The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-12-08


Such articles. The ret ntlnn of the lit
T. + tax Is desirable rs atiOrdng the of
GERS of the government proper supel
vision OF these articles for the preVeI
ton OF fraud.
l aeTre with tne Secretary of til
Treasury that In.' law IN posing a STAN
Tax ou ma ches, proprietary articles
playing cards, checks and drafts, ma,
with proprlety be repealed, and the Law
also 10y which banks aud bankers ar
assessed up III their capital and depOs
its. There seems To be IA general senLi
ment III favor Of this course. In tn
present condition of our revenue th
tax on deposits is especially unjust
1t was n"ver imposed in this country
till 1t wa d-mtuded by the necessities
of war a Il was nevrr ed l believe
IN any Oth-r cOuntr' even in its great
est eXigenuIes. Ba keTs are quireC
10 secure their circulation by
pledglng, with the Treasurer of the
United States, bonds of the Gen
rral Government. ihe interest upon
these bonds, which at The time wneu
the tax was imp ,sed was per cent, is
no Y in mnsr instances 31s per cent
Besides the entire circult iun was lin.
red by law, and no increase Was allow
able. When the existing banks had
practically "a monopoly of the business
there was tOrce in the suggestion tnAI
for the franchise To b. favored gudran-
eeS the GOVernmen. might very U.O-
perlN exact a tax ON circulation, but fOI
years the system has been free, anu the
amount of circulation regulated
by the public demand. The re-
tention OF this tax has been suggest
ed as means OF relmbursing the
Government for the exp1use uf print
ing and furnishing the circulating
notes. If the tax should be repealed, ii
would certainly seem proper to require
the national banks to pay The amount
of such expense to the Comptroller OF
the Currency. 1t is, perhaps, doubtful
whether the immediate reduction OF
The tax levied upon liquors and tobacco
is advisable, especial, in view of the
drain upon the Treasury which must
attend the p tymenU of arrears of pen
sions. A comparison, however, of the
amount of taxes collected under
the varying rates of taxa
tion which have at different times pre-
vailed, suggests the intimation that
some reduction may soon be made
without material diminution of the
revenue. The tariff laws also need re-
vision, but that due regard may be
paid the conflicting interests of our
citizens, important changes should be
made with caution. II a careful re-
vision cannot be made at this session a
commission such as was lately ap-
proved by the Senate, and is now rec
commended by the secretary OF the
Treasury, would doubtless tighten the
labOrs of Congress whenever this sub
ject shall be brought TO its considera-
tion.
AN INCREASE OF THE ARMY RECON-
MENDED.
The accompanying report of the Sec
retary of War will make known the op-
eratlOns of that department for the
past year. He suggests measures for
the efficiency of the army
without adding to the number of its
and recommends the legislation
necessary to increase the numOe of en-
listed men to thirty thousand, the max
imum allowed by law. This he deems
to maintain quietness ON our
ever-shifting frontiers; to preserve
peace and suppress disorder and ma +.
in new settlements; to protect
settlers and their property against In
dianS and Indians against the encrOach-
ments of inLruders, and to enable peace
able immigrants to establish homes in
the most remote parts of our country
The army is now necessarily scattered
over such vast extent of territory
that whenever an outbreak occurs rein
mus be hurried from many
quarters over great uiSta ceS and al
ways at heavy cost fer transportation
IF men, horses, wagons . supplies. L
concur i'll the TecOmuC cations of the
secretary for increHsi & the army to
he strength of 10000 listed men. 1t
appears by the Secret ry's report that
II the absence of dis urbanceS on the
frontier the troops have been actively
IN collecting Indians hitherto
hostile and locating them on their
proper reservations, that Sitting Bull
md his adherents are now prisoners at
Fort Randall, that the Utes have been
moved to their new reservation ULah,
nat during the recent OutbTeak of the
4 ! aches il was necessary to re InfOrce
,arriSons in Arizona by TROOPS wlth-
lTawn from New Mexico, and that
ome Apaches are now held pIisonelS
or trial. While some have escaped,
he majority of the tribe are now on
heir reservation. There is need of leg
Station to prevent intrusion upon the
ards set apart to the IndinS. A large
force, at great expense, is now
equired to patrol the boundary line be-
ween Kansas and the Indian Terrific
y. The only punishment that can at
noval of the intruder and the imposi-
ion of pecuniary fine, which in most
ases is impossible to collect. There
hould be penalty by Imprisonment
q such cases.