The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-29
PURLIC ECONOMY.

! Cut5'y az ~ ~" va viz 'aO'"
prominent of them.
| PUBLIC ECONOMY.
In economizing expenditures it is
believed that an annual saving OF 500,
OO0, 900 can be effected. The cost o:
| collecting the internal revenue can bt
reduced from S., ,009,00 to less than
81 ,OO0, 600, or even repealed altogether
| The custom districts can be cOnsolida-
ted and the thousands of men dismiss
ed whose services are only active IN
political canvasses, So, too, with the
unlawful and shameless practices oI
United States Marshals in fOmenting
harrassing litigation and guarding
elections, can be rePressed, supernu
merary and sinecure places abolished
and in all departments of the public
service waste and extravaganza, and
style, give place TO simplicity and hon
y best work. How far these and similar
measures of retrenchment will war
rant reduction of taxation. .is problem
atical, depending much on legislation
ip other directions. Ii the excise tax
on tobacco and bank circulation is
abatrd, that on whisky, which is 81
cents per gallon Tor so per cent. on it>
: cost, reduced to ID cents, serious
lesseniDg of duties by reciprocity treat
. les |: the soldiers of the Mexican wal
are 10 be pensiUued, the illlteracy o
the country to be educated, first class
ships of war to be built aud equipped
the mercantile marine resuscitated, the
Nicarauga canal constructed, all q
which | hope to see accomplished, the
, Treasury will not be seriously lbar
rassed with surplus. This leads M.
: directly to the policy of'the tariff
81 THE TRUE TARIFF POLICY.
1t is just sixty years ago when th,
. great hero and statesman in who {
, memory this day is celebrated, advo
Gated and voted for the "judicio l
tariff OF 1924. Since that day the d,s
cussions on HAT subject have bee.
endless. Thou lands of volumes woul,
not contain them; and yet. withuu
producing conviction, they have Ell
> geudered strife and bitterness, seoara
ting not only great political parties
but dividing and antagnniAing sec, iOh
of the same party. The divergrnr,
extended from prohihl;0ry prOtertiuI
: on the one hand to all -oltte free trade
on the other Harmony seemed hope
less. Bat two years ago this evening
~ a kindred gathering in u sist I'll :,
OF Iis great state, an tffyrt 1t Il o Il
promise WAS made. A ''jud rious tar
H." one intsrme iiate between the ex
treme of high protection" and 'fr."
trade" or "Ieveuile only" was p-apr.
ed, advocated and approved Oh i.
adoption til. pre'ii :sion Vas venture.
that in 1883 The d. III ,cra,-y would rlec.
q Governor and Legislature in Ohio
and IL 1884 President of th- United
States. rhe entire prediction Hal heeu
veritied. lL WAS incorporated into the
state platform of that year, and in
july last at Chicago was so thoroughly
readopted that Governor McL:ns, o.
Mary land, in q speech in this city in
september last, declared tiat the
Chicago platform WAS in letter ana
spirit the Ohio platform Ia it. the.
4 policy of the Democratic party il ou,
lined In clear and advantageous Ian
yuage. The law of 1883 IL as%u,IeIi H.
s basis-a revision 10 he male with n
view to correct inequalities and reduce
taxation, but such reduction can and
must be made without injury or pref
udlce to capital and labor involved In
our domestic Industries and especial
ly are the wages of labor to he protect
ed from injurious effect arising from
| from the competition of foreign labor
Well did Governor Hendricks, i'm his
Oh In this city, declare "that the
Democratic party stands pledged by
its honor, to support these principles u
The sole duty for us to discharge is the
revision rs early as practicable-in bu-
. siness rather than in party spirit
adding to the free list as largely as pos.
sible, and taxing articles of necessity
more lightly than those of luxury, ,and
raw materials than manufactured arti.
cles. and the whole so arranged and
adapted as to raise just sufficient reve
nue. for the economical administration
of the government. Thus wisely and
harmoniOusly settled for the term O
four years, and until the next Nation.
, al Convention, no Democrat can seek
aud labor to disturb it without gross
disrs s. ect to the tribunal authorized
by the party to define aud declare its
policy.