New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-18
Financial RefoTIn-Cost OF Collecting the
RryeErf.

TIE circu. ar from the Treasury Department and
recent proceedings u the Senate, Do 80 seen O.
contemplate that rs;reuchn.sut IL the expenditure
:1r collection ~ 'hs revenue which Whi- House
OF Representstives and senate Of an oDoos-.s
character areed - enforce by the sct y % March
last limiting the expenses q the customs sutie.
collection 70 sl.50000O. Financial Reform must
commence a; some pe-iod q oiher-1ooo,iy *
pccted the Huakers or an Barren men 70 c,rry
o-t such re:0rm-eve-y al Of then lives forbade
the suuposiiiou. T look % such men as PE1sPsR
" WErNoRE whom yogr Colec;o- M Max
ILL exhibited IN ms true co0rs. though seeming
!v o. DO purpose in l-2f. or ~ his patrons NJ
MARCT and Mr. WALkER. for real financial in
pr0vements would have been a. sbsnrity -hlt
are the reforms resolved on last March 81 Wing
II gse about q be- nuiliist or dciay - aext March
b. Wink Secretary M MEREDIrs sets down
s2.7,0G00 As the cost q collecting :. I00.000 =
: 100000 chiefly at the port Of New York.
while the .av OF last session fixed s..50o.0o0 as
the limit Can i be possible inst 90 per cent or
ariy that proportion n the receipts. are -eL &c
qgired b. meet the cost o. collection Men oi nj.
parties have shown. acaia and s-7l0 fld a-l.n.
that 10 such per ceuta-e IS necesss-y. volumes 0i
Congress reports ami historical ins e''.gstons have
been printed. but 0, what avail are tIsy u nev
hive o. Idle droncs are 20 succeed the old ones .u
perpetuity Mr CALHOUN coutrasted, IN Senate.
dav or two since, the m0do.at' expenditure Tor
collecting the customs revenue when he was ~ Of
fee. 30 years since. with It's extTavscsnce now
" hy does he not ,ay boldly. that officer, and ser
wants. by the score and hundred are kept II Office
AID pad. Cor whom there is no use whatever The
outgoing Wing House said 80 By thou act Of March
,. am ready 10 prove ~ any moment and on cx
cc tent " hic authority too that the multitude o.
officers. e. kept mp ~ the ports of New ORR.
Boston, Philadelphia. ChsriestOn, Baltimore. &c
are very many %. them, worse. Tar worse tnEa
useless The Blue Book does not give the names
% them aI-there Rrc others paid, among whom
are set Of political sinecurists called SECRET in.
spectors, most Of whom are mere political hacks
o. any party that Tins retains them. although their
names aud incomes have been carefully omitted Ia
the new Blue Book. b1t must come before the
country unless the House agree W the Senate a.
nrify that truly Democratic clause in the Wing
statute Of last session, which requires the Heads
Of Departments T. show that al officers under them
have punciuaiy paid into the Treasury without de-
ciion for salaries, fees, costs claims tie g. IS
revenue by them collected from whatever source.
the Post Office excepted
will bv and bye look INTO the details OF the iinan
c!ai statements Il sfo00oC)0 received from rcvc.
nuc, loans g. last year. together with the expel
dture To establish Wing supremacy permanent
Is ~ The nstions councils lt seems very essential
that Their doncs when ia power should correspond
y th their patriotic professions ont ~ a. Mileage
reform is impcrstvelv required. but il alone = not
the one thin- ncedfrl there are s'o other i'm
provcmcnis IN the night direction which might AID
Do diminishing the public burdens and strengthening
the admin. straiiOn.
The Blue BOOK. PAGES 30 70 4,3 contains q list
O payments % Printers tor the Navy Department
alone nd nearly $4,000. TINS 10 probably more
than the cost OF the Navy altogether in far more
tckish tunes than the present Mr. &. Mex
anders bll f0r H0rqi printing alone, is gwen IN
sl6.7li We'll meht Commodore Stewart Dc
clare that II would Doe well either 90 reform the
United states Naval system or abolish the Navy
as a nuisance. the Ike 81 which no European des
potism has ever exhibited u this Congress shall
= le much longer time IN cectng its five officers
Naval reform viii rot Rdyshcc one step ln u Tine
that vii soon become evident 70 ever, body !
have act added up the Post Office printing bat At
cannot be much under $4,000 j. / tfoweu gees
$500 s Gross sdyertlsnr 500. J.. Hr
per. do SLf0l. Gales & Seaton. Do $685.. Car
roll * Cook printing and blanks. $3.50 Isaac
Ii ID & Sons 10 s2.6i5 Jeweti Thomas 60 do
Si.230 Richie A Hess aud T RItchc. adv ~
tsinc, s3.7oi swan AheU 4 simmons. aiyer
using Sl0lE. ] T Towers. printing, $3.50, "
Ssavcr, J q Gallagher. Croswe Shaw. Kit
tie & Beards,cy, II : shaw. II. q stone and II
q Warner. advertising $1,000 each
The printing Of Congress was. much @. d. scan
da.ously and ver lsziy executed. The contractors
should have been compelled - do their WORK well
no matter what they agreed 10 DO II iur II any
combination was entered into By men backed boy
large capital Ia give workmcn low WAGES aud pass
OF bad work upon the public, the offers who per
mit;ed i should be punished
During the Thrtieth Congress Wendell a y an
Beutiuysen received for printing % the Senate
s6iq50 and tor printing % the House spif2o W.
NJ Belt 60; from the Senate sl2.joo. and there
were payments "a TIppin x S.rccpcr Of >9,oul tor
work done tor hoth Houses Who executed those
parts the contracts done very shabb.y, knp"
mt.
The Blue Book throws no light Whatever on tue
amount Of fees collected annually by District ~
to.nies Marshals e. An officer receiving per
haps $4,000 TO $4,000 ayear @, income IS set
down ut 5000 and fees CLERKS making $1,000
70 $4,000 are Dot even named. though the book
processes 10 instruct the people as TO the incomes
OF their public servants While these and many
other conceslments are permitted by authority
many pages OF the work ostcntatlously parade the
ps.try incomes OF persons getting e. 10 80 syesr
each or who are paid for doing some casual service
that amounts TO a few dollars or odd cents
Il Is right that should state that tins improper
course Of publication has always been praised oy
the Hlmker and BarnburncT Iretender- o. Demo
cratic faith OF which their works yie.a np proofs
But how comes II that the Wings are s. sow ID
correcting such abuses
The oniy popular elective institution under the
Federal system is The House n representatives,
and the present Eouse Is likely 10 occupy monihs IN
merely choosin- their ofccrs IL