co$e, irrugress M any casual aarpdrtf
may exist, alter has takru th*
■temmmej stepsJnr a re<Uiet.o* of the rcvenu.
Such legislation should he promptly b. rery
•ewubderately enacted.
I recommend a revision, of our tariff law both
k* its administrative features and hi sdr
ules. The need of the former is generally < h
eedod, and an airr^pinent npoo the ev aa audio
oonveoienees to l>e remedied end best roeth
»>ds for their correction w n pro; ably not bs
difficult. Uniformity of valuation at ail
ports is essential, and effe .ttre measures sbouk;
or taken to secure it. It is eo x-iU}- o ^irablr
that cpN'stions affecting rab.-n and assfrication.
•bould be promptly de old
•»e preparation nf a new /.he ’ o* < ' -n
>■ 1 *; ts a matter of great delie
* • direct effect upon the"?, tslnc; of th conn -
, and of gi'iwfcdifHcnH?. by re a m of t w be
mergence of opinion as ; the oh *: .*$» tlat may
roperly he promoted \rj mrh legkdatior f < me
sturbanoe of business may, perhaps, result
'•■on the consideratloB k* thi* subjec t by con
^ iSj but thin tempera^ effect wlli bs /educed
» the minimum by prompt »c' < « <•
.>y the assurance which th* w:i
ir 7 already enjoys tiiat any r scajwsa y
will be so m» * A as net to i oair ti\#
s*^n l reBooujttdo promotion of our V s in
dnstries.
The Inequalities of th® law should be adjure
but the protective principle should he irma&uix -
ed and fairly applied ter tk« products of on r
farms as well as of oar shop;*.
TAese dufci®* ntKsessaxilT p.iJu have rdation tookfe*?
Mdra Ul0 We eannn
UmJt u ,. r b , .,„ r ^ m lh , ,, ub
t „„ n alone . They hare * direct, relatiol
u> h ,. ro<iucU ,., l9| U) worl . to „„„ u
t „. c „ mn „ rc ial todepemlence ef ..e,r country;
and , h( , W , M ftnd patrloM , >ilouM
lajge the field of his ritlo, to ln*.lu,le ail ol
fiicse.
Th* neeessary reduction 1 enr publie v«
Rues can, J am sure, lie nu- $ without making
the smallest burden moreon^-; n than the larger
by reason of the disablM'i*u , 4 i \ mitati«».
which th® process of reduction pr t* u;x>n both
capital and labor. Th® free list s 4 very safely
j be.extended Injurious by placing competition thereon articles that do
iwft offer 10 such iorncs
tic products as our home labo can supply
j TOBACCO AND W JTJSA.V TO % W. FS F.H.
Thft removal of the internal tax upon tebcu co
| would relieve an important agricuitur. 1 psodnn
from a burden which was imposed be
cauea onr revenue from 8 tw W/iii In art
woe insufficient for the • ? tl nerds, Jf
\ devised, %afe provision against ir-i cam b®
the removal of the tax up sylriie used
1 «i the arts and in mamofturturen, - Id i-leo offer
an miobjeeto#-i»abl® method o' '«d« #ng the snr
rdus.
TUB OCBBBXt V,
A tabla p.* Minted by the secretary ol h« treas¬
ury, showing the anionot of B.\oney of all kimls
In rlreulati « ea^h year, from 1878 to the present
time, is of interest. It Appears that th® amount
»f national l ank notes in circulation has been
tfeoreased during that period $114,100,729, •/
which 37,709,2;59 is ehargeable to the last year.
Th® withdrawal of bank circulation will neces¬
sarily continue under exist!i g conditions. It is
l*r< l»abU- that the adoption of the suggestions
mad® by the comptrollst of currency, viz.: ^lp$t
Ui® mffiinum dejM»Hit ou bonus for the establish¬
ment 4 rt iHui-.e he reduced and that an issue of
notes to th® par value of tKo the bonds be allowed,
would help to maintain bank circulation.
But while this withdraws^ of bank notes ha?.
l»een going on th®re ha* been a large increase In
.‘he amount of gold and silver coin in circ»lati *r<
$n<l In the IsNues of gol^ and silv«u te: Uficai® t.
M* NET I? MCt:LATK>N.
