Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-12-15
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Treasury Receipts, Etc.

The secretary of the treasury reports
that during the fiscal year ended June
81, 1896, the receipts of the government,
from all sources. amounted to S409,
4o8.7S. During the So <e period it's ex-
penditures were S434y ,S,654.4S, the eX-
cess OF expenditures over receipts thus
amounting to s25, 2O3. 245.70. The or6i-
nary expenditures during the year were
S4015,S52.21 less than during the pre-
ceding fiscal year. OF the receipts
mentioned there was derived from Gus
toms the sum of $500 ,751.67. and
from internal revenue $l46, $50, 615. 66.
The receipts from customs show an in
crease of 1888, 134.22 over those from
the same source for the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1895. and the receipts from
internal revenue an increase of $685.
5S7.q1
The value of our imported dutiabie
merchandise during the last fiscal year
was 1859, ISL. 40. and the value of free
goods imported $409 967 40. being an in
crease of S6.523.675 in the value of du-
table goods and $41. 231 .034 in the value
of free goods over the preceding year.
Our exports of merchandise, foreign
and domestic, amounted in value to
preceding year of $75,068,T73. The aver
age ad vaiorem duty paid on dutiable
goods imported during the year was
"a per cent. and on free and dutiable
goods taken together 2O.55 per cent.
The cost of collecting our internal
revenue was 2.7S per cent, as against
PSI per cent for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1895. The total production Of
distilled spirits. exclusive of fruit bran
dies, was sc. 5SS, 703 taxable gallons, be-
ing an increase of 6.6S9, los gallons over
the preceding year There was also an
increase of 1,443.676 gallons of spirits,
produced from fruit. as compared with
- 40 llrs n
barrels of beer produced was rs, S59, $50.
as against 33.5S97s4 produced in the
preceding fiscal year, being an increase
of 2,269, 466 barrels.
The Precious Metals.
The total amount Of gold exported
during the last fiscal year was $112,-
400 947 and of silver $50, 54f $40, being
an increase Of s45.941, 466 of gold and
$13, 246,S84 OF silver over the exporta-
tons of the preceding fiscal year. The
imports of gold We're $33, 1875, O65 and of
gold and SIS, $685. 07 more of silver than
during the preceding year The total
stock of metallic money in the United
States at the close on the last fiscal
year, ended on the 30th day Of June,
1896, was 81 22S, 326.03 of which $685.
597, 1864 was in gold and $62S OF in
silver. On the first day of November,
1896. the total stock of money of all
kinds in the country was 81, 2S5, 410 $50,
and the amount in circulation, not in
Guiding that In the treasury holdings,
was 81 1921 ,055, Sal, being $22 SO per capita
upon an estimated population of IL
902. 900. The production of the precious
metals in the United States during the
calendar year 1895 is estimated to have
been 2,254 $50 fine ounces of gold Of the
value Of $46,610,000, and 55,727, 900 fine
ounces of silver of the commercial val
lie of S36, 445, 000 and the coinage value
Of $72,05f 900. The estimated produce
ton Of these metals throughout the
world during the same period was
9,6S8.S2l fine ounces of gold, amounting
to $500. 1885, 700 In value. and 1863, 189. 249
fine ounces Of silver OF the commercial
value Of $40, 1854, 900, and of the coinag
value OF $218, 738, 100 Accord to our
ratio.
The coinage Of these metals I'm the
various countries OF the world during
the same calendar year amounted to
$232,7O1 ,43S In gold and $121, 996. PIG in
silver. The total coinage at the mints
or the United States during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1896, amounted TO
81. lSS. 1882. of which S58, SIS, 49O was I'm
gold coins and $12. 909, 97S. so in standard
silver dollars, subsidiary coins and
minor coins.
The number of national banks organ
lied from the time the law authorizing
their creation was passed, up to Octo-
Der 81, 1896. was 5,051, and of this num-
Der 1873 were at the date last mentioned
In active operation. having authorized
capital stock OF $650.014,S95, held by
288,so2 shareholders, and circulating
notes amounting to s211 .412,62O