The New York herald., 1874-03-12
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.
The Debate the Appropriation Bill
In the House-Mr. Randall on Figures.

in the House-Mr. Randall on Figures.
WASHINGTON, March H. 1874.
The House, at two O'Clock in the AFTERNOON, went
into Committee OF the Whole on the Legislative
Appropriation bill. and was addressed by Mr..
Parker OF Missouri, who undertook to eucldate
some further problems III regard 10 the estimates
and appropriations ior the current fiscal
year. His remarks related exclusively. to
the Indian service. Mr.. Randall, OF Pennsyl-
vania, discussed at length the bill, directing
the attention OF Congress to the fact that there
are now employed in the various departments OF
the government in this city, without authority OF
law LIS officers and clerks, aside from the l. s69
paid out OF the money appropriated lor the ex-
penses OF loans and rates. He also directed atten-
ton to the appropriations for the Internal Revenue
Bureau proper, which shows by the Official
records an increase OF force there over the num-
ber employed in 1865 and 1857 OF 100 OIL
GERS, Notwithstanding the internal revenue taxes
were then $3ll,OooOoo. while In 1873 they were
only $114,O 900, and were estimated for the cur
rent year at $lOo,O00,O00. The internal revenue
system in 1866 had reached every trade occupa-
tion, business, product and person, and the taxes
were nearly all collected by assessment, while III
1873 OF the $1l4, 100000 collected $4,000 900 was
secured by stamps from five general sources.
In 1866, OF the 1911 900 600 only about 500 900
were then collected by stamps. There were col
lected In 1866 s235 900 OF internal revenue from
sources not taxed III 1878, yet the salaries and ex-
penses in the commissioners Bureau OF Col
lections In 1873 were $546,940, against $3l7,7G5
in 1865. The contingent expenses OF this
bureau in 1866 s4O,09s and in 1873
S1S7,360. The Commissioner asked 1or the coming
fiscal year for salaries and expenses of collections
$1,995 O42 while the expenses for The same service
in 1873 but ,476-an increase OF $4o9, ,560
AGAIN fOr salaries and eXDenSes iOr variOus other
officers the appropriations in this bill were
S., 600 0O0 while the Fifth Auditors report showed
the expenses for exactly the same services in
1873 as 81, 4637-an increase Of $685. ,363 He
said he had given this subject great
care, approaching 1t with no political object in
view, preferring to join hands with men on either
side, and he desired TO correct abuses and extrav-
agance. In closing, Mr.. Randall invited Mr.. Gar
field TO review his figures and correct them If pos
sible Mr.. Kellogg, of Connecticut. criticised some
OF the details or the Dill, claiming that the items
reported in some cases would not meet the re-
quIrements of the service.
Mass Meeting in Cooper Institute.
The following call is being circulated for sigma
tures:-
We, the undersigned, request the ctizens OF New
York to assemble in the Cooper Institute on some
evening to be hereafter designated to give express
sion to their opinions on the questions Affecting
the national finances, and to enter their protest
against he delay OF Congress in concluding effect
i've legislation on this subject. We hereby further
request that william o. BRYANT, George Opdyke,
William NJ. Vermilye Elliot c. COwdin, Ethan Allen,
B. b. sherman, Isaac sherman, John 4. Williams,
Henry NJ TaDer, William I. Blodgett. William LIBBY
and Cyrus W. Field act as an executive commit
tee to carry out the objects OF this cal and with
power to fill vacancies ana add to their number.
Peter Cooper, ]. ID. Vermilyea, Peake, Opdycke
Co.; s. b. Chittenden, R. S. IL A. Stuart, BabcOck
Bros. Il Co., S. l.. NJ Barlow, A. Z. Beach, Lloyd
Aspinwall, EwOod Walter, Stuart Brown, James
NJ Brown, J. Pierpont Morgan, W. L. jenkins, E.
A. Levrich, and many others.