Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
READ 1T,

Figures are dry and uninteresting.
as a rule. but an exception TO this
fact will be found. however, in read
ing an article below, taken from
the Chicago Tunes, entitled Treasury
Losses" which ought to be consider
ed good authority with our Demo-
cratic friends. now that il is support
ing Tilden.
II is reluctant Democratic evidence
of the fact that the government has
been more honestly administered
since the Republican party came into
power in 1861, than at any other peri
cd since 1884. TO which time the report
only goes back by order of the House
resolution. We give this synopsis Of
the report from the ablest Democratic
paper in the country, to the end thai
when You hear a ranting blatherskitt
denouncing the Republican party fol
its corruptions, you may have Dem
ocratic argument before You, based
upon the official data to prove him a
liar: 0ir
"TREASrRY LOSSES"
"In answer to a resolution adopted
by the Senate on the 9th of February
the treasury department has prepared
a table of some interest showing the
receipts and disbursements of the
| government from Jan. l, 1854, to June
30. 1875. in periods of four years as
NEARLY as practicable. together with
the amount of defalcations and the
ratio of losses per ST 900 during these
periods. The table shows that the
largest total loss during any period
of four wears was S2.562. 72l.9O from
July l, 1865, to June 30, 1869. Next
in order was a loss of 81 $3.50, S25.4 Al
from Jan. l, 1884, to December 81,
1887. The loss per LOCO during the
period last named was $l017. The
next largest loss per $1,000 was 3 6S
from Jan. l, 1912, to June 80, 1915.
The smallest absolute loss was $lS,.
100 9S, from July !, 1915. to June 30
1919, and the smallest loss per 81 ,OO(
was s cents during the same period
Next TO the smallest loss was II
cents per $1,000 from July l, 1861
| to June so, 1866. Lincoln's admin.
istration, therefore, stands next
to the best in this respect. Johnson's
is below the mark, the losses having
been 63 cents per $1,000 during his
administration. Grants stands some
what better, the losses having beer
81 cents per $1,000 during his frs
term, and 90 cents per $1,000 during
the first two years his second term
The losses per 81 900 of receipts from
Jan. |. 1884, to June so, 1861, were
5000, whilcfrom July l, 1861, to june
80. 1875, they were only "a cents pei
! 81 900. The largest absolute losse:
were sustained during Johnson's ad
ministration.
Turning now 10 the disbursements
il appears that the largest loss on al
expenditures including loans, but ex
Guiding the postoflice department
was S6,599022.9l, from July l, 1861
to June 80, 1865, while the smalles
was. $370,33S.Sl, from July l, 1873, tt
June so, 1875. which is at the rate
. of about $7lO,OOO,000 for years. Mex
TO the largest loss was $2,S99, 653. s.
/ from Jan. |, 1888, to Dec. 81, lS4l.-
The largest loss per $1,000 wa
$2l.l5 during the period last named
= and the smallest was twenty six cent
, from July |, 1873, to June 30 1875
i The total losses from Jan. l, 1884, t
june 80. 1875, were 500, 66,92S.2S
From Jan. |. 1884, to June 80, 1861
G they were $l2,361, 7229l, or 1902 pc
. 81 900, and from July /, 1861, to Jun,
c 80. 1875, they We're 1906, 2O5.37, o
> only Is cents per $1,000 The net to
tails exclusive of postoffice and tn
!, public debt show about the same stat
+ of facts. They show that the great
e est absolute losses occurred between
= July |, 1861, and June 80, 1865, Will
c the largest loss per Sl,OO-S26.l
II occurred between Jan. |, 1888, an
Dec. 81, lS4l, while the smallest
!. $1.0l-occurred between July l, lS7;
and June 80, 1875. The largest lossi
e the postoilice department was $3.50
/ 12S.05, or $500 per $1,000 from Jul
e l. 1858. to June 30, 1857. The small
= est was $2,679.4 6,or IA cents per 81 .OO
: from Jan. l. 1912, to June 30, lS4'
: From Jan. l, 1884, to June 30, 1861 TIL
e losses were $576, l09.7s, or s3.W pc
: $1,000. and from July l, 1861, to Jun
G 30, 1875, they were S4l3, 472.6O, or $l.a
I per $1,000. These figures show tina
q the losses of the treasury on its re
! ccipts and disbursements are nc
: trifiing, but they are very far froi
: showing that treasury affairs hay
Q been conducted more loosely sine
. 1861 than they were before that tim
ID I-ChicauO Times.