~~.-~.o - --•< -•‘.“s-a
JUlati# II 011 MsrClj l„ Ife* 5 91 $W>fVi93.. ! *07, while
«,.ra w r gold"lert-flraWs’cf^ an^^og. is*' V-'j ••♦n.insim ^ <>f coin, X
’
in TS, . n
” r certlfleates. ar i of - in United
n,,,r f * wM<>» r j««‘ke ms ueHod peMod a . decrease *Hr of
bank efictfUtioh and of (Co Min
diary allver. Tho net inctoase w.is
‘
1 -.««• . V, 7 at ,‘ 'XX? m.® n SShfE? X ft™
j ■ ••■■,
^ ^ tm<mm ln th e vaults, fzn^SJMe
,,-g— eeewsented -u by ouwtandlng silver certtfl
iVl-dtre certiticofo, ,
’ n r j j,
! 7 the treas
m m ,n doilars worth of .diver bullion
; „ to w wlned lnto sllv „ dollarB of
Hnrt ra-etre and .me-hatf graina,
ha , b „, n , lh , ervH bv the department, hot
tlT | tb , r r,ic present * secTetarj- wer any of hls pre
tpc „,„ r , h # „ 9gft , to exercise fhe dt»
, thf , aw h,cfe»e the monthly
m '■.■■>•* "» «■• " II TIB ivlU.
When the law was enacted (Feb. 2a, 187S) the
price of river |n tile market wa* $1,204-10 pet
nnnoe, D’.ikinR tlie hnlUon value of the (tollxt K 8
cent*. Nine* that time the price ha* fsdlett ai
low a* 91.2 cent* per ounce, reducing tlie builioh
value of the dollar to 70.8 cent*. Within the
last few months the market price ha* tomewhat
advanced. On the l*t (lay of November last the
bullion value of the silver dollar was 72 cents.
The evil anticipation* which silver have accompanied
the coinage and use of the dollar have hot
been realized, As a coin it has not.
had general uee, amt the pnhtk- treasury has
been compelled to store It, hnt this ft manifestly
owing to the fact that It* paper rf^ntenfattre 1*
more convenient. The general aegdptanee and
use of the stiver certificate ribrw that silver ha*
not Mceh otheAvtse discredited. Some favura
hto.conditions have contributed to maintain this
uracftcal equality in their Commercial use i»
tween gold and silver dollars. Itm (unit of tliese
are trade conditions tliat statuatory enactments
do not control, and the continuance ef which we
cannot lie certain.
I think It i* Clear that, if *e ritottld make the
coinaffO of silver, at the present ratio, free, we
must expect that tlie difference hi the bullion
value* of fhe gold and silver dollars wiltbe taken
account of in commercial transactions, and I
fear the same result wonld follow any % comsldea
ahle inerease of the present rate of cot nape. Puoti
a result would l>e dteereditaWe to onr financial
management and dtsastron* to all tmstaess Inter*
csts. We should not tread fhe dangerous
edge of enoh a peril; and
indeed, nothing more harmful
could happen to tbe sBrer interests. Any sate
legislation upon this subject must secure the
equality of the tw® coins In their commercial
uses.
of th»* metxt ufi »bMld »ri dltete<a (k W
*Wrt riin k« f «ss»^«n»»s
of ^TraC ,hsteo«,tev T£ra ter rtis XTZyZV* JStaTlSS
. ta.” ehSSl®Sr •«
prcte Of «tin nuttra. »«0 »»> t*» *»*
thx« it h*s b«te «. rver*^ fismsnM*.
detail, of sneli » txar trtfdlte ooefnJ rrasMrta
rion, bat tbe gnmai pf»« W t>h»
*eem» to sarlrtV rtie rnrprse m i*un®rae tb# om
<rf silver In e-nneetton »tfti s«T nirtexeja «rt
»t the Mine time te ebvixw Ae Araiffr at xrtneb
I have ■***». At»!»«erA*y l *«y foraamni
rate
twx ear.rax arornra.
