Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-10-05

the amount being merely a return to
importers OF money previously paid by
them duties the returns Of which
they are entitled TO upon the re-ex-
portation OF the mercha ndise ....... 163 5OS.73
Increased expenditures of lighthouses,
principally along the Southern coast. iS24 45S 30
Increased expenditures for public works. 4ss i5sS1
The other items of increased ex-
penditures are numerous and COM
paratively small in amount, arising
largely from the material gro With OF
the country.
La the matter referred TO by you OF
the allegation that during the eleven
years Of peace there have been COL
lected through Federal taxation thir-
teen times the amount of tbs legal
tender notes, and four times their
amount have been squandered in use.
less expense. | have to state that
tho amount of legal-tender notes out,
standing being 9,619, 228, thirteen
times this amount will give as the
alleged amount of Federal taxation
during the period mentioned 81, $685.
049,964 and four times the amount
will give as the amount alleged to
have been squandered in useless ex-
pense $1,478,476,912, but as shown
by the above official table the Gov
ernment, during eleven years since
the war, has in fact received from
taxation only as follows
From duties imported goods... 81 973 $50 62l.26
From internal revenue tax..."...." 1926 1856 sl3el
From direct tax....,..,..... 94T 1886. 81
In joO9 IZz oo.f /
Or less than the amount alleged
By $3.50 81 1889
In addition to the amounts receiv-
ed from such taxation there has been
received, however, during the same
period, amounts as follows:
From sales of public lands."........ $22 70oS576O
From premiums on loans and sales of
l7dO37 3S4, ~
From miscellaneous sources, such rs
profits ON coinage. sales Of condemn
ed property, patent fees, income from
seal islands. l93 0So 293o4
But these amounts are in no sense
derived from taxation. Combining
them, however, with the amounts re.
ceived from taxation, as above stat
ed, the total receipts of the Govern
ment, during the period in question
will be but 81, 1872, 633, sol 81, which
is less than the amount alleged to
have been received from taxation
alone by $612,416, 1862 &c.
OF the moneys collected by the
Government the past eleven years
there have been paid
From interest the public debts 1886 344 s452l
From redemption of the public debt. CSC 992 24644
For pensions 299 229 500 so
For payment of claims arising from
the war, bountes, premiums
loans against premiums received,
as far asceriaiued by careful ex-
animation OF the books of the De-
parment Cos 25S 407. 50
Making in all 1888, 825 3G5 49,
and leaving to pay oil the expenses OF
the Government for the eleven years,
army, navy, Congress, the civil list,
Indians, foreign intercourse, includ
ing the purchase of Alaska and the
IaIBely muitiplleu eApeheee VI lho
Government in handling its debts,
collecting its revenues, &C., only ST.
POS, 1903, 436.0l, which, it will be no.
ticed, is less than the amount alleged
to have been squandered by $780,
Cos, 1859.
In tho matter of keeping the pub
lie expenses within its income it will
be seen that Notwithstanding the
heavy expenses for interest on the
public debt, payment of pensions and
claims arising from the war, as above
stated, the Government has met all
it's other current obligations and had
a surplus yearly income over its ex-
penses as follows: