The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-01-29

Iot lAvll service. including tbe ex =
pelsee ol foreign Intercourse inter Ia
Halsrevenue, courts, loaus pabfic Ut
ltlqiaainss deficiency in the renenus
stthe Pozt-oiice Dspartment, and
3 81 other expenditures, excsnt for l
peitdol, INDIAN, and TIE War and
m Nssy Slsl40,s25 60
1oL y;-s-ss.ssss...s. 2s250,000 90
y. -no.sn Depalt1nent ....-.-.... 2940,ss2 20
7or Amy fVOper-s 521sL7sl 81
Eor ltiiil1aFy Academy $50 ass Al
For hrlnory and Forii6cations...... 46sI'90o 90
For ltsrbor and River Improvements =
tgnie bniid1ngsi &c....-......... S4ss,Ols 90
y S"'~' lent'..,.--.-.- 2o99s,ll4 SO
9'otal.................... 5sOl49il "A
To the estimates are added state
meiits showing, irst, the appropriations
estimated for the service Of the fiscal
year ending june 80, 1870, made by
former acts Of Congress, Of, a specific
and indefinite character as follows:
Tor miscellaneous objects. inoludine
the expenses Of collecting the reTe- A
oI sosapsnssto1 e ths Fostoios M
psStment for mall ssrvioes- 10000 90
q cr CIVILIZATION Of 1n5ians......s..-. 10000 90
Ter arlning and equipping militia. 100000 %
Tor interest on the public $4,000 90
aEecond, the estimated balance of ex-.
lstiilg appropriations which viii be IN
expended on June so, 1869, part of
which are required for the payment
Of the liabilities of the present fiscal
year, but which viii not be drawn from
the Treasury until after June 80, 1869,
are as follows:
Tor the civil service, eto.......... 1901 $50 6s
For pensions and Indians...-........ 2455sSsI AZ
For War Department ........-..... 20 905.29f a
For Navy Department. 1885, ,Q43 IS
Total. 81, SOS 81
WI not be required for the service Of tff
ths fiscal year ending june 50, lseO. s2,esslsl 81
: Balance, ance,..;...,.....;....,:,..,.. s5,ssssl2 70
year ending june 80 $50. sS92, 100000 90
1t viii be thus seen that $SO3, ,OO0,-
OO5 is the amount asked for, and it is
for Congress to determine how much
of that sum It is absolutely necessary
to appropriate to carry on the govern
ment- How much win it bel will
let the permanent appropriations stand
IS IN the Secretarys's estimate, though
> I telieye the g6nount of interest on the
public debt is overstated $4,000, 1000;
that amount is $l2s, 600, ,e76 which we
must regard as fixed and definite.
Then there is the other amount of
$l5s,0l4,01l "a, made up of the
items as set out in the estimate. The
question recurs, how much can this
amount be reduced without detriment
to the public services It is now i'm
possible for me to state how much the
first item for $45, 900, 600 can be re-
duced, as the appropriation committee
has not yet proceeded far enough in
the consideration of the various amounts
making up the sum, but we shall
report a reduction of more than $780,
Oo0 from what was asked for the ex-
penses of foreign intercourse, and near
ly 100000 from what is asked to 90
iDto the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial bills. Pensions, Indian De-
pertinent and army proper must re-
main shout the same as stated in the
estimates. The Military Academy ap-
preparation we reduce $4,000. On
the estimates for armory aud fortifca-
tons S4,6s4, 200 are asked, and be-
Love We can get along with 81, 500, 600.
For harbor and river improvements
and public buildings SIS, 4s6, ,Ols are
asked. In my judgment $500, ,OOO viii
be as much as Congress would wish
to appropriate under both Of these
heads For the naval establishment
$40, ,993, 414 SO are estimated; but in
the navy bill already prepared this is
reduced to about SIG, 600, 600, which,
It is believed, viii answer every pur-
pose. Here are some $4,000, 900
which it is thought, can be cut off from
tie estimates of the total expenditures
for the year ending 3Oth of june, 1870,
Of the $S03, 900, 600, as submitted by
Secretary Of the Treasury. That viii
leave for the total expenditures for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1870,
sass, 100000. Add to that $1,000
900 more for various other expendi-
tures, and we have total of $500, ,OOO,-
OOo. '1zs
II is my belief that the expenditures
can be kept down to that point, and
that the government can be admins
tered for that sum, and if that can be
done, as it ought to be done, a good /
showing can be made.
have made no estimate in relation
70 the revenue for the next fiscal year,
but it appears from the Seeretary's re-
port that the actual revenues received |
for the first quarter amount to SOS, ,OOO,-
392, and that the Secretary estimates
that for the next three quarters at
$246.O00, 600, making the total esti-
mate Of the Secretary $34l, ,0O0, 900. |
But Mr.. Wells, Special Commissioner G of
the Revenue, who has given this mat
ter great attention, estimates that If |
will resch $3.50, ,OOO,O 600, being SI5,-
100000 more than the estimate of the |
Secretary. Assuming therefore that
we shall not collect more revenue for
the fscalyear ending June 80, 1870 |
than the Secretary estimates we shall
collect for the present fiscal year, and
assuming that our expenditures will
not exceed $3.50, OOo, 600, there viii be
a susplus of $5l, 600, 600 for the year
ending June, 80, 1870. But with an
honest collection Of the revenue, and |
without any increase Of taxes, / think |
we can collect $3.50, 900, 600 of revenue. |
IL this can be done, and our expendi-
lures can be kept even within $780,
00O, 600, we shall show surplus at the |
end Of the fiscal year 1870, Of $75,-
100000. With an exhibit of this |
character, which is an exhibit that can
be made if Congress and the Executive |
shall act in harmony to that great end, |
the credit Of the government viii be
established on an enduring basis, our
bonds viii 60 to par in Europe, green
backs will approximate gold in value,
taxes may then be reduced the country
will then enter on a career of prosper
ity glory and power, without parallel
in the history Of nations. f8
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