Ui Tbe Iwn eaforemeBt found ef to the b® rWnrae vcfv ^
the n.wfbwertcrn frctirtrr. Uhfnaraen. landtag
at Vie tort*, flrd f? o»sw tn pass our border, era-tag
W the trapoi-;i i trc vrffli the force at the own
Band of the custom- ofllorr. of ,mart«* s so tong
and inland line The e^teBrv ef ifc* «•»»*
a :»hs'rinrel th® eunrii''m®nt of addltipnai
ifttewwW will b® A^i^r.eff to th^ duty, end
reery effort will be mode to eniotve the lew. Thi*
4omiiii »u exacts * he®d lex of fifty dollar® for
•och C*:m®nun tasded. and when three peraonri
Is tend of our law, ercs* into our territory
and ar® apprehended our office® do
enow w hat io do wit h them, as the dominion
iutioru.®* wrU not suffer them to b® sent back
wuSiv w i A K.kx'ndq; Uk>Ui- a* effort
W®U 1 % o*ode w rich a® V
wi** rea.v ijys di ^r_.* w
The rcqu^rcd'by seeucc S oi the
wBttX Korec 3, » the ks^ngoi
« fM wr? xggued
by me m the list day of March and a revenue
teeee; was dlxpate.lied to enforce the laws and
protect the Interests of the United States.
The establishment of a retn ;ee station at Point
folly Barrow, as directed by Oongrese, was success
accomplished.
no coast ssmsss.
Judged by modern standards, we are practi
'•Uy without coast defenses. K.ajr of the
Structure* hare wraM enhance rather than
dinar'»/. the perils f their gmrriscnt. if sub.
. c(. to -be Cre ' mprored guns, and very
few are so located as to give full effect to tin
£re«.t< r range of such gnn* as we are now male
*«H for -oast defence -.do*. This general subject
-»* la 1 conaldcra on in congress for some
rears, > d the appr rotation for the constru¬
tfo» of large rifled ins, made one year ago,
am the expression of a
purr is* to provide satiable works in which
th'- juns might lie moul ted,
A- appropriation now made for *' purpose
would not advance the compleM' works
o* 7 <>' d our abb y to supply these with n.lrly ef
fe re guns .be scciwtsy of <na coa.—ci’ks
rut foreig ; attack should not r*—,t altogether
in die friendly disposition of other nations,
There should be & second line wholly in our own
*pin£- I very urgently reccromend in apiHO
-*> 'ationatthis session for the cpnfitn otion ol
auch works in ouf most exposed harbors,
J approve the fu - .stton of the secretary of
’Wtt ti^at provi on ne made for encdinjfiE.g coi’.i*
panieh of the o-tioi guard in oar coast works
for a tpeeiQed tim aeh year, and for their
v.raini .g :i * ? heavy gans. JFs sugges
• Ion t ■ at an :ncrea -? t he artillery force of the
army iv d iTable, i > in tbl* connection,
tome . s nded to the con si rati* *n of congress.
HITER.fi AS3> RABJaOB£.
Th • improvemcnr i our Imj ort&nt rivers and
harbr -s • pmnot <\ V v th accessary ap
pr'a • .ire h -l l be taken that the
go ^r . ,tc •• imbued t« the, prosecution
* ul ,ic and general advantage
, . • l.-.rive usefnlnefcs wr>rks of that
ciass > . . • - looked. Hofa r u v.nikcan
ever to said to be •< - . ^ •■.oi.’im that
the erd would he sooner arid mcie. econo/uicaffy
reached if fewer sepaxabf works v/ere selected under- for
taken at the same time, and those
their greater general inUic.- t were mo?-' rapidly
pushed to completion. A work once consider¬
ably begun should not be subjected > tl rinks
and deterioration which interrupted or ir»M.di
efent appropriations necessarii;' occasion.
THK ASSAULT ON JU1 FJMLI).
The assault made by David B Terry upon thi:
person of Justice Field, of the .upreme court uf
the United States, a Lathroj, California, i >
August last., and the k iting of the, awailant by r
deputy United States marshal, who had been
depute-’ to accompany Jus ice Field and to pro
*i®«t him from anticipated violence at the hand*
of Terry, in connection with the legal procccli¬
ngs r liich have followed, suggest questions
vhich r my judgment are worthy of ttv awn
t on of congress. I recounneud that more iefi
ni» proxteloB I« made by law, not only
<:t the I'rote-fi n ol Federal offlecra,
■'* f ?v h ' J °tn "’"i,"
a»es lathe , United . states , , -Court. In recoin- T€
■■
rnemb -g such legislation, I do not at all impeach
either he gen#ml adequacy of the prorisioii
mode hy th*- state laws for protection of a
eirth-vn, or Wie fcnere! good disposition of thw-e
h? ige i with the executi >n of la ws to gi
protection to i coffin ' mo thi ted State
The #I»* f protecting it* officer® a* such, and
ofpui hlng thou® wh*/assault them on account
of their official act*, should not be devolved i*x
preeel j or by acquiescence upon the local aofh u
tttae.
