The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-12-19
Jhe 9s,llotsat.
rRIDAY...~.DBoEMBER 10, 1884
TmR gUnPIUs-wmAT smAEL M DoKE
WIFE nTe

Al the present rates OF taxation
through the tariff upon imports and
the internal revenue system. the Gov.
ernment Is receiving u great deal
moro money than IL needs.
There Is q constant surplus In the
Treasury. This must be stopped.
II Il wrong to oblige the people to
pay Unnecessary iaxos. The existence
ofa surplus continually tempis TO need
less and upjustiflable public sxpsn :
ditures. Tho rigorous economy which
Is the duty Of the Administration,
cannot be expected as long as there
Is moro money IN the Treasury than
they know what 10 do with.
There are two ways Of removing
the surplus. One IL by the abolition
OF the internal revenue system, thal
IL TO say, Of the excise taxes upon al
coholIc and malt liquors and upor
tobacco; and tho other is by the re-
ductIon or removed OF duties upor
imports.
The protecIonists insist upon get
ting rid Of the internal revenue sys-
temj the FREQ traders insist upon
maintaining Il. II the lnlsrnal rev.
enue Is taken OF, the burden Of pro-
vidlng the money which the Treas.
ury requires, must DO cast upon the
Custom Houses; aud thus that grad
uai approach toward free trade which
the advocates OF that economic phil
osophy wish to see commenced,
VIII have 20 DO postponed. For this
reason they insist On maintaining the
lateral revenue system. II would
be, they say, foolish and unpopular
measure TO releave whskey and beer
from taxation and 10 maintain n duty
upon the importation Of foreign
blankets, for instance. The people
would not submit 10 the tax
alton Of . necessary article like
blankets and the removed OF taxation
from Q noxIous article like whIsksy
or beer.
The protectionIsts. on thu other
hand, contend that the internal rev.
snue system 10 inquisI.oriai, odIous
and un-AmerIcan; that It Is . relic
Of the civil war; that II keeps an army
Of spies and agents who serve the
party In power as a part Of les positi-
cal machinery; and that the,tariff can
not be properly regulated as long a
the internal taxes arc continued.
This controversy ragged In Congress
through the whele Of last session,
and Il surely will be revived thh
winter. The result Of the struggle
last year Is well known. The frs.
traders suppressed the effort ofthe pro
tectionlsts to take OF the taxes upoE
whIskey, beer, and tobacco; and th'
lprotectionIsts defeated the effort o
the free traders 10 reduce tho dutie
upon imported foreign goods. Thu
nothing was accomplished, and th
Isurplus was left to accumulate az !
had done before.
One embarrassing cIrcumstanc
which contributed much 10 the fall
ures at the last session ls now remoy
cd. Each party and each faction we
was then looking out for It's poeitio
In the Presidential election. That
now out Of the way, and Il Is not Inn
possible that some compromise may
agreed upon this winter. II the sur
plus is TO be removed and the tax
alton OF the country brought down 3
the actual wants OF the Government
either the protectioDists or the fre
traders will have TO give way, an,
find q ground on which they cal
come TO an understanding; otherwis
the evil will continue.