The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-16
Expenditures OF the Government for
the Fast Fifteen Days Have Exceed
ed Receipts by Nearly $Io,0O0, 900.
RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT
MIR. AND MRS. CLEVELAND AND LIT
TIE ONES AT THE CAPITAL.
Indian Cases Before the Supreme
Appear I'm an Irrigation Case.
special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.-The published
figures Of the condition OF the treasury
this afternoon fully vindicated the state
ment made In these dispatches at the be-
ginning OF this month. when there was
chorus Of applause at the surplus OF
ss.ooo.ooo for September. that by the mid
die Of this month there would be deficit
Of about ten millions The figures
given out show thar the' expenditures Of
the government for the past fifteen days
have exceeded the receipts By ss.4si.esz.s7.
Just how the dedcit has been rescued
from the even ten-miilion mark VIII be
understood when il Is sta1fd that not one
penny was expended to-day for the Indian
Bureau. This bureau. xhich averages
about a million a month, has been held
down this month TO 200 up 10 the pres
ent time. This Is but an indication OF
the policy pursued. The deficit for The
fiscal year is already over nineteen mill
lions. The instructions have been issued
to cut down the deficit for the month
TO as nearly seven millions as possible
and for the remainder OF the month the
statement will be garhled day by day until
that figure is reached.
Mr.. worthIngton Ford. chief Of the
Bureau OF Statistics recently published a
carefully prepared statement setting forth
that the receipts of the government from
all sources for this fiscal year would
amount to $S51, 10000. deriving siso.ooo.ooo
from customs. s14s. 100000 from internal reve-
nue. and sl6.ooo0oo from miscellaneous
sources, a sum sufficient 90 meet all ex-
penditures for the year. Treasury officials
have studied Mr.. Fords figures very care
fully and they agree that his figures are
a.
that If there is any discrepancy between
the forecast and the final results IL viii
be that Mr.. FoFd's figures are too high.
With that statement they demolish Mr..
Ford's roseate assurance that there will
be no deficit at the end of this fiscal year.
For il the receipts of the government are
only $s51000000 that will not suf-
fee TO meet expenditures. The ex-
penditures for the last fiscal year
were in round numbers S57.ooo,-
600. six millions more than AFR. Ford's
limit Moreover, there must be added this
year the interest on the two bond issues
put out by Mr.. Cleveland during the pres
ent year 10 replenish the gold reserve.
| This VIII add s5.ooeooo rnsre IL the hgnrez
can be kept down in all other matters 10
those of last year. 1t Is possible that MI;
Ford, before preparing his statement, had
a conference with Controller Bowler and
was told by that puissant gentleman how
much money he would consent 10 have
expended during the remaining nine months
of this fiscal year.
A treasury statement shows that the
total exports for September were $e54S, 4iS.
against $5S 1884, 675 for last year: for the
sst nine months OF 1896. s557, ,sso, $40. against
7s.6lS27S for the corresponding period last
wear. The imports for September were
S5e CAT 69s against $65, 236 125 for September.
1891: for the first nine months or l6o,
sSOc sss l22 and for 1894. 500. o42. For Sep
teulber 1895. the excess OF Imports WAS
ss ss2, ,68o for September. 1874. the excess
of exports was s. S150,91; for the nrst nine
months OF this year there was an excess
Of imports amounting TO 81, ,062,zl6 ana for
the corresponding period of last year an
excess OF exports OF s7S. .02s. .234 There Was
An excess OF expectations OF gold last
month amounting TO s16,67f6os. against an
| excess of imports last year amounting 70
| s.1s1ls: for the first nine months OF mo,
| the excess of gold exports was ~, s'osts.
| for the corresponding period last year
sSs.a5iss. For silver, the excess OF exz
nortation for the first nine montns &c of
| his wear was s30.eS2, 4s6. against Zsss.
| s72 for the corresponding period iast year.
| The total immigration last month was 90
seo: for September. 1894. 24.oef; for nine
| months, 1895, 249, ySz, for the corioSio''o'"s
| period, 1894, 1y, 49,