PBOTKOTIO'f ’’ V:vrtrEH8E9.
Krsiitt whleli hare l.ei " ! ixagM. t > ni> tit*u
hZXXit
legaiatiun fnllrr i ,»n to thus.
may l« called m witnes, is h/ courts ol the
United States. The lav uHMfcix to tbes. who
are suppospdtohaveknow'.'.'i; 1 ;'! >1 publicoften.es
to Biteidupon our courts. trand juries aud
to give evidence. Tliere is a toitest resulting
duty th it'these uTtBsssesslF-.. '-h protected from
Injury >n aecNnmt of their if vi’nofcy. Thr in
ve' tiga' ion of criminaloileiiv n Hoften rendered
f .irile, i nd the |» Jui>hm fit ilmt iini>osslble
by the intimida i m of vitv J
I ,’TKIZM BUI ATE AIM ■ I. li'H CO TUTS.
The necessity of providing some speetly
method for disposing of the oases liich m.w
coine for Anal adjudication to the Bi re.me c , rt
room, is every year more apparent
Thf* plAH of providiu:: «»n • i nterm zdt: •• con
havlag fin'd apjtelliite jn IsdicWon of cert t
classecfl •'■f qatfttons and «v.sea has, I think, ye
oajvftduitfp goafraj a) pm *' Doiji t'» e honuk
and bar <‘f the cminnry n«m any other. ‘WiinbH.t
attempting to discuss details I reoommen l th it
provision made for the establlement of sutih
courts.
INCREASR OF SALA BIN
The salaries of the judges of district courts is
many of ttbe districts m , in my Judgment., Innd
equate. I recommend that all sudi salaries that
are I • F’.COO i>et annum >c Increased to
that amount. It is quite tfue that the svnotat
of labor performed hy these fudges is very unf -
qua!, as they cannot property engage ta other
pursuits to enpplement thgir incomes. The sal¬
ary shoub ■ h In all caa as to prevw® an
independent - ud romfortable su pport.
THI. A at a rs
Ea. nest attention should be gii cn by congress
to a consideration of tlie questl in hraf far tlie
restraint of those combinations of capital com¬
monly called “trusts” is a matter of fjjieral ju¬
risdiction.
When organized, as they often and arq, to erush
out all healthy competition, to o“ommeret nmnopoilzt
the production or sate of an article
and general necessity, they are dangerous eon
spiracles against tlie public good, and nn^ should be
made the subject of prohibitory Oven penal
legislation.
iNTEitxAttoNAt cofymgiit.
The subject nf an international copyright has
been frequently commended to tlie attention uf
congress l>y my predecessors. The enactment ol
inch A law would be eminently wise and just.
NATfKAt.wATfoN tA WS;
Our naturalization laws should he so revised
as to make the inquiry into the moral character
and good disposition towards our government of
the perrons applying for cittzeitship more tlior
ougli. This can only he done oy taking fuller
control of the examination by fixing the time for
hearing such applications, and by requiring tho
presence of some one who shall represent the
government in the inquiry. Those
who are the avowed enemies of social order,
who come tn our shores to swell the injurious in
fiuence and extend the evil practices of any as
eooiat ion that defies our laws, should not only l>e
denied citizenship, but a domicile.
a bankrupt law.
The enactment of a national bankrupt law, of
a character to lie a permanent part of oitr gen
kavid postal sEitvieE.
Thc report of the posmastcr general not only
exhtfiits the operations of the department for
the list flscxl year, but contains many valuable
suggMtV.ns servtee. for whfch the Improvement are commended ahd extens.on to youi
nf the
xttentton. Xo ofhc» branch of the government
has a® etose a contact with the daily life of the
CVutinuefl on Third Pa^e.
