The Brandon news., 1905-12-07
OUR WASHINGTON
NEWS And NOTES
ITEzzs OF INTEREST BRIEFLY
CHRONICLED.
DEFICIT 70 Bg WIPED OUT
Custom Receipts Bid Fair to bo the
Largest for Any Year in the Gus
tom Business. A surplus Will
Probably Exist.

"If customs receipts continue to
come in at the rate they have been
coming since June 80, the receipts for
this fiscal year will be the greatest in
any year in the customs business of
the country" declared Assistant
Secretary Reynolds, cf the Treasury
Department.
cup to this time the largest Gus
toms returns were received in 1903
the tot.l being over $oot000,000. Tc
the end Of November this year Gus
tome receipts have been $124, ,906,1O9
against $110, ,27S,693 to the same time
last year
Mr.. Reyonlds further pointed that
not only would the present deici'
be entirely wiped out by the end of
next June, but there would be sur
plus if customs contine to come in
as they have been for the past five
months. This is on the theory that
expenditures do not grow heavier.
November, the fifth month Of the
fiscal year, closed with a deficit Of
$12,661, us, against S14.791, ,5S7 for
October 81. For November receipts
exceeded expenditures by $2,129,S6S.
Customs receipts for November were
about $2,500,C00 heavier than for No
vember, 1904. The deficit at the end
of November 1905, stands $13.267,-
533 lower than November 80, 1904.
It is pointed out that the excess
IN customs receipts since June 30
over customs receipts for the same
period last year amounted to $14,627,- ;
416, and that it is mainly because of
this excess that the deficit is lower
chan at this time last year. Internal
revenue receipts have run considera-
bly, heavier than a year ago. but the
main growth has been in customs.
Mr.. Reynolds said today the the in
crease in customs this year could be
oscribed only to general prosperity
and good trade conditions, as each
month since July / had shown SUBJ
stantial increase and the enlarged re-
turns could not be credited to any
one or several lines imports.
Diplomatic Representatives in Wash
ington from Central and South Amer
lea countries are manifesting great
interest in the possible visit of Secre-
tary Root to South America next
summer, to which place he has an
nounced his intention Of going il the
coming Pan-American Congress is
held at Rio Janeiro ana the condi-
ton Of public business will permit
this absence from Washington. Ar
gentine would derive innumerable
benefits from a visit by Mr.. Root, and
the people of that republic will ex-
tend a warm welcome to the secre-
tary Of state, according to Senor Ep-
ifanio Portela, the minister from that
country. GAS a result" it was sug-
gested to the minister, commercial
relations between Argentina and the
United States would become much
closer and more uniform" "Undoubt
edl," he replied, "although they are
very cordial today in SO FAR as con-
ditions are concerned. By this ]
mean that the problem Of transpor-
tation is to be solved. For instance
there is not a single line Of steam
ships plying today between New York
and Buenos Ayres which could be Civ
en- the dignity Of the title Of steam
ship transportation. The ships today
running between these ports are old
uncomfortable and run irregularly
| The passage is made occasionally in
from twenty-five to twenty-five days
Very often we have to 60 from Bue-
nos Ayres to Europe and thence to
New York to reach America on time.
The mails follow that route.
Rear Admiral Robley u. Evans,
Commander in Chief Of the North At
lantic fleet, is in Washington on few
days leave Of absence, having spent
Thanksgiving Day at home. While
here the Admiral will confer with
Rear Admiral Converse, chief Of the
Bureau Of Navigation, about the pro-
gramme for the winter drills of the
North Atlantic feet in January. A
marked decrease has occurred in the
number Of desertions in the North At
lantic feet. Less than 100 men from
the entire fleet overstayed their shore
leave in New York during the visit Of
Prince Louis and many Of these have
since returned.