Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-09-28

Oo Icquilcu. Now 10 THIS l1e sea We
have deliberately embarked upon2
Fcsn not believe IT, / cannot behave
that is FhRtis, meapE \ For il that
were done ngbodF beheFes Shat half
nor quarter part b + such lmprose-
ments would be worth anything when
done They could not be sold for
enough 70 pay theShctioneer. Nobody
would take them as a gift and agree to
maintain them.t-> q HAfnH
No, it is neEwith any intelligent
purpose OF beginning with a view rlo
completing these works that this hpn-
ey is appropriated. These works were
included, and these sums aggregatipg
seven or eight millions, pun into ths
bill to get votes TO carry it through
and help. re-elect the members VINO
voted for it. And do you say that is
not jObberyf Isig the worst kind Of
iobbery.f y -<A-e1 A@%A
II / believed the plan recommended
by the Mississippi River Commission
was wise ope, l should not hesitste to
approve the appropriation butI do not
believe it a vise plan. Fifty millions,
at least and more likely d hundred
millions, will be required to carry out
the plan adopted. And / do not believe
the plan Of jetties at the mouth and
levees throughout the length of the
river, will ever succeed. / believe
when We have spent our fifty or hun
hundred millions the condition of the
river as to overflow will be even worse
than now. Contract the channel at
the mouth BY jetties and build up the
banks and the bottom Of the river will
follow the levee up, and just IS long
as 100000 cubic feet of water sec
ond flow into the channel at Caro- at
level tide and only l,250,000 cubic
feet flow out at the mouth, there will
be overhows. / believe that half of
one million spent in making a short
cut tothe gulf to carry off the surplus
water at food tide, and to-narrow and
dredge in places the river channel,
will be q better security against over
flows and leave better river than
$50, ,O0O,O0 spent on the plan we have
started on. li 5gg9l1 1aiygIF
AS showing what motives guided
the action of members in voting for
these appropriations, one prominent
Republican member said: f;Why this
anxiety aboutja few dollars more or
less being appropriated, as compared
with last wear. y y * Suppose
it is $4,000, 900. Suppose ii was
$3Oo,OOO more" Another member in
explanation of his vote to pass this bill
soverithe veto, said GA vast surplus
revenue is rolling In, and It cannot be
stopped" And this In the presence of
debt of over $l,405, 600, 900, $450,-
OOe, 900 of which has matured and is
payable at the option of the Govern
m ent! "This great and rich Govern
ment, says one again. Straws show
the way the wind blows, and these ex.
plantations show how some men think.
"This great and rich government" !"
In what Is this Government rich? 1t
possesses some old forts and d few ships
and q lot of fine buildings, but Alto
gether its possessions would not sell for
enough to meet the appropriation Of
the River and harbor bill. If they
had said this government mighty in
its power to tax, the exact truth
would have been. told. That the ma.
chinery Of taxation, is terribly effec.
tive, all understand, and if this waste
is not stopped, you,'my fellow citizens
will feel it too, as you have not felt it
before, Democrats, it is true, voted
for these appropriations, but none
from Ohio The party in the majority,
however. is responsible to the country;
individual members to their constitu-
ents. ! w II l.
QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT CONGRESS.
I have little time left to talk Of
questions which the next Congress
will be expected to act upon. Tariff
and taxation will doubtless remain
one of the most important.
The principles laid down in the
Democratic State platform, 1 believe to
| be thoroughly sound. DTS it9a
First-The tariff should be limited
to actual needs for revenue.
Second-lt should be so adjusted in
its details as to favor our own pro-
ductive industries and protect labor,
but not to create or foster monopo)ies.
There is no conflict Of principles here.
/ If the per cent. of advantage to a
foreign manufacture over the Ameri.
can for any reason, is rs per cent,
| then tariff of rs per cent. only puts
| the American manufacturer on plane
of equal competition. 1t creates no
monopoly. But tariff OF SO or 100
per cent. might create, and certainly
would tend to foster, monopolies. /
would, however, in the adjustment of
the tariff, let the scales rather incline,
even at the point Of competition, to the
side of home protection. For other
reasons, I am for tariff adjusted to
7. favor our own industries, and chiefly
for this reason; our wealth is not SO
i in what has been. created as in
! our ability to create. The potential
wealth that lies in educated brains and
1in hands, skilled to every art, is in
comparably greater than that which