The ttnnu'il report of the director of
the mint shows that the pr. du t on of
f>ld i. lb. Voile 1 S«e. $33,17o,(XtO, .lermgtt,
fiscal year 1888-9 was no
far fr« m the e nsta t average. (*ur
baklu e '1 ex .l! or t,H i - oi 1 “ the f me
now ni *.* tho W, oo b6U01; mtry , >l , ( ..4Hi,,101 Kjthrt we ie-s,^ld lave
than in the previous ear, an l tlie tot'
available for fira-i. ial j urj o . s is s l
j fn-tle- diminished by the e-ima td
$18,000,109 of gold eonsun ed in the
! qhe silver prrduvtion of the year
ar ( s ',
wa , ' 000,000, commercial valu of
' . ame \ A ta ol val ,bo it
, ooo n as t ik' n for eonm e wia e
™ e porch the
«d Kg*, -81000 TOO eon'-umral in
there
for?, has increased r.e.rlv $13,003,
Q J(y So far as t'e =oinege snoplr -•»'.
re is con erned, our money is
^ , nt j T more $15,000,000 s nailer
f * tut a vV»t a? - a. Vet tl « yea- h..s bee >
far more pio^'eroas tnu h* o..e pre
cediog it.
BIS TTNUBR NAIX.
ir*wra,>Alb-iP«» ^1 . >-«- SI v,-;^ J f r7a 3™ *
dec p IS S SO v_lu . ^ w
do that ^
Wasjwibd ^•^yTr r Ui-^c.*dad. sg *c i.a.T.c i at i a~u. vou
Y*u sfcealc subscribe fc-r this r: e
OJ , x«ru->.
f DAVIS DEAD
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His CONFEDERACY’S GREAT
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Cause E?pousef, -j
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| JEFFERSON DAT 18.
At heart 12:45 o’clock Friday morning a
• -flat ceased to b^at—a atain-esa
*
was closed, and Je,: Davis, first aou
President of tbe Southern Confed-,
cy, wns dead With bira hatp Msed
, y the ] ast 0 f yreat leaders'
the lost cm**} and l'anc^r. ^ Cobb,
■ ephens, Toombs, Ei ! 7
Person Davis will be ni'barned la ftm
I Jit of heart-: . Goyerttmeut wilfe not
i | reader to him tho pompand C jtlULi^tAji
j 0 f a great death, but bis peMle anS will iHt* Ut
to a tribl . t ,, ... i 0 xc tear/
' pat leg ® all tii;/ Turn eat could do,
- hi; earthly
w honoring memory ^ at; pv
ra . c .ould rot . r row AiuiyidDCl to
j e.< wherever in other st<i.t 3 .» or la
, oth i mds, hb pe >?>»•. nmy have wail* is
K*rtu wherever daun ' less < *wrs : 4 s or
sUinlt • , or diau n. - 0.. . wb.--cv#»r t t^CVOT
they v h:i/e guile red touch tu ^ViCl heart and
| superb foiutude rtv.y thcr*; Jfif^c.son e
t) r dim the ovc—
Davis v i i h>'i ’te i aaci
Di. ‘if
... , j at
m... .. He bad been
stcaui.y lnapioying io' tim meed past that four days
■ and his physicians satisfied fi.-.n /it), his condition. they
were entirely ..•roved somewhat,
] jlis api>etit« had • i
aja , ne was ir , • f Ar ji
»uoz<s wh) fli ’ aC‘< * to t.lio MCA
room rejoiced «m lh*' - rahie change,
JJ e rested quietly tti :h tut the dav.and
j n the afterDOOo tho . t.‘L was to thff
effect that l; 18 conditloi continued tavor
able. Shoitiy before seemed midnight he had v
CO luhiug remaining fit, which strength,and to exhaust 12:45
ids little at
ho ptiited quietly away—so quietly,
IU fact, ihat the watchers scarcely knew
when death v ame.
iV. -8‘s LIFE
Jetlefson t>aVi» ‘v*t« iiorn in Olirisiian
county, Ky., op the 2 r i aay of June, 1808.
Georgia mby claim a kinship with the
man, as Well ns a shate of his glory.
