Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-05

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Was SNl t1l2bpbh, on manufactured tv
racco. NSl.SSp,1 l1.dI. aud on fcrnented
liquors Si2.5tSaS}.OT.
We exported mcr,amndlse during the
year amounting TO SSli ,O6o, l0l. a de-
CREASE ot SiS2,6i2a54 from the precede
ipg year. The amount Of gold exported
Was larger than any previous year In thu
history OF The government. amounting ia
SlVSVSl,Sli. aud exceeding the amount
exported during the preceding year by
The sum paid from the treasury for
sugar bounty was Sa.37a, loss, an In
crease over the preceding year of So
O33,Oa3uN
1t is estimated upon the basis OF pres
cnt revenue laws that tile receipts OF tho
government for the year ending June 30.
iS0h will be $40, III 3G5Ss and It's ex-
penditurcs SliS.53i .NGO.1S, resulting Ia a
deficiency Of S2SOO0,OOO.
On the lst day Vt November, 1893, the
amount of money Of all kinds ~ circur
lati0n or not included IN treasury holdings
was Sl,1lS.5ti0Sl. an increase for I've
year Of Sii2,iUl.OIT Estimating uur
population 1T GIl260o0 at tho time men-
toned, tho per capita circulation was
S25.ia, On the same date there was In
the treasury gold bullion amounting to
Sli,lo1,2iA aud silver bullion which was
purchased at a cost Of Sl2G, POI, 6S3
The purchase OF silver under the law of
July H. 1880 during thr last fiscal year
aggregated 0l,O0S, iO2h0 line ounces.
which cost si0.bai GT4b3. The total
amount of silver purchased from tho
ilmc that law became operative until the
repeal OF Its purchasing adusc on the LIST
day of November, lSla, was lHSdil,-
60OiN fine ounces which cost SlalO3O..
tA0Si. between the lat day Of March.
iSf8 AMI the lst day of November. lS'E.
the government purchased under oil laws
503, UOt.Ttf hne ounces Of silver nt q cost
OF S1l6,N22.alS. The silver dollars That
have been colned under the act OF July
| ~, 1870. uUmhNr aBOSt.2Spi The seigno'
rage arising from such coinage war ST.
M 0DSSp, leaving on hand y the nigis
| iin.U,A, 100 tine ounces OF silver, whicl
| east St2GTaS,9lS. Our total coinage OF
| an metals during the last fiscal year con.
sisted OF Nhi 2SO,Sih pirccs, valued ar
| S4,l,tlS1. 1850, ut which there was $780,
| O,ls.ilO Ia rnld coin. Si,aiA7i5 Ia silver
dollars, SI,2l7, 1000 In subsidiary silver
| coin. and 81 .OS0. lO3N0 IN ulnor coins.
During the calendar year 1872, the pro.
duction Of precious metals IN The l,nitcd
States was estimated 10 be l.oolhat9 hns
uuhcrs Of gold Of the commercial ana
| market value OF SHOT60,OOO, mud Of tho
900 hno ounces Of silver Of the bullion or
| market value OF $50, 100000, ana Of thu
coluugc value Of SIi,usuOO0.
Il h estimated that IN the irHt day
Of July. lsl3, tho metallic stock Of money
Ia the United States, consisting % com
mud bullion. amounted 10 Sl2lS,n9l, lW
of which S60T .dilI,6S5 was gold and sdi5,-
SNl ,iSi was silver
ono hundred and nineteen national
banks were Organized dnrW the E'at
capital of Sil 32O0O; forly'alN went
INTO voluntary liQuldaiion, and los SITS,
ponddl SlNiy,iiyc Of thc suspended
hunks were insnlyent, oighy-sn fesumed
business and Eeyan romuln IN the hands
| Of hank examiners With prospects OF
| lie N.tHt4ruuIlNn nj tho lNnNN
organized iurty-fnur were located ~ tho
Ignstetu Nhtcn, f0rty-ono wcst OF tho
Ni8sladppi river aud tlHriyfonr In the
Central aud Southern states The tolnl
number Of national banks - existence
on October n, 1879, wua BUG. hhNing
nn npurtratc capital uf H96,bbS. 10.
The not Increase ia the circulation OF
those banks during the ycur wn9 SHV,'
sSBO12 The resent appeal Of he pro-
vision Of the law requiring the purchase
nf ailver bullion by tho government AZ q
feature Of our monetary scheme mas
mndn an ontire chnnge IN me compleNion
Of our currency affairs, ! do not Doubt
that The ultimate result ot this notion
will be- most -nlutary and far reaching,
In The nature Gf things however, u
"a impn-slblo 10 know MI this time pro.
clsoly what conditions will be hrought
nbout by tho change or what " any
supplementary legislation may, Ia tho
light " such conditions npponr TO DO
ess'n,lni Or a rnp't nc,,nrlnncn lime Il
W" lug ssp g"r ,in notwithstanding Of
',.i,' ,,nnt.nre When hoVeyer.
{ u,sa,,s Xxx r,.,fnred conGdonfe the
. money which has been frightened
into boarding places i returned 70 trade
aql enigrnriso a survey OF nc sl,na 1dnS
. ,m NV, 'popp'i Scrmencntly sotmd currency
u nbnndnntly sufficient To meet every re
: quiromegl Of our l9SlcaMnR h'plliia, ,,si
n hna nnHlnost a XII, Nm =" ,,,,
q pn9sFt aV , ,,,,,,ros,.y cr,,c1icnIs
!. ll,ln nll.,li" VIA antnnt ndti ,n,,,in :
4 leur,, i, " and ,",,,'rohe,siy y
il XXI" ,t,,, s ,hnao cir,a,,n"te,r,..
. I' mn convinced that a reasonable delay
IN dealing with the subject instead Of be-
= ins ininrlons WI lncreise the probable
4 ~ gt ~ 1oNTrApv coN,,spprNcp
D ni,,. 80. ~.
z Whlch hNseihW'd ~ prnsa'nH upon ou'
invitation WINS adjourned TO the JON
day of November Ia the present year,
y ,,g,, confederation iust .nnicl and ths
+, ,'e.t''. ,.'.-',,,-'i,i,.., 80, =.
y ihNi mat H'hn'' p'pp"H'upn ''"'" w
seemed 10 be expected upon me reAHsrui'
!. bling Of the congress lei me to expires,
i Willingness 10 nave lh' hveunk ~,