Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-06

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stated but emphasized before looking into
details. First-1hat the public debt hs. been
reduced since March 4, ls,g. s.59,O,laH aud
the annual Interest charge Al .6s4, ,i,r9 second
That there have beon paid out for pensions
during this administration up To Nov. l. lsg,
sis,55s,l's.'O, al incrrase ot slii, I66,s,0 over
the sum expended during the period from
March l, 1885, 10 March |. lsss and third. that
under the existing tariff W 20 December
about s5s9, DuS revenue which would hav,
been collected upon imported sugars, II tho
duty had been laintained has gone into the
pockets of ths people and not into the puhhc
treasury .ss before
II there are any who stin think thai the
surplus should have been kept out of circulp.
tion by boarding it In tho treasury, or de.
posted IN favored banks without Interest
while the government continued TO pay 10
those very banks interest upon the bonds de.
positei a. security for the deposits. or WHO
think THAI the extended pension legislation
was public robbery, or that the duties upon
sugar should have been maintained. am con.
tent to leave the argument where Il now rcsis,
while We wait 10 see whether these criticisms
viii tske the form of legislation
The Revenues
for the fiscal year ending June a. 1879. from
all sources, were e,2A s6s, DO II and the ex.
penditures for all purposes wore S&l6,a62 500 So
leaving balance Of ss9l l,%%5,S8. There wero
E0, 10; the surplus Ia the treasury and the
bank redemption FUND passed. by the act OF
July Il, 100, and the general FUND furnished
In large part the cash available and used for
the payments made upon the public debt
Compared with the year 1891. our receipts
from customs duties fell OF A,sc6eIi,.
lOs while our receipts from international rev.
enue increases sss, +ss, BIB, leaving net loss OF
revenue from these principal sources So 3Is-
Al,1eS The net loss Of revenue Kom all
sources was xtk8.759, 7&.
The revenues estimated and actual for the
fiscal year ending June, 3. Is q are placed by
the SECRETARY st Sts2. .s8 3 0+< and expenses M
$<6l, ,2Sy -, shov I'M, a surplus of receipts
over expenditures vi Sl,0OoOOl The cash bal
ance Ia the treasury at the end of thu fiscal
year, II Ia estimated will be s30,@.3iT.3. -
far ~ these figures are based upon estimate
OF receipts and expenditures for the remain
Ing months Of the current fiscal year ther" ar
aot enly the usual elements Of uncortsf .,
but sou,e added elements.
New revenue legislation. or even the exl =
nation Of II. may seriously reduce the pu...c
revenues during the period Of uncertainty md
during the process Of business adjustment &,
the new conditions when thoy become known.
But the secretary has very wisely rofraiueJ
from guessing ss 20 the effect Of possible
changes In our revenue laws, since the scope
" those changes aud the time of thoir takiu;
effect cannot In any degree lie forecast or for
told by him His estimate must no OaHrl
Bpou existing laws and upon n continuance {
existing business conditions, except 50 far as
those conditions may be affected by causcs
other than n.v legislation.
Apportiormeut Evils.
IN my last annual message I endesvored 20
invoke serious attention to the evils Of unfair
hpportionments for congress. | cannot oloSe
this message without again calling attention
10 those grave and threatening OWLS I had
hoped that IL was possible 10 secure non-psr-
tisan inquiry, by means of q commission. Into
evils the existence Of which Is known IN oil
aud that ont oY this might grow legislation
hom which sll thought of partisan advantages
should be eliminated and only the higher
thought appear OF maintaining the freed rm
and purity Of the ballot and the equality OF
the elector, without the guaranty Of which
the government could not have been formed,
and without the continuance OF which II can
not continue TO exist in peace and prosperity.
II Ia time that mutual charges OF unfair
ness and fraud between the great parties
should cease, and that the sincerity Of those
who profess desire for pure and honest cleo
tons should be brought To the test Of their
willingness TO free our legislation and our
election methods from everything that tends
TO impair the public confidence. In the an
nounced result the necessity for an inquiry
and for legislation by congress upon this sub
ject IL emphasized b. the fact that the ten
dency of the legislation In some states in re-
cent years has In some important particulars
been away from and not toward free and fair
elections and equal appointments
Conclusion.
This exhibit Of tho work Of the execut i've de.
partments 10 submitted to congress and 10 the
public In the hope that there will be found In
II q due sense of responsibility and an earnest
purpose TO maintain the national honor and 10
promote the happiness and prosperity Of all
our people.
And this brief exhibit OF the grow tn and
prosperity of the country viii give US q level
from which to note the increase of decadence
that new legislative policies may bring TO u.s.
There Is no reason why the national influence,
power and prosperity should not observe the
samo rates of increase that have character
tied the past thirty yeara
We carry the great impulse and increase Of
these yeers into the future. There IL no res-
con why In many lines Of production we
should not surpass ell other nations, as we
have already done In some There are no near
frontiers to our possible development; retro
gression would be . crime,
BENJAMIN II HARRISON.
Executive Mansion, d. @.