Worcester daily spy., 1858-12-07

wines and spirits
In my deliberate Judgment specific duties the best
if not the only means Of securing the revenue against
false and fraudulent invoices, and such has been the
practice adopted for this purpose by other ma
lions Besides. specific duties would afford to the Ameri
is fairly entitled under tariff The present sys
a sliding scale to his advantage. Under it, when
prices are high and business prosperous the duties st IN
amount when he least requires their aid On the contra
when prices fall and he is STRUGGLING against adversi-
greatly to his injury
Neither would there be danger that higher rate Of d-
y than that intended by Congress could he levied in the
form specific duties It would be easy to ascertain the
average value any for series ofyear;
and instead of subiecting it al vaOrem duty
certain rate per ccnum, to substitute in its place
BY such an arrangement the consumer will not be in
jured 1t true he might have to pay little more duty
ON given article in one year; but II so ne would pay
little less in another and in series of years these would
cOuuterhaance each other apd amount to the thing
his interest is concerned. This Inconvenience
would he trifng when contrasted with the additional
curity thus afforded against frauds upon the revenue
which every consumer is directly interested.
have thrown these suggestions the fruit of my
ment will give such weight as they may justly deserve
The report Of the Secretary OF the Treasury will explain
in detail the operations of that department OF the govern
nrin, the fscoI e9r ending 90h June 1875 inciudin the
treasury authorized by the act of December g. 1851
sI76l2 n remaining in the treasury at the commence
ment of the year. make an aggregate FOR the service otthe
year Of Ss7 gS3 9S3 S6.
The public expenditures during the fiscal year ending
June 30 1858 amount to eigqtyOne million five hundred
and eghtyve thousand and siXtyseyen dollars and
hundred and eghyour thousand five hundred thirty
seven dollars and ninetynne cents s96l 537 80
applied to the payment Of the public debt and the
dempton of treasury notes with the interest thereon
leaving in the rereasury on July 1853 being the
lnenceneht oI the present Hscil year SIX million three
hundred and nnetyeight thousand three hundred and
sixteen dollars and ten cents, 1861 ,3l6 l0)
The receipts into the treasury, during the first quarer
of the present fiscal year. commencing the lst july 1858
with the premium upon it, authorized by the act of I4th
June, 1883 were twenty-five million two hundred and
and fortyS cents s35 S6S79 iG and the estimated re-
cepts for the remaining three quarters to the Both June
fN~Q
hundred thousand dollars $685. 00OO) making with the
balance before stated, aggregate of seventy million
hundred and seyentynne thousand hundred and
niney-five dollars and fttysiN cents (S7O lg5 So
The expenditures during the first quarter of the present
fiscal year, tweny-One million hundred and
eight thousadd hundred and ninetyegh dollars and
applied to the payment of the public debt and the
redemption of treasury notes and the interest thereon
The estimated expenditures during the remaining three
quarters TO 30th June 1859 S523 69s As, making
aggregate of s74O65S96 49, being an excess of expend
ure, beyond the estimated receipts into the treasury
from ordinary sources during the fiscal year to the Both
placed by law within the command OF the Secretary of
the Treasury by the reissue of treasury redeemed
the act of 4th june 1883 to the extent of eleven millions
of dollars, which, if realized during the present fiscal
Of july, 1853, Of s7O633sS ST. '''
The estimated receipts during the next fiscal year end
ing 10th June, 1860 0O0 which, with the above
estimated balance % S7O63 1851 make aggregate for
the service Of the next fiscal year of S690 1928 ST. The
estimated expenditures during the next fiscal year ending
estimated means compared with the estimated eXncnd
of S4,075s4S 50.
III t , 70 t .s sum ,g ~ 4ieTal 9 VII u 1T re-
Department s3S3S72S explained in the report the
,naed fcit on e gotb of Innc Iva t 81 o. ~ ~ Sd
,c 1ii M bc ic incr6lnsed l % h, S Si %
be made by Congress, not estimated in the report the
ns reicy,rnpn from, ear @ ~ t % o ~ g % o @
Treasury notes, the Secretary of the Treasury
menus SGcI revision oi te present tar as VIII ralse
me required anpuht H NJ Aer Wnat H. nave already SAID
neea scarcey add tnat coucur III the opinion expressed
croasod IN, M, @ s, ,5 @ 1i nv LII ~ it
" nre mon CONGRESS- tbe dmV of maxine t The rcent
soss6,I t,o u a. "a az ,iP ny PIiIi
isso i e necessary provision ior lleetis tose ilapl-
t ny y i ~ @ m @ -. @ i & Vl' 9 592oi .E NV ~
During the irs quarter of the nresnt ycr the he sum of
SI0 00 0O has been negototed of the loan anhorzed hy
" IJtb F I Ies u I; ai iu'. "utuuIlzeu Dy
tonJ an NJ ,In i debt o ] @ F lts tT eseRs ~ IN 1
m 66 There was on the sf Of GnIv tS5S Of tresTy
notes issued 6v authority Of fbc act n beceber S5
of ctua inhfds s ;" w. "siS ara az 57 aot a ~
Ills I bn added Si0 O65 O90 % {rim p' & ] oo al 9
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fnsaI To annr6nriate money 2r constitHtnns nro M
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he wasted nv Observation-Disclosures in t "a iiS ~ sa M
0,"cts h. az III l's "ppcoh 10 tne
i,onnars6ns bctIyoc', tho annual ,;., -. a. -
,rcscit ti,o and ,at II w % al INV az aV tIle
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country IN extent and po9nlatm reners oi
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ibis Is crntj, ~ e 80. e.
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rne "Testinns ,nn tI iol MY 3u' dne
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man c6,nnirts VIII +ra oco,,,, I
these nrpcpIes tbe 6eode ~ tbd ~ i;G1t iI1 @ Mdtii
tieSe pp Ve lie"us Vi the inherent eNecu-
strHctcd fn rnrce tiai IN t LAY S neS M
to The lowest standard % VII III M ~ iiot a. Sea
Of thn sprvice anJ this I,i3', ti WI h uic
in spt of lust economy Se asti,nates of t Ta
nv Wa Na, onT ifforor oi tile IIe'9
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