The Brookhaven leader., 1885-12-17

Net ba ance in treasury 50 ISiS,2 3S
"rne talance In Jls treasury has tn Jre-
for. been increased within tue above period
by the sum Of SIS, ,053, 1J2.27.
LAS compareu with .ns iscal year 1884,
tn. receipts for 1885 havs decreased S24,-
S.9,16554
There was an increase in the expendi-
tu 'es of SIG, 100. e9l7S.
For tne present fiscal year the revenue,
actual and estimated, is s3l5, oN,00000.
"rhe ex,enditures for ths sane period,
act lsl al d sstim lted, are 500, TO, ,Gt0.O0.
.'T)tal receipts, actual and estimated,
t3t5, ,0JO,OO0oO. Estimated surplus s24,
PSI, 1j00),
The ,venu,s of the fiscal year ending
June 81, 1887, are estimated uron the basis
Of existing laws at SSl5, ,093, ,0)O0.
'Tne estimates of expenditures for the
same period, received from the several ex-
ecutivs departments, are $3.50, ,tS7, ,5a2 "a; or
an estimate deficit of s24, $50, $50 81 Ex-
cluding the sinking fund, the estimated ex-
penditures will be s2J2, 93o. $50. "a, showing a
surplus Of So, ,069, ,44Z65,
ION November ], 1884, the outstanding
bonds OF the 8 per cent. loan Of the act of
July II, 1882, amounted to S2,4, ,5l9, $50. or
this amount $1,000 900 had been called
September 26, 1884, AMI ceased to bear in
Larss5 November l, 1854
"rhe refun ling rtiticates still outstand-
ins amount to 1928, SO>
1.-THE in lebtedness of the Unit31 States on
March 4, 1885, including therein the bonds
issued to the Pacific railroad companies, was
81 SS4, S1S, J57 o.; cash In tree sury SS7S, 166,
353. ~; amount OF debt less Cash ID treasury,
81 SOS, III. .Sl3, g.
lok.f .fAIx Of Tnifn Cd Sfof M
November /, 1885, including therein the
bonds issued on account of the Pacific rail-
road companieS, was 81, S4S, $40, 335. ~; cash
in treasury, S40o, $50. 767 IS; amount or debt
less cash in treasury, 81, ,447 ,657, ,56S. 20; re-
iuctinn of dsot during atove period, S5s,
J5i, 245.55.
.'The conditions of currency are,
First, w thou shoes AMI disturbance to
The inC US ries, the business enterprise, the
Dma tic trade, or foreign commerce of the
0 c.ult
'sS1coai, W IL out Cegrad ng the United
States III ,netary unit OF vala. to q cheaper
'oliar, ami with ,us raj 'lng the U llted States
IN ,ne.srY unit OF vslue 10 COST ier dollar.
rhir,i. Without lcss to any who now hold
tn, pru al, + thu Ulited States to pay
MA.
"Fjurst, Without reduction OF the present
volume of the clrrency o: hin Trance to its
free increase hereafter when every dollar
uots shall be tls certificate OF coin dollar
in the trsas Try, payable on demand.
"Fifth, WiohoIc pa1s, il the reduction OF
the public deb, ouj giug more than three
tifths of all thai p rt cf tls ds5t now pay
able at the option OF ths United States prior
TO September, 1891.
sixth, Wltaolt Increase of taxation
"Seventh, Without the sale Of any silver
bought aud coined since February, 1878.
Eighth, Without the suse OF the 2l5, ,000,-
900 coined silver dollars of unlimited legal
tender, or any fall or discount in their pres
snt recAivel value, ami without the disuss
of the So, ,Oo0, ,Op coine gold dollars Of un-
him tsd legal tender, or any rise or premium
on their IT sent r5ceived value.
..Ninth, Without pt jadice to the adoption
hereafter o. an int srnalio nal bimstallic un-
ion, with free image OF both metals for all
comers, at a fixed ratio of weights, in.o
coins u i'm ted legal tender. III ,.f.
"Tenth, Without the coins OF the two
metals parting company from each othsr,
whatever may b, the temporary fall, If any,
in tas marxes prics of silver bullion after
stopping treasu y purchases. go
Il would mos. respectfully commend to
the consideration of co Igress toe question
whether such reform of tbs currency ought
not nJw 10 te eLdeavcrei; whsthsr tasss