US Presidency
1893

Discharging important duties affecting our commerce and American citizens abroad, and in certain countries exercising judicial functions, these officers should be men of character, intelligence, and ability. Upon proof that the legislation of Denmark secures copyright to American citizens on equal footing with its own, the privileges of our copyright laws have been extended by proclamation to subjects of that country. The Secretary of the Treasury reports that the receipts of the Government from all sources during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1893, amounted to $ 461,716,561.94 and its expenditures to $ 459,374,674.29. There was collected from customs $ 205,355,016.73 and from internal revenue $ 161,027,623.93. Our dutiable imports amounted to $ 421,856,711, an increase of $ 52,453,907 over the preceding year, and importations free of duty amounted to $ 444,544,211, a decrease from the preceding year of $ 13,455,447. Internal-revenue receipts exceeded those of the preceding year by $ 7,147,445.32. The total tax collected on distilled spirits was $ 94,720,260.55, on manufactured tobacco $ 31,889,711.74, and on fermented liquors $ 32,548,983.07.