The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-12

In the lard they till. A nation whose poi
Icy excludes the cultiva.or OF the soil ant
bis children forever from It's ownership-,
modified form oil Feudal vaesilsgs-is SOW
Ing tho aeeds o. discord and sure nAtioua
dec,y.
law cannot, Il 10 tue, as directly the
wsgea OIL lnbo', that in all cases must b
arranged between the employer and EN-
ployed. !. Is impossible, however, in an,
b1sinees Tor the employer to pay 10 the Ia
Dor employed in It tho full amour, or mor,
than the articles produced will cell for II
the market. But legislation can fix pulicie,
affecting directly indua!ries and their proc
ecution and development and thus lnli
rec!ly Affect the prizes paid to labor en-
gagged In s1nh inlusyles. Ihs ea8c.tuan
Of tariff laws Is such legislation. Th,
power conferred on Congress by the Con
stitution to Jay and collect taxee, duties
J imposts and excass, and ito provide 10
the common dtf.nse and general welfsr,
Of tho United States, clo.hes CoNgrss
with iull' discretion while collecting neces
cary revenue to so adj lat the law as bes
to promote the general welfare.
Its ,f.ened reasoned and most writer
Oh political economy hayo taken tbs Dos.
ton that no matter what The pay oil III,
lsborer may be, It IL last 40 well iot; him
provided everything hs buys Is graded rel
atlvely TO the price be pays for his day ,,
work. That is, II he receives fifty, cents
per day. it IL Just ss well for him Il tht
price Of everything he GuvH Ia half what il
would be II no received 81 per day. Tha
might be true II his only oti!ci !: HE Is {
bare subsistence anu nu IL never to aeon
mulate anything from his earnings.
fIa. I hs is 10 Gays anything then thu
larger the price he ia paid Tor hia labor
even though everything elgs DO In proper
ton, the greater the opportunity forssving
Say he can by proper economy save one
tenth ci his wages. II he Is paid 81 90 {
day then hia savir Is would be ten cents
II ne Is paid fifty cents day they would b,
Eve cents! In one casa |. takes len days I,
Fave dollar, in the othsr It takes twenty
jus! tSlce "a Long. Tho dollar saved il
either casa ia accumulated capital. II pu
in savings bank or any other place or
interest, the iIteles. is 30 much on dollar
The earnings Of capital IL y certain ne,
cent. on the dollar. The income on hi
savings for the same length Ct time woult
therefore be twice as much were he re
Giving Sl.o0 per dry ss it would be II b,
received lilly cents, though be paTs twic,
as much Tor everything no buys. His on,
dollar Ct surplus capital wou!d earn twic,
as much under any cifcums:arccs Us fit,
cents would earn.
The political economy which reason
that 1t Is iuet AZ well Tor the labor to worI
at one price az another, provided the pric,
Of everything be bu, 8 Is exactly In propo1
non TO his wsgts, WEB written Tor and i
adapted only 10 countries where man /
horn 10 raj / aud condition in lie, an,
where there ara no highways leadiLg ir On
the hu! and the koyel to honorable dis
iincsjoo. w. - :.
Capita! ia but The surplus earnings 0
labor saved in the fret place by econom,
IN expenditures. Some Of tho mes. suc
csss!1l capitalize Of our country began lii,
% hired iahorrs and The day Of thei
whole lives, oil greatest seli.conscious rrile
waB whit their lint little savings amounted
to q thousand doliars. AL lhineH briu,
equal the greater tho daily wages Of th,
laborer tie more easily he accumulate
capital, which is bur tho surplus sayet
from earnings over md above the cost O
living. It is with this capital thus sayet
that BIO Ia 10 better hia own condition ana
in cooperation with Others improve th1
surroundings OF bis children. t$Ei9F
Bat admitting that all duties collected
Nre finally paid by the consumer in an an.
