Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-07
THE NATIONS FINANCES
Secretary of the Treasury Tells The People All
About Them.
EXPENSES NEARLY HALF A BILLION,
Receipts arc Less Reports of nepn rtment
Work secretary's Plan for Revising
the Country's Currency system,

all sources for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1897. were.
rron, o,,sto,rs ava 5hA toe az. from
~ go -
internal revenue. si46'6ss'5'i ~; from
profits on coinage. bullion deposits and
ASSAYS. s.. 2g9. sl3.53; from district of
5000, ., ,c,,o "a. Co., No., o,,,
No'u'',p'a S''OoO' 'V,-o' i,e'' 800,
sular,letters natentand land'ss'HSl 'oo''-
IL; from sinking fund for Pacific rail-
WAYS. 50 977 ia Oh. from tax on national
-. =, 40 ,o, 90. -, 80. ,..,,,,,,,,
puhhs Sl'',-'ooo'eS, from ii"F' he''slo''
and navy hospital funds, etc. Sl,222,-
SS3.O5; from repayment OF interest by
Pacific RAILWAYS se1s .3s: from mis-
an,o,'o
cellaneous sources s9lS,ll995' from
sales of public lands $S6i5sl4l; from
sales Of Indian lands Ss45.4lg.0s; from
a,,..,.,,, 60, t. ,,a,ai,ia, ,o asa
customs e ices illesl pei'.'i. ,'., sY'O'
S2f.ld: from reimbursement Tor COST oil
s32l 0e7 "a from immigrant funds.
900 oo,, - ,..,..,.,,,,,,,,,
SSV''sSo'I'' from safes Oh sVNe'h'heh'
| property, $2O2, 'l2.fS; from deposits lor
surveying public lands, SIPS. $50. 10; from
| soldiers home permanent fund, sl26.
| 6i7.gi; from sales OF lands and build
! inCs under special acts, ISL .3i970. from
! depredations ON public lands. Si5.41S5i;
| from sales of ordnance material, SiS,-
30S. Sc; from postal service. SS2 GG5, 1918;
Total receipts, $3.50. 1851, 1879.
The expenditures for the same period
were.
For the civil establishment, including
! foreign intercourse, public buildings.
| collecting the revenues, bounty on
sugar, district of Columbia, and other
miscellaneous expenses, $79,2b2, OGl.69.
/ For the military establishment, in
| Guiding rivers and harbors, forts, ar
OF. 10 Il ct a.. tt4n
| 26i.S9.
For the naval establishment includ-
\ ing construction OF new vessels, ma
| chinery, armament equipment ana I'M
| provements at navy yards, S3i'odl,-
6i1.29. -
Tor Indian service, Sl3,Ol6 so2.46.
For pensions, Sl4l ,Ob3 80.
-o FOR interest on the pubic debt sSh-
! Nl, llO4s.
FOR deficiency In postal revenues
vi. ltv'.oO,i5; - ooec- ,so-,
ror postal service, ssz'ooo az 80 TO- ,o, an
Iotai expenditures, S1ts,a9s 'o=Z'SV'
showing a dehelt oil SlS,ooz,iSi.4l.
IN auultion 10 tne orulnaTy revenues
colieoteu. uurihs the year the Sush IA
.lv tleus"Iy was iiei ense" Wy 'he
| i',.oMi 'autna' 80,
rVI ne ht'iorai oa i, iun ,aoo
posted posted 9nuer aet OF July ~, issc, IN
~ so VI " s, ny" Ne uee nv 80 H,.'1o,
! 49,.
cehl poiius III iiuiuu'ion oi interest
~. uSu ~ iei uil"ihs &c, .invu'cs ,oI'-
ee...u uurinG ny yeur' Sa,1fV, Hihk'hs
tottu OF s4'1o1So''ou me securities
leuueliieu uulli.s we year on account
VI .iiu SinN'Is iumu VIE as ioiIoWs 40
| ,oh Loan VI '"is anu august iooi' e.
4'y; .,
I've 'wen ,eee Zoo pa ieo-' Si'oVV'
i,oah u iooo' Sovv, 400
i,,,ia i ' VI i9ei, SoVu,
81, uilueu iosn WL 1901 continued at
% percent, SlvoV'
,tn,,od n, or ~ "a u sno io'i' eoh-
''Tueu at 'ys per Veh', Si,9Vo'
LOAN 5oah oi 1uIE' lsS-; Fl,oVY:
i rui,ueu lUah OF Ie'l' SzS',fVo'
rIac,lo in currency ana notes SO'l9z'
1u'ai' S-o-v'S'
rs Sofnpared WIN the nscal year
90 iS'p n, VIZ rso tce'pls ior 1891 increased
Szg,o ''o9.ll.
dhere was an Increase of IS,594-
49, III we oIu'narS eNpehultules:
his',t nno iut tHe nscai years 1878
uiiu iSye are gwen. IN regard TO the
opvrullons OF the treasury the secre-
'" ..;r,' aay ,s 49,
Inc treasurer of the United States
reports mat the total available assets
~ inc treasury We're Seob,0s6s2l.'O at
me opening OF the hscal year and
SSH,'bi'5n.2S al the close
statistics are given regarding de-
rosits of precious metals and coinage
for the year. He approves the recon-
mendation of the director OF the mint
foi larger volume of fractional silver
currency.
The secretary gives a table showing
the estimated amount of money out
side the treasury to be 81 mo gOi
which he estimates is S2s. 23 per canita
of the population of the United States.
Speaking of the country's foreign
trade he says the statistics of the de-
partment show the value of exnor,s az
the domestic goods exceeds those az
last year by SlG.275 900 An AMIDST. Of
the exports show that those ~ ~
products of Agricultural dacroas.,i
from rs per cent To "a ner cent 80
manufactures Increased rron, IL VIM NJ
cent TO 2G per cent nota pgi
of the fact that silver mas haot 20 maui ,''it
of the most imnortont &c. o f one
mort iof eN-
A generoi roo.,v,,t.a,,
toms distrjcts is rann,,,,S,i, " me Gus
interest Of ecorn,,,' .',,i ri IN the
Tbe sacratar,, .',. anu oet'ef results.
"1'ba ,o,'ios
not ~, a. 80. u 'u'y "a, 1885, mas
,er,,Ine MI ~ iorSe long enough TO de-
conaaa,,,,,, 10 nerts, nut II Is
onnra,inn' LII, vNea .iiat Wheh In fulI
far the nrhi, WI a.io I ample revenue
-, 80 NJ Si'i.ti nteus VI the govern
,,,o.,,,, IT." - aueiu"seiy protecting our
tnr',,.. :, 'ui'hs ana agricultural in
tIa r.,o,,,,,,,,,, a.,