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President's Review, ^National Affairs. IIPPS TO LAWM^pp, CONCERNING THE SUBJECT OP .TARIFF REVISION. I." v. • " . •. 4fcNN*MM I4#htly on '!»»« Various Department! Recited-- HUem«at of the Chilian and Italian <«<mtrOT«ni«9 and Prngresl of Behring r ,^k« Arbitration DeMriliad-TIt* Canal Situation, Etc., Bte. The Codntry is Prosperous. ! " president Harrison's last message -4MS not completed in time to be deliv- •errd at the opening of Congress, but the document was read before that body the beginning of the second day's western. In submitting my annual message to Con- •ne the message reads. I have great sattsiac- «Mm to being able to say that the general con- JltJam aflcctinir the commercial and industrial favorable. A comparison of the eihiUtW conditions with those of the most tolled period in the history of the country -will. I believe, show that so high a degree of MMperity and so general a diffusion of the •iamfoct# of life were never before enjoyed by <4MVpeople. Tne total wealth of the wouutiy S' ' * PM8IDENT HASB'ROK #ltB0wa« flfi.159,619,008: In 1W it amounted te •n,6tO.«*M>! o. an increase of 2b7 per cent. fk« total mileage of railways in the United t'ln-i860 was 30,686; in 1890 it was 167,741, reaxe of 4-w percent.; and it is estimated there will be about 4,ooo miles of track •aided by the close of the year 1892. TV official returns of the eleventh censns mmI tfcose of the tenth censns for seventy-five ilillnjj cities furnish the basis for the follow­ ing comparisons ; Inr W • 118SU the capital invested in manufactur- was $1,232,832.M0. In 1890 the capital so in­ vested was $2,iK)0,735,s«4. In isso the number •aCemployes was l,301,388; in lH'JO, 2,251,131. In m/the wages earned were $501,905,778; in 1890, In 1880 the value of the product £.711,579,899; in 18W), f4,8<iO,28S,«;W. I am informed by the Superintendent of the aBm that the omission of certain industries 61880 which were included in 18W), accounts part for the remarkable increase thus (hsvn. Gut, after making full allowances Wmmtt- fences of method and deducting the •tan* for all industries not included in the «MU of lf»>. there remain in the reports from aeventv-five cities, an increase in the capi- *#•1 employed of $1,522,745X04; in the value of :fbe product of #2,024,23«.160>; in wages earned of . 9n.iMtJUS. and in the number of wage earners fed of 856,029. The wage earnings not an increased aggregate, but an in- Cier capita from $3E«» in 1880 to $547 in , 4L.1t per cent. HKMW industrial plants established since Odb.«, lif-Kf, and up to Oct. 22. 1892. as partially I in the American Economist, number the extension of existing plants, ios; r capital invested amounts to 140,449,060, number of additional employes to •sfe I Textile World for July, 1802, states that g the first six months of the present cal- • 135 new factories were built, of which •ne cotton mills, forty-eight knitting twenty-six woolen mills, fifteen 'mills, four plash mills, and two lbMR mills. Of the forty cotton mills Iwiiilj ii in1 have been built in the Southern fltBtoa. A. B. Sheppersou, of the New York -SttOB Exchange, estimates the number of •HMHIIII spindles in the United States on Sept. 1. MM, at 15,200.000, an increase of eeo.UX) over ike year of 1881. The consumption of cotton by American mills in lHVl was 2.31*5,000 bales, aad la im% 2,584,000 bales, an increase of 188,000 hiln FroJoa the year J8«o to 1892 inclusive, *tane>baa .been aa increase in the consumption •a( •ettan An Europe <ot' 92 per cent., while dur- ftaethe Mtmej»eriod the increased consumption -to the'United States has been about lsu per • <amfc. Tin Plate Manufacture*. : zxtiTTtereport of ira Ayer, Special Agent of the „ 3(fieaeiiry Department, shows that at the date ' ef Hept. 30, 1892, there were thirty-two com­ panies manufacturing tin and terne plate in Se United States and fourteen companies %atIdfBg new works for such manufacture. The eetlmated investment in buildings and Sba at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, U existing conditions were to be contin-•M $5,00«,«t0» and the estimated rate of Undnedon 200,<K)0,000 pounds per annum. The tartnal production for the qaarter ending Sept. :muat was lo,V52,72fl rounds. the last six months of the year 1891 >4ladthe >Arst six months of the year 1892 the 'Sgatal production o£ pig iron was :»,'< io,8i9 tons, „aa against 9,209,703 tons in the year 1890, which ' ana the large*t annual production ever at- * lateral Fer the. eame twelve months of 1891- ' *9n the productions Bessemer Ingots was -^MtMtl tons, an increase of 189,710 ., gKM 'tons «ver the previously un- , ^tuaeOentcd yearly ^production of 3,688,871 .«OM tons iu lhl*0. Tiie i>rouuctiou o£ Bes­ semer steel rails for the first six months of ; f m» m 772.436 gross tons, as against 702,080 .mrotm tons during the last six months of the -acarlSHJ. , # jEfce total value of onr foreign trade (exports ' aeod manufactures) daring the laBt fiscal year F^tpa §^857.680,610, an increase of H28,28H,C04 ; the previous fiscal year. The average jinin J value of onr imports and exports of Sigi^^mdifie for the ten fiscal years prior to wae fl,457,322,01;». It will be observed that foreign trade for I8i»2 exceeded this annual age value by f400,358,59i, an increase of '.tl per cent. The significance and value of tecrease are shown by the fact that the _as in the trade of 1892 over 1891 was wholly the value of exports, for there was a de- jfTfiiiir in the value of imports of $17,513,754. " ~T^a>e yaluc of our exports during the fiscal ~ '^year.1892, reached the highest figure in the his- - iftoty.ot tiw government, amounting to fl,030,- exceeding by $145,797,333 the exports of Sim, a»4 exceeding the value of the imports $ai»2,fc?5,&S6. A comparison of the value of V '-'"*ear exports for 1892 with the annual average • - the ten ve&r* prior to 1891 shows an excess $aB5,142,67l, or of 84.65 per cent. The value ,' .1 of <wr imports of merchandise for 1892, which 8«2<.',402,462, also exceeded the annual £? ,&rera#e value of the ten years prior to 1891 by $ §135.21.5,040. During the -fiscal year 1892, the ' jStmhieof imports tree of duty amounted to 4V74M9,rS8, the largest aggregate in the history of onr commerce. The value of the imports of V)* Merchandise entered free of duty in 1892 was V " S5.35 per cent, of the total value of imports, as * < loompared with 43.35 per cent, in 1891, and 83.ti6 aper ccnt. in 1880. ^ Prosperous Nation. v'%: 'another Indication of the general prosperity of the country is found in the fact that the sssiiber of depositors in savings banks in­ creased from 693,870 in 1860 to 4.258,89y in 1890, an increase of 513 per cent., and the amount of deposits from ill9,277,504 in 18«l to il.524.844,500 fa 1890, an increase of 921 per cent. In 1891 the •mount of deposits in savings banks was $S„tfKM/7i),749. It is estimated that 90 per cent, of these deposits represent the savings of wasse-earners. The bank clearances for nine month* ending Sept. 30,1891, amounted to $41,- 049.390.H)*. For the same month in 1892. they Mxjunted to |45,189,«>i,'.I47, an excess for the sice months of #4,140,211,139. There never has been a time in our history •when work was so abundant or when wages were so high, whether measured by the cur- aowfor. vailed la war MtMlMi ku bttte a,... strunMBt tortM dertlopment of oar wealth aad a moat powerful wtaorta tag homes of oar worklnsmea : invasion of want. I have felt a moet ons lnteraet to Mtaoerve to our working