The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-12-11
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the most Favored IN hntiueInocrntic haLone' aIS
MOP the natural growth Of steady, plain and
industrious republic Our farmers, TOO, ana
those engaged in supplying the products OF agri-
culture, see that, day by day, ana as o1ten as
are forced to pay excessive and needless taxa
ton, while their products struggle In foreign
markets with the compst. tion OF nations which,
by allowing o freer exchange of productions
than we permit, enable their people to sell Tor
prices which distress the American farmer.
AS every patriotic citizen rejoices in the con-
stantly increasing pride OF our people In Ameri.
can citizenship and In the glory OF our national
that the leading strings useful to nation in its
infancy may well be, to great extent, discarded
In the present state OF American ingenuity,
courage and fearless self-reliance. And Tor the
privilege OF INDUCING this sentiment with true
American enthusiasm our citiZens are quite
willing to forego an idle surplus In the public
treasury.
And all the people know that the average rate
OF Federal taxation upon imports is to-day, in
time OF peace, but little less, while upon some
articles Of necessary consumption 1t is actually
more, than was imposed by the grevious burden
willingly borne OF time when the government
needed millions to maintain, by war, the safety
and integrity of the Union.
1t has been the policy Of the government to
collect the principal part OF its resources by
tax upon imports and no change in this policy
is desirable. But the present condition OF
affairs constrains our people to demand that by
revision OF our revenue laws the receipts OF
the government shall be reduced TO the neces-
sary expense OF its economical administration,
and this demand should be recognized and
obeyed by the peoples representatives in the
legislative branch OF the government.
In readiusting the burdens Of Federal taxa q;
ton sound public policy requires that such OF
our citizens MS have built up large and impor-
tant industries under present conditions, should
not be suddenly, and to their injury, deprived OF
business; but II the public good requires IT, they
should be content with such consideration as
shall deal fairly and cautiously with these de.
mands OF the people for relief from needless
and timely submission to such demand should
certainly be possible without disastrous shock
to any interest, and a cheerful concession some,
times averts abrupt action, often the outgrowth
Of impotence and delayed justice.
Due regard should be also accorded In any
proposed REIMBURSEMENT to the interests OF
American labor, so far as they are involved. We
congratulate ourselves that there is among us
no laboring class fixed within unyielding bounds
and doomed under all conditions to the mex
orable fate Of daily toll. We recognize in labor
| o chief factor In the wealth of the republic and
| we treat those who have 1t In their keeping as
| thoughtful attention. This regard and attention
should be awarded them not only because labor
is the capital Of our working people, justly en-
titled to its share Of government favor, but for
| the further and not less important reason that
| the laboring man, surrounded by his family In
his humble homo, Is vitality interested In all
| that cheapens the cost OF living and enables him
tn wing within his domestic circle additional
comforts.
Thus luIation OF the workingman to the reve
! nue. laws and the manner in which 1t palpably
influences the question Of wages should not be
forgotten in the justi1able prominence given to
| the proper maintenance OF the supply and pro-
| toction of we'll paid labor. And these consider
| atoms suggest such an arrangement OF govern.
| ment revenues as shall reduce the expense Of
living, while it does not curtail the opportunityr
| for work, nor reduce the compensation OF
American labor and iniuriously effect its condi-
ton and the dignified place it holds in tho esti.
agriculturists, those who produce from the soil,
| the things consumed by all, are perhaps more
| plainly concerned than any other Of our citizens
In Just and careful system Of general taxation.
| Those actually engaged in and more remotely
| connected with this kind OF work, number nearly
one half Of our population None labor harder
| or more continuously than they. No enactments
tighten their hours, no interposition of the gov
eminent enhances the value OF their products.
And yet for many OF the necessaries and COM
forts Of life, which the most scrupulous economy
enables them to bring into their homes, and for
their implements Of husbandry, they are obliged
to pay price largely increased by an unnatural
profit, which, by the exaction of the government
Is given to the more favored manufacturer
recommend that keeping in view all these
considerations, the increasing surplus of ma
tonal income annually accommodating, be re-
leased to the people by an amendment to ouI
revenue laws which shall cheaper The price Of
the necessaries OF life and give freer entrance tc
such imported materials, as, by American labor
may be manufactured into marketable commo
dities.
Nothing can be accomplished, however in the
direction of this much needed reform unless the
subject Is approached in a patriotic spirit o.
devotion to the interests Of the entire country
and with willingness to yield something fol
the public good.
While on the subject Of tariff and revenue, the
President especially directs the attention O.
Congress to the recommendations Of the Score
tary of the Treasury touching the simplifcatior
of the laws relating to the collection Of rev
enues. Less space Is devoted to the silver
question this year than last but his opposition
to compulsory coinage is no less pronounced
The difference in the bullion price of the stan
lard dollar--9ih cents, when first coined, ant
its bullion value 70 cents-on the 30th of las
November. certainly does not indicate, he says
that compulsory coinage by the government en-
hanccs the price OF that commodity or secure!
uniformity In its value.
He has seen no reason to change the views ex
pressed year ago on the subject OF compulsor,
. coinage, and again urges its suspension on oil
the grounds contained in his former recommend
ton, reinforced by the increase of our gold ex
portations during the last year, and for the fur
Their reasons that the more this currency Is dis
tributed, the greater becomes our duty to pro
tect It; that we now have an abundance for oil
. our needs, and there seems but little prophet,
In building vaults to store such currency whei
the only pretense for its coinage is the necessit
Of It's use by the people as n circulating medium
The attention Of Congress is called to the grca
number of suits in New York growing out O
I conflicting views BY Importers and collectors a
- the Interpretation of our complex and indehn
| lite revenue laws, and an amendment Of the law
is recommended, but pending such amendment
, the present condition of this litigation should b
J relieved by law permitting the appointing Q
| an additional Federal Judge in New York, wher
I | these cases have accumulated.
4 OF coast defenses and Notifications the Pres
) | ident says the defenseless condition of our sea
l al ic I,r hi
r ana the work laid out by the Board on fortifcs
lions is Delayed in default Of Congressional lee
: | slaton. The absolute necessity OF our prepars
, | ton for eicctdal resistance against armore
ships and steel guns. which may threaten US
a so apparent that he hopes effective steps will
, | taken IN that direction at once.
0 The condition OF our navy, as shown by th
. | report OF the secretary of that department
should challenge the earnest attention Of Coz
1 | gress. The production In the United States
q | necessary 10 settle at an early day, II tn
}, | armored vessels are to be completed with thos
9 materials OF home manufacture. In the ever
S that the present invitation of the department &c
bids to furnish such OF this material as is no
: | authorized shall fail 10 induce domestic mani
b | facturers to undertake tho large expenditure
r | required to prepare for this new manufacture
4 and no other steps are taken by Congress at II
b coming session, the Secretary contemplate
J. with dissatisfaction, the necessity of obtainin
!, | abroad the armour and the gun-steel for the q,
II ! thorized ships. II would seem desirable, tn
d President adds, that the wants OF the army an
Y navy in this regard should be reasonably me
e and that by uniting their contracts such induce
}, ment might be offered as would result in secu
d ing the domestication of these interests
e Postal service affairs showed marked an
|. gratifying improvement duripg the past veal
n the increase in revenue Is in g ming ratio owe
d the increase Of cost, demons ti,Sting the sun
y cheney OF the present cheap rates OF postag
e ultimately to sustain the service The difie
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