Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11
AGUINALDO'S GLORY.
REBEL GOVERNMENT'S TINAN-
CIAL STATEMENT.
Would Reduce Taxes Upon Eviction
Of Americans-Capacity of In
surgent Leaders.

Manila, May Is. Correspondence OF
the Associated Press.) The Filipinos are
addicted to the preservation of their
recorls. no matter how unimportant.
Down in Albay province our troops re-
Gently found the yearly financial state
ment Of the rebel government While it
is thought it's figures are untrue, it Is in
teresting as an example of how the reb-
els do busines and nlaintaisn their pres
tige among their people. In the balance
sheet of 1S99-1900 the insurgent minister
of finance states that during the years
1896 1897 the expenses of the Spanish gov
eminent in administering affairs
amounted to $17474,02O Mexican. but
thanks to the capacity of the revolutions
airy leaders the total expenditures of the
insurgent government for last year only
amounted to $6,342, ,407. All this economy
was effected while the Manila custom
house, most lucrative source of in
come was in the hands of the Ameri-
cans. It was promised that as soon as
the rebels gained possession of Manila,
which would be in a few weeks, they
could manifestly reduce the rate of taxa
tion. In the meantime money was need
ed and it was incumbent on all god pa
triots to pay all the tax collectors asked
of them. With few words describing
Aguinaldo's glory and inVulnerability
and the good time coming to every body
from the islands. the minister of finance
accounts for his income as follows:
Income Gam in Mexican currency.)
Ordinary indirect taxes. $432. .050.
Ordlrary direct taxes $1,016, ,757.
Special taxes $843. 800. s..
Extraordinary contributions 81, ,050, 900.
accounts for his income as follows:
The item of extraordinary contribu-
tions'' probably covers the multitude Of
forced payments not included in the 9TH
er sources of income.
The expenditures are accounted for as
follows:
General obligations 81 .2S1 5s3.
Foreign obligations $S9.O4O.
Department of the interior $203, $50.
War and navy $4,997 ,654.3S.
Law and order 1854, $50.
= Public instructions $35468.
Public works 1861 1866.
Agriculture, industry and commerce
$21, ,66S.
Total $6,344,72s3s
The statement shows a deficit of some
$1,000. The insurgent government un-
doubtedly handled considerable money
last year, but whether they collected &c.,
600, 900 Mexican is not known to outsd-
ers. Their expense have been especially
heavy in the matter of arms. Filibustens
and others have. made them pay exol-bi-
tant prices for everything.
Two W lHe1I SeIleId!S, rama anu LuI-
banare are said to have large accounts
in the Hong Kong banks According to
this annual report the yearly pay of a
lieutenant general is $12O; a general
commanding division gets 5000; a brig
adler general gets $540: a colonel $3.50; a
lieutenant colonel $42O: and second
heutenants stipend lis $780, The wages of
a sergeant are $72 year. corporal gets
$50 and the man with the gun is allowed
$42 for u months service to his country
This balance sheet further makes provis-
ion for $4,000 soldiers, 5000 Of whom are
sergeants and 1900 corporals and the cost
of keeping them in provision for one year
is put down at $Sl4,00O Mexican cur
rancV