rates of wages that would not only give breitd bat supply a comfortule for those home attractions aad comforts and enjoyment without which is neither hopefu 1 nor s weet. They are can oltlaenB a part of the great people foe whom our constitution and government were framed and instituted -and it cannot be a per­ version «f that constitution to so legislate as to preserve in ihelr homes the comfort, inde­ pendence, loyalty, and sense of interest in the government which are essential to good citi­ zenship in peace, and which will bring this stalwart throng, as in 1861, to the defense of the flag when it is assailed. Remits of the Klection. It ia not n.y purpose to renew hen the anrtt- snent in favor of a pioiectivc tariff. The re­ sult of the reoent election must be accepted as having introduced a new policy. We must as­ sume that the present tariff, constructed upon the lines of protection, is to be repealed, and that there is to be substituted for it a tariff law constructed solely with reference to reve­ nue; that the duty is to be higher not because the increase will keep open an American mill, or keep up the wages of an American workman, but. that in every case such a rate of duty is to be imposed as will bring to the Treasury of the United States the largest returns of revenue. The contention has not been between sched­ ules, but between principles, and it would be offensive to suggest that the prevailing party will not carry into effect the pledges given to the people. The tariff bills passed by the House of Representatives at it3 last session were, as I supposed, even in the opinion of their promoters, inadequate, and justified only by the fact that the Senate and House of Representatives were not in accord, and that a general revision could not, therefore, be under­ taken. I recommend that the whole subject of tariff revision be left to the in-coming Congress. It is a matter of regret that this work mast be delayed for at least three months; for the threat of great tariff changes introduces so much uncertainty that an amount, not easily estimated, of business inaction and of dimin­ ished production will necessarily result. It is possible, also, that this uncertainty may result in decreased revenues from customs duties, for onr merchants will make cautious orders for foreign goods in view of the prospect of tariff reduction and the uncertainty as to when they will take effect.^ Those who^have advocated^. disastrous forcasts of a change of policy dis­ appointed. If a system of customs duties can be framed that, will set the idle wheels and looms ot Europe in motion and crowd our warehouses wltn foreign made goods, and at the same time keep our own mills busy; that will give us an increased participation in the "markets of the world" of greater value than the home market we surrender; that will give increased work to foreign workmen upon prod­ ucts to be consumed by our people without diminishing the amount of work to be done here; that will enable the American manu­ facturer to pay to his workmen from so to a 100 per cent, more in wages than is paid in the foreign mill and yet { to compete in our market and in that 'will further reduce "the cost of articles of wear and food without reducing the wages of those who produce them; that can be celebrated, alter its effects have been realized, as its expectation has been, in European as well as in American eities, the authors and promoters will be entitled to the highest praise. We have had in our history several expeiiences of the contrasted effect of a revenue and of a protective tariff, but this generation has not felt them, and the experience is not highly in­ structive to the next. The friends of the pro­ tective system with undiminished confidence in the principles they have advocated, will await the resnlts of the new experiment. Effects of tabor Strikes. „ The strained and too often disturbed rela­ tions existing between the employers and the employes in our great manufactuilng estab­ lishments have not been favorable to a calm consideration by the wage earner of the effect upon wages of the protective system. The facts that his wages were the highest paid In like callings in the world, and that a main­ tenance of this rate of wages, in the ab­ sence of protective duties upon the prod­ uct of his labor, was impossible, were ob­ scured by the passion evoked by these contests. He may now be able to review the question in the light of his personal experi­ ence under the operation of a tariff for revenue only, if that experience shall demonstrate that the present rate of wages are thereby maintained or increased, either absolutely so or in their purchasing power, and that the ag­ gregate volume of work to be done in this country is increased, or even maintained, so that there are more or as many days' work in a year at good or better wages for the American workmen as has been the case under the pro­ tective system, every one will rejoice. A general process of wage reduction cannot be contemplated by any patriotic citizen with­ out the greatest apprehension. It may be--in­ deed, I believe, is--possible for the American manufacturer to compete successfully with his foreign rival in many branches of production without the defense of protective duties, if the pay-rolls are equalized; but the conflict that stands between the producer and that result and the distress of our working people when it 1b attained are not pleasant to contemplate. Hesume of Department Keports. The reports of the heads of the several execu­ tive departments which are herewith sub­ mitted have very naturally included a resume of the whole work of the administration with the transactions of the last fiscal year. The attent ion not only of Congress but of the coun­ try is again invited to the methods of admini­ stration which have been pursued and to the re­ sults which have been attained. Public revenues amounting to #1,414,079,292.28 have been col­ lected and disbursed without loss from mis­ appropriation, without a single defalcation of such importance as to attract the public at­ tention, and at a diminished per cent, of cost for collection. The public business has been transacted not only with fidelity but pro­ gressively, and with a view to giving to the people In the fullest possible degree the bene­ fits of a service established and maintained for their protection and comfort. Our relations with other nations are now undisturbed by any serious controversy. The complicated and threatening differences with Germany and England relating to Samoan af­ fairs, with England in relation to the seal fisheries in the fiehring sea, and with Chili, growing out of the Baltimore affair, have been adjusted. There have been negotiated and concluded, under section 3 of the tariff law. commercial agreements relating to reciprocal trade with the following countries: Brazil, Dominican Hepublic, Spain (for Cuba aud Paerte Kicoi, Guatemala, Salvador, the German empire, Great Britain (for ceitain West Indian colo­ nies and British Guiana), Nicaragua, Hon­ duras, and Austro-Hungary. Of these those with Guatemala, Salvador, the German Empire, Great Britain, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Austria-Hungary have been concluded since my last annual message. Under these trade arrangements, a free favor­ ed admission has been secured in every case for an important list of American products. Especial care lias been taken to secure mar­ kets for farm products, in order to re.ieve that great underlying industry of the depression which the lack of an ade­ quate foreign market for our surplus often brings. An opening has also been made for manufactured products that will undoubt­ edly, If this policy is maintained, greatly aug­ ment our export trade. The full benefits of these arrangements cannot be realized in­ stantly. New lines of trade are to be opened; the commercial traveler must survey the fields; the manufacturer must adapt his goods to the new markets, and facilities for exchange must be established. The Hehring Sea Arbitration. ! 