New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-26

,O,, Win exncnses Of assessing and collecting
similar revenue of sdto aLnens @s'o Of the Off
GERS and clerks of the Internal Revenue uIeaI oc
@ f p nnnua revenue Of s9lOOOOOo were returned
al S277672; in 1871 the expenses OF ,he and
Of The Same bureau experimenting the assessns 20
Cocton Of an annual revenue of sl44oO0oOo were re-
'ue1 a. Sf W March 1862 the number Of gaugers In
the internal Revenue service Is a. rs a
the LIST of December 1871 az es0 Dus VII o., cs wear
ending JHne 80 1870 amounted TO S55GO6Ooo:: tnS
receipts from the came sources TOT ,ne Of Off
co., Win IN" taxes and laws remaining In every p ~
uar tie same, and with no ' off 50 $4,000 OF
business or Increase in temperance Ie On tpc war lad
~ TOTAL Of SIC Isl COO Now II may be una, we n r. ia
really s@incthiug to do with these results Du' " '
eerteiny no. easy TO discover tie cOnheeo Tho iuts
o c cog,p9rative expenditures and work Oh the ih.r
ana ana 9 bcS aer Of interest Thus 1883 the coinage
operations reported at 6e4sic3o e tsT In
,eSf fbe account was Ss,l2793 pieces V va $50
652Gl7 expense, $G5lOi IN d lsi In IU short an im
n",G, review OF the Administration OF Gen
Grant in respect to The national cSoPacteT and
thai If has really made successful eort TO resse oo
constant tendency 20 he people certainly not in
all those departments over WHICH ,n9 i,o,o IT,
6as rednred il is true the National Debt, but not to SO
great extent as was SneI In and in both eases
he means of reduction were due 10 the retcntIon Wy
Congress Of taxes oIsnaE PoStn e ri the Admnisra
ton OF Mr. Johnson nor OF Gen. Grant hau INC snshes
VIII the reduction Of the debt which could not be
avoided unless the surplus revenues derived from war
taxes were Incorporated or st0en mas colc alSo
necessarily aud without the spccldl ehoi' VI any o0
reduction of the annual interest ~. A., .,. - ,,,o
Again by reason of laws enacted after the close OF we
war urydiug for the dlsbaniing and reduction OF the
army The expenses of the War Department have also
been reduced under the Administration OF Cen GIant
from S7s 100000 in 1862 10 SO0OOO III ie pnt III
with the prov visions OF tDes1 same wy of
of the army we're reduced under the "
Mir johnson from S2s3OOOCOO in 1885, to S95OOOOcO IN
1c7 and SIS OOOOO in In like manner, the expenses
I - l.4Np hpau
miustraton of Gen Grant IRON s2OOO7o! III S1s 10 <i
1I 900 i'm 1s7l were cut down under tie Administration
OF Ar johnson from Si30OOOOO In 1860 10 s2oougo ia
ef0 on the other hand, the cost OF the clV service
miscellaneous aud Indians, as already SHOWN, ms III
creased under the ADMINISTRATOR Oh pen' "i"n' ~ 81"
average oil nearly five per cent per ann1In.
IL ought also be borne in mind III insttutlng tbese
cOmpal of expenditures that the purchasing power
of the dollar made use OF 10y the government was always
much less as measured by gold, under the johnson
administration than il has been under that OF Cen
Grant the average premium on god Tor tne year iic
been III the neghborhood Of 90, While the premium
for the year 1870 when SGoOOOO were expended Io he
1urposts was not In excess fifteen per cent. Com
paIng like things with ike, therefore, the accounts OF
the johnson Administration as officially stated are
while similar reasons, those or den GRAM :
are made 10 appear smaller. How much this
difference operates in the comparison to the disad
vantage of the former, of cannot he accurately
stated; but that II constitutes not nconsldGiaoi le
as far as the purchase Of and navy supplies Indian
goods building material paper and the Ike, cannot DC
doubted. ,o..
Grants that 10 has conducted the anifs
of the Government with extraordinary and unparalleled
economy, is simply piece or pOtcal chlcdnefy anu
trickery, unworthy alike Of those occupying gh PUBIC
station who prefer the claim and OF those wlo without
investigation, allow themselves TO be decevea Ny ~ "n
which cannot Tor one moment WinsltHu tho tcsV " az
partial examination To establish the converse OF th7
prOpos ton furthermore would be equivalent TO imitt
ing 10 the Administrations OF Andrew Johnson q cnaI-
aCter Tor great financial achievements ana economy,
nor hardly any which is likely TO succeed II could TIC
mentioned IN cOLlpaIIaOn' DAVID a. Ills