Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-09-15

dollar. Besides the collection Of the revenue,
the great transactions u the post-office depart
mBnt, extending all over the country, and col
lecting aid disbtfsing during the last three
years an amount 81 more than &2bO, ,OOO, ,00O,
have thus far been madc with . loss of less
than 1880. In the small defalMtiohs that
have occurred, suits have been promptly
br6tight against tho defaulting officers or their
sureties, and jitdgssnsnts enforced. A system
of rigid accountability fof ptbhs moneys has
been applied, without fear or favor, with results
that never before have been realized by any
administration.
The disbursement Of this money by public
officers at home and abroad has been made for
which it was appropriated by congress-, abso-
lutely without loss or defalcation SO far as
known TO the government.
During the administration Of James buchanan
the loss by defaleation Of public officers in the
collection and disbursements Of the public
moneys was 1881 ON every $1,000, during
Pierce's administration Il was eS46e; during
poik's administration il was S4.08; during jack
sons administration IL was $7.52; during Van
Buren's administration it WAS &11.71. Mark
the contrast with Republican administrations:
In Lincoln's time, embracing the recklessness
caused by war, it was 7G cents. For six years
Of Grants administration it was "a cents. In
Hayes administration thus faf-assuming that
all amotints IN dispute are lost-thc loss OH
$1,000 would be so small that the smallest coin
in the country would make II goUd three times.
1t has been but one-thud Of a cent ON &1 900 Of
the amount involved.
Again, this administration has effected
striking reduction Of the expenses Of those
branches of the public service over which the
executive has complete control. The appropri-
alton for the collection of the customs revenue
is permanent one, entirely dependent for the
amount Of its expenditure upon the treasury
department. While the revenues OF the coun-
try bave enormously increased, the expenditures
have been largely diminished. The expense OF
collecting over S1s8,000;000 customs duties
during the last fiscal vent was only three and
one tenth per cent, while the expense Uf col
lecting $50, ,000, 900 in 1860, during President
Buchanan's time, was six and two-tenths per
cent. ON the amount collected-just double.
On the first Of July last there was returned
to the treasury &2,000,000 Of money that
had been saved out OF the appropriation for the
collection Of the customs revenue. and IN the
expenses for refunding the loan. for which an
appropriation of one-half of one per cent. is
made, the treasury department returned to the
treasury, on the LIST OF July last. $1 ,0OO, 900
saved. The secretary of the navy has returned
to the treasury very large sums, saved by q
careful and honest administration Of that de-
partmcnt. There was carried TO the surplus
fund on the 30th of June, 1880, S8, ,434, ,4l6,
money appropriated for ihe different depart
ments for that year and remaining unexpended.
Does any one believe that Democratic admin
istration could have attained these results2
And what has been the result OF Republican
administration under President Hayes up0nthe
gencrsl business interests of the country? We
have witnessed, and are now enjoying, the
greatest revival Of business Of modern times.
We have leapcd forward from period Of ex-
treme distress to one of great prosperity. Our
exports during the last fiscal year reached the
enormous sum Of 1886. .000, 900, being an in
| crease since 1875 of over $3.50, ,000, 600. Our
imports during the last fiscal year were $685.
coo, 600, being an increase since 1875 Of $685.
600, ,000, and making an aggregate foreign COM
| merce OF the last year of over IL SOC, ,O0O, ,0O0
Every nation contributes to our comfort. From
every land and from every sea, and from every
part Of our country, we gather the productions
Of their labor to supply our daily wants. Oui
manufactures In all branches have increased, &C
that not only do we supply the domestic mar.
kets with nearly all the articles essential to hn
man life, but we export in great quantities ths
productions Of the workshop and the farm.
The secretary next demolished the pre-
lenses Of the Democrats to having great
ly reduced the appropriations Of congress
and the government expenditures, quot
ing the official figures Of such appropria
tions, the same as given in these columns
some days ago. He then took up tns
Democratic cry of "fraud" aud turned
it back upon that party with telling
force, going over the whole infamous
record Of rebellion, of election frauds
and of the Tilden cipher dispatch in
fanny, and concluding with a picture o.
what would probably result from putting
the Democratic party into power.