The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-27
FINANCE AND COTTON
FINANCIAL,

The New York Commercial Bulletin saws
I'm september 10, 1850. it will be remem.
bered, President Disz announced TO the
mexican congress that he had submitted
the question OF the national debt to the
study oil special committee. That CON-
mlttee would seem to be about ready To re-.
port. Great Britain seems practically to
have accepted the situation. She has
appointed Sir Spencer st. John, now her
minister at Lima, to represent her in Mex.
leo. She has perhaps been brought to
terms by the extraordinary concession made
10 Germany by the recent ratified treaty
between tnat empire and Mexico, and
by the equally extraordinary concessions
made to Mexico by us in our reciprocity
treaty not yet ratified. She doubtless feels
that her interests will be overshadowed If
she does not resume diplomatic relations.
and that her bondholders will get nothing II
they do not agree 10 Mexico's settlement. I"
The New Orleans Picayune. commenting on
the aspect of the case says; Mexico will
scarcely pay 81 OF the debts OF the goven-
ment OF Zuloaga, or that OF Miramon, or of
that of the empire. There are so many on
portunities tor bad negotiation to saw
nothing of actual dishonesty in compromis.
ing with creditors. or, in a word, of pecula.
ton and plumber, that too much care can
not be exersled by those Mexican officials
who wish to make clean record. Ii Mey.
leo is wrecked, it will be because her abound.
ing riches have stimulated plunderers.
She can, it is true, pay $3.50, 900 900 national
debt; but if there is to be added another
100000 of unnecessary railroad sub
sides, and $500 COO to 81, 0O0, 600 600 rail.
road stocks ami bonds which are not less a
national debt because interest is only de.
manded-then the time may yet come
when she will have to repudiate obligations
issued, not by an imperial tyranny, but by
a republican cabal."
The immense business OF the Pension
Office appears from the monthly report of
the mail division for May. In round mum.
bers the new cases received were 5000.
There were 10000 pieces of additional evil
denCe sent in; the reports received from
the adjutant general and the surgeon gem
eral numbered nearly 81 ,000 of miscella.
neous letters, not inquiries, there were 26 =
00G; the surgeons certificates numbered
1900; the orders for medical examinations
returned were 10000. The special exami,
ners forwarded $500 reports. The letters
of inquiry numbered % 800 The total
numbtr of letters received was 1877 ,495
and the total number OF letters sent out
was 100 N.Y. inS to,ai hummer Oh pension No,
cer,.icaees ,Ss1 i1S ,or 'ne nlontn was Dl
anu " ,pese 10 were "nuer LIE increase
ac' o' Mdrcn i"s''
n,, M. w. ;,
tht PUBIC srys' Inc western mon
leiegraph company, upon ac,uai 10 n ana ss
SHOWS Nh lncrtase Al ps surplus n,p - 90 coo
on on January is' W. oi''-f- On h sna ad i;
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pupi,shen ,o ,n M ,n ror 'ne Quarter 10
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