The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-09-06


Thus it will be seen not only is the
difference enormous between the collec-
ton and expenditure of the larger and
most populous States, but in West Wiz.
ginia, a State where $627, 900 is collect.
ed, less mo- ey is expended than in
Mississippi, where only 1898, 900 is col.
lected; ard only $1,000 more is ex.
pended in collecting over IS 900 900 in
Missouri than in North Carolina, where
only 81, 1862 900 is collected. No wond r
the "Ads' count themselves into the
Stste offices of North Carolina!
Once more unto the breach, dear Mr..
Dawes; once more.
MINT STATISTICS.
A mint is a proverial expression for
demonstrating that somebody is making
money. We are Of the opinion that be
somebody or somebodies mint Of money
has been made out of our Mint establish.
ment, and we hope some stump speaker
on the Grant side will kindly explain
the following comparisons:
1890 under Duchanan... "a. ss5.7?l ei67. I79 80
ls6 under Johnson ...-....-3s.t2I,gl3 664 SOTO
less. under JohDson..........49.I3,st0 69s.6s273
ls0 under Gran 23.sl.2y2 1907 .0yI %
ISL under Grant......-..... 16.t5s.43s 3l.0e369
But what seems still more remarkable
is the fact that in 1865, year Of the most
inflated prices, the Mint coined in value
So, 9,24S.6S, and in pieces 1898, 1851,
at cost OF $746,3l3.93; while in 1870
the total value coined was $33, 1884, S63 81,
and in pieces 2309l ,292, or about half
million more in value and about only
aquarter as much in pieces as in 1865,
yet the cost of coming was Sl,OG7,.
097.95-OvER 100000 MORE IN
EXPENDITUR RE.
Surely these things cannot stand the
fiery ordeal of investigation and come
out unscathed.
PosrOrPIcE ECONOMY.
OF all the audacious pretenders to
economy and administrative skill with
whom President Grant has surrounded
himself, decidedly the most audacious
is Creswell. Under this mans admin.
lstration our mail service to and from
Europe has been put back nearly to the
schedule Of the old sailing-packet days,
and an ordinary letter from Washington
to New York is seldom delivered in less
than twenty.four hours. Yet this ex.
traordinary Postmaster, in whom all
mail contractors curiously delight, has
the impotence to talk about the econ.
omy he has effected in our National
Postoffice Department.
If we bring him to the test Of his own
books we shall find that his economy
has been effected exclusively in the ser.
vice done, while he has actually and
greatly increased the cost of doing that
service.
In 1860, under that Democratic mon.
ster of iniquity, Buchanan, we had 49,.
4gS postoflices in the country, on which
we expended $1,000, O62, which gives as
nearly as possible an expenditure Of
S2l3 to each Office.
In 1870 we have 2S,492 postofices in
the United States, or six less than in
1850, on which we expend, after de.
Quoting from the total postoffice outlay
about one million Of dollars for newly
granted subsidies, the sum Of $l2,l14,.
ia, being as nearly as possible $425
FOR EACH OFFICE, or JUST ABOUT
TWICE OUR EXPENDITURE OF
lsoO: And this, observe, in the face Of
the fact that the enormous extension OF
our railway sy stem since 1860 has i'm.
mensely facilitated the distribution and
reduced the necessary expenses of the
United States mails.
We suppose Creswell will be expected
to take his turn at the wheel in Maine
now that Boutwell, has done 40 we'll in
North Carolina. Perhaps he will kindly
explain to the good people of the Lum
Der State the beauty and blessed ess q
the facts set forth in this tabular state
ment:
Number Of Amount Expend,tur,
,sa Postofices. expended. Der once