The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-17
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w WASHlNGTON, Dec. lI.-UIOVei, GUAR
man of the com mlttee on expenditures 10
the treasury department has sent Atkins,
chairman of the committee on approprIa-
tions, u statement that the national bank
notes have been printed in the bureau OF
engraving and printing instead of under
the direction of the comptroller Of the cur
rency as the law requires, and that the
bureau obtained the work on the back of
the notes by offering to do it for eight dol
lars and nlnety-two cents a thousand I'M
pressions which was less than the bid OF
any of seven bidders, but from the first OF
January to the first Of July last, only
about one-sixth of the work was done at
this price, the remainder being charged
secretly at fourteen dollars a
thousand for the second printing, or
green tint, and twenty dollars thousand
tor the third printing on faces. Glover
says that congress and the public have
been deceived; that the bureau figures are
wholly unreliable; that the bureau reports
do not make the proper showing OF the
cost, and that the bank note printing lndl
Gates less expenditure and extravaganza,
within the last fiscal year, to an extent OF
over one hundred and thirty thousand dol
lars The expenditures of the bureau be-
fore 1874, are not even known, being mixed
with the so-called expense of the national
loan, and it would take the corps OF clerks
six months to ascertain the actual state o.
the accounts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE secretary
of the treasury and other treasury officers
were before the ways and means commit
tee this morning, aud advocated the pas
sage of bill prepared at the treasury tC
prevent evasion OF duties on sugar under
the present colof standard.
| The secretary Of the treasury sent to th
senate to-day a communication IN respons
to the resolution of Mr.. Beck, adopted OIL
the Sd inst, regarding silver coin. Th
secretary transmits the report made to hin
| on the subject by the treasurer, and adds
Under the existing law either gold coin o
standard silver dollars may be used il
payment of interest on the public debt, Il
law does not direct which shall be paid bU
LEAVES this to the discretion of the depart
ment to be exercised upon consideration o
public policy; and the practice of ALLOWING
the public creditor the option 0
the form and denomination 0
the money in which he sha
be paid has been observed. III
manifest object Of the act is to authorlz
the coinage of the silver dollar and restore
it's legal tender character; when construe
10 connection with the resumption act 1t
that gold coin and the standard slye
dollar shall be maintained at par with eac
other, and this object can best be obtalne
: py paying out such coiD as may subsery
the convenience of the person to be pal
and not to force upon him either form (
money. Any other course would dlscrln
mate against the standard silver dolll
and tend to its depreciation. Treasure
: Gilfilan in his report says no distinctlc
= has ever been made between gold an
silver moneys In the treasurys geneI
coin account.
The committee ON banking will turnls
tomorrow, the consideration OF Repr
{ sentative Hewitt's bill which provides tn
a gold and silver coins of the United Stat
e which are full legal tender shall hereatt
e be interchangeable at their lawful vail
8 upon demand OF any holder thereof at Il
b office of the assistant treasurer 10 NE
e York, when presented ID sums OF hundr
: dollars, or any multiple thereof. LeaVlI
amount of silver to be coined at the dlser
u ton of the secretary of the treasury. :,
is The total receipts of standard silver d.
Q lars from the first of July last to Mover
Der 3Oth we're s., ,l78,345, one million al
half being on account OF customs. The
q figures do not cover silver certificates tn
Il the treasurer has exchanged for standa
10 silver dollars with the public for gold &C
to the amount of 81 ,534, ,7s5, The &C
interest paid during the current fiscal ye
s. amounts to $36, ,345, ,224; The silver col
d received during tie present fiscal gear ha
re not been specifically applied to payment
y interest upon bonds and the commit
will also dispose of the proposition OF he
resentative Phillips relative to the pos
E. savings institution.
+ Physicians attending Representa-
a. Williams, of Michigan. say there is no be
r of bis recovery; he is unconcious.
r The committee on naval affairs, to-di
ii decided to give ex-Secretary Robeson
lothers implicated in irregularities by
Testimony taken in investigation an opp
tunity to furnish proof, as desired by tn
r. to show that the charges are false. :.
he The president has appointed, M
a. Emily L. DilIman postmistress at Tole'
tie A delegation of tobacco manufactur
g. advocated. to-day, before the senate mi
,l- ce committee, reduction In present st
Of of tax on manufactured tobacco.
:. only One hundred and thirty-five Mill
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