Iiis father, Samuel Davis, wab a Georgia
planter. In the revolutionary war he
i was an officer in a cavalry regiment, i nd
j wr , e d with distinction, r.atcr he moved
; Kentucky, aufl some years afterward
I j j to MiKsissijipi. The Georgia branch of
the Davises is now extinct, but it live*,
in family tradition as a high-spujted boyhood honorable the
Pasting his whites on fre
front •; where the were
quently engaged ia contbct eurlieet witu thuu^hU savage
f jG- iefferst. n’s
were centered upon guns, sabres, and
alt the panoply of war. By the time he
was sixteen he had made the most of his
academic and university advan¬
tages and entered the mili¬
tary ncademy at West Point.
For fellow students, lie had such com¬
rades as Robert E. Lee, E. .Johnson, L '
onulas Polk, John B. Magiuder, and
others well known to fame. In this cir
cle his lofty character, bright mind, and
thorough man lines*, commanded the
j highest regard of all. When he grndu
I „te i at West Point, and plunged into
the thick of the Indian warfare on the
nor thwe*tern frontier, the old army offi
cer3 ingtant l y recognized ° him as a born
soldier., lie appointed . , stall (III-* a.
was a
cer, and made such a brilliant record
that, in a Short tine, he was promoted adjutant to
the rank of first lieutenant and
ot a new cavalry J regiment, .j r_._.
^hen^ Colonel Davis , n , lirn
.
the Mexican war, fit th<; iieficl ol the gal
lant Mississippi Rifles, the whole n afciou
j jmiled him as “the hero of Buena Vis a.”
At Monterey Colonel Davis and his men
fought with heroic valor. Braving a fil
r i ous storm 0 f copper-grape, the Missis
, ssz “S«*,sr“"^SeS“.
’ fled and took shelter iu a strong buiid
! ing, from which they poured a heavy tire
of"musketry. This deadly heavy and tire terrorizifig. from the
housetops was
izavis “iy neuetrated F street after
street, dislodging the foe , from , building ,
j after building, until within a square of
i the grand plaza. The capitulation of
! Monterey followed, and the entire
1 country rang with the praises of Colonel
Davis and his Mississippi Rifles.
The Buena Vista exploit classed the
of Davis among the mest renowned
.... men of modern times ll ere
„ (ra j nst terrible odds he saved the Amer'- army
and virtnally .U won the battle. The
. to lose the day, when
General x , jlort with Colonel Davia and
others rode up. Several retreating regi
mrnts we re rallied. Davis, with his own
b . , ,,jf,,n ,-f r n ,r !flll , vo i.
u L
unteers, advanced at don . q b . firincr %
all the time. The Mexicans were put . to
flight, but in a few moments a brigade
of lancers, two thousand strong, came
on at a gallop with sounding bugles and
fluttering menfnio pt nons. C lone D vis threw
his the form of a V both flank.
; resting ou ravines, the Mex.raas advanc
; icg on the intervening ridge, thus expo
sing the enemy to a cross-fire. When
, blazed The
within range the riles away.
wh de head of the Mexican column felt,
Never was a more deadlv fire witnessed
>n u ny batte field. The Mexicans weie
completely shattered. After this battle
the V movement was the talk of the day.
It is said that there is but one similar ex
imp e ia modern historv. On this side of
the water Generals Taylor,Quitman,Lane, euthm-ias—
and other soldiers, were
tie over Davis, and in the old country
:he duke ot Meldcgtoa. the victor of
Waterko, expressed' Indorsed h;s aamir..tion by such vet- m
slowing weras.
crans as the ‘Iron Duke,” aad old Za"h
Taylc-r as a hade; of >r.niant mm rj
CBimt.it goes wuhr.-:* myag tht.r m
people i-i - >. north and 1 ’•
. of
accepted ttu ;. If the career
Davis had en<itt :h the Mexican war,
he « ch’ 'll ha • glory enough lot
on*i juau.
BIS PUBLIC LIFE Bi’FOK* THE WAR.
're t Mexican w»r Mr, Pa> nad
f a tern; m (.ingress, rcaig
i the. cowniantL of the
j v v unteers. Upon hi® return
Le„ .n- und of the Montecun-® the he United was
H'.’. ui 1 to till a vacancy in
-mate. In the senate Mr. Davis
„t once Btepned into the front rauk.
was a student as well as a man of aSairs.
