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Show fill: r0l ItNJIUM'.-i I.Xl'l.sl, Tho talk regarding a treasury dollcli at Washington still goi on occasionally, occasion-ally, but not so icrlslently as a short time ago, especially uurlug Iho cam. piilgu. Thvouiieuf ttio fulllii' otr la doubtless duu to the laut that the shit of statu lint buen gliding steadily along without eticouuttrlui; iluuuoial ir uther breakers, aud this kind of thing naturally enough begets confidence, the natural forerunner rf ce ntlon of ll'l'ilry. Tho government has fa d lis wsy sjfar, insets all proper demands iiflil It with ready cash, nud there it lint a merchant or other builness man In the land but whit would siy that this, at least In tho iuk of an Individual Indi-vidual or hou-r, mount unquestionable soil lily. There Is, however, a vast difference between the rates. The national cecittary of the treasury, If he hat the neieiiary ability and tact, can always llrld sulllclent available re' sources lo tide the government over any pnesnt or prospective shortsgr, this of course having riforence to a situation like Ihu prsent when we havo no war on hand and are not thlealenej with any. The total receipts of the government for tho last fiscal year wore $11 1,1)33, 78f, agalmtan array ol riiendlturea amounting to $1 lyy.'.l.flM, cue treading tread-ing uncomfortably oloie on the other's heels. Thansrroir margin of 43014, til la utterly Inngnlflrant lu uonlern- latlou of thu whole sum or the needs of the country for a slnjlo year, bul In one sentu II Is all th-.ru Is lo draw on till the returns from another flical year or half J ear are In, and thus have Ibo "calamity eople" a bails for thulr real or allected forebodings. It llmuld also be remembered that no account la made of thu sinking lund In the foregoing fore-going statement, this being theamuinl necesiary for the steady extinction of outstanding Indebttdueis; but as Hut fund Is a long way ahead uf j rateat or Immediately rotpectlvn rriUlreruelit It need not Itetakru Into tho account. I'ollovilng Is the fiscal itatemtnt of tbe J ear, showing In what ways the money was lice I nil and dlibiirse': six nunltit six menlht Usee pit! fit il-narlvl. Itaesl raw lffj rusio,D. ihvMs. ;j"i - T.r.111 i loitinsirtitiiBt -viit a ;T.I wi Mlieeiuntout v.!,ll ju IIIiLmiSI Tolll reeslpls. 111,111,011131 'JITS.I SJ.-e jaT rinla'oj Ultesl lOI.IMSHOIl II1BI0IMC9 War , fmi.lVtttl ll,T7rflil")l .Nar II.II.'ivl'l l.nj.l.l ; inititn a,ij,ivi i.iu-.v;j 10 Tout nrd nsrf eiitnouures I f. 0,lt. SI 11 IT-.OTI m IVn.nn. .,... Hi.lil.wa ;i LIMI.V its Intsrs-t . . ll,li,J..IU! vii'i Toltl etpendl "" "" tmet .. .. tlM.IU.TiK II IIKeTt.'WM AarlntreTenae i,Sju,inio f 'fi , 4J The Incriato In txndllures and lliatln receipts are thus spun to main tain a fairly even ratio. The tuitions Item ahowa an advance much greater than Borne of those who look upon It that pensioners aro BteaJlly' dying off will luallntouudersland; the Increase Is llD.Oo.yi'U, this being Just olliet by the advance In receipts for thu current six months $:0,107,lo7. Look at it as wu may, It la rather oloao sailing and a comparatively alight falling oil' on one side or Increase on the other might make things fiscal at headquarters awkward If nothing more. |