'A treaty providing for the arbitration of the dispute between Great Britain and the States as to the killing <>? seals in the Bchring Sea was concluded on the 29th of February last. This treaty was accompanied by an agreement prohibiting pelagic sealing pending the arbi tration, and a vigorous effort, was made during this season to drive out all poaching sealers from the Behring Sea. Some seizures were made and it is believed that the catch in the Behring Sea by poachers amounted to less than '*•*) seals. It is true, however, that in the north Pacific, while the seal herds were on their way to the passes between the Aleutian Island:., a very large number, probably 3.5.000. were taken. The existing statutes ot the United States do not restrain our citizens from taking seals in the Pacific Ocean, and perhaps shonla not, un­ less the prohibition can be extended • © the citizens of other nations. I recommend that power be given to the President by procla­ mation to prohibit the taking of seals in the north Pacific by American vessels in case, either as the result of the findings of the tri­ bunal ot arbitration or otherwise, the re­ straints can be applied to the vessels of aii countries. Commercial Relation! with Canada. of the Treasury eat* *hed such tolls as were tho&ght to be eeoiir eat to the During the past year a suggestion was re­ ceived through the British Minister that the Canadian Government would like to confer as to the possibility of enlarging upon terms of mutual advantages, the commercial exchanges of Canada and of the United States, and a con­ ference was held at Waviington, with Mr. Blaine acting for the Government, and the British Minister at this capital, and three members uf the Dominion Cabinet acting as commissioners on the part of Great Britain exactions naiuatnr levied upon our commerce In theCaaedien eana Is. • H, M we must suppose, the political rela­ tione of Canada aad the disposition of the Canadian Government are to remain unchang­ ed, a somewhat radical revision of our trade relations should, I think, be made. Our rela­ tione mast continue to be Intimate, and they ahonld be friendly. I regret to say, however, that in many of the controversies, notably as those to the fisheries on the Atlantic, the seal­ ing interest-. ' on the Pacific, and the canal tolls, your negotiations with Great Britain have continuously been thwarted or retarded by unreasonable and unfriendly objections and protests from Caaada. In the matter of the canal tolls our treaty rights w*re flagrantly disregarded, it is hardly too much to say that the Canadian Pacific aad other railway lines which parallel onr northern boundary are sustained by com­ merce having either its origin or terminus, or both, in the United States. Canadian rail­ roads compete with those of the United States for ourtrnfflc. and without the restraints of our interstate commerce act. Their cars pass almost without detention into and out of our territory. The Canadian Pacific Railway brought into the United States from China and Japan, via British Columbia, during the year ended June 3 i, 1KU5, 23,23.t,6.-i9 pounds of freight, and it cat ried from the United States to be shipped to China and Japan, via British Co­ lombia, 24,068,346 pounds of freight. There were also shipped from the United States over this road from Eastern ports of the United States Government to Pacific ports during the same year 13,912,013 pounds of freight, and there were received over this road at the United States eastern ports from ports on the Pacific coast 13,293,.sis pounds of freight. Joseph Nimmo, Jr., former chief of the Bureau of Statistics, when before the Senate Select Committee on Relations with Canada, April 26, 1890, said that "the value of goods thus trans­ ported between different points in the United States across Cauauiaa tcirito*y prcb&bly amounts to $100,OIK),coo a year." There is no disposition on the part ot the people or the Government of t.he "United States to interfere in the smallest degree'with the political relations of Canada. That question is wholly with her own people. It is time for us. however, to consider whether, if the present state of things and trend of things is to continue, our interchanges upon lines of land transportation should not be pnt upon a different basis, and our entire independence of Canadian canals and of the St. Lawrence as an outlet to the sea secured by the construction o£ an American o&gsI wound th6 falls of Niagara and the opening of ship com­ munication between the great lakes and one of our own sea-ports. We should not hesitate to avail ourselves of our great natural trade ad­ vantages. We should withdraw the support which is given to the railroads and steamship lines of Canada by a traffic that properly be­ longs to us, and no longer furnish the earnings which lighten the otherwise crushing weight of the enormous public subsidies that have been given to them. The subject of the power of the treasury to deal with this matter with­ out further legislation has been under consid­ eration, but cironmBtances have postponed a conclusion, it is probable that a consideration of the propriety of a modification or abroga­ tion of the article of the treaty of Washington relating: to the transit of goods in bond is in­ volved in any complete solution of the qqes- tion. The President proceeds t« note the amicablc adjustment of the controversy with the Chilian Government over the Baltimore affair and the payment by Chili of indemnity for the attack upon American sailors in the streets of Valpa­ raiso, and he continues: 1 have endeavored iu every way to assure our sister republics of Central and South America that the United States Government and its people have only the most friendty disposition toward them all, I have believed, however, while holding these sentiments in the greatest sincerity, that we must insist upon a just responsibility for any injuries inflicted upon our official repre­ sentatives or upon our citizens. This insist­ ence, kindly and justly, but firmly made, will, I believe, promote peace and mutual respect. The President commends the projected sub­ marine cable to Hawaii, and tells Congress that "we should before this have availed our­ selves of the concession made many years ago to this Government for a harbor and naval sta­ tion at Pearl River." The friendly act of this government, the message continues, in expressing to the gov­ ernment of Italy its reprobation and abhor­ rence of the lynching of Italian subjects in New Orleans by the payment, of 125,(XX) francs, or $24,330.90. was accepted by the King of Italy with every manifestation of gracious appre­ ciation, and the incident has been highly pro­ motive of inutnal respect and good-will. The message touches briefly upon the recent troubles on the Mexican border, which afford­ ed this Government an opportunity to show its good-will toward the sister republic, and to negotiations pending with Spain for the