New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-15
THE FREE-TRADE "DEFICIT."
IT + NOW FINED AT TWO BILLIONS.
HAS BECOME OF THE SURPLUS UGLY
PACrs WHICH DEMOCRATS TRY TO
IGyORE-CHAIRMAN CANNONS
fpY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TaIBUsEl
washington. March 1l.-Tho prompt and thorough
TEEvcmANT STATEMENT.

rpY TELEGRAPH TO TIE T8IBUSE1
Washington March 1.-THE prompt and thorough
EXPOSURE OF the false and fictitious basis OF the wlld'
imaginative and misleading estimates OF revenues
and expcnditurcs fathcred and promulgated by cN
Speaker Carlislc-that pink Of Democratic HARNESS.
and statesmans hlp-makcs his newspaper champions
wrlgge in manner which must DO As palni"i 10
them rs it Is amusing 10 other people. Mr.. 'ariisio
has not word to say thus far. in explanation OF his
dismal failure. Not his champions ono OF
Them accuses Chairman Cannon ot Juggling with
Mr. Carlslc's argument though anybody could
iuggle tho figures, MIR. Carlisc's ownership OF which
no sane man will be likely to dispute Ahotller
CHAMPION who yesterday rashly swallowed the
Kentucky stacsman's estimates" today vanly tries
to defend them lie first seeks 10 excuse the pc uar
attack of strabismus which prevented Mr.. Carlisle
from seeing on ono side Of the National balance sheet
an item OF SiG5 900 900. which, to "a man OF norman
vision. IS plainly visible on both sides Tho excuse
i that the error war "such llttlo one In the
next sentence the assertion Is made that the postal
receipts arc usually counted In tho estimate Oh
general receipts which leaves Mr. Carlisc's figures
untouched The cX Speaker may well pray To 10
delivered from his friends II all Of them are az
Ignorant rs this swift and jealous champion. Tor no
body knows better than Mr.. Carlisle knows or ough'
10 know that the criticism wns Just ana that one
single error In his "cstmatcs' Of probable receipts
Amounted to S65,4l4.387. Tho editorial champion
continues:
They also discover an error Of 80 100000 in Mr. Car
isles totals and complain his calculation Of the amount
that viii be required pay the French Sioliton claims
as excessive. That however Is matter Of conjecture
aid moreover. hardly fair 81 the statesmen ~
leave thalr pupil IN dared state that he seems 10
assert that Mr. Carlisle counted the so 600 for the
spoatlon claims part Of the sos 100000 addition T.
the pension list.
We can omit this $40 900 coo altogether from The eno
nous sums OF which the Republicans hav" prom 10 TOD
-. tw
he rolsed by bonds 10 meet The years u'n.''n'S
Let US call It 81 a57 900 OOo which Il hardly reduction
Of - per cent. The correspondent asserts.
"IIrro's richness" and no mistake because ''c
Tribune correspondent showed from the records 81 INC
Court Of Claims and the House Committee on Claims
and not by "conjccturc.7 that tho appropriation re
qurcd 10 quidatc the French >pOtiion claim, amounts
to 50 5-- 5l9 ~ instead Of SioOoo.OoO. - Mt Car
Isle estimated therefore the corrc' pondcnt seems I"
assert that Mr. Carlisle counted the fioo'o'o'' i'r
the spoil lton claims part "f the S'o-."'p'""
addition 10 the pen. on list We'll. there np telling
how the palncst fact seems" 10 some Democratic
editors until they explain n cold t;pc. u may b'
added that the small fraction 81 tho public which fcA'
the editorial paec-o bis newspaper is indebted for The
information that the Treasury deficit on July J.
1-gI Will amount to ~ 90 100000. which must 10
raised ly new bonds 10 meet the years d'"'i"n'N'
II is q good thing for nation. a. well a. i"r a.
individual to know beforehand just what i7 balance
sheet VIII SHOW AT TIE fA iitvN 81 Hi'''' "'''
II the editor lad not generously yielded that $4,000
600 the demd total" A. Mr. Nanialnl would -a'.
would have been an c,cn two thousand million dtlA '
Bnt that i. not ALL There j, sril another ,al fA'
uro Of the dark gloomy picture painted and exhibited
by MIR Carlisle and hi- brother artist Not "n' is
the country to be confronted and huidcncd WITH .
