Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1900 — WILL BS[?] A BIG SURPLUS. [ARTICLE]

WILL BS[?] A BIG SURPLUS.

Secretary Gage Sends Financial Statement to Congreaa.

Secretary of the Treasury Gage sent to the House a financial statement Tuesday in reply to the resolution asking for the estimated receipts and expenditures of the treasury in all departments, aud the estimated surplus for the years ending June 30, 1900 and 1901. For the current year the estimated receipts are: Customs, $223,000,000; internal revenue, $292,000,000; miscellaneous. $35,000,000; total, $560,000,000. Expenditures: Civil, $104,000,(MM); war. $135,000,000; naw. $55,000,000; Indians, $11,000,000; pensions, $143,000,000; interest, $42,000,000; total, $490,000,000. Estimates! surplus. $70,000,000. For the year ending June 1, 1901, the total revenues are estimated at $577,000,000 and the expenditures at $495,(MM),000, leaving a surplus of $82,000,000,