New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-04

the amount In the remaining 1Our inon' ~,
no over s12O. 100000, against $1OO.6Oo,oV III 'ne
same months last year, S97 ,1OO,OOo IN Tue '".
n,onths ~ 1894 and S1159O00OO In the Same
months Of 1892. With receipts for Tue ~.
months equal to last years the aggregate io'
tho fiscal year would fall $20,OOO,0OO Deio" '"'
estimate. ,o;rts
Nor is II nv any means certain that the receipo
for tbe four months. March-June inclusive VIII
or,o IN n last wears, although Internal revenue
IN March of last wear was still reduced Dy 'he
Dor,ocr,tlc Gift Of many millions to the WINS
ro,, Trust The market for whiskey has not Deen
.a.,,, or o,coura gng since the last decline, some
weeks ago The customs receipts IN 'an"','
and February have been little smaiier 'n"n 80
the same months last year, ana there - HUI ~
no exnected a large movement or pee' Su7
of.er February while the movement VI e""'
soorns certain TO be much reduced by the va.
IN Cuba The course Of prices mas not ihui'"'
the expected expansion in demand. lmpor'S y.
drvgoods continue large, but 1t Is sui sumo
uncertain whether they will be 1ound Hisc'
than n wear ago, when the new opportunity "
take cbcaD foreign goods at duties reduced aDou'
half January 1 led to enormous purchases III
which American importers and clotlllers iounu
themselves frishtfully duped. Unless the gen
ora, condition Of business distinctly improves II
may be Judged more probable that CUSTOMS IT,
coints will fall below those Of last year.
With revenue probably $2O,O0OOOO smaller
than the Treasury expected, there - some le'
CON 70 onticinate that expenses will go beyond
the estimates, unless articially cut down. "'
tbov wore last June. to make deceptive show
inr Already there is indication that the oe
q
disbursements for two-thirds Of the year, when
amounted for eight months ending with feDru'
ary to S247 100000 in 1884, and S24' ZoVV" ia
1880 but for the last eight months nave oe'"
500. 100000 The condition Of foreign anair'
and activity in moving and preparing naval we.
sells inevitably cause some expenditures WHICH,
were not anticipated, and the interest pay nheh'>
yearly are now $4,000,GOO greater tnan III ~
cember, when the Secretary reckoned the amour.
IT S3l. OOOO 900. 1t is interesting, If not at all
gratifying to the people to know that the !eari'
charge for interest has been Increased by the
Cleveland Administration $114326l6 ana was
only S27 .26l,392 In the fiscal year 1893 NANNY
under President Harrison. The increase III three
Democratic years has been AZ per cent.
In view OF the conditions, II requires the genius
of Treasury official or the credulty OF FREE
Trade enthusiast to discover that the positioh
Of the Treasury as to the deficit is Improving
Should the receipts fall $200OO,WO below est
mates while the Secretary himself calculator
upon a deficit Of S17O0OOO0, and the expenses
have been increased S4,0O0,OO by new debts
and an unknown sum by unexpected foreign ana
other causes, 1t is evident the expectation that
the new revenue law would cover expenses by
the end Of the fiscal year will he sadly d.sap-
poiuted But the President has been helped by
the silver boilers to prevent any increase OF
revenue 50 that the main question is whether the
reserve obtained by borrowing Will now sufflce
20 cover requirements until the expiration OF his
most disastrous term.