dchcl, of two thousand millions but rho hs Treasury
surplus which existed at the beginning Of the prc-cn;
Administration "hns virtually Disappeared 4 i'F
Inference and the orc which 'ir. 'nfl. lr and l'
friend, expect the country Co draw. g. mat 81" Hl'"''
aud cxtravagant Republicans have already. 80 par
carried ont their base diabolcil purpose ito loot tho
Treasury In view OF this assertion and Inference. u
!, pertinent 10 show what ha- been become OF the
surplus H. as MIR Carll 10 asscrt-. II hl- disappeared
The net surplus for the year ended Juno 90. lN-'
was S57.i7O12p. From March I. 1882 81 February
81 1880 a period covering les, than one Nras. @ccf'
tirv Window expended tl.5.383,1b- 81 tie ,u4l.n, n
the purchase Of Interest hearing bonds 81 the nii j
states, thereby reducing the annual Interest charge
hv the substantial sum Of - 5rt-p2. The application
II surplus revenue tie reduction 81 Tie public debt
and interest charge thereon +, not ous in accordance
with law and sound financial principles bur with IA
poicv Of the last giccn months OF Cr'cland ADMIN
l.iratlon. Tho only difference between secretary Win
dom and his predecessor Ia that regard j. mat Nr
Window IA, succeeded making better term, 0f TIC
Government than Mr. IaIchlld ana DO Mr 'afif ic
and Dbl. pats friend, complain that account Eni
oven after buvng bonds 70 the ar4c amount mentioned
there was SIN money in the Treasury. Nin' lrcam"
u That Mr. Carlisle aud Other Democratic critics AZ
that II has virtually disappeared and 'i' impression
which they would b. elrd - make ON o." public mind
evidently i- nat the money hv been lipi"'Aeh'N
cApeud.d by tho present Administration. Now. the
fAc' thai aside from snail sum needed for inim'
dlaic use 10 remove Obstruction - navigation not
exceeding s.5o.0OO- and ssooOJo required to meet a
pressing emergency caused by Inadequate apirop-n
ton. hy The Last Cpnrrc- for 'safN public printing
and binding this Administration h,, NOT expended one
dime except 10 strict a'roriln," With laws rt'7''
or fc1rucd and appropriation. made hy M" last con
-rc-s and approved hy frc-d"n. Cleveland. Another
lc 70 that TIE ordinary expenditure Of the fonfh year
Of Cl.ycltnd'- Administrator wofc t--.'i.',' mo.
than the ordinary expenditures 81 the ifd yc'i ald
that large increase Gid not cover los some million ~
collars the entire Liabilities 81 the fourth year, %, Viii
bc hereinafter shown. II the surplus ia, vanished.
therefore, IT, Disappearance mut be- charged e. law
and appropriations sanctioned and made bv n D'mo
cratic House Of Repre- cniatvr., over which Nr. Car
Isle presided az speaker and approved by Demo
cratic President
lnt there is sin another imporat matter tD be-
considered In relation the subject Of receipts and
expenditures, astual and probable matter vhi'h
Nr. Carlisle and hi, fellow critics carefully ignore II
can De stated I'm the form Of que Jon: How much
money nl, th. Ecpubiicln Congfcss appropriate. and
mi. Administration pend from the revenue, ot the
current var IA make good the deficiencies created bs
Democratic Administration aud Congress tie on" b.
estimates which II knew to be wholly inadequate. and
the other by falling refusing 10 make sufficient ap
preparations meet the expense required by lis own
ac,+t A. every intelligent man long ago learned u
Is stale tr.c II Democratic Statement on the eve
Of a general election the incoming of Republican
Administration. to cut down appropriations to the
lowest notch REGARDLESS 81 the requirements Of law ~
the need, OF the Government In order to pose before
the country rs economists, In the one case. or to EN-
iarra,s the new Administration in the other case. A.
soon a. they defeated In 1888 the Democrats III
on.cn under the Cleveland Administration and Tie
Democrat, who controlled the House prepared t. play
the old cheap trick. and, the result shows, they
fairly ontdd Themselves, 1hcy piled up deficiencies
by millions and amount meyer before known In
time Of peace.
The List Congress has already been confronted by
ani.n. n,.u,.,tinc IN nunni f.i 100 900. Of which