New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-13

sron, the southern boundary Arizona sh all 10 allowed
%,t qs deduction Of pay and allowances or tsrec
moDihs' leave onoe In three years. or four mo"t III,
leave onoe in four years After explanation '"o "''
NJ ALBRIGHT REP Penn,. from the same ., V %sr
mttoe o,li sutnorsn9 we s Dsiaysre fyc
s &C Ps Iss he the
scnuylk for the storage Of sanpSsds5m o Committee
reported back bill authorship tne ny
the Torri,crsi sGthoriiios in Dssota for arms. eSup
mens military stores supplies and AL S S!nsu Pssssd
OF tho volunteer oroe In the Indian war o ''"'
THE YoBTIPIcATIOS DILL
Tho House then at 100, wont into Committee OF the
Whole. Mr. cox Dem N ~ In tho chair, on the Forti'
foatep bill.
The items OF soo each for Forts Footo aud Washing
ton. on the Potomac River. were. on motion OF Mr.
The items for Forts Moultre. Sumter. and Pulaski
were retained. Notwithstanding the efforts OF Mr.
The appropriations for Fort McHenry. proposed by
Mr. O'BREN lDem, Md. and Fort jefferson. fIs pro
posed by Mr.. WALLS tRep. FlaJ. we're refused .
The Committee then rose and reported tho bll TO the
House. and 1t was passed
Inn TAX ON MAr0Hsa
The House agaio resolved itself into Committee OF the
Whole. Mr.. Wilson (Rop. Iowa. in the chair. on the bill
to repeal the stamp duty tax on matches. and MI
DAWES Rep., Mass), Chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee. proceeded TO address tho House He
said he proposed to discuss tho pending bill aud the
other bill on tho caendar-tho one to repea, check
stampsoSeher and that their discussion involved
that Of the condition Of tho Treasury. he should DO
Obliged TO present the House the actual condition OF
tho Treasury to-day He should Indulge Ia figures not
of rhetoric but in official hgnres The tax on mstcne.
that on bank chOcks N.eoOOoo. The Commissioner
of internal Revenue estimated that the repeal
of the tax on bank checks would require
refund OF nearly half miioa to those now holding the
stamps unused, and at least Ike sum 10 those mold
ing unused stamps friction Matches 10 that the ques-
ton OF the repeal involved the depletion Of the Treasury
RS fnlA M he %
condition as Justify that relief TO the industry OF the
manufacture OF matches aud the abolition OF Stamps on
should he done it therefore. the duty OF the Com
mittee Ways and Means, which was unanimous ~ ,he
House condition OF the Treasury so that the House
could judge whether that repeal GOULD Do enocseo WIN
safety. ...,.,
The Secretary OF the Treasury had reported that he
had hand at the commencement OF the hscal wear
over $l3 900. There then duo on oai against
the Unlted States. and liable at any moment to be
drawn. Hrst. special deposit 81 l6gaItender notes
O., T3OoOo aud coin deposited for coin certificates.
s59i6ooO The total available fnds belonging to tho
Govern mont with which to meet s current expenses
gu the LIST OF last July. we're. therefore only seceos
OBS tO that consisted of ssOiio2 IS in coin AVID sll
95 50 IN currency This the cash on hand on tho
list OF July 1873 the commencement Of the fiscal year.
aud available for any purpose OF the 0oyernment
ruary 1874 estimating the five last days OF January,
sG6,6791? 90 The estimated receipts Tor me re.
moiDug five mOnths SIT. 100000. making
the total available income or SOURCES OF me Government
which To draw during the current nscal year ta91
me iiscai year on account Of tho sinking fund, ga
TO Feb l. 1874 sl7117i $50 So The liabilities Of tho doy-
ernmeut account OF expended balances OF appropr
atoms ara s3s s IN 81 The nterest ON the public debt
is s oSG s6 as the accrued interest due unpaid is
Tue estimated expenditures on account OF
snndry Indefinite and permanent appropriations Is
Is s25 900 making with some additional figures which
not clearly understood by the reporter total OF
expenditures including all OF the outstanding appropr
atons for which the Government Is to-day liable,
$50 a. against available resources OF 2O Az
40 tat il the Government should be called during
war
there would bo as tao end OF the year dehcit OIL
Bat TINS did not present ths condition OF the Treasury
fary-only its actual condition on paper vi ,ne APP
paid aud for which the Treasury liable there were
many which there was no Dfobaeity the treasury
would be called TO respond to- Many OF the items
came under the mead Of permanent appropriation
which. although made over two years since had not
was on item Of ts,5oOooo for the pay OF
unpaid claim under that head but substantially the pay
OF The army concluded. There was also an
1eaps !? volunteer in ISL ana another item Of o0oo
Tor bounty for that year, aud another Item oil nearly
f b., little Tor profanity that the Treasury would
be called upon for any sonSldSraole proportion
outstanding appropriations for past years showed the
gregate amount of these sums TO be 2S6s o 80 Taking
this into consideration aud assuming that the
the Treasury at the close OF the current noa
Sinking Fund that is. the Government would meet
every actual liability and every estimated liability
for the Sinking Fund, and there would still be
hand over t2o0ooooo at the end OF the fiscal year
year. and therefore IL necessary In order 10 restore
the Treasury TO as good condition had been IN at
the beginning OF the year, TO provide for t96s76i &c.
But that condition OF the Treasury was not entirely the
drawn all the deficiencies that had arisen during the
year. - .., go, .,,
the Committee on Appropriations except the Navy
Deficiency bill, which was n speciality and which had
deficiencies sometimes quite large. 30 far they
would arise this year they would diminish that item OF
be 81 900 deficiency in the Indian Bureau, aud he
had estimated the S"s d len At
bills at any session to amount to less thaa
100000. and be had known them 70 go up as high as
cies claims made by the District Of Columbia FOR
pendnrss made IN the DISTRICT ans VARYING
Congress mad prohibited the Board OF Public Works from
the United States OF Streets avenues
and and from entering into any contract
States except in pursuance of appropriations made by
Congress. In the face of that prohibition, however,
since the passage of that act. of from to.ooOoo to
tOoooO He did not care TO discuss the propriey OF
pended but he would only say that after the enactment
OF statute the Treasury Department conld net have
works Tor which the Treasury would be liable II,
S ScgS add f'' TO s 'aas saesuc pS a
WIN would require sOoOeo to Be deducted rom the
twenty-odd million dollars. There we're . variety Of
T6e Claims from the Mixed Commission would be over
million of dollars (Mr. HALE REP. N Y)-Two mil
hons That would raise the deficiency up 10 &9,6000,
which would leave but millions odd OF cash hand
in the Treasury at the end OF the year.
Although the Treasury had started at tha6eginnng OF
the year with 500 II evident that II
not safe Treasury OF the United States " be
duced so low tl0,cO000) 10 meet such demands 10
might be made upon IL. and 20 meet such
sudden emergencies as might arise In the absence Of
Congress No man would take upon himself TO dis
charge the duties of the Treasury Department II ne
were exposed 10 the liability Of seeing the balance
reduced 10 that amount with the monthly expenses Of
the Government very much than that sum, unless
be was provided by Congress with some means