The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-27
FINANCIAL AND COTTON
NNAsoIAL


rhs estimates fov the pcs,-oalce department
| hriSSt are over half a million less than the
Temptations for lSSS This is the most sub.
sssn,is showing for this department Tho rue
~ III the departments has been "a pile ON an
n-,cnut much greater then the department ex-
-, 10 get aud good deal more than Il does
~ tmay De taken into consideration that the
sryise required increases az the tate of 10 ~ r
mi each year, and with this increase during
~ mast year the department expects o. provide
IN ile whole with halt Il million less money
Tba exact supluS last year IS appears from thc
book, pt the sixth auditor to-day Is 81 tbs 81 .
al Id Inns been stated heretofore In round
ynmbyrs as Sl6QO0.0
acknowledgement Howe rlay decide after all
moi 10 recommend a reduction ia letter hostage
In rousguuyuCe uf The excellent financial com
dldon Of the poStohlcc department lie Is rather
of die opinion that the government should avail
itself OF Ibis opportunity 10 reduce The rates of
poslagc ON newspapers, believing the demand
In his reduction 20 Doe greater thal the demand
for the itdugrO Of letter postage. The proba.
hllty seems 10 he that CouCIts, will be more
vilug 90 reduce letter postage than newspaper
poylagu 4 very decided tendency In The dirre.
Hon OF letter postage reduction upptareds the
ias session. 10 is believed that The loss IN rev.
gnue which would Immediately follow o reAur.
lion In letter postage would soon bv made good
BY the Increase in this kind OF mail matter result
Ing from The reduction IN rate. The pOSl-onipe
rommiltcts of both houses are well organized
for effective work In the shape OF any postal i'm.
proycmcnt or reform
Mr. ACroH win have plenty of work on hand
for some time, from present Indications De-
maudS have come IN for some seven millions of
gold certificates from the Suh-,r,BsulicS OF Bas-
on Cincinnati, 81 Louis and Philadelphia. In.
der the last NrrungOmen, the gull may be de
posted ~ any Sub-treaSury, WrprCupDn the AS
dsMnt treasurer tClegraphs To the department a
statement Of the amount Of the various deuomi-
nations wanted and the certificates are ordered
10 be sent al government expense from New
York OF the amount ordered % half million is
wanted in e. bills, and the same amount in go
bills II will require 80 signatures by Mr.
AC,Du for the half million in tweuties and TO- ..
ON signatures for the half million ia tiuieS For
thecXlCutlon of thc fOlllnt ordered for hcahove
named places the number of signatures required
reaches the comfortable sum OF $500 or II little
better than two months hard work What Mr.
Acton will do when eightO ten millions oitwcu.
ties or Hities are called for at once remains to
Ne seen. OF the present order Boston wants
$4,000 0, Philadelphia 100000 Ct Louis $500 .
O0O and Cincinnati $4,000
Dmin the week ending October u there were
$1,000 standard silver dollars put In circulation
BY the minis In the correspond ng period last
year but ltL l95 standard dollars were issued
For the iorty-eiShlh cougre.s-G25 members
and delegate s-there has been asked 81 COS 0l0
for pay and $4,000 for contestants, for mileage,
sl3iOOJ. Estimated tolal, over 81, 500 600
Gold lodes have been discovered at Huehuc.
kenaugo, Guatemala which the owners declare
To be Iicuer than any ever found In California.
There is much excitement in the regiou.