HANGED price Of the articles upon which
they are imposed, and admitting that the
labor which produced the article in othe,
countries ID paid less wages thsn IL paid ior
Ike employment in ih!a, Is 1t wise states.
msnshipto continue the collection OF lhe
fevenue necessary for the Govpynmpnt
IRON dutieo on iotufgn imports? II by
continuing the syslem the 2ri:cles REDUCED
or manufactured III other countries wonld
thereby be produced ur msnutac.u1ed in
our Own, and the tendency oftuch policy
would hs 10 prevent the wages paid In
thiB country from being reduced 10 tbs
lower rates paid 10 other countries, then
sta'eaiuaEeiltp can have no higher wisdom
AID patriotism no nober object. Fl1 n :
Fn!l employment ut fair wages OF the
"hc!e labor OF country, gives TO 1t ite
greatest prosperity and edds ms. 10 the
national wealth. By producing u! home
The commodities which q people consume.
the cost Of Production AID tho profit In
each and every exchange OF them, in The
convse Of trade, Is retained Ia tho country,
anil tho aggregate makes the wealth Of the
nation. No. tsgl s,'i''- : ' 'ue
i In .hs coasaa 0! regular md staple busi.
nssS individual fortunes are maids only hy
the econon'ziug OF the p.oG.s In tbs rro.
dnc.ion aud exchange OF the pro,luc.s ri
labor. II that is dous by orr ctizsns The
fortunes thus accumulated are expen,lsS is
he communities sbeto they were made
Some In eea'iiy sivlDp, come 10 nsrniticcn;
Charities and oihsrs in great public i'm.
all Il WHICH give greater I'm.
ploy,eent 10 laho, aud Increased prosneritv
% oil kinda Of business. .'
The highest wislcm CT s,a.epmarshi,
herefcse, 10 10 Bne 10 II, in the enac;merta,
Rrtf laTt, that 80 far Rs pes.ibie. tha lahnr
II our own counlry shall produc, tho com.
noditie1 CONSUMED by our own peop,t snd
Sh:ls doing shet, totee that the buunenr
i government shall no. fall too heavIl.
lpon liz producing clnsses, 80
Lad there been no CaG.om Homo tn,;,.
or tho yesr 1883, then twenty mili;ona n,
iolla's collected on silks, four millions M
NINA md porcelain, seventeen millions on
slhee, sp!fi's, sfgars and tobacco, I've mil.
IONS on fancy articles and embroide,ie,
h1ee millions on manufactures Of kid and
morocco, and various other amounts. In
NJ some stRhty 70 one hundred millions nj
io!ls's collected aolely from articles Of
u3ufy consumed, almost wholly by the
sealthint classes, would have been tlia.
r,on" IN taxation on lands and rlsibls
,sraonsl property. Direct taxation to taii
like upon NIL requires g.rlct honesty in
very taxpayer, otherwiss lands and vial.
90 personal property would pay most, il
!, The collection Of revenue through Tho
Justom House Ia a cheaper moas IN t th
government than direct taxation. Ths
objection IN 1883 Of two hundred nnd forr.
cen millions seven hundred and ~.
thousand dsllars in duties coat for co,,oo.
Ion SIX millions Ave bundled and n,ra.v
me thousand dollats, which Ia al tha ~
u three and one.tenth percent m the
collected. Tho collection n ons
hundred and fony.four millions Ava hrn
'red and titty.thIes thousand dollars oil III,
esnhl revenue cost Tor collection I've mil.
io6s ono hundred and thirteen thousand
'oIiafs, being al tho rate ol three and ons.
al percent on tho amount collected, The ,
objection OF the necessary revenue by
!thel method would require about lbs
anne number Of oIic!ats. If' S,;iS = .A' !
In casooi direct taxation It might be sn,d :
10 States could collec. Tor the general onr.
rnmcnt 90 there would be no need al an,
Their Office holders except those RI ~
tate 70 collect the entire revenue for both
that case should the State neglect ar ~