The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-09-08
PUBLIC DEBT.
Condition of the Treasury at the
End Of August.
A Decrease shown for the Month-Largs
Increase of Cash-Condition of tho
Gold Reserve-Large Pur-
chase OF Sugar.
Debt Statement.

Debt Statement.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-The monthly
statement of the public debt, issued by
the treasury department Saturday,
shows a decrease of the public debt of
81, 7l3,G54, including certificates and
treasury notes offset by an equal
amount of cash in the treasury. In
cluding the certificates and treasury
August 81, 1894, the interestbearing
debt was s635, ,Oi2, $40, an increase for
the month of $50. The debt on which
interest has ceased since maturity was
81. : $50, n decrease for the month of
50, 100. The debt bearing no interest
amounted to S379, ,s67, 500, decrease of
$50, ,s77. Certificates and treasury notes
outstanding offset by an equal amount
of cash in the treasury were S6l5, ESQ.,
572, decrease for the month of 81, Gel,
757. The aggregate debt August 81
was 81 ,B32, ,092 ,5s5. The several items of
cash in the treasury are given as fol-
lows: Gold coin and bars, sl20, ss5, 500;
silver, s5ls, l67, $50; paper, el30, $40, ,260;
bonds and minor coins, SIT $3.50, s97, ag-
gregating $751;, 70s, ,35T, against which
there are demand liabilities amounting
to 1854 ,535, $50. leaving a cash balance
of Sl27, l4s, ,O97, of which S55,2i6, 900 is
gold reserve. The increase in the cash
during the month was ss,oss,745.
Large Sugar Purchase.
BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 4.-One of the
largest importations Of sugar ever made
by a retail house south of New York
lao. s.,a a AL - L..
Bernheimer Bros, of Baltimore. In
defiance of the sugar trust they have
purchased 10000 pounds of the best
Holland granulated sugar direct
from Amsterdam by the steamship
Ohio. 1t has established precedent
among local retail sugar dealers
which gives the public the best sugar
in the market without having to pay
the heavy prices Of the sugar monopo-
lists. Heretofore they were obliged to
buy for the benefit of the jobbers, but
have now shown themselves independ-
ent of the sugar capitalists The sugar
from Holland just imported is made
from the cane and is acknowledged to
be the best sugar known for preserving
purposes
The salt Clause.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-The commits
sioner of customs stated yesterday that
there was little ambiguity in the tariff
section relating to salt. His attention
was called to q protest, said by the
press dispatches to be en- route from
Kansas City, having been framed
by the salt producers OF the south
west The commissioner further added
that he could see how the salt
producers would not want the salt of
other countries shipped in to interfere
with the salt plants of the southwest,
but in the salt provisions of the tariff
bill he could find no ambiguity. While
in some points Of the new tariff law
the departmental construction might
be changed by the courts, yet in the
salt provisions he could see no
| excuse for suspecting that the new
law could be set aside as 1t relates to
that product. The commissioner fur.
ther added that under the new law, as
it is worded, there is complete change
In the tariff law relating to salt impor-
tation. The law says that salt from
countries where tariff is placed
against salt produced in this country
shall be met with tariff in this country
| just the same as found under
the Mckinley law. This means that
salt cannot be sent here from France
because France has tariff against salt
sent to that country from this. Blu,
just here is the point of interest. The
wording of the new bill is such tina,
salt made in France can be shipped tc
Liverpool, and from Liverpool land in
this country as coming from En-
gland" and thus be admitted free.