Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-12-03
LARGE HOLD
|NGS OF GOLD
Available Cash Balance in
the National Treasury is
Highest in History.
HOME DEMAND FOR STEEL
Secretary Shaw Recommends
That Patients be Received at
Fort Stanton Sanitarium
for Consumptives.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The annual re-
port Of the secretary of the tteasufy
ceips for he fiscal year ending June 3(
Hast of 1854 326, $50, and expenditures OF
$593 OBS, ,9O4. showing a surplus of $91,-
I2S7,375. The securities redeemed
amounted to $7O,249, 669 There was q
decrease, as compared with 1901, in re-
ceipts of $14,99o, ,25O. and in expenditures
of $3S, ,495. For 1903 the estimated
receipts are se94, ,O2O $50, and the expen-
ditures 1851 ,020. $50, or a surplus Of S43,-
100000. For 1904, the estimated receipts
elusive of the sinking fund $677 1856, ,776,
or a surplus of 51,Sl0,S 1857.
The striking conditions of the treas
ury are the magnitude of the available
cash balance and the unprecedented
holdings of gold. The total cash bal
Iance on November l was $206, ,421 1878,
and inclusive of the gold reserve, was
$362, 1877 1861, the highest in the history
Of the department. There was an un-
usual movement in silver and Of min
or coin to and from the treasury and
the shipments of silver dollars exceed
ed all previous records. 1t is recon-
mended that the mint at New Orleans
be reduced to an assay office in view
of the opening of the new mint at
Denver
| The Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing has been compelled to furnish the
treasurer of the United States more
than double the number of sheets of
notes and bonds he required at the be-
ginning of the year. The increase in
internal revenue stamps has been
| 1,62S,437 and in postage stamps, 3,710.2S7
sheets. The aggregate amount of work
delivered was Is per cent greater than
in any previous year and is a good in
dication of the prosperity of the coun-
try. Foreign commerce showed a de-
crease of $106, 6,O45, $50 in exports and an
increase of $50, ,14S, 1888 in imports. This
is explained in the greater demand for
home consumption, the shortage of the
corn crop and the decrease in prices Of
certain staples exported. The demand
for iron and steel at home caused the
most noticeable decrease in any one
line. The increase in imports was on
account of the increased demand for
| raw materials. The receipts from the
| new possessions show a gratifying in
crease. Smuggling from Canada and on
| the Pacific coast, has been greatly re-
duced. The continued protection of
| seals and blue foxes is advocated. 1t is
! urged that government hatcheries of
salmon be established. There Is an in
| crease on the tax from beers, brandies
and other liquors and a decrease from
| tobacco.
The total immigration for the year
was 730,79S, or an increase of 167,930
over the previous year. An increased
appropriation is asked to prevent i'm
migration over the border of Mexico.
The adoption of the Bertillon system IS
recommended in the case of Chinese.
The work of the surgeon generals de-
partment in it's quarantine against yell
low fever, smallpox and typhus is COM
| mended and the secretary says that
every possible effort has been made to
stamp out bubonic plague in San Fran
CISCO A bill will be submitted to con-
gress for establishing a national lepro-
sarium Yellow fever has not been re-
ported in this country during the year,
l. Io @oi ,nl
in the insular possessions.
The Fort Stanton sanitarium for
consumptives is commended and it is
| recommended that cases OF tuberculo-
sis be received there on the payment Of
| a per diem, on the recommendation Of
state health authorities and the cost
| be based on the present cost of MAIN
tenance Of the patients. The report
says such a law would undoubtedly re-
suit in the cure of many cases that
onments.
American shipping was greater at
the close OF the last fiscal year than
ever before, but 1t Is unfortunate that
American capital prefers investment in
shipping under foreign flags than un-
der the United States flag, because it
costs more to build ocean steamers in
the United States than abroad.
The report Of the life saving service
( shows 746 disasters, 81 vessels totally
lost, 1920 persons involved, and rs lost.
The value of property involved was
| 1867, 1870, of which $12,292,795 was saw
ed
Among the recommendations Of Sec
retary Shaw are that the rate Of taxa
ton on such national bank circulation
as may be secured hereafter by bonds
issued for the construction of the 18TH
mian canal, be reduced to one-half of
one per cent; that proper buildings be
constructed for the storing Of records;
that suitable penalty be provided for
willful violation Of the law relative to
the importation Of diseased aliens; that
the metric system be adopted and
that increased appropriations be made
for secret service work.
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