pro­ tection of American missionaries in the Caro­ line islands. % satisfactory termination of which is anticipated. I repeat with great earnestness the recom­ mendation which I have made in several pre­ vious messages that prompt and adequate support be given to the American company engaged in tne construction of the N icaragua ship canal. It is impossible to overstate the value from every standpoint of this great en­ terprise, and I hope that there may be time, even in this Congress, to give it an impetus that will insure the early completion of the canal and secure to the United States Its proper relation to it when completed. The Brussels Conference. The Congress has been already advised that the invitations of this government for the as­ sembling of an international monetary con­ ference to consider the question of an enlarged issue of silver was accepted by the nations to which they were issued. I have not doubted, and have taken occasion to express that be­ lief, as well in the invitations Issued for this conference as in my public message, that the free coinage of silver upon an agreed international ratio would greatly pro­ mote the interests of our people and equally those of other nations. It is too early to pre­ dict what result may be accomplished by the conference. If any temporary check or delay intervenes, I believe that very soon commer­ cial conditions will compel the now reluctant governments to unite with us in this move­ ment to secure the enlargement of the volume of money needed for the transaction of the business of the world. Fiscal Condition of the Government. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury will attract especial inteiesfc in view of the many misleading statements that have been made as to the state of the public revenues. Three preliminary facte should wot only bo stated, but emphasised, before look­ ing into details: First, that the public debt has been reduced since March 4, 1889, C2&9.e74.2Q0, and the annua) interest charge, $11,684,469; second, that there have been paid out for pensions during this administration up to Nor. 1,1892, $432,564,178.70, an excess of $114,466,380.09 over the sum expended during the period from Mat eh 1, 1885, to March 1, 188»; and, third, that under the existing tariff up to Dec. 1 about $'.):!,00&,0<)0 of revenue.whieh would have been collected! open imported sugars if the datv had been maintained, has gone into the pockets of the people, and not into the public Treasury as before. If there are any who still think that the surplus should have been kept out of circulation by hoarding it in the treasury, or deposited in favored banks without interest, while the Government eontiuued to pay t© these very banks interest upon the fronds deposited as security for the deposits or wh* think that the extended pension legislation was a public robbery, or that the duties- upon sugar should have been maintained!, I ai» content to leave the argument where it now rests, while we wait to see whether these criticisms will take the form ot Legislation. The revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30,1892, from all sources wereS425,86s,2fio.22. and the expenditures for all purposes were $415,- 953,806.56, leaving a balance of $9,914,463.66. There was paid during the yeas upon the pub­ lic debt 340.570,4(57.98. The surplus in the treasnrv and bank redemption fund, passed by the act of July 14, 18'.KI, to the general fund, furnished in large part the cash available and used for the payments made upon the public debt. Compared with the year 1891, our receipts from customs duties fell off $42,069,241.08, while our receipts from internal revenue in­ creased from $8,284,823.13; leaving the net loss of revenue from these principal sources, $33,784.- 417.95. The net loss of revenue from all sources was $32,075,972.81. The revenues, es­ timated and actual, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, are placed by the Secretary at ?463,336,350.44. and the expenditure»at $461,336,- 350.44. showing a surplus of receipts over ex­ penditures of $2,000,000. The cash balance in the treasury at the end of the fiscal year, it is esti­ mated. Will be $20,992,377.03. So far as those figures are based upon esti­ mates of receipts and expenditures for the re­ maining months of the cuirent fiscal year, there are not only the usual elements of uncer­ tainty but Komc added elements. New reve­ nue legislation, or even the expectation of it, mav seriously reduce the public revenues during the period of uncertainty and during the process of business adjust­ ment to the new conditions when they become known. But the Secretary has very wisely refrained from guessing as to the effect of possible changes in our revenue laws, since the scope of those changes and the time of thcii taking effect can not in any degree be forecast or foretold by him. His estimates must be based upon existing laws and upon a continuance of fisting business condi- waiey in which thev are paid or by their power | The conference developed the fact that the • • • " ' >s and comforts of life, i Canadian Government was only prepared to was 4o supply the necessaries It, |g time that the market prices of cotton and ; •wheat iiitve been low. It is one of the unfavor- | able incidents of agriculture that the farmer ! cannot produce upon order. He must sow and | reap in ignorance of the aggregate production i of i he year, and is peculiarly subject to the j depreciation which follows over-produc- ; fcton. But, while the fact I have Btated ; ,S* true, to the crops mentioned, the I jzeneeal average of prices has been such as to cSre.tX) agriculture a fair participation in tfeeieaeral prosperity. The value of our -.tocaifann products has Increased from $1,- HlW' f* in 1860 to 14,500,000,000 in 1891, as es- eSufted by statisticians, an increase of 230 per The number of hogs January 1, 1891 tions, except so far as these conditions may affected by causes other than new legisla- «>j»35.106, and their value $210,193,925; on jMtaaryl, 1892. the number was 52,398,019, and the value t3*l.<ai,4is wtamrof On January 1, 1891, the _ cattle was 36,875,648, and the value 1S7.9UH; on January 1892, the number was ' \ aad the value WO.W.IH. that the.psotectlva ayatem. which | to exexciae •v oifer to the United States in exchange for the concessions asked the admission of natural products. The statement was frankly made j that favored rates could not be given to the ' United States as against the mother country. ; This admission, which was foreseen, necessan- - ly terminated the confcrence upon this ques- j tion. The benefits o£ an exchange of natural' products would be almo.