Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-12-17
cor-e,soulsa.s Of sae Baltimore American.

WASHINGTON, Dec. -, 1916.
There Is budget O: important papers yet publish
ed, accompanying tie .lruli report O tue Secretary of
the Treasury, and 70 which your attention is asked when
The documents snail make tH1lr appearance 10 print The
Message talks OF decreasing the list o.. imported af-
out suanIsy making mention If Tea and cot
lee b. name, ID there n these words
u iHefg be not IN the Presidents intentions they
MI. be removed upon examination u the statements
comIauyne the Treasury report. These statements en-
brace Statistics OF the imports aud value Of aud coffee
imported the country jas last - years U1on neil
ncr OF these articles has there been any imposition Of duty
since 1892 When the public debts paid Off the
duties were struck .H.
THe amounto tea Imported into the country during the
ast fiscal year wa' iO,SJlJ2l pounds value Of $50
The Cluc coffee iIuHg Hlt year were merely nominal
but Iu l. BID tae Imp5ss coffee : gl-lei The
mpo'huan 81 coffee The .a.i heal ar amounted 10 l2i,
55b.uJi pounds having value OF 7,-O2. -9I dH.ars
The necessities Of the Government will lead the friends
OF tue Administration % bo urgent for imposition Of dly
upon these article, buthe Tau of 1916 has just gone into
operation and Of that wonderful maucy-uascr what D.,
prophetic o H. lie the touch Of VI das will turn every
thing o. gold with which 30 comes u contact.
Another VI the intentions Of tie Treasury Department
appears io be 90 ConCss ont Of De and the people
out Of their ghs By reducing the price OF the public and.
aud crowlug immense quantities into market This cues.
has been argued previous sessions of Congress az
measure designed 10 accomplish such obIectnas failed
ate: repeated attempt carrying through both Houses
There s o. bc renewal of the effort this session Of Con-
grcss and e quoercs possible illustrations are drawn to
induce yongrfss % adopt the measure now score
two o. ys inserted % induce gre.s embrace "a
darling scheme OF IuIust the old State expecta-
ton doubt being that such measure wl be popular
with certain class Of people the Commissioner of the
Land Chcc makes argument backing that 81 the ,ccrc.
| tlry, Astounding On IFS and aNds Then too, there are
elaborated statements designed prejudice the Protective
policy with me farmers Us here are changed o sgppO-
sings, and upon ioSt Of cotton rice wheat Indian corn
rye barley and oats the following cztis hung beginning
with the declaration hlt the increased value Bro these ar-
Giles has been 235 per cent
"supposinz" cal, the record accompanying the anuua
report wc aRnc-lufai products o ino LnHct states O.
have been D the value OF 8 100000 New York prices
iu july end suppJing ho other oucIe8 90 have risen DO
price Boo 9 proportion those namrd the iu-ross,
| would be equal 10 S352 500. and surprising tho BOZ.
crease ioha7o been one hail. the value OF additional w0u-
/ have been ono haiw
Why pause here in such suppostons conclusions, IN,
while suppyng Why not suppose that prices bad qIadfu
pied instead OF doubled % tnat should ia into th
water and couldn't swim ihcre would be great danger
his drowning Some Of these statements uIIl offer rel
treat o. msbCf % Congress when hc annual 71tcmraf
Of the Secretary and his suD0rdunteB shall be under o,
view.
OF the Tfeasu,y notes frlud ulcuy ress1ed aie beln
cancelled 90 apPc'f 'u1t under tc ac' Of August author
zug the payment o Innocent haIdors STAG have been
second um. cancelled. Ir.ld ton th1i Tho mtsce lno1u
expenditure % tua lost year were SGJ.2ig1 OF u
amount 1858 g4 went Tor duties refunded under rrotes
lu look ng the cEpHnsss ni tU quarter ending srI
fembrr 80. 90 appears ,1t while these were 81 sue Ig
there expenditure of 5li O-S GGl. Tho Army OF
Eorbcd U tg S-,lJ3.Gs9 besides StG3 G}7 spent upo
Qualifications Tho Navy required 50 IJ-O-c,usidcf,
bly, Uyof ten millions in three months. From this ma
cau something %. Tue war expenditures Of toe DJyenmct
Of Tie present
GREAT fORGEElE5 ~ NEW YORK.-Tbo IT,
burc of Saturday .1ys:
F.rsorcs ON SOME of tho interior banks % the smouf
Of S60nUD have been detected. They committed
butter dealer belonging .o Delaware county, by 'ho
uf Scudicr ID tho forged paper ihC Catsk. Bank h'
about Sl20OD. che Tanners Bank $4,000. tho Pfnuayi
Bank 100000, and fho Dchi Bank some $4,000. u
operation performed hy taking City acccptuucrs ar
checks dated some days ahead pretending that ihCY
received boo payment pr buucr tp those banks and gcur
tho money them. Do ono case ScUddcr note
SlUOUU Sl2UUJ us collateral which bad tiK forged al
dorserncns Much Of tho discounted paper th
Of fictitious houses The holders having been unable n
the parties promising 70 pay. There would seem 10 hsy
been some lack Of caution the part Of banks which wou
Withdraw their facilities from regular customers lead
such kites as these.
The New York Gazouo Of Saturday evening says g.
Representatives oi the Banks IN this city and u
police beagcs the 'cent and with some hopes Of