



un 



hat I h'i 



m * P~j 



ii. The nuinU i 

 tie close of the fbcal -, 



llOUIlt |i 



late and Jan. 1. 1*00. the remaining 



iMtVAPIftHi^ttt TttMy_ AMkxtMMt tx. 



on roll 



I fail in 



u 



and excee 



l! -'. 



full 



~ 



unt of the Central 

 r**d* and thr condition of 



.,!, 



rts of 





uing the department ami 

 penaion dbtribuii..ii, am 



- y Mil all f r 



JBi n.. pMM r| !:.: 



an no 



M 1,1 ..tu-.i.al alluwancea of 



! " !'.>.! ^ | 



tnetu uurinj; the year waa 



'r lli- )-n\iinrit if 



ami ftr the niprmirling > 



ion raauic 



. > 



: .:- ., 



I**/ faction 4 of the i <-f Congress passed 



i .-. lit that anr mortgage or otli 

 rnm- |raim>mil t<* the intrmt of ' 



'. iflr railr. *.! 

 .nid I- lawfully 



f JiMicc in the protection of the interest of the 



hi M.-W ..f -I:,- f,,, t :, - ,- Congress has for a 

 numU-r <>f year* alimt conHantly had i. 

 ideration various plant for dealing with the 

 in eiuting U-tween then road* and th. 



unified in withhold- 

 atofi n .:.. 



ii | 

 r iiif'-rrnati- n and obtena 



illnW.il t,. 



MM in 

 JHI.J.I.- ami uml nnininc good 



roll ami 

 uld be. a n>!l of 

 bled in 



the I 



ha* become especially and iraroe- 

 rYoosadmci am* bean .:-. M 



t.. foreclose a first mortgage upon those aided parts 

 of the main lines upon which the Government 

 holds a second and subordinate mortgage lien. In 





-* proceeding* and increa*ed 



>nft.ailde.l fault .- urr.ng on 



edition will be pre*eotrd at that 





which 



en those who pose a* tl 



ixity 

 penKion 

 es, I ha ap- 



A : ' --..'. :. Ii nu'lil 

 oii I t.. an attack 



-. who, worthy of a na- 



t.. liv.- ami d 



alln att.iiti.-n t< tho ptihlir r 



adju-tim -nt f t) 

 N t4 the < 



of the 



the Westen 

 havp fnll.-n due 



date, so far a- : any is concerned, that 



emphasize the mandate of the act of 1067 and .. 

 duty under its provisions a mor* 

 re. unle*> 



min-d ui 



t: : ! 



or -hull harr prerk>usly deter- 

 lifferent solution of the problem. 

 ap|H ar to rxit any reason for de- 

 dr fault abore men- 

 action as will promise to 

 rrsta and art? the OoTern- 



Wthrra lion, 



urr U M. mtimalrly 



ity of our nation that 

 the care and encour 



f j- i || : " pj p*jss> 

 it should constantly receive 



has grown to be t he 



'uilt on tin- IMI- 

 ment a will pivo it t!i. 



In addition ' tin- imlebtadnasa, 

 Hill U> du, Jan. 1. w:. there will mature 

 \\\MI. 11 A 



Prom *mall I- it ha* grown 



.: d the 



of aid ami encouragement to agricultural 



I.arge sums of money are annually appropriated 



maintenatK department, and it 



-latkw relating 



ha* not always been directly in the interest of prac- 

 tical farming, or properly guarded against waste 

 and extravagance, So far. howeTer. as public 

 monev ha* bean appropriate*! fairlr and srosjoly to 

 IKW who actually till the soil no expenditure 

 ha* been more profitably made or more generally 

 approved by the people, 



t'nder the prencnt management of the depart- 

 ment its usefulness has been enhanced in every di- 

 rection, and at the name time strict economy baa 

 to the utmt extent permitted by 

 Prom the report of the See- 