-t wholly with the • people of Canada. Some other topics ot inter- • est were considered in tlie conference, and ] have resulted in the making of a convention ! for examining the Alaskan boundary and the waters ot the Passamaquoddy Bay, adjacent to Eastpyrt. Me., and in the Initiation of an ar­ rangement for the protection of fish life in the coterminous and neighboring waters of our northern border. , , The controversy as to the tolls upon the Wel- land Canal, which was presented te Congress at the last session by special message, having 1 failed of adjustment, I ielt constrained t w power contented by the art be tion. The estimated receipts for the fiscal year ending June, 30,1894, are $4'.H),121,{;6».38, ana the estimated appropriations $457,261,335.33. leaving an estimated surplus of receipts over the ex­ penditures of $32,860,030.05. This does not in­ clude any payment to the sinking fund. In the recommendation of the Secretary that the sinking fund law be repealed I concur. The redemption of bonds since the passage of the law to June 30, 189*2, has already exceeded • the requirements by the | sum of $900,510,681.49. The retirement of I bonds in the future before maturity should be a, matter of convenience, not of compulsion. We should not collect rewtme for that purpose, I but only use any casual surplus. To the bal- • ance of $32,860,030.05 of receipts over expendl- l tures for the year 1894 should be added the | estimated surplus at the beginning of the year, ?20,992,377.03, and from this aggregate there must be deducted, as stated by the Sec­ retary. about t44jx»,oyu M fiptlnuvfrffl •DA*' I ptaded aMVopriatUm* • • • /'r-5: •it- ^linj jj iih* Tjl parity of all our money isenee, must remain nnshaketu erw „. . for gold in Europe, and the Mile upon us. are in a considera degree the result of the efforts of some of the European governments to Increase their gold reserves, and them efforts should be met by appropriate legislation upon onr part. The conditions that have created this drain of the treasury gold are to an im- rtant degree political and not oommerclal. view of the fact that « >maeral revision of onr revenue law« in the war fatnre seem?; to be probable, it would be better that any changes ehoald be » part of that revision rather than ot a temporary nature. During the last, fiscal year the Secretary pur­ chased nnder the act of July 14, 1890, 54,358,748 ounces of silver, and Issued in payment there­ for t5l.l06.M8 in notes. The total purchases since the passage of the act have been 190,459,- tfiu ounces, and the aggregate notes issued 9116,- 783,590. The average price paid for silver during the year was 94 cents per ounce, the highest price being $1.02?,i, July 1,1891, and the lowest 88 cents March 23,1892. In view of the fact that the monetary conference is now sitting, and that no conclusion ha*-yet been reached, I withhold any recommendation ae to legislation upon this subject. The recommendations of the Secretary of War that the army be reorganised, and that the nusiSber of frontier posts be decreased and troops concentrated at such points as possess strategic advantages are indorsed by the Pres ­ ident, and the work of the Department of Jus­ tice is particularly commended. Court of Claims. The aggregate of claims pending against the Government in the Court of Claims is enor­ mous. Claims to the amount of nearly 1400,- 000,000 for the taking ot or Injury to the prop­ erty of persons claiming to be loyal during the •war are now before that court for examination. When the others are added, the Indian depre­ dation claim and the French spolia­ tion claim:), an aggregate is reached thof ia St£!*t 11Uct. Tn dvfvM»A of these claims the Government is at & great disadvantage. The claimants have pre­ served their evidence, whereas ihe Govern­ ment has to send agents to rumagc the field fer what they can find. This difficulty JB peculi­ arly great where the fact to be established io the disloyalty of the claimant during the War. If this great threat against cur revenues Is to have no other check certainly Congress should supply the department of justice with appro- f>riatious sufficiently liberal to secure the best egal talent in the defense of these claims, and to pursue its vague search for evidence effect­ ively. Building: Up an American Marine. Reference is made to the report of the Post­ master General, an abstract of which has already been published. The policy of con­ tracting with American ships for the trans­ portation of foreign mails has borne satisfactory results. Under the law of March 3. 1891, contracts have been made by the Postmaster General for eleven mail routes. The expenditure involved by these contracts for the next fiscal year ap­ proximates $954,123.33. As one of the results already reached, sixteen American steamships of an aggregate tonnage of 57,400 tons, costing $7,4<Hi,ooo, have been built or contiacted to be built in American shipyards. The esti­ mated tonnage of all steamships re­ quired under existing contracts is 165;S»2, afcd when the full service required by these contracts is established there will be forty- one mail steamers under the American flag, with the probability of further necessary ad­ ditions in the Brazilian and Argentine service. The contracts recently let for transatlantic service will result in the construction of five ships of 10,000 tons each, costing t9,eoo,ooo or $10,000,000, and will add, with the City of New York and the City of Paris, to which the Treas­ ury Department was authorized by legislation at the last session to give American registry, seven of the swiftest vessels on the sea to our naval reserve. The contracts made with the lines sailing to Central and South Ameri­ can ports have Increased the fre­ quency and shortened the time of the trips, added new ports of call, and sustained some lines that otherwise would almost, certainly have been withdrawn. The service to Buenos Ayres is the first to the Ar­ gentine republic under the American flag. The service to Southampton,Boulogne,and Antwerp is also new, and is to be begun with the steamships City of New York and City of Paris in February next. I earnestly urge a continuance of the policy inaugurated by this legislation, and that the appropriations re­ quired to meet the obligations of the Govern­ ment under the contracts may be made promptly, so that the lines that have entered into these engagements may not be em­ barrassed. America as a Naval Power. After noting the increase in the American navy dnring the past year the President di­ rects attention to the improvement in naval construction. It is believed, he says, that as the result of new proceses in the construction of armor plate our later ships will be clothed with defensive plates of higher resisting power than are found in any war vessel afloat. We were without torpedoes. Test® have been made to ascer­ tain the relative efficiency of different con­ structions. A torpedo has been adopted and the work ot construction is now being car­ ried on successfully. We Were without armor piercing shells and without a shop constructed and equipped for the con­ struction of them. We are now making what is believed to be a projectile su­ perior to any before in use. A smokeless powder has been developed and a slow burn­ ing powder for guns of large caliber. The de­ velopment of a naval militia, which has been organized in eight States and brought into-cor­ dial and co-operative relation with the navy, Is another important achievement. I recom­ mend such legislation and appropriations as will encourage and develop this movement. The Pension Bureau. The work of the,Interior Department is based upon the report of the Secretary pub­ lished yesterday, and the several recommenda­ tions of that official are endorsed by the Pres­ ident, the Indian Bureau's efforts for the ad­ vancement of the Indians particularly eliciting commendation. The President expresses a hope that legislation will come which shall separate the administration of Indian affairs from party strife, particularly in the selection of agents at tne several reservations. As to pensions, the President says: I adhere to the views expressed in previous messages that the care of the disabled soldiers of the war of the rebellion is a matter of national concern and duty. Perhaps no emotion cools sooner tli&n that of gratitude, but