The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-08

INTERESTS IN THE WEST INDIES.
the injurious and vexatious restrictions smf-
| tered by our trade in the Spanish West Indies.
| tiOnnl slave coffee is I'm and through the United
| States, imposes heavy export duty upon that
/ product; like narrow policy is pursued in
/ other American countries.
FOREIGN TRADE HAMPERED.
Our petroleum exports are hampercd in
| turkey and in other Eastern ports by reStrlc-
/ tions as to storage and by taxation; and the
/ free outward movement of our great food
/ product Is in some quarters clogged with like
/ impediments. For these mischiefs adequate
relief is not always offered by reciprocity
| negotiated with Mexico and now awaiting the
| action of the Senate.
| RETALIAToRY MEASURES.
Is 1t not advisable to provide some measure
| of equitable retaliation in relations with gov
/ ernments which discriminate against our
| empowered to apply TO Danish vessels and
! cargoes from Cuba and Puerto Rico the same
! rules of treatment and scale of penalties
| for technical faults which are applied to our
| vessels and cargoes in the Antilles. resort
| to that course might not be barren of good
| results. discretionary authority to forbid
/ the Importation of articles of consumption
| injurious to health might be advantageousy
! exercised in our dealings withs those who
criminate against our food products.
NATIONAL FINANCES.
| The report of the Secretary of the Treasury
| gives full and interesting exhibits of the
| financial condition of the country. IL shows
! that the ordinary revenue from all sources
for fiscal year ended June 80, 1888, amounted
ceived from the customs s9i4, ,76S 9si. .g,; from
| internal revenue SlA,T20,36 ,36S.9S; from sales of
public lands 81, ,055, ,s6442; from tax on circula
| tion and deposits of National banks, S9,ll1,-
OOS.S5; for prOhtS on coinage, bullion deposits
SlI 333 637 go; total S30S S7 5Sl 9j. For the same
period the ordinary expenditures were: For
civil expenses 81! 363, ,sSj.76; for foreign inter
for pensions, sG6,Oi@ 57364; for the military es-
! Establishments, including river and harbOr inn
| prOvcments and arsenals, S4S0ll ,3S2g3; for
the naval establishments including vessels and
! improvements at navy yards, Sl5,gS} 4jl.l (;
for miscellaneous expenditure, INCLUDING
public buildings light houses and collecting
the revenues, StO,O9s. .432.73; for expenditures
on account of District of Columbia, S6,5Sl,
13l.25 total, S265 4Os l37.54, leaving a surplus
revenue of Sl2S794+4l which with an
amount drawn from the cash balance in the
Treasury of Sl,2D9,3l2.55, making Sl3i, 49,
l56.96, was applied to the redemption of bonds
49, 'iiT L,'itI' Stf,3-HtuO ol lIo I
S4i,5j6.96 of funded loan of 1881. Continued
at ~ per cent, S6j,3s0,2jO of the loan of July
and August, 1851; continued at u per cent,
S2O,594,6 800 OF funded loan of 1907; Sl4IS,s5O of
funded loan of 1881; $7l9, l5O of loan Of Febru-
1861 S256,60O of loan of March, 1868; S1l6,S5O.OO
of loan Of July, 1882; SAT G50.00 of tiYetwenties
of 1862; $l0,300.00 of tive-twenties of 1864:
S7OjOOO of fve-twenties of 1865; $4,000 90 Of
ten-forties of 1864; Sl33, $4,000 of consols of
1865; $40 5000 of consols of 1867; S235,7O0O0 of
consots of 1868; Sl54,6jO.00 of Oregon war debt;
S5t5,000 Of refunding certificates; SlO0, $50. 90
of old demand compound interest, and other
notes, $4,000; total, Sl4, IFS, 1896.
ESTIMATED REVENUE.
The revenue for the present fiscal year, ac-
tual and estimated, is as follows:
Actual for the Estimated for
quarter end renal 1 n g
ing Septem- three-quars
ber 30, 1888. of year.
From customs. s 574G2, ,9T5.67 Sl9597. .O2433
From internal rev. 1862, ,O7SGO OO,3}7,82l. 40
From sales of pub
lie lands. ......... 1882 2,63517 5,O67364s3
From tax on circu-
latiOn and de-
posits Of Nation
al banks. .......... 1,557, 7,sOO.ss 1,4210o12
From repayment
of the interest
and sinking fnd
of the Pacific
Railroad ........ 52l, ,o59.51 1,47S,o40.49
From customs
fees, fines etc. 2os696.7s 9Ol,3O322
From fees, consul
lar letters, pa
tents and lands. 1858 209.S0 2,43G, 40
From proceeds of
sales of Govern
ment property. liz ,562.23 E1, ,439.T7
From profits
coinage, etc. 95O2294G 3,149,7sO54
From deposits for
surveying pub
lie lands......... 1T3,46l.Sl 32T. .5}8 60
From revenues OF
the District of
Columbia. $50. 256,O17.99 16i3,9s9O1
From miScCllanc-
Gus sources.... 1237,1s9.63 23s2.s1O8o
Total receipts. 8 95966, 7.03 S247, ,O33.OS2 81
The actual and estimated expenses for the
same period are:
For quarter For remain'g
ending Sep three quar-