Tie was not only well versed in political
science, but thoroughly well equipped
for debate. Contrary io the opinion en¬
tertained by many Oletbe present genera¬
tion the senator from Mississippi was toths no
extremist. He was 'uliy committed
doctrines of states rights. The election ol
President Pierce brought Senator iJavit
into the cabinet as secretary of war.
Tho sccreiary gave much oi
h:s time to testing new improve’.ienti
in a.ms and equipments. He had tin
ter utories explored. When the Uiimcai
wa* came on tie sent a number of offictiv
to the scene of the troub o to ‘it’tdy ^hi
discipline and methods uf the Ji gropes*
armies. The federal go*: mine in never
had a niOie able or efihlieu war secretary.
Returned by li$s state to the seuate With
nhe beginning of President Buchanan s
tidmiais ratio Air. Davis pittajud into the
the exciting •: :ba--*s lea-aug up to
treWKBi 1 lx < i api. gus of 168'.' Tbi^i
brings us t , n part of history aluios'
lamui.ir to our reauers as the t ur ■ .
matter® of ihe day, and it is juu< :y
to reproducB it • All vror j.?
knuws lhat Mr. Lh was ie?ui
low his doctrine of tatc sovt-reig v
its logical consequences, Ht ilm; .
uppn the right 1,1 sece®»iun,bdl 'y .gJ
wish all his energy wuulJ, in against is judgmoo v.i. a Slav
of alfairs as i
der the exercise of the right necessary. after
When, however, the criais came,
the election of Lincoln, an■? Mississipp.
had passed her ordinance of s cession,Mr.
Davis embraced the occasion of re-igning
his teat in the federal se, ate to ixpLiu
.mi justify t lie course of his people.
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BLAUTOm—DAVIS’S MtSSISSlFPI HOMBk
Frotv the Senate Mr. Davis wont to hi®
plantat.on r. Mi.- sippi. lie hoped
-•,!« --on w old be poacefuily disguise ac¬
; he. could not
tho far; ’hat outlook was anything
Put , Following the bent of tastes
and inciinstions, bo looked forward in
>he event of n "inflict to an appointment
In the a!my. In uch an emergency be
. juire tha
ki’.eL thnt t.ie south would re
services of veteran officials, and he hart
every reason to believe, that he would be
called upon to , cave the new anticipations republic
with bis sword. That this
was disappointed, we all Know, I fie
presidency .of the confederacy was thrust
upon l.inrunsought. It was unexpected,
but in tbb as in other tilings, Jefferson
accepted Davis heeded the burden* the voice and of responsibilities bis people an i
thrust upon his shoulders.
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MRS. VARINA DAVIS.
The circumstances of Mr. Davis’ Cap¬
ture and iinprr v-,ment for two years im
Fortress Monroe is a matter of history,,
and is familiar to our readers. Upon'
leaving prison ’ Mr. Davis returned to>
his home in Mississippi, where he lived
in obscurity and, it is greatly to yield¬ be
feared, in poverty, his plantation
ing but little income. Steps were once
taken to raise a fuud for him, but he
kindly, but firmly, averted the hands of
those engaged iu it as soon as he became
aware of what was being done. He
held that as long as the widows and
orphans of the confederate soldiers were
in want, he had neither the right nor
*dry ■the wish to take one dollar of the boun
that ought to find its way to them.
Mr. Davis preferred to live in retire¬
ment, In nothing that he said or did,
did he lower in the slightest degree the
dignity of his high position. Accepting
the reverses of life with uncomplaining
fortitude he held his convictions un¬
changed and unmodified. In defeat as
in victory his great nature was equal
to all demands. In peace or in
war he stood the unchallenged
and beloved chief among his peopio.
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saLES of tobacco.
i Sales of leaf t< bacco at auction at the
warehouses in the Dan vile. Va.. market
during the month of November amounted
to8.82C.S34 pounds, mere than double
tne sales . * ds"ovtmt>er of rastyear. r or
ths first two months of t._e present to
oaego year, tne '- cree-e o* leaf tobacco
sold over the -:-_me period of last y^ar i*
8,175.S75 pounds.
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