Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-12-08
INCOME over
HALF MILLION
Uncle Sans source d
Revenue Shown in
shav's Report

washington, Dec. 5-The annual
report OF Secretary shaw on the n
aances, give the revenues Of the gov
eminent, exclusive of the postohce
1 for the year ended june 80 ~ @b3A.-
ia64.1a1.67. some OF the sources being
Il from customs $3O0,251,O00, internal
revenue $249,OOO,OOO, Gales Of public
land $4,800.000, profits On coinage
| 81, 800 900, tax on national bank cir
lculation $2,3O0.O0o. Pacific railways
lrayments ana Interest 3s,600.oo0. tai
public lands $74.600. Spanish IN
demnity " $2s,500, forest reserves
The increase In receipts was ap-
lploximctely $50.00O.000. including
SIS. 100000 from customs and $15s-
QUO, 900 from internal revenue.
| The expenditures for the same
lpcriod exclusive OF the postoffice were
|S568. 500. 900, an increase OF $1e,612.-
900 and leaving surplus Of $25,669.-
The District Of Columbia produced
/ the government q revenue OF $6,OOO.-
eee It cost 70 maintain si1.seo'-
/ Gold Imports or $4,000. 900 were
tadded to the currency.
Il The deposits In national banks are
lSS1, 900. 900 OF which $4,200.000 has
lbaen placed in Washington City
hanks to prevent local stringency
The stock of money in the United
Estates on June 80, 1905. amounted e
tS3,O69. 100000, Of which $2,162,000..
600 was In coin. including bullion IN
the treasury, and 1907, 100000 In
hank notes. The coin, bullion and
Taper currency In the treasury as as
. sets amounted to 1925, 100000. this
remainder, $2T44,50O. 0O0.s being In
J circulation. The estimated popula'
; ton of the country on that date wal
4 k4,622.0OO, giving an average circu
ilation per capita Of $32.42, against 1
1per capita of $31.08 for 1905. and
s21.10 in 1895. The amount of nione.
held by natiohal and other reporting
banks in the United Estates, shown b.
reports nearest to June 80. 1906, wa
t?1, 01O. zoe. 900. which leaves sI,733,
100000 in circulation, exclusive O
money in the treasury and in banks
being a gain of $133.700,000 over tn
amount in circulation in 1905, out
, lside of the banks and the treasury
1.-THE money in the treasury on Jun
$50, 1906, represented 1850 per cen
tf the stock in reporting banks 1923
) Ter cent. and elsewhere 56.49 pc
! cent. Thesp per capita unaccounted TO
In 1905 appears to be $20.4s, an in
crease of $1.26 over the per capt.
: ESTIMATED for 1905, and gain o
6.s3 in the percapita OF money est
snated to be In circulation ten year
Iago.
Stock Of Money Two Billion.
At the close OF the fiscal year end
led June 80, 1896, the stock of none
in the country was $2.OO5,964,S43 an
consisted OF $672,2OO.00O In goll
! Se31,400,0o0 silver. $346.681,016 legs
ltender notes. $129,683.280 treasur
thotes and 26,000,547 national ban
notes. At the close Of the last fiscs
lyear. June 80. 1906. the stock 3
money was $3.06s.884,640, an In
trease In the ten year period Of 81
e iee3,sl9.7S7. The increase In tn
:, 1ctock of gold was $S03,64l.821. silve
: $47.463.443 and national bank circula
ton $335,1il,813. During the decad
+ liz question the gold coinage amount
a to $s00.768.352 and In this perio
ne exports of gold exceeded the i'm
lports by approximately $4,000, 90,
!. Geographically the per capita IL
The eastern states is S24.22. the Pa
q ific states $2l.23. Riddle wester
'tates $1l.05, Kew England state
sl0.l6. western states $9.23, south
! s.rn states 1919. The average pc
: apita bank holdings In the Lfawaiia
t stands is $3.50 and In Porto Ric
: $3.50.
q Banking Power Enormous.
It The banking power of the Unite
d states in 1906, as represented by car
q tai, surplus, other profits, deposit
y md circulation of national and oths
n eporting banks. together with est
:. dated amount of funds of this cha
" ,eter in nonreportins banks, Is show
e o be &1s,462.470,4s5.
|, From the lates. and most reiiab
: alta obtainable the banking power I
e 20 roreign countries Ia estimated
,zI.952, 500, 600.
y MulhGll estirnated the world
e anking power In 1890 at $15,9S5
: 100, 600, the United states being ere,
r. ted. with about one-third Of thu
e, mount. Since that year the bankir
It over of the United States has II
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