Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-10
OUR BURSTING MONEY VAULTS
Uncle Sans Pocket Book Growing
More Plethoric Every Day.
ADuLTERATED FOOD MATTERS.
The Armours Prepare Bill for Con-
sideratiou by the House Com
mittee on Agriculture
Robeson's Whisky.
The Growing of the Surplus.
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WASHINGTON. ID. c., May 8. ,
It would seem that the income and expen-
diture of the government just at this time
conspire to urge reform of the tariff The
receipts at the treasury department to-day
s567,04 from customs duties and S39,39S
from the internal revenue, making total of
s963, ,442. The expenditures of the govern
ment were less than half this amount. The
purchase of bonds for redemption by the
secretary of the treasury to-day aggregated
sl36, 900 of per cents at 1.26l6. The aggre-
gate receipts of the government at this time
are running daily hundreds of thousands
ahead of the expenditures, taking the year
in and out The revenues for six months
past indicate that the surplus of the year
would amount to over 800, 100000.
This prima facia evidence of the necessity
to make expenditures and reduce the income
by legislation is referred to by tariff reform
ers in the house with telling effect When
it comes to boarding up in the treasury every
day an aggregate of about half million dol
lars more than is necessary to meet the de-
mands of the government, even the highest
protectionist cannot meet the argument for
tariff reform. Their only answer is that the
reduction of the revenues should be by way
of the internal revenue and not the custom
duties. The Offering of bonds to-day
amounted to 81, ,475, 800, an even 100000 of
these being per cents, and the price asked
1.27, which is regarded as at least three
fourths of n cent higher than the price which
should be paid at the treasury at present
FOOD ADULTRRATIONSP PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
Another effort was made today by the
house committee on agriculture to dispose OF
the proposition to impose a tax on a COM
pound lard. This is the bill that raised so
much disturbance in the committee couple
of months ago during an investigation being
held into the manufacture and sale of COM
pound lard and in which the manufacture
of hog lard and hog products in general was
brought out 1t will be remembered that a
terrific and persistent warfare was waged
upon American hog products, and that the
investigation was brought to a standstill to
prevent the destruction of the export trade.
There is before the committee now bill pre-
pared by the Armours Of Chicago, which
does not name lard. but it meets the COM
pound lard tax proposition and covers the
whole question of food adulteration. 1t pro-
poses to tax the manufacture and sale of all
articles of food aduIterated and provides for
an inspection of the manufacture of adulter-
ated foods and also supervision Of their
sale. 1t makes it a misdemeanor to manu-
| facture or sell food adulterated so as to be
deleterious to health. After general talk
upon the subject to-day the question was
postponed for week from tomorrow when
| the proposition to refer it all to sub-com-
| mIttee with a view to compiling measure
| which will obviate the serious objections en-
tertained against all the suggestions now be-
| fore the committee, will be entertained. 1t is
believed that the whole subject will next
| week be laid on the table indefinitely, SO as
| to await the result Of the Investigations into
| food adulteratiOns being conducted by the
department of agriculture.
| The memb bers in the house representing
| the cotton seed oil producing districts are
wild against any bill which will prejudice
the products of their constituents, and de-
l al, tha,, Hxyin alFn ffrhf nirct anI
renew the attack on hog products If
| the bill is reported in this congress.
| Mr. Laird of Nebraska, who is member of
| the committee on agriculture, at the request
| of his constituents, is taking an active in
| terest in the consideration of this subject.
| He says he favors some kind of proposition
| which will compel articles to be sold for
| just what they are but he does not want to
| precipitate row which will ruin the exports
| of American hog products, and recognizes
| that there is good deal of bad blood engen-
dered in the house over the agitation.
| NEBRASKA MILITARY LEGISLATION.
The house committee on military affairs
expect to get two days on the floor in which
| to have its measures considered within the
| next two weeks, when the bills local to Ne
| braska will be considered The bill making
an appropriation for the three military res
| ervatons has passed the house, but there are
| number of private bills, and the one pro-
viding for the sale of Fort Omaha and the
| purchase of a new reservation and some
lesser matters are still pending.
SELLING robson WHISKY.
There is offered for sale at auction next
| week the furniture, pictures, library, horses
| and carriages, and lot of fine old imported
| brandy port, sherry, madeira, and rye and
bourbon whiskys, which are in the residence
| of the late Secretary Robson. The catalogue
| is very long and elaborate one, and the
| sumptuous fittings of one of the finest houses
| in this city are set forth in detail. AS was
announced in these dispatches some weeks
ago, Mr. Robson has made an assignment
| for the benefit of his creditors, and this sale
| is made in pursuance of it.
PERRY S. HEATH.