The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-19
COTTON BELT EARNINGS

| N'' ..HiuFct SPEAKS Of the So-CaIe1
Free Silver Craze"
The advance sheet of ME firm s,,,,.,
iVport OF thu Cotton Belt, or St. Louis
90"'h western railway. to be .,ubnllted hv
i'S'1olli Fordyce n, the annual meeting
Al - Louis October {, shows the follow
aus results Tor the year ending Jane 80;
cross earnings year ended June %. 1896
N,So' 'S'S' June 30, 1895. S.el7l7l57
VI.r'lins EXPENSES including better.
nioitts year ended June 80. 1875. 81 l3a IA a
June 80, 1875 Si,g71, 92i %. '''''
\"l earnings for year ended luna IN ,s,c
VIZ l5,$2 june so. 1895, N.zs.a5S.iS. ''' '''''
1S55 sIo67s a. oIlp Fps for a6 Xear ended lurs 20
70, Total income over Operating expenses
JI H., 20 1885, $I2fi,272 '''-''-'
,,I, NJ i aha other payments charged
US ,'''Sl INCOME accrued interest on HRS.
ia'risaSe bonds q per cent? for year cnd-
.Ll June 80 1886, $4,000; June 30. iN5. $50
Interest and exchange for wear opdo3
! ~ 90 1896 NG.isi97; Jnno 20. iSa5, ~,
7. TaXsss accrued for year ended Juno 30
i'Jpi N1H'9.A9, June 80, 1895, NlI.799oi
Al Glhcr payments for wear ended limo
~ lH'i Si'3p1.lt; June 60 1875. Sl7SiS
IpIl charges AGAINST Income for vcar
. e., ~, JHn" 49, 1890, $SjO,oi20S: dune 30, 1855
Surplus income carried to credit of proal
ana loss account for wear ended Juno 70
ISgt. none: juno 81, 1855. s80ii S9.iS
pehctt carried n deh't of uroil, ana loss
s5ooi. '' '''' ''''e' June 81 1876 Sl''-
TAG item Of operating expenses include,
sae loi59wine eNpendturcsi Be,tcrmenta
~ s'f.'Ei extraordinary EXPENSES $50 q1 ST.
tNal, S2No 3Sl. q. The results Of operotion
are compared with similar results for the
nscai Year ended June 50. 1875, the most
prosperous business veqr In the HISTORY
lf0nHrtN ny liz
onucd juno 80. 1873. the gross earning nv
eraged NL7H $3.50 per year. or si9.. So Of
lcSs than for the fiscal N.v,r ended June
49, lNM; ma the operating EXPENSES aver.
aged $ilhl.2S999 per year. or ssS rs more
ilnoa!n for the fiscal year ended June 80.
This very short cotton crop Of the past
season, as compared with the previous
year, has been the principal cause for
N" diminished not earnings 81 your prop
largely overcome by the growth of bust
moss already established and The devclr SO
mon ot new industries on the line but
fer the almost unprecedented derangc-
m,nt OF the general business Of the coun
try caused by the agitation of the free
a.lvcr craze. Men already engaged In bust |
T. - have curtailed rArlr operations, while |
capital has remained i1ln. and stood np- |
pIllcd az the danger that threatened both !
the phyAal and financial lifc Of the Ma |
ton. II Is believed that the American |
people Will again prove fheir patriot SIN |
at the polls in November, and SHOW by |
their ballots that they propose to main |
tain tho honor aud integrity OF the gov
einmeni This bling done, confidence viii |
he restored, and business again resume It's |
usual channel"
It is the policy Of tho management to
improve the physical condition of the
as ranldly az financial conditions
win allow Encouraged by The results OF
lncraficn for the fiscal yelr ended juno
90, 'Ss5, improvements md be'torments