The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-02
THE TOBACCO REBATE CLAIMS.
Adjusting Them Delayed by Improper Ap-
plicadOnS Of the Claimants.
ALARMING CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
,,,o 0nicials Striving 10 Convince the Peo-
plo That the surplus Has Not Eeen
Nastcd-WashinGton Notes.

WAsHxoroN. d. G., May 1.-lSpecial.-
Tho Office Of the Fifth Auditor Of the Treasury
+. fairly overwhelmed with claims for the to-
hotoo rebate under the Mckinley tariff act.
lin to the present these claims aggregated
ess 600 running from the minimum allowed
rv the law-fvo dollars-to $4,000. tho latter
being the largest claim Vet filed. The Audi
tors office has been very much delayed in the
work of arranging and adjusting these to-
1,.c9 rebate claims by the confused and slip
s'.I manner in which claimants present.their
cases. ,....
claimants i'm pre- souting their claims IN reg
rlar and systematic manner the department
..rt ont blank forms. with printed IN
e-ructens as % how they should be
filed. Many of the claimants misunder-
stood the printed instructions. For IN
etsnco one claimant pasted all tho
different blanks and lips sent TO him together
and when the claim reached the Treasury lt
covered sixteen running feet OF paper. be
cause OF the confusion caused hy the ruue
manner in which claims are presented, the
Fifth Auditor sId to-day u would be at least
several mont before the tobacco rebate
rafre could be arranged and adjusted.
Esld .r- VT IW rnJrs who have rebate
claims not set presented will facilitate "a set
Element by closely observing and following
the Instructions sent ont 10y the department
Those claims which reach the department IN
tie most compact and Ineligible shape q
VIII 5e first adjusted
THE WASTED SURPLUS.
The Treasury officials continue TO squirm
and wrggle i'm their efforts to convince the
rl1S that the enormous surplus OF money
llft t0tle peoples credit by the Cleveland ad-
I'd lfsf e. "
uauatory statements have become reckless IN
some respects and puerile ln others. In the
lope of obtaining o small supply OF
Treasury notes the Treasury. has ad-
ysad national bankers tl4I iney
vII exchange silver half dollars for
paper money. and that the Government VIII
lv aIl costs of silver transportation. Ac-
c.rl.ug 20 the debt statement OF to-day the
actual available cash balance IS only Sl2,OJO,-
O0J tie estimated Government receipts LOT
May are SZl,O0OOJO. when MAKES Ihe lolal 4I
available money for May -54UOJ,OOJ III
s. estimated that the ordinary Government
expenditures for May was l,OOOO.O Io@eet
tepayment Of pensions OF june 4th next, 80
600 600 VIII Doe required. This would leave the
figures stand as follows: NNty-iour mllloh
dollars available inciutmg the lzOJ0O09
cash on hand and the estimated receipts OF
900 against which there VIII be q
charge of -49 600 900. consisting of rZzOOO,OOO
ordinary expenditure. and the 10000 tor
pensions. that VIII leave shortage OF
@l500O.000. which can only be obtained by
withdrawing deposits from national banks,
INTERNAL REyENUE COLLECTION.
The Government has deposits in national
banks argregllng c25 OO0.OlO. made up OF
deposits of the internal revenue collections.
These collections average about 1l5OOOO00
pel month, and, as q matter OF convenience,
are deposited i'm national banks. Ii is readily
seen that 20 withdraw sl5 600 600 of these de-
Trf|I "a ID
posits IN the banks, as the general policy OF
the Government has been 10 leave a
sufficient amount of these deposits
% cover the collections Of the internal
of secret that the treasury is seriously en-
}arassed. and that within "a month or two
there VIII be % vacuum where there was Dut
recently an enormous surplus Of cash The
pension demands Tor next month may reach
30,000.000. The pensions need not oe PAID
until june 4th, and t0 ease itself little the
treasury will delay making ont drafts for
Baltimore. Richmond, Norfolk and Phladel-
pima until after June lst
TuE ALASKA SEAL TIsHEREs.
Secretary Foster has fixed the maximum
lIl.., 0f seals t. be taken TINS season by the
North American Company at 10000.
Secretary Foster said 10 the representative
of the United Press this afternoon that no
question had given him so much concern since
le assumed charge of the Treasury Depart
ueut as the seal fisheries He had
uyen the matter more thought than any
other question presented to Linn. Ihe coll
tlctlug statements about the condition OF the
s,a. fisheries were confusing, and he had Sc
leotrd Mr. j. Stanley Brown to go to Aiaska
a- Government agent ln charge of seal
fisheries because be personally knew hm 20
0e honest and capable The Secretary SAID
further that the distance TO Alaska
WAS SO great and the mail facilities
3
ely 20 give an agent wide discretion
in all matters. The question OF
sending only married men 30 Alaska, IN view
OF the developments before the Dunn commit
tee a, g. immortality. is also engaging Sece-
tary Fosters consideration, and me has almost
decided 10 send only those married. tie
thinks the wives could take charge Of the
schools. and in this way the morality OF the
natives improved while the Government OIL
Gals were looking after their material well |
fare.
TREASURY DEBT STATEMENT.
The Treasury Department monthly debt |
statement issued to-day shows a reduction OF !
the debit during April OF el,5l4,327. The |
bonded indebtedness Of the Government to- |
day. exclusive of the bonds issued TO the |
Pacific railroads amount to SGlO. III 800, de- |
crease during the month az S2,14l, 200. HE |
outstanding bonded Indebtedness to-day is !
made up Of S55 Gll.52O four and cll2O |
four and one-hah bonds. The surplus IN the |
treasury to-day, iuoudng go 9UGg25 IN SUBJ |
idlary coin. was e512. .sjs. sos, against @553,- |
45O.I}O month ago, decrease Ot -l,l4l42 !
during the month. National bank repositories |
to-day had S2L2-O,ll2. orabOut about 8 40, 900 |
more than "a month ago. Government re- |
ceipts from all source during the month OF /
April were -26,Ol5O3l against s34.0l7 O4l in |
April last year. Customs receipts were SIP
6U $50 against @l9,JO1 i66. falling of OF |
more than 600 600, mainly due 10 the free |
sugar tariff which went into effect April lst. |
The revenue accounts We're sll42O15j. a /
decrease of half million compared with April,
1850. while receipts from miscellaneous
sources all decreased full half million aud |
aggregated t1,45Z,7.j. Expenditures during
April aggregated s25,331,19l, or four millions
and ialf more than the April of last
year. Tho increased expenditures account
u receiving direct taxes 10 the States during
The month aggregated about $4,000. 900. Pen
sion payments for April amounted 20 bat
Vz64 l9l100. The comptIolero the currency
reports decrease in the circulation of the na-
uonal bank notes during April past OF
1854. 178 and of 80 4C6 dunng the last
twelve months
CAPITAL NOTES
in Virginia q postoiilce has been established
az \iDletfs Halifax county. with John Il.