New-York tribune., 1895-10-02
THE ETN1NfES.

No one knows whether the Treasury state
mont for the month Of September 10 be issued
to4ay-or at such time as the account can DC
modo 70 balance. If another blunder occurs Ike
tha, Of last monih-will agree with The Treasury
,o,or,or+ issued ot the close Of business on the
last day OF the month. In June pretext was
manufactured for including part Of the receipts
for July. and there is obviously at work The same
determination to force pretended balance TOT
tho first ouarte- of the fiscal year For twenty
one days Of September the payments were over
81 OOO 900 per day; for the last nine DAYS OH!
50 33JS ,,3S has been paid ont. or S3i3l'l per day.
and owing to this suppression OF more IMAM
So 600 900 Of The payments properly belonging
10 the month an apparent excess oi r'celp's o'c'
expenditures is reported. II Is doubtful whc'her
This will give satisfaction TO Democrats VINO pos
sess any intelligence, for they have learned by
this time that expenditures are only what the
Treasury peases to enter al paid. and they look
ot once TO the receipts to see If these have really
increased.
The receipts have not increased. Customs re
ceipts in September were about $1,000. 40 small
or than in August, and S2GOOOOO smaller fhan
I'm 1899 Internal receipts are only SsS.0oO
larger than in August. SG3S,000 smaller than in
July. and 81 AZ, 900 smaller than In September,
1892 The total receipts are Sl.4OO,oo~ smaller
than in August. and S4.3O0.0OO smaller than IN
September. 1892 The total receipts for the first
Quarter Of the fiscal year have fallen nearly
SO 600 600 below the official estimate made last
December. and consequently the payments have
been cut down for the quarter. The Secretary
estimated last December that the receipts FOR the
current fiscal year. exclusive OF postal receipts,
would be S390,00O.0OO. or S91,5OO.0Oo per quar-
| fer but the actual receipts have been SS.'.o'2,-
OH The Secretary then estimated the eXpendl-
| turcs for the current fiscal year, exclusive or
nostal receipts mt S361 1S5010 30, or S9O,296,OOO
for the quarter, but the actual payments for the
quarter have been $95.J1OSS7. including several
| millions which should have been paid in June.
! These statements are Of course, based upon
the official report at the close Of business the last
day Of the quarter But in the light Of past ex-
pcrence no one will venture to assume that they
will not be altered and doctored before the final
figures appear. Yet they presumably give a rec
ord Of the actual facts. as known to the officials
of the depa riment when the quarter and the
month had ended and II il is afterward decided
to put into the account the actual receipts OF one
or more days in October or 10 take out part OF
the sums really palu III september, TIE pupic
will not be deceived. The meat Of the matter Is
the fact that receipts for the wear have been at
the rate Of S3lO,OO0OOO year. instead of the
estimated S390.000,000. The customs receipts
are only 81 100000 less than the estimate per
quarter and miscellaneous receipts about SlOO
600 larger than The quarters estimate while
the internal receipts have been Sl020000C
less than the quarters estimates. 1t Is
! well known that the whiskey business does no,
! turn ont as Treasury officials unwisely calcu
lated The new customs duties. by which i'm
ports have been enormously stimulated do al
present closely approach the anticipated results
but II remains TO be seen how those VIII turn
out II the home manufacture is able TO defend
itself and restrict foreign imporatlons. on
IT, on the other hand, any reaction in business
and in the disposition TO buy in advance cuts
down the imports.
| When Congress meets some sensible member
will probably move TO investigate the amount OF
overdue obligations Of the Government. which
have been forclbly postponed with great injns
tice to creditors I'm order to manufacture fic