Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
A SMALL SURPLUS.
rhc Available Money in the United
states Treasury Running Low.

StdteS AhNuhAhS A-ONs
al!o.ments. ll1is5, and original swamp.
a;;.l65 acres. Patents to land grants during
III" year were ;.0sS.670 acres, an increase
over the previous year of ..1@i.Sli. SUR
vrys We're adopted during the year on
S,o,B.O04 acres. The vacant public lands in
the states and territories are 579.664 ,3si
acres. Commissioner Carter makes 81 stroug
plea for the irrigation OF the arid lands.
ApproNals during the year under the diff
ferent grants to the several states for cdu-
cational purposes and under the saline
grant. having The effect OF patents. en-
braced an area of .56.172 acres. or this
South Dakota received approvals for 4t.3s!
and Minnesota 30.lsl acres The increase
in approvals for educational purposes dur
ing the year was 2l6.s acres. The largest
amount of surveys adopted during the year
is in South Dakota. 3.346.G $50 acres. A, me
close of the year there were found to be
s3.O5s final entries pending in the Office,
against 20S,0G4 at the close Of the previous
year, a decrease of 125.O0G. Railroad sclcc-
lions amounting to 2S.S46,51s acres were
pending on July 1. 1891. which is a decrease
Of ,01S from the preceding year. The
total number Of acres OF vacant lands in the
various states and territories is $40, 1864 .GS3
acres. OF these Iowa has 5000; Minnesota.
6,s49,9s5: Nebraska, H,4Go,43o; South Da
kota, IA, 0s5.394, and Wisconsin, 1,003, 1885,
Less than S1,0Oo.000 in currency available
for business in the vaults Of the treasury
at Washington was the condition that con-
fronted the treasury officials In the sub
treasury at New York there is 600 in
currency and in the various ub-treasures
$500. 900 more, making in all SIC, 500. 900 in
currency. There is now in course OF re-
demption S2,500.000 in currency. which
makes q grand total OF S13,O00,000 in cur
rency. The net balance as shown by the
treasury statement, is S45, 100000. lnclnd-
ing this is SID, 100000 in bank repositories
and SIT 1000, 900 in subsidiary silver, leaving
the available balance stated between Sl3.-
00o.t0) and S14.000,000. This statement
does not include Sl00.000,O00 per
cent. gold reserve which Secretary Foster
has stated at various times he could use in
case of necessity, nor does it include the
gold and silver coin in the treasury. 1t in
cludes only the currency available for cur
rent demands. 1t is stated on good au-
thority that during the present week the
treasury officials have had to .'hustle" to
get together sufficient currency tonleeh the
demands of drafts. This '.cramp'' Tor cur
rency was brought about by the redemp-
ton Of the ~. per cent bonds (more than
S16,000,000 OF which have been redeemed
during the present monthly and also by the
falling off OF custom receipts, which show !;
decrease of about 30 per cent, during the
current month"; over the same last year
The pension payments have also figured ir
reducing the available currency. 81 500, 00(
having been paid out on this account
There now remains but 50, 600. 600 of 4 q pc,
cent. bonds to be either redeemed OF con.
tinued, and when these are disposed Of it j.
thought the available currency iii tho
treasury will rapidly increase