New-York tribune., 1899-03-05
RECEIPTS FROM CUSTOMS.
coon SHOWING MADE BY THE TREASURE
FIGURES.


FIGURES
,,.o, March (SpeciaD-The customs re-
- ,bo Government. exclusive OF those ito'''
-. ore now running at the rate OF s'ooooV 49,
~ oorsidora DIV more than one-naii NV -
ar, exnenditures in the five years PI'o - 49,, 80
a,,n,rq NJ the extraordinary expenditures 0N
the war with Spain. -,. ra,ar,
rha Bureau OF Statistics OF the lre"Su'' ~
-, has lust compiled some figures on '"e
~ i"''' o,o,s ~ the Government since the pesin-
, =, tho fiscal year 1893. thus incIuoH'e ~
ao~o,tons OF three tarir laws. These lsu.' 60,
hat tho total receipts from cus'oins " es,a
- 1902 ls9i 1895 1896 ana 1879 49,.
ooo "a. or daily average OF Siol'i uu' ms
"'''''' ,or,od three OF the years in question
to,.,rc heen under the Tarin ac' oi
,oo4 ana two years under the act OF oo.oo,- -
oo ~ oscal year 1895 is not included In 'hese
,.,. s,rce It's customs receipts were lai '"
~ ror,al because OF the small 'fnpo' 'd'' = -
r,odia,elv following the enactment - -, =
,ar q, Julv "a 1897. while It's expenditure ~
or ~ the war far ABOVE ''e " oo. .
~, .o,al exnenditures Of the five years 1915 70
nv ., 90. ,zo 13o making the average annual
i'' ,,.,,.s during that time S365o5O ~ or an
'NP - :, ooo Ooo n day for all the general ex-
,,.,,ros NJ the Government. Tnls' OF cou'se' III
,,dss none OF the expenditures oi 'he io''
r,,ortmeut except the annual dehc',' the ou''
=, ,ho treasury Department In considering ''s eH
,,o,d,,ures being omit lroHi i'S
,o,ol recepts and expenditures OF the fos.oi"0e
,-,r,or, which Is practically sef-sustalhihe
- 80 ,nciude only the deficit OF each year IN 'he
Treasury expenditures .
The statement OF the Bureau OF stats''cs iu' Wv
.o,,s that the receipts OF the calendar year lo'o
from the customs act OF July ~ ls"'' tose'"e'
.,,h tho internal revenue and miscellaneous re-
.o,,,s under the then existing laws have more 'hah
Ouoled The ordinary daily expenditures before 'he
,,,,,ng Of extraordinary expenditures due 10 the
~ br TIE total receipts from customs In the year
,e1S rerc s1s2 $40 361 OF which $ZOOis was from
- Tho ,otal receipts from Internal revenue IN
Tea Tea uere s2el W. 80 Of which s55 6s3l was
,ron, war revenue taxes 1he totaI insCe,la'va
.cants of the year were SJ.sZDbNo, OF "HiCli 81
80, a., v,os from the Pacific Railroad nnkne tne
,a,oi evtraordnary receipts OF the year >'-HSolp'
hiah ~ deducted from the the grand totnL re
VIZ" - - vear SAP G3l 25l would leave S3io
,,eoIo5o as Tho ordinary receipts exclusive or war
-,ennes and receipts from the Pacihc hniiroau'
or IN round figures. $j%F2sO4 IN excess ot tne Co..
or OF az a., annual e1pcnditures IN the nve years ls's
=. iso7 nrior 10 the beginning OF the war "a
penditures -. e-s, ,ba total receipts s
nv .,,nr,s0 internal revenue and miscellaneous
L,o ir ,ho colendar year 1898 second the eAtraor
dtnarv recepts OF the year IN each oi ti,e'o ~,
,s'ors and third the net ordinary rece'p.s & .er
s1oc,,rg the xtraordnary receipts o. u"f pSnIao
1rorn Inc War Revenue act ana i'ol' W ~ ~ cus,oms
Iio,i.n The only Increase made 10 the cus ms
I'all,O I',,n h,. The War Revenue act was i,oin sne
Itoep,T On ion. which produced during sne '.s ',ss
uo.o 30 The internal revenue rece's.,, oo. oa,
rom the war Revenue act wsre sS2 ''
!ase 49, from the Pacific Railroad So Si4'"f''Vi
'Total receipts. calendar year 1879
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