The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-16

DecemDer ] ABOUT tsS,VDV,VVU OF revenue, whfcn
would have been collected upon imported sugars
II the duty had been main tanned, has gone into
the pockets OF the people and not Into the pub
lie treasury, as before. II there are any who
still think that the surplus should have been
kept out OF circulation by boarding 10 in the
treasury. or deposlting IL in banks with
out interests while the government con.
upon the bonds deposited a. security for the
deposits, or who think that the extended per.
sion legislation wa "A public robbery, or that
the duty on sugar should have been m ,intained,
j am content to leave the argument where IL
now rests. while we wait to soc whether these
criticisms will take the form OF Legislation.
The revenues OF the fiscal year ending June
30. isg', from oil sources, wore sees, 500 go y,
and the expenditures for all purposes were
vi 5,9j3,sl|5 leaving a balance OF 81, gli ib3 60
There was paid during the year upon the pub.
lie debt tiD.55O, i6i9 % The surplus In the treasury
and the bank redemption fund, passed by the
act OF July ~. is0 to the general fund. fur.
nished In large part, the cash available and
used for the payments made upon H. public
debt Compared with the year 1891, our re-.
ccipts from customs duties fell OF 81, O6g, los,
while our receipts from internal revenue in.
creased 's,2st,s!3i3 leaving the net los, OF
revenue from these principal sources S33,54,-
flI0 The net loss OF revenue from all sources
was $50, Ji5, 9it.si.
The revenues. estimated and actual, for the
year ending June 10, 1893, are placed by the
secretary ut sf8I, 80, ~ 81. and the expcndi.
lures ut tfn, 33I,3J0 ~, showing u surplus OF
receipts over expenditures OF s2.OOl 90 The
cash balance In the treasury at tn. end Of tho
fiscal year, 1t Ia cstim lted. will bs .2L.gDL. 81 O3
SO TAR as these fsuros are based on estimates
OF receipts and expenditures for the remaining
months OF the current fiscal year there are
not only the usual elements OF uncertainty but
some added elements New revenue legislation,
or even ths expectation OF II, may seriously 70.
duce the public revenues during the period OF
uncert Unity ana during the press OF business
to the new conditions when they
become known. But the secretary has very
wisely refrained from guessing rs to the effect
OF possible CHI inges In sur revenue laws. since
the scope OF those changes and the tue OF their
taking effect cannot In any degree DO forecas,
or foretold by him His estimates must be
based upon existing laws AMI upon y %continu-
ance OF existing business conditions except so
Tar rs these conditions NAV be affected by
causes other than new legislation.
Tho receipts for the fiscal year
June 10, 1893, are 500, i2l ,3So 81. and the esti.
appropriations f57. 20. s3 1888, leaving an
surplus of receipts over the OK.
pcnditurcs Of i3.,S GJ.0O.0j This does not in.
clude any pivment To the sinking fund. In the
recommendation OF the secretary that the sink
Ing fund law be repealed I concur The RI.
dcmption OF bonds since the passage OF The law
to June 30. 1872, has already exceeded the re-
quirements by the sum OF 500 .oiO. 6si. 10 The
OF bonds In the future before ma.
turity should be a matter Of convenience, not OF
compulsion. We should not collect revenue for
that purpose, but only uss any casual surplus
the balance OF AZ, sGJ,OI,O5 of receipts over
expenditures for tho year 1894 should be added
the surplus Mt the begin.
ming Of the year, ~ ,gfs.3 T7 o. and from this
there must he deducted, rs stated by
the sccretarv, about 81. 0tl 900 Of estimated un.
appropriations.
The public confidence in the purpose and abil.
lily OF the government to maintain the parity OF
oil our money issues. whether coin or paper,
must remain mistaken. Tho demand for gold
In Europe and the consequent calls upon us
are In o considerable degree the result OF tho
OF some Of the European governments
TO increase their gold reserves. and these OF.
forts should be met By appropriations upon our
part The conditions that have created this
drain OF the treasury gold are In an important
political and not commercial. In view
OF the fact that n general revision OF our rev.
enuc laws In the near future seems to be
probable II would DO better that any changes
should be q part Of that revision rather than OF
u temporary nature.
During the last fiscal year the secretary pur.
chased under tho act OF July H. 1890, o., 49,. 5is
ounces OF silver and issued IA payment thereof
AL, l0J. Cos In notes. The total purchases, since
''N "''"h' W u ~ hbto pStu
ounces and the aggregate Of notes issued,
sli0, $500 The average price paid for
silver during the year was ~ cents per
ounce, the highest price being Sl.Oal
July !, 1891. and the loves 1888 March 81. 1892.
In view Of the fact that the monetary confer.
ence Is now sitting and that no conclusion has
NJ yet been reached l withhold any
do tion upon this subject.
THE WAR OFFICE.
Tho pef,nrt NJ tho aacrotnry ~ ,.,, pri,,a
again TO the attention OF congress some impor-
tant suggestions ~ TO the reorganization OF
the infantry AMI artillery arms OF the service,
which his predecessors have before urged that
they be pressed Our army Il small but its or.
ganization should all the more be put upon the
most approved modern basis. Tho conditions
upon what we have called the frontier" have
required the maintenance OF many
small posts, bur now the policy OF concentra.
ton Is obviously the right one. The now posts
should have the proper stragetic relations to
the only ''frontiers" we now have, those of the
and OF the northern part OF our south
crn boundary. LIDO not think that any question
OF advantage In localities, or states, should de-
termine the location Of tho now posts. The
organization and enlargement Of the bureau Of
military Information which the secretarv has
Is o work the usefulness Of which will
building heavy guns AMI the construction OF
coast dcfenses has been well begun and should
DO carried on without check.
JUSTICE.
The report Of the encouragement Is
by law submitted directly to congress,
but ! cannot refrain from saying that he
has conducted the increasing work OF
the department OF Justice with great profess
sional skill. He has In several directions Sc
cured from the courts decisions making In
creased protection to the offcers of the United
States and bringing some classes of crime that
escaped TO punishment In the tribunals OF the
United States, where they could DO tried with
impartiality.
The numerous applications for executive
clemency presented in behalf Of persons con
victed In the United States courts and given
penitentiary sentences have called my ntten-
ton to n fact referred to by tho attorney. gen.
eral in his report, namely that u time
for good behavior for such
prisoners 10 prescribed by the federal
statutes only where the state In which the pen
itentiary Is located had made no such provision
Prisoners are given the benefit OF the provl-
sions OF the state law regulating the peniten-
tiary to which they may be sent. These are
various, some perhaps too liberal and some per-
haps too illibcral. The result il u sentence for
i've years means one thing II tho prisoner u
sent to one state for confinement and quite o
different thing II he Is sent to another. I REQ
cunrpanI m ,pifNrpn nr.Ait 90, unol hk.t- ka