The Washington times., 1906-11-16
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS
GROWING SKYIHiiARD
Current Fiscal Year VIII
Prove a Record
Breaker.
INTERNAL REVENUE HEAVY
Treasury Deficit ImPossible-No SPe-
cial Session Of Congress Necessary
to Meet Such Conditions.

Customs officials are astonished at the
way customs receipts have been coming
In 10 the Treasury since the opening Of
this fiscal year. The returns from GUS
toms are rapidly forging ahead of the
returns of lasu nscaI year and unless
there is an unexpected turn this fiscal
year VIII prove a record-breaker- Since
July /, the receipts have been approxl-
mately Xl2D, 000.GJ0. or about 100000
heavier than the receipts for the cor
responding period OF last fiscal year
II this is kept up, the aggregate from
customs for the current fiscal year
ought 10 reach S315 oJ0010. Last fiscal
year there was much qualification at the
Treasury because The s51.uJj0J3 mark
was passed, and all records uQ 10 ttaL
time broken.
Business Is Booming.
Heavy business In general and unusual
individual prosperity are the reasons
given at the Treasury for the steady
Enlargement OF the customs returns.
There is nothing heard OF the talk OF 4
year ago that IL will be needful 10 re-
wise the tarin in order TO increase the
revenues. The danger of "a deficit no
longer confrouts Secretary shaw and
his assistants. Like she Jarln, the IN
ternaI revenue IS bringing in much more
income than last fiscal year. IL has al
ready passed the $l10,09.OU0 mark and
is about 100000 heavier man "a yetc
ago al this time Receipts from mis-
ceiIaueous sources are likewise higher
The total receipts from all sources thls
fiscal year exceed S-3s. .OJ3.JJJ and are
over 81. .Nt0. .UuJ heavier lllIu lucy were
at the corresponding time in 1893.
The heavy revenues, especially from
customs. are not expected 70 help the
cause Of the tariff reylslonlsts IN their
efforts 10 get tle President 10 caI a
special session III cannot be urged there
is need for mere revenue and that scled-
uIes should be lowered 10 allow more
goods 10 come IN. Moreover the oppo-
nenJs OF revision viii De able 10 point 70
the fact that the excellent condition OF
business Is bringing the Government
ample revenues and that 10 disturb
schedules would disaTT4uge and uuSeJIlo
business
Many revisionisJs nave hoped thaC
President Roosevelt would advocate Tc-
vision i'm his annual message LiIs year.
II is settled that he VIII not do So
/ Whether he viii take ti45 tariff up IN
special massage later VIII depend on
the pressure brought upon him BY mem
bers OF CONGRESS. Already sentiment
for revision is being manifested in many
quarters, but this week number OF
| Lhs members of House and Senate ar
riving in Washington are declaring
against revision. Senator BurroWSs OF
Michigan. and Senator Fulton, Of ore
gou. are among those that have taken
a stand against revision. They do not
consider Jhat the lesson of the late cleo
tons spells revision, and hence do not
favor any movement 10 take IT up.
Tariff RevisionisJs Restless.
The revisionists are urging that II
( tariff revision is not taken up within
a short time and carried through either
at g special session next spring or at
the first session of the SiNtieth Congress,
then the whole matter viii have To go
over until the winter OF IS9S-I0 They
mold that the country will not rest well
. under the present schedules until that
time, and that unless the Republicans
yield TO the demand for revision before
{ the 1868 campaign the chances of
Democratic victory viii be increased.
President Roosevelt halels the key TO
the situation This is generally admit
ted by members OF the House and Sen
ate. Representative HUH. chairman OF
i the House Military Anairs Committee
/ who is identified with the high tariff
faction OF the Republican party in Iowa.
expressed this idea today. He said that
/ II President Roosevelt came out for. re-
vision nothing could stop H. and Con-
gress would have TO take action. as the
people OF the country We're with Roose-
welt