The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-02

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sonuI comfort and .she developement 8
those higher morals and intellectual faeul
tics that 10 to the making Of good citizens
our system OF tar and tariff legislation IL
yielding q revenue which Is In excess o.
the present needs Of the government
these are elements from which It IL
sought TO devise d scheme by which with
out u%nfavorably changing the o. nditlon
Of the workingmen, our merchant ma.
rine shall be relieved from Its enfeebled
condition and now markets provided foi
sale beyond our borders Of the manifold
fruits Of our Industrial enterprises. The
proplem Is complex and can be solved by
no single measureof innovation or reform.
The countries Of tho American continent
and the adjacent Islands are for the
United States the natural 'marts oil
supply and demand; 1t Ia
from them wo should obtain
what w do not proiuce,o or do not produce
In sufliciency, and 1t Is 10 them tho sur.
plus productions OF our fields, our mills
and our workshops should flow under
conditions that will equallze or favor
them, In comparison with foreign compe.
tition. Four paths Of policy seem to point
to this end.
THE REMEDIES.
First-A series Of reciprocal commercial
treaties with the countries of America,
which shall foster between us and them an
unliampered movement Of trade, and tho
condition OF these treaties should DO the
free admission OF such merchandise as this
country does not produce In return for
admission free or under q favored scheme
Of duties Of our own products, the bene.
fits Of such exchange to apply only to
goods under the flag OF the parties to the
contract, the removal on both sides from
tho vessels so privileged, Of all tonnage
duties and imports, 80 that their vessels
may ply unhindered between our ports and
those Of tho other contracting parties,
though without infringing on the reserved
homo coasting trade, the removal or re-
duction Of burdens on the exported pro-
duct Of Those countries coming within the
benefits Of the treaties, and the avoidance
the technical restrictions and penalties
by which u intercourse with those coun.
tries Is ut present hampened.
Secondly-The establishment Of the con.
sular service Of the United States on a
salsrled footing, thus permitting the re.
linquishment Of consular fees, not only as
respects vessels under the National flag, but
also as respects vessels Of the treaty ma.
carrying goodsentitled to the benefits
tile treaties.
Thirdly-The enactment OF measures To
the construction and maintenance oil
= steam carrying marine under the flag Of
The United States.
LOOKING TO RECONCILIATION OF SILVER.
Fourthly-The establishment Of q uni.
currency basis for the countries Of
America so that the coined products Of
Dur mines may circulate on equal terms
throughout the whole system Of the COM
nonwealths. This would REQUIRE q mon.
union Of America whereby the
OF the bullion producing countries
md the circulation of those which
yield neither gold nor silver could he adj.
listed in conformity with the population,
wealth and commercial needs Of each. AS
many Of the countries furnish no bullion
to the common stock, the surplus produc-
ton Of our mines and mints might be
utilized, and a step taken toward
the general reconciliation of silver. To
accomplishment Of these ends, so faras
they can he attained by separate treaties,
negotiations already concluded and
now in progress have been directed, and
favor with which this enlarged policy
thus fur been received warrants the
belief TINT its operations will ere long elm.
brace all, or nearly all the countrieu OF
this hemisphere.
1t in by no means desirable. however.
That the policy under consideration should
be applied 0thcse countries alone. The
healthful enlargement OF our trade with
Europe, Asia and Africa should be sought
by reducing the tariff on such OF their
rs neither VIC nor the other Amer.
States are fitted 10 produce, and thus
enabling ourselves 10 obtain in return a
better markot for our supplies Of food, Of
raw materials and OF the manufactures III
which we excel.
1t seems 10 me that many OF the embar.
elements in the great National
conflict between protection and free trade
may thus be turned to good account; that
The revenue may be reduced so ~
no longer overtax the people; that
protective duties may be retained withon.
becoming buriensome that OIL shipping
interests mny be judiciously encoura gel,
The currency fixed on a firm basis, and
above all such u unity Of interests estab-
lished among the States Of the American
as will be OF great and ever in
creaslng advantage 10 them all.
All treaties in the line OF this policy
have been negotiated or arc in pro.
cess OF negotiation contain a provision
deemed to BIZ requisite under the clause
Of the Constitution limiting to the House
Of Representatives the authority to origi.
nate bills for raising revenue.
TIE CIVIL SERVICE,
On the Goth Of February last l trans.
to Congress the first annual report
Of the Civil Service Commission, together
with communications from the heads OF
the several Executive Departments OF the
respecting the practical work
OF the law under which the Commits
sion has been acting. The good re-
suits therein foreshadowed have been
moro than realized. The system has
FULLY answered the expectations Of It's
lriendsin securing competent and faithful
public servants md i'll protecting the ap-
pointing officers OF the government from
llio pressure OF personal importantly and
fromthe laborof examining claims and pre-
tentions of rival candidates for public en-
ploynent. The law has had the unqualified
support Of tho President and OF the heads Of
the several Departments, and, the mem
beers Of tho Commission have performed
their duties with zeal and fidelity. Their
report will shortly DO submitted and will
be accompanied bysuch recommendations
for enlargtng the scope Of existing statutes
IS shall commend themselves to the Tx.
and the Commissioners charged
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