The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-08

Senate. AS pertinent TO this general sub
ject, ! called your attention 10 the opinion
of the National B ard Of Health established
by an act Of Congress, approved Marcl
Sd, 1879. Its sphere OF dut,
was enlarged by an act 0
June 1850, ana in the sHme..year by the las
named act the board was required to in
be deemed necessary for prevent
ing the introduction of contagious OF
infectious disease from foreign countries
into the United States or from one State
into another. The execution or the rules
and regulations prepared by the board and
approved by my predecessor has done much
to arrest the progress of the epidemic dis.
eases, and has thus rendered substantial
service to the nation. The international
! Sanitary Conference, TO which have re.
ferred, adopted a form Of bill OF health to
| be used by all vessels seeking to enter the
ports of the countries whose representatives
participated in its deliberations. This form
has since been prescribed by the
National Board of Health and incorporated
with its rules and regulations which have
been approved by me. In pursuance of thu
laws of the health of the people, supreme
measures looking to their protection
against the spread of contagious diseases,
and to the Increase o. our sanitary know
ledge for such purposes are deserving of the
attention OF Congress.
THE TREAsu.Y
The report of ia Secretary
of the Treasury presents in
detail highly satisfactory exhibit of the
state of the finances and the condition of
the various branches Of the public service
administered by the department. The
ordinary revenues from all sources
from rom internal revenue, $is5, ,56i 885. 81 from
sales of public lands, 500, 1851; from
tax on circulation and deposits OF national
banks, Sll6,1l572; repayment of interests
by Pacific Railway Companies $50, ,S33. 80 ;
from the sinking fund for the Pacific
Railway Companies. $50, 1904; from
customs fees, fines penalties, etc., Sl22,55l :
4SG, from fees of consular office, letters pat
ents and lands 1921 ,4DS,3 ,30S:. from proceeds
| of sales of governments property, S262,-
17400; from profits Oh coinage, $346, ,S4S ,56l;
| from revenues Of the District of Columbia,
| $20l ,fl9 023; from miscellaneous sources,
SG2o, $50 ,0l3; total receipts, $3G, 7S2, ,292.59.
The ordinary expenditures for the same
Sl7 ,9n III 10; for foreign Intercourse, ST.
ol3,94.92; for pensions, $5O,O59, ,279.62;, for
the military establishment, includ-
ing river and harbor i'm
provements, and as arsenals, $40, 1885,
460.55; for the naval establishment including
vessels, machinery, improvements ut navy
yards, $15, ,6SS. S7lG6 for miscellaneous ex-
light houses and collecting the
revenue, $41, ,3S7, ,2sO:57; for expenditures
on account of the District of Columbia 49,
5i3, ,912.O2; for interest on the public debt
$7S2 sos, ,741.18; for same on bonds
purchased $1O6, ,124,S7S; total ordi-
nary expenditures rni1s -S2nl.,SS SsSsnIs 80, .,
c1ol OQR 1IO QS which waa appliaI fol-
lows: TO the redemption of bonds tor the
sinking fund, $743,119, 10000; fractional
currency for the sinking fund, $1,S00 10l,-
500; loan of February 1861, $7,4lS, 10000;
ten-forties of 1864, $2,0l6, 5000, five-twen-
ties of 1862, $l8,300.00; iive-twenties of 1864,
consols of 1865 $143, 10000; cons OILS of 1867,
$95,915, 10000; consols of 1865, S337 600;
Texian indemnity stock 81 1000, old de-
mands, compound interest, and utl er.n ties
81 1873 900, and to the increase of cash in
the treasury $l4,G37 ,023.96, total
800, ,069, ,404 9S. The requirements Of
the sinking fund for, the year
cluded balance of $4,9Sl ,7l3,S7S not pro-
vided for during the previous fiscal year.
The sum of S744 ,S02 105 was applied to this
fund, which left q deficit of 81 $3.50, ,5S7 ,3i7,
the expenditures $270,000,000, leaving a
surplus of $130000,000 applicable to the
sinking fund and the redemption of the
public debt. Iapprove the recommenda-
ton ofthe Secretary of the Treasury that
provision be made for the early
retirement of silver certificates, and that
the act requiring their issue be repealed.
They were issued in pursuance of the pol
icy of the Government TO maintain silver
at the gold standard, and were
accordintly made receivable for
ali customs. taxes and public
dues. About sixtv-six millions of them are
now outstanding. They form an unnecessary
addition to the paper currency, a sufficient
amount of which may be readily
supplied by the national banks in accord
ance with Act of February 2S, 1873.
The Treasury Department has monthly
of silver bullion to be coined into stand;
ard silver dollars. One hundred and
eighty-two millions of these
dollars have been already. coin
ed, while only about thirty-four
millions are in circulation for the reasons
which he specifics. | concur in the Sec
retary's recommendation that the pro-
vision ior coinage OF nXcd amount
of each be repealed, and that
hereafter only so much shall be coined as
shall be necessary to supply the demand. |
The Secretary advises that the issue of gold
certificates should not for the present be
resumed, and suggests that the
national banks may properly be
forbid by law TO retire their currency ex-
cept upon reasonable notice of their lnten- |
ton 81 TO do. Such legislation would seem |
to b. justified 10y the recent action OF GER |
tain banks on the oc idSion referred TO /
in the Secrctary's report. OF Sl5.OOO,OO OF
fractional currency still outstanding, only 1
about $4,000 has been redeemed the past /
year. The suggestion that this amount
NAV properly be dropped from future |
Of the public debt seems
10 meet with approval. So also /
does the suggestion of the Secretary as to I
the advisability of relieving the calendar OF
the United States Courts in the southern
district of New York by the transfer
To another tribunal Of the numerous
suits there'peDding against collectors. The
revenue from customs Tor the past fiscal
year was Sl9s, ,lJ9, ,676.O2, an increase OF Sll,-
Ii37y yGII42 over that of the
year preceding; sl3s,09s. 1929 for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881,
the increase of the year ISL OF those OF the
previous year, S2,9S5, ~, ,llO. II Is estl-
mated that the receipts dur
ing the present fiscal year
will reach S4,OOO,OOO.OO0 and
Of this amount was collected at the post Of
New York, leaving $50 25l, 1853 as the
amount collected at all the other posts
1f the country. OF this sum SH,-
M 1879 was collected on sugar
nj molssses. sZ7S -. .247 lOs ON wool and
H. manufactures, &. 4d2, ,55i33 on iron and
lteel and manufactures thereof, Sl9.O5oi-
yj7 81 on manufactures Of silk, Slo,o29,-
Il52i on manufactures Of cotton. and
n. 90 683 % on wines aud spirits, making
otal revenue from these sources Of SliS51,-
- .9lO.s1.
The expe- ses of collection for the pasi
rear were "a. lai .4i2. an increase over tlie
Jreceding year "a Sla-i4liWls- -iA
the increase In fLe .
eveuue frurn customs over the prcccaElg
rear the gruss ral1e oi the imports, incigd-
n0 free eoods dettcased over twenty-five
uillioDz. with q mosi marked decrease in
he value 0f manufactured wood. Sl40. .ZlGls2-
m that II scrat and plE .
ron, sl2s, ,io6-7i- The veiIs q imporied