I cannot be­ lieve that this process has yet reached a point with o«r people that would sustain the policy of remitting the care of these ci lsabled veterans to the inadequate agencies provided by local laws. The parade on the 20th of September last upon the streets of this capital of 60,000 of tne surviving Union veter­ ans of the war of the rebellion, was a most touching and thrilling episode, and the rich and gracioul welcome extended to them by the Dis­ trict of Columbia, and the applause that greet­ ed their progress from tens of thousands of people from all the States did much to revive : the recollections of the grand review, when , these men. and many thousands of others now ; in their graves, were welcomed with grateful j joy as victors in a struggle In which the na­ tional unity, honor, and wealth were all at [ The Pacific Railways.' In my last annual message I called attention to the fact that some legislative action waa necessary in order to protect the interests of the Government in its relations with the Union Pacific Railway. We must deal with the ques­ tion as we find it and take that course which will, under existing conditions, best secure the Interests of the United States. Quarantine Regulations. After reviewing the work of the Agricultural Department and its bearings upon the exports of provisions and breadstuffs. the President takes up the subject of quarantine regulations, and says: The subject of quarantine regulations, in­ spection and control was brought suddenly to my attention by the arrival at our ports ia August last of vessels infected with cholera. Ouarantine regulations.should be uniform at all our ports. Under the Constitution they are plainly within the exclusive Federal jUr risdiction when and so far as Congress shall! legislate. In my opinion, the whole subject should be taken into national control and adequate power given to the executive bo pro tect people against plague invasions. Onitho- lst of September last i approved regulations establishing a twenty-day quarantine for all vessels bringing immigrants from for­ eign ports. This order will be continued in force. Some loss and suffering have resulted to passengers, but a due care for the homes of our people justifies in such cases the utmost precaution. There is danger that with the coming of spring cholera will appear and a liberal appropriation should be made at this session to enable our quarantine and port officers to exclude tjie deadly plagwe. But the most caret ui and stringent quar­ antine regulations may not be sufficient abso­ lutely to exclude the disease. The progress of medical and sanitary science has been such, however, that if approved precautions are I taken at once to put all af our cities and towns in the best sanitary condition and a pro­ vision is made for isolating any sporadic cases and for a thorough disinfection, an epidemic can, I am sure, be avoided. We are peculiarly subject in our great ports to the spread of infectious disease by reason of the fact that unrestricted immi­ gration brings to ns out of European cities, in the overcrowd'd steerages of great steam­ ships, la large number ot persons whose sur­ roundings make them the easy victims of the plague. Thfe consideration, as well as those affecting the political, moral, and industrial in­ terests of our country, lead me to renew the suggestion that admission to our oouatry and to the high privileges of its citizenship should be more restricted and more carefully guarded. We have, 1 thtnk, a right and owe a duty to our own peojjle, and especially to oar working people, not only to keep out the vicious, the ignorant, the civil disturber, the pauper, and tlie contract laborer, but to check the too great , flow of immigration now coming by further limitations. The World's Fair. The report of the World's Columbian Expo­ sition has not been submitted. That of the Board of Management of the Government ex­ hibit has been received, and is herewith trans­ mitted. The work of construction and of preparation for the opening Of the Exposition I in May next has progressed most satisfactory k ty. HraepaaaMtlaof UberaUfcr taaynlfi- the reoemaendatloa which £ „..jJa thm preoodiag annual mea* that Coagreaa ahonld legislate for the ""tin Srirallroad employes against th* incident to the old and inadequate of braking aad coupling can whicl» are atiU la use open freight business, I do so with the hope that this Congress may take action on the subject. Gerrymanders Considered. € have, in the three animal message* which It haa been my duty to submit to Congress, called attention to tbe evils and dangers con­ nected with onr election methods and prac tioea as they are related to the choice of offi­ cers of the National Government. In my last annual message I endeavored to invoke serious attention to the evils of unfair apportionments for Congress. I cannot close this message without again call­ ing, attention to these grave and threatening evils. I had hoped that it was possible to secure a non-partisan inquiry by means of a commission into evils the ex­ istence of which is known to all, and that out of this might grow legislation from which all thought of partisan advantage shonld be eliminated, and only the higher thought appear or maintaining the freedom and purity of the ballot, and the equality of tne elector without the guar­ anty of which the government could never have been formed and without the continuance of which it cannot continue to exist* in peace and prosperity. It is time that mutual charges of unfairness and fraud between the great parties should cease and that the sincerity of those who pro­ fess a desire for pure and honest elections should be brought to the test of their willing­ ness to free our legislation and our election methods from everything that tends to Impair the public confidence in the announced re­ sult. The necessity for an inquiry and for legislation by Congress upon this subject is emphasized by the fact that the tendency of the legislation in some States in recent years has, in corne important particulars, been awav from and not toward free and fair elections and equal apportionments. Is it not time that we should come together on the high plane of patriotism while we devise methods that shall secure the right of every man qualified by law to east a free ballot, and give to every such ballot an equal value in choosing our public officers and in directing the policy of the government? Outrages by Mobs. Lawlessness is not less such, but more, where it usurps the functions of peace officers and of the courts. The frequent lynching of colored people accused of crime is without, the excuse which has sometimes been nrgsd by mobs for a failure to pursue the appointed methods for the punishment of crime, that the accused have an undue influence over courts and juries. Such acts are a reproach to the community where they occur, and so far as they can be made the subject of Federal jurisdiction, the strongest repressive legislation is de­ manded. A public sentiment that will sustain the officers of law in restraining mobs and in protecting accused persons in their ous- tody, should be promoted by every possible means. The officer who gives his life in the brave discharge of this duty is worthy of special honor. No lesson needs to be so ur­ gently Impressed upon our people as this, that no worthy end or cause can be promoted by l»Wlcseu(9tw« In Conclusion. This exhibit of the work of the Executive Departments is submitted to Congress and to the public in the hope that there will be fonnd in it a due sense of responsibility and an earnest purpose to maintain the national honor and to promote the happiness and pros­ perity of all our people. And this brief exhib­ it of the growth and prosperity of the country will give as a level from which to note the increase or decadence that new legislative policies may bring to us. Therp is no rea­ son why the national influence, power, and prosperity shonld not observe the same' rate of increase that have characterized, the past thirty years. We carry tho great impulse and increase of tbese years Into the future. There is no reason why in many lines of production we should not sur­ pass all other nations as we have already done in some. There are no near frontiers to onr Eossible development. Retrogression would e a crii "Cheap Girls.