Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1897 — PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. [ARTICLE]

PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.

An Increase of $8,441,188 Reported for the Month of October. The monthly .statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business on Oct. 30. 1807, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,020,563,901, an increase for the month of $8,441,188. This increase is principally accounted for by a decrease in the amount of cash on hand. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold, $190,387,256; silver, $509,351,943; paper, $113,441,000; bonds, disbursing officers’ baliuiees, etc., $18,489,756: total, $831,009,957; against which there are demand liabilities amounting to $033,913,857; leaving the net cash balance in the treasury' $207,756,099.