Boone County Recorder . ONLY LINE BtTaVrNIHCrA frit, CINCINNATI I lass) Dally Trafau. 1V^lBaftftasaw ?aT-aaV* »Day Coach • sUMAtsBCAirreai •T. LOWS; OOIaWlaTl. Palpable Frand Contemplated by Sec-retary Fob tor. Reports from Washingtoirand tirere-cent visit of Secretary Foster to NewYork point to a state of affairs in thetreasury that causes some solicitude tothe department officers. It is an easy gttCf Tor tire president—to—laud thegenerosity of congress in his southernspeeches, but further north, at Wash-ington, the presidents subordinatesare finding it hard to make both endsmeet. The billion


Boone County Recorder . ONLY LINE BtTaVrNIHCrA frit, CINCINNATI I lass) Dally Trafau. 1V^lBaftftasaw ?aT-aaV* »Day Coach • sUMAtsBCAirreai •T. LOWS; OOIaWlaTl. Palpable Frand Contemplated by Sec-retary Fob tor. Reports from Washingtoirand tirere-cent visit of Secretary Foster to NewYork point to a state of affairs in thetreasury that causes some solicitude tothe department officers. It is an easy gttCf Tor tire president—to—laud thegenerosity of congress in his southernspeeches, but further north, at Wash-ington, the presidents subordinatesare finding it hard to make both endsmeet. The billion dollar congress hasbegun to strain the treasurys resources. It is frankly conceded that in Sep-tember the government will be unableto meet its debts. In that month fifty-two million dollars of four and tThalfpercent, bonds will become due andthe treasury will not have enoughmoney to pay them. Secretary Foster,accordingly, proposes to take the lawinto his own hands, override congressand devise a temporary makeshift toconceal <the deficit. Of the fifty-twomillion dollar bonds which come duein September about one-half are heldas the basis for natio


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