** The unpleasant phrase "Cheap girls" has arrested my attention more than once, and I have wondered what sort of girls they are, writes Mrs. Lyman Abbott, in the Ladies' Home Journal. Are they those whose loud laughter and talking draws to them the attention of every one in the car? Are they those whose voices call us to the window as they pass? Do they wear skirts so nar­ row, shoes so tight, waists so tight, that their gait is an amusement or a marvel? Do they puff up their shoulders above their ears, and piece their skirts down from the top in or­ der that they may sweep the streets? I wonder are they the girls who place themselves in the way of young men? Who "make errands" which will car­ ry them into the business streets, and call frequently on girls who have brothers? How easily their flimsy de­ vice is seen through, and what sneers it occasions. Dear girls, don't be cheap. Don't make a "bargain coun­ ter" of your church vestibule, and of­ fer your smiles and your vivacious talk to the man whose person and manners have pleased your fancy,--- Our Girls. THE news that the Amazonian ar­ ray in Dahomey had been overthrown is followed by the assurance that Ktag Behanzin himself is a fugitive, .disappearing into the desert as his only mode of escape from the victori­ ous. French forces. That long stand­ ing anomally of modern times has now dropped out of existence. The women soldiers numbered about six thousand and had been educated to cruelty of which few men in more civilized countries could, be guilty. The rule with them was to mutilarte their captives in the most horrible manner imaginable, their deeds being in keeping with the barbarism by which numbers of .creatures were each year sacrificed to a brutal wor­ ship. The whole of this disgrace to civilization is wiped out and in its stead will gradually grow up a v-Ast improvement upon it, though for many years it may be judged neces­ sary to rule the natives as with h rod oC iron, that being the only argu­ ment the force ot which they can recognize. The merits of the case as between the Dahomeyans and the French may not be knowa sufficient­ ly well to enable one to decide that the latter had good reasoa for the at­ tack, but the result thereof is the wiping out of a huge, black spot, «nd is a positive benefit humanity, whatever may have beeu the incent­ ive to the act. A Theological Diagnosis. My brother, your trouble la aot with tho heart* it is a ga&fi'io disorder or a rebellion of the liver. You need a phy­ sician. more than you do a clergyman. It is not sin that biota out your hope of heavea, but bile. It not only yellows your eyeball, and furs your tongue, and A Pious artiste Teacher Who Didn't 'Own* Mneh Abml Bating, "A pious lady down south had a husband who was rich, but an athe­ ist," savs the New York Tribune. "A conference of ministers was betn* held in the town near this Colonel B.'s fine plantation, and Mrs. R, when she started iu tbe morning to attend the conference, told her hus­ band that she would like to bring back a lot of the holy men to din­ ner with her in the evening. She thought secretly that they miorhv convert the Colonel. He agreed to welcome them and Mrs. R ordered the cook to prepare a dinner accord­ ingly. "After she had gone the Colonel asked tbe cook what Mrs. B. had ordered. He found that one turkey was all that she had thought neces­ sary and his big southern hospitality was shocked at the idea. He did not like preachors as a class, but if they were to eat at his table at all then +/hev should be treated in a way to do credit to the plantation and the fam­ ily. Accordingly he ordered ducks, geese, chickens, pigeon, turtle, lamb, mutton, beef, veal, pork, ovsters ana trout* besides the turkey. Reordered vegetables and pastry in proportion, and by the time it was all on the great table, set out with the family silver, there was almost enough for forty preachers. "Presently the Colonel's wife re­ turned and with her was only one little, wizened, long-haired, freckled young man. She introduced it to the big Colonel, who could only gasp, •Is that all, Claribel?' 'All the preachers I found had previous en­ gagements,' whispered his wife in a disappointed tone, 'but this young man is a music teacher, who led the choir at the convention. He is very pious aud trives promise of great things. 1 hope you won't use anv bad language whUe he is here, Col- fcnel.' '•Well, they sat down to the loaded table, the Colonel, his wife, the organ player, and the Colonel's son Rob, aged 13, sturdy, violent, un­ tamed, a careful observer of his fath­ er's wavs, and gleaner of his father's oaths, a constant source of worry to his mother, and the idol and king of every negro on the plantation. " 'Will you have some turtle soup, sir?' asked the genial Colonel, beam- in? with pleasure as the darkies re­ moved the covers. " 'No, thanks,' replied . the organ- player. 'I never take soup.' , " 'Some oyster then9,4 .1 f ^ " "Same answer. VJC*-' "'Trout?' : ~ 'I: •••No, thanfes.' , ; "•Pleeon?* jf •' 'Never eat pigeon, thank yoO.* "'Lamb?' "?ame answer. '•The Colonel's smile disappeared, and he, began to look troubled. 'Beef then'-" he said. "Same answer. '»'This veal,' said, the host plead ingly, Ms excellent--my own raising. Try some?' ; " *1 never eat vealr t " »Turkey?' "Same answer. '•'Duck?' " 'No, thanlCs.' " 'Goose?' «"Not any.' "Only the pork was left now, and the Colonel was in despair. What sort of a man was this, anywav? What did he eat? The thoroughly disappointed Colonel was just about to otter the last dish when his son Rob, who had been listening with open-mouthed wonder to all these re­ fusals of the good things of this earth until he could hold himself no longer, blurted out: " 'Say, pop, p'raps the durned lit- t.ift Hr\ipp! wouldi suck an egg.'H 1 iff. Modified Prescription. ?ij ifrf. Oscanyan^ in his book1; Sultan and his People," says that a Turkish physician was called to visit a man who was very ill of typhus fe­ ver. The doctor considered the case hopeless, but prescribed for the pa­ tient,, and took his leave. The next day, in passing by, he inquired of a servant at tbe-dioor if his master was dead. "Dead!" was the reply; "no, he is much better."' The doctor hastened up-stairs to obtain the solution of the miracle. "Why," said the convalescent, was consumed with thirst, and drank a pailful of the juice ot pickled cabbage. '•Wonderful"' quoth the doctor; and out came the tablets, on which he made this Inscription: "Cured of typhus fever, Mehemed Agha, an up­ holsterer, by drinking a pailful of pickled cabbage iuice." Soon after, the doctor was called to another patient, a yaghlikgee, or dealer