The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-12-09

mes upon which &c could be applied.
We should than be Confrentsd with Q
vast quantity Of money In the cizeulaE-
ing medium Of the people boarded In the
treasury when e should b in their
hands, o. We should be drawn into
WAsesfm pubic extEaFegance with al
the coEEuptng national demoralEza-
ton which fellows In its train.
But it Is net the simple existence
OF fhis surplus and its threatened attend
ant eVn which furnish. the StRonges aHku-
msnE against our present scale ct federal
TAXATION. 10 worst pnaSe y the exacsion
OF such 6 surplus through . perVtHsaon Of
the relations between the people and their
governments and . dangerous departure
from the rules which limit the right Of
federal taxation, good governments, and
especially the government Of which every
American citizen boasts has for its OBJ
jects the protection Of every person
within Its care, tn the greatest lib
eEty coasistent with the good order
Of society and his persect aecur-
ity In the enjoyment Of his
earnings with the least possih deminG-
alton for public needs. Whe more OF
the peoples sustsEAnee = exAntsd
through the form Of taxation tGA II nee.
eesary to meet the jast Obiiza e che
government ana the expense Is 10 oCu-s
0mical administration such efaGta BE-.
Of the fundamental principles Of q free
government. The Indirect msnner In
which these exAetionse are made has .
tendency 20 conceal their true character
and their extent. but have arrived at =
stage Of Bup9I4uouB revenue which
has aroused the people 70 . realise
ton Of the fact that the amount
raised pE0fessedly for the support ef the
government, r. paid by them a. absolutely
added to the price Of the things which
supply thar daily wants a. II it was paid
Of fixed periods into the hands of the
tax gatherer. Those who toll for daily
wages are beginning to understand that
capital, though sometimes Wanting In It's
importance, and clam0riDg tor the pre-
lection and favor Of the government, Is
dull and siuEgish till touched by the
tivity, furnishing an occasion for federal
taxation and gaining the value
which enables IL to bear
its burden, and the laboring man Is
tnoughtfulIy iLquiriDg whether, in
these circumstances, and considering
the tribute he constantly pays into the
public treasury, - he supplies his daily
adVantAgeS. There 10 also . suspicion
abroad that the surplus Of our revenues
indicates abnormal and exceptional
business profits, which under the system
which produces such surplus increase
without corresponding benefit 70 the
people at large, the vast accommodations
OF . few among our citizens, whose
fortunes rivaliDg the wealth Of the most
favored In anti-denocratic nations are
steady, plain and industrious republic.
Our farmers, too, and those engaged di-
rectlY and indirectly In supplying the
products Of agriculture, see that day by
day and - often e. the daily wants OF
their households recur, they are forced
TO pay excessive and needless taxation,
while their products struggle in foreign
markets with composition Of nations,
which by allowing freer exchange Of
people % sell for prices which distress
the American farmer. As every
patriotic citizen reioