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10 TUTU JDVOOilT22. United States Treasmy Franfis Exposeo. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. April 28, 1880. Ordered to be printed. December 17, 1880. Ordered to be reprinted. Mb, Datis, of West Virginia, from the Select Committee to Investigate the Finance Reports, Books and Accounts of the Treasury Department, submitted the fol lowing report : The original resolution under which your committee was organized was adopted by the senate at the first session of the Forty-fifth congress, and was aa follows: In the Senate op the United States, ) November 19, 1877. Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the chair to investigate the finance reports, books, and accounts oi tne treasury department, parucuiany wim reference to differences, discrepancies, and alterations in amounts and figured that have been made in them, if any such there be, especially m tne annual statements of the expenditures of the government, revenue collected, and the public debt con tained in said reports; and if any such differences, discrepancies, and alterations be found to exisf, to report the same and the extent and nature thereof, the years wherein tney occur, oy wnat autnonty maae, u any, ine reasons winu iuuuwu mew, and to report generally such other and further information bearing upon the sub ject as to them may seem best; and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers, to take testimony, to employ a stenographer and two clerks, and leave to sit during the session of the senate; and that the expenses attending this investigation shall be paid out of the contingent fund or tne senate, upon vouchers approved by the committee; and said committee shall not be dissolved by the expiration of the present session of the senate, but shall exist until it shall make its report or snail be discharged. Under this resolution Senators Davis of West Virginia, Beck, Allison, Ingalls and Cameron of Pennsylvania were appointed the committee to make the investigation. The committee not having concluded its labors during the Forty-fifth congress, was continued by the sena'e, with the same powers, at the first session of the Forty sixth congress, March 19, 1879, and Senators Whyte and Dawes were substituted for Senators Allison and Cameron, so that the committee as reconstituted consists of Senators Davis, Beck, Whyte, Ingalls and Dawes. changes and alterations in the finance reports, books, etc. The attention of the senate was first called to the changes and alterations in the finance reports, books, and accounts of the treasury department, which form the subject of this investigation by the chairman of this committee, both by resolution and by speech in the senate, in the month of January, 1876. He then asked for the appointment of a select committ e to examine the matter. This the senate, at that time, was disinclined to grant, and, instead, referred the resolution to the standing committee on finance, which, after consulting the then secretary of the treasury, embodied his letter of explanation as its report in the main, which was submitted and ordered to be printed; no further or other action being taken during that (the Forty-fourth) congress. On the assemblage of the Forty-fifth congress, the resolu tion for a special committee of investigation was renewed by it3 original mover and adopted by the senate. The purpose of allowing the employment by this committee of two clerks was to enable them to obtain the services of competent accountants, One of those so em ployed, and who has been thus engaged since the committee began its investiga tion, is Mr. William Woodville. He testified (see testimony page 43) that he had made a complete examination in the Congressional Record of the several speeches made by the chairman in the senate, and compared them carefully with the finance reports of the treasury department, and the result of his examination in partis here inserted, with the decision of the committee as to its admissibility as evidence when so offered before the committee (see testimony, pages 43 to 01): The committee admit the statement, the figures and tables therein contained, taken from the speeches of Mr. Davis in the senate, as reported in the Congres sional Record, having been by the witness, Woodville, carefully compared with the official finance reports to congress, for the years named therein, and found by him to be accurarly stated from these finance reports, with the exception of the foot ings and suoh corrections as he ha& therein named, which will be found at the end of the statement; but the remarks in these speeches of Mr. Davis himself in con nection with these figures, and his inferences drawn from them, are no part of the testimony of the witne-e. roe footings themselves were found to be correct as foot ing!. The witness having gone through the processes of addition and subtraction as to said footings as therein put down, found them to be correct, so far as addi tion and subtraction were concerned, with jut expressing or being called upon to express any opinion in reference to them. FOR TEAR 1834. K sport for 1806 states nt revenue collected 264.826 .771.60 Report ior 187U siaies net reveuuo cuuecwxi ,. a$v u Showing a decrease of $ 1,884,417.28 FOR YEAR 18CS, Report for 186S states net revenue collected 1333.714 606 08 Report tor 1870 states net revenue collected 3ii.09J.765 92 Showing decrease of $ 1,621,81918 Annual expenditures as shown by reports of 1869 and wo. Public debt m stated In the finance Year. report for Increase. Decrease. 1871 and sufose- 1870 and previous quent reports. reports. 1862 9 624176 412 13 f 614,211,371 92 $ 9 965010 21 .... f863 1,119 772 138 63 1,098 793 181 37 20 978,957 26 .. . 1864 1,-16 784 370 67 1 740,694,489 49 76.093 881 03 .... 1865 2 6M0 647,869 74 2 682 693 0 '6 63 I 1 945 166 79 1866 2,773,236 173 69 2 783 4 6 879 21 10.189 705 5 1867 2,678,126,103 87 2 69419915 12 14J-13 111 25 1H68 2 611 67 851 19 2 636.3-1) 964 67 24 633113 48 186!) i . 2688.452213 94 2 489 00i4'0 68 99 449,733 36 ... 1870 2 48j.672.427 81 2.386,358 609 74 94.3 3.828 07 Total 119,272 655,561 67 8 19,023,595,208 63 1 299 801 439 08 150,811,087 01 Total difference or Increase 24a,96 j 352 94 Secretary's table, finance report or 1875 142,510,493 44 Increase 313 554 410 m Letter of commissioner of pensions, July 25, 1876 129,391,228 38 vrcrcaao 405,154 83 Difference of Increase In secretary's table. .'. 13,149,205 06 $13,149,265 06 Pension Expenditures. Year. Report for 1869 Report for 1870. Increase. 146 1,809,739 62 1 811 097 66 1 357 94 1849 193 695 87 1 3-8 867 6 1 135 171 77 1859 161 190 66 1,222.222 71 1,161012 05 Total Increase 2.197,561 76 War Expenditures. Year. Report for 18C9. Report for 1871. Increase. 1814 5,192 445 05 5.218 183 66 25 738 61 1816 10 362,374 36 10.413 370 18 50.965 82 1847 35778 495 72 35.840 1'3 33 63,534 61 1860 14 472,202 72 18 472,202 72 2,00(1 X) 00 Total increase Z7.77. "jlolcToT Expenditures in Indian Bureau. Year. Report for 1869. Report for 1871. Increase. I 1848 1,103.251 78 1.252,296 81 149.045 03 1849 509 263 25 1,374,161 55 864,898 30 1854 1413 995 08 1 65 V 39 55 13K.244 47 1855 2,708.347 71 2.77 990 78 64 6-3t7 1856 2.596,465 92 2,644,263 97 47.798 05 1837 4.V4I," 28 60 4 355 63 64 114 65 1 04 1862 2 223 402 27 2 327.948 37 101 546 10 1864 '. 2.638 297 80 2 629 975 9 7 91 678 17 1865 4 966 964 90 6,059 3) 7 1 92 395 81 1866 3,247,064 66 3,295,729 32 48,66 76 Total increase 1,C14 663 80 Statement showing total receipts as stated fur the same year. Year. Report for 1869 Report for 1871 Decrease. 1837 27 917142 19 27 883 83 84 63 288 35 1840 25,(9.662 84 25 03Ua3 60 37 469 34 1847 55.401 4 68 55.338 168 52 63.636 06 1818 57,On6.8.89 G5 56,99 s 479 21 14 410 44 18.10 47 669.766 75 47 649 c 88 88 2H 377 87 1853 61803 404 68 61,5mi02 81 38 30I77 1859 81,773,965 64 81,758 657 30 15 408 31 Total decrease JImTT MlsceUanems Receipts. Year. Report for 1869 Report for 1871. Decrease. 1837 5.625 4-9 15 5,562,190 80 63 288 35 1848 627.021 13 577,775 99 49,245 14 v I v . 11 - " , v 11 11 " mum T amcidagemervriextDflcour5e5orruay'aRa Ingres of ramofv TAKE NOTICE Total annual expenditures as stated la finance report for- increaM in Decrease In r- e&rs. port of 1870 port of 1870 over 1869. over 1869. 1869 and previous 1870 and subie report. quent reports. 188041..... I 85 387.313 08 I 85,387.303 08 60 00 1861 63 670 841,700 25 66667.36S 08 5,174,342 17 18624W 895 796 630 63 899,815,911 25 4.019,230 60 1863 64...... 1.298.144 658 00 1.295 641 li4 M 2 60J.541 14 1864 65 1 897 674 M 01 1 9 4J3 331 37 8,759,107 23 1865 68 1,141,07J,6C6 09 1,139.314 081 90 1,728,584 14 Total 5.888.917,190 16 5,892,189,160 69 13,778 437 88 9,506,467 4T Difference or Increase. 3,271,970 43 WHY 6ELI. YOUR PRODUCE C rYol better roar condition by making roar ahiDmente direct to as? We are the onlr oonuniwioa heaae here to oHftit the farmer' trade dim. We receive end eeil . 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