in embroidered handkerchiefs who was suffering from the same mal­ ady. He forthwith prescribed pailful of pickled cabbage juice.' On calling the next day to congrat ulate his patient on his recovery, lie was astonished to be told that the man was dead. In his bewilderment at these phe tiomena, he came to the safe cohclu sion, and duly noted it in his memo­ randa, that "Although in cases of typhus fever pickled cabbage juice is an efficient remedy, it is not to be used unless the patient be by pro fes sion an .upholsterer. flTer KmnM«d|« but Her gpmj She was an i| Wm, %-ece^pl feit>une, was a neftMKity tabscoiiewr ment, so she sent for a had a talk with him. ^ iJidn'fc know about horses wfef#l livery stable, but she tried to the dealer believe she was a and told himjt» brtfig |fiip' to look at. went out to pass walked ah around the anima^ criUc-| ally, a& professionals dok 1 "Is he well trained?'1 she inquired | ,wlth the air of a jocleefc / ' I Certainly, miss," replied the dealer. "She is well galted and in harness" « Urn--'um," saW the girl; 'isshe? all right in the botts?" S Yes, miss," gasped the deal#, 'but you see I've only got shoes on her fore feet." . | He said that, because, Imf didn't know what else to say. : :' The girl laughed merrily. ' "I noticed that, but you couldn't ery well have them on her five feet, vutti & /uu. ouc KuiKidit, I mean, miss." stammered the Sealer, "that she is shod only on the fore feet." "I understand." she said, seriously, 'but that can be cured without any difficulty, can't it!" 'Very easily, indeed, misa," ajK sen ted the dealer, with a great sense af relief.' "She seems to be all right in the fore shoulders, but her hind shoulders don't seem to be quite light," sug­ gested the girl. "There's nothing the matter with her there," asserted the dealer. "She is perfectly sound." 'There's no danger of her wither* being spavined, is there?" she inquired carefully. "I've seen horses like that and they always made me nervous.* 'No danger in the world. the dealer.assured her. 'How old is she?" inquired the girl. By this time the dealer knew his man and was confident "Being a lady, miss," he smiled* I'd rather not tell her ag&" "How considerate of you," she said earnestly, "I'll take hsr," and the dealer sent in a bill lor $ 250, rep­ resenting a net profit to him of $100. './Stew# Skwnfc "Konad Her Women in the hight of the fashion wear any liitle rodent tnat will reach around the neck. The longer and more attenuated it is the better. The ^ little beast, ground squirrel or mouse, makes your ht a'-. ache/but swoops upon or, it must be said, skunk, is kept to your soul in detections and forebodings, resemble as nearly life as possible. -Talmage. Bisks of the Railway Postal -Service. The demand of the postal clerks that their mail cars be placed in a safer part of the train that? next to tbe locomotive is very reasonable. I always get on a car near the center of a train, and although I have been in several accidents Ihave never been1 scratched. The unfortunate mail clerk, however, has not this opportu­ nity of protecting himself, and, as the result, every time there is a head­ end collis on, or a locomotive jumps' the track, the list of the killed and injured is always headed by one or more mall clerks, if the train carried mail at all. It is, perhaps, impossi­ ble to make up trains invariably with baggage or express cars next the lo­ comotive, and even if it were that would be only transferring a griev­ ance from one class of employes to another, but it would save Companies money in the long run if they would run light but strong dummy cars next the engine, and let them bear the" brunt of the shook when tWo trains try to occupy the same space at the' same moment. The Patent Offices of this and other countries are full of models of rubber-protected and other cars designed for this purpose, and, although most of these are too com­ plicated, costly, and cumbrous to be usea generally, some of them would answer the purpose well and not put the companies to unreasonable ex­ pense. Public opinion may one day become strong enough to compel their adoption for the purpose of saving life.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. . j The Shlp prtbc lMMrt, There is ae Arab tradition cited in Burton's "Gold Mines of Midian" re­ garding the,creation of the camel,* which illustrates the popular but er­ roneous opinion that that animal is ugly in form and temper* , The story goes that when Allah de­ termined to create the horse he called the Fouth wind and said: "I desire to draw from thee a new being; con­ dense thyself by parting with thy fluidity." The Creator then took;a handful of this element, blew upon it the breath of life, and the noble quadruped appeared. But the horse complained against his maker. His neck was too short to reach the distant grass blades on the march; his back had no hump to steady a saddle; his hoofs were sharp and sunk deep into the sand, and he added many similar grievances. Whereupon AUah created the camel to prove the foolishness of his conk- plaint. The horse shuddered at the sight of what he wanted to become, and this is the reason every horse starts when meeting its caricature for the first time.--Christian intelligencer. Its perishable frame is gone, but it has its head, its four little feet and tail. It is worn by crossing its little paws above its head, and its«shining ©yes gaze in a fairly animated man­ ner on the pageant of the street or theater. At the theater a sumtuous CHRIS SCSIILMNG, of St. Louis, has made his record by eating a gallon of oysters in one hour on a bet of seven­ ty-five cents. Mr. Schilling is not exactly the sort of man to be invited cawit „ cu.uvuuu® to a quiet dinner party in a family person ^he eyes of her sable tip- where they do not want the cook to 1 - go upon a strike. THERE are seven Hebrew mem­ bers who have seats in the British House of Commons, and they are all related to the Rothschild family. * * pet replaced by diamonds that sparkled and flashed, and the little head seemed to be fairly revelling in the enjoyment of the play.--New York Sun. WE have noticed that it is always THERE IS a difference bet-ween aft1 the girl with the prettiest name who airy diction and a dictionary, but the marries a man with such an uglv former couldn't exist without the Ut- name that the legislature should be UfOU-tOChatlge ifc - . Small Bird* Migrate Easily. It is an undoubted fact that some species of small birds are carried by large birds when migrating. While nassing an autumn in Crfete a writer asserts that he often heard the song and twittering of small birds when flocks of sand era ties were pa»»iujc\ overhead toward the South. Shortly afterward the writer in question „was cruising about fifteen miles from the land and a flock of cranes rassed close to the yacht. The men drew his at­ tention to a peculiar chirping and upon firing his gun three small birds rose from the flock and thcu disapn peared among the cranes.-«B(sa&klvn Eagle. lToresta and Rata. « -'"v The disappearance of the forests along the ri vers of Uussia has, ft is ciaimed, eaus&t achiinae of cliinatui in that country resulting in last year's drought. To counteract this the government has deVii8#«#*|yhod ufsnow Storage, 1on« ';|ii^»ii|r made upon the plains MagjWfeiiftiefti t h e s n o w d r i f t s . I t i s t h e accumulations made in |®lf»?#ay melt ilowly, and are absorfcefl1 »>y jround to greater advantage than the aatural covering on the re'fci of. the 'ir-