Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-12-20
The U. States Treasuror's Report.


We have received an abstract of the re.
port of Hon. Mr. Guthrie, secretary OF the
Treasury Department. The document is
In readiness for members of Congress. 1t
Is too.engthy to lay before our readers this
week; an abstract--the prominent features,
however,, will serve for present use-snd
embodies all that is Of Importance to the
reader. The secretary recommends the hd-
mission OF WOOL, as u raw material, togeth'
er with chemicals and dye-stufis, duty freei
but he proposes no interference with The
iron trade. The argument on these sut-
jects is quite elaborate, and is said to be
approved of by the Eastern manufacturers.
On the tariff Mr.. G.. enlarges with an am
plitude of statistical detail which is quite
alarming, equalag almost the report of Dir.
Walker in 1915. Under the law Of Con-
gress, the amount appropriated for the an
Eual collection of revenues is $2,260 900;
which sum will be exceeded by S40s ,eoS,
and even the appropriations will not hold
cut till the close of the fiscal year.
The statistics Of foreign trade for ten
years, ending June soth, 1855, are quito
full and explicit From those tabes we
derive the following results:-The increase
of dutisbe goods imported during the year
ending June 3oth, 1855, over the year end
ing June seth, ls45, is 1926, 900; ditto
of free goods $ls,s52,926; decrease OF
specie and bullion s4ll,4so; showing a
total increase of $l44,O2S,39S in favor of
1856. The increase last year over 1850 is
given thus: Of dutiabe goods $65, ,746. .6ss;
of free goods $ls,34s, ,9s4; decrease of specie
and bullion 1868 ,9sO-total increase $685.
l44,642.
The foreign imports at oil the ports of
the United States Qncludlng Of course Cali
fornia and Oregon,) for the fiscal year end
ing June 30th, 1865, were S26l ,3s2 ,96O,
against $S05,7S6 ,253 for the preceding year
showing decline of $44,397 1893. The
total exports from tie United States to
foreign ports fer the fiscal year ending June
sOth, 1855, were $276, ,f56,s46, against
$27S,24l .G64 for the preceding year, show
ing a decline of only $3,Os4,2ls. 1t will
be seen from this, that, while for he year
1854 the imports exceeded ,he exports $27,-
5s9 ,lSo, for the last year the exports ex-
ceedcd the imports $l3 ,773,8S6.
| GThe tables further show an increase dur
ing the last year, of $lo,lo2,s64 in the
imports of free goods, but falling off Of
$5l ,253,sO7 in dutiable merchandise, and
S3,246,250 in specie. The course of the
import trade for the last three years 10
worthy of especial notice. The year end
ing June s0th, 1863, shows an increase
over the previous year of $55,o3s,S ,So5, and
the year 1854 showed an increase over
1853 of $a7 .sol SOC; making a gain Of
S92, ,s349ll in two years. For the last
year the decline, as already stated, is $44,-
497,293, which brings the imports below
the total for the years 1s58-54.
The table of exports is also for ten years
past, shows the following results: increase
S94295, sos; of foreign do, $ls,563,5s7;
of specie and bullion, S47,64O, ,s4S-tetal,
$l50,6l0,24O. Increase last year over 1850
Of domestic produce, ST., 1902; of foreign
do, Sl6,6S2,S76; of specie and bullion, $48, :
1874, 4,34s-total $l23,25s,l26. Last year
over 1854, decrease of domestic produce
exported $22 1863; increase Of foreign
produce, S4,497 Pal; do, of specie and bull
lion, Sl4,824,920. The total gives de-
crease this year, when compared with 1854
of $3,0s4,2ls. While the imports for the
last year have fallen below their total fox
1898, the exports are nearly forty-fve
millions greater than for that year. OF
the total exports CT specie for the last
year, S53. .957,4ls were of domestic pro-
duction, and $2,2S9,925 OF foreign. The
shipments of domestic produce, exclusive
of specie, were 1922 ,4O6,5ss less thai for
the preceding year, while there is an in
crease of l.497,23l in tie exports of fore
ign produce, and $l4,s24,92o in the ex-
ports of specie.
The statement of Secretary Guthrie, show
ing the amount on deposit in the treasury
and mint, and their several branches, to
| the credit Of the United States, gives a
total sum of $24,2S7,G7l 63. The net
amount subject to draft, after deducting
overdraft &C., and adding difference in
transfers, ia set down as $2s,O74,sSS TO-