New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-30
SQUEEZING powN EXPENDITURES
lnY IT, EGrAPn 20 The rRiH'&@'


THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TRYING 10 MAKE
4 -HECuRp" FOR THE NEw TARIFF LAW.
Washington. March . tSpeciaiI-OHe Of ~" mos
ar,rsjnr things Witnessed ~ lat" is the struggos
Of ,ho Treasury Department. 80 tn" end n ths
month approachee TO squeeze down tAprn1rs. - no
q, MAKE the deficiency small as ppTs h" The o.
giflrraf. expenses Of tho Government FOR the ~
DAYS - this fiscal year have aggregated 81 S'i.on
or a little over 81 OG)opl a day. Including sundays
and holidays So they really average consider
ably over y.eo0D a day on business days LAST
month however. when II cooked. the crd Il ID"
month drew near. a. II there might b. chance
TO make a re ord" for the Wilson Inv. the eS-
pcnditurcs were squeezed doWn day 10y day IN the
last week OF tho month until, the last dnv. they
reached the rldlculOusiy small sum. ACCORDING 10
the Official statement. % t2l5'9 Curiously enough.
on III. next G1v. March !. the expenditure were
N.3il2;5 and IN ne next fifteen days Their wcr"
only three business DAYS IN which The expenditure
were not over &l.eD,lU1 NIw. he end % n"
nth again approaches and thor" - an ambition
10 make tho Wilson Law. f,r oncc ~ rs hst0rr.
show receipts cqral t. the expenditure the Treasury
employees ana ofc.r r. are engaged ~ sitting the
safety valve, holding down the expenditures. to Try
10 500 II it g. no. yssiol" 70 mnko tn"m as small
a. the receipts IN" ave:ag" daily expenses ~ the
Government are. as already indicated. over s. c'1-
a Gav and in the first twenty-nv" days % the
month werc s-3,7l.s22 Then Il became apparent
unnatural process, for the remaining days Of the
month il Nigh, bc possible 10 max ends me- ld
Tho monthly sjatemsLt for Iarch. ald Tor The fra
tim" I'm the history Of the Wilson law omit the hu-
initiating deficiency statement 80 ;he expenses
have been hold down day b. day this wis 49, fol
lows: March -; 1913 Soi: March 2f s5fi.ciS. March
q. $272,527, March %. &2i5i5. March % sH5.oH
This looks beautfI. AMI reduces the deficiency
for thu month + less tAla 81 coo.0I) apparently.
II tho eXTcnr.- for the last dnv of the month ca
be cat down 10 S2l CO. rs hoy w"rc IN The las day
- February u S. Jrei possible that 'Ae huriliai-
irg "d@fc nc"" may disappear f'i day and the
Don press ho able To aa)unce that the nov
ceedings IN tho Treasury VIII b. watched win
hre@ HES ANXIETY ~" ,Xpendiirres wiil be mnz
aed every where, and u Il happeas - he big day
a r@g@ nav be %sIG' ~ an M
,he Wilson n" Is meeting ne eNmnses Of The
G1vernment" OF colrs'. 1t vii be but momen'aryy.
would naturally nv.rore, At the rate Of the Years.
expenditures. over S3l.otooo, have been by this
process kept down - less than N6enr", and W.!
be- permitted 10 resume thc!r normal flow IN April
after record" has been announced for n" new
Hcrc Is tho wey The official record looked on the
closing d.y o. February am IN. W opening DAYS
the most sc"p:cal IS 10 whether Ia" closing day :
@ Na 4rS PEI G3a& e., s:e rsSsr'Fy
were are the daily Averages for the last week
nd III. amy ay%rf' hem %n and 49, ,dr ran
w. an doub 70 the belief that The expenditures
,s I' s ,, ' hts wax si.S;S ily avtraro
this year. $l.l3l,isN
TIE CASES or I'VE DfAMOND-CrTTERS
WASHINGTON. Mach a-SIp~r!a,en1ent Stump IA
returned from Ncw-YJrE. whore NJ WAS called n
connection with the deportation q the Holland
daronI-cuticrs or tLr 10 diamond rlt''rs whc
came TO this country the Majestic, 20 have beer
ordered 10 be landed Upon giving proper e'uritN
Five were barred ana ordered dep5red tomorrow
hut this morning tn Belgian Mniste:. Mr. IL
Ghai,. c1.,c1 n: ;he Treasury Department; an
served n1tce - 4 rehoarig, wnich VII Ope'ain Z
postpone their deportation. The thirteen diamond
cutters who arrived on TIE Wcstern'and are dc
! barred aad awaiting hearing Actini
/ Secretary Hamlin and Mr.. Stump gave a hearin:
/ 70 Mr.. James. OF Cincinnati. to-day. HG, % Itor
n"y for diamond manUfa 'turers OF thai city. pro
tested against these men being dcbarred az contrac
i3oOrers o. AZ ko.y - become public charges. an
| drGr"i mat II was IN restraint OF trade to keel
! them on OF the conrtry. Labor organizatione ar
actively antagon.Zng the construction placed upoi
the law and thc re'cl. Treasury decision tina; ali
permit the landing 81 the foreign dia mond-
| aN"fing mat u VIII r"lur' The scale OF wages.
| THE SUPREME COURT CALENDAR
| Washington. March c3-The day call IN IN
| United states Supreme Court for Monday. April
| VIII be az follows: Nos. 49, 10 2ig 2l5. "a 2l7
! 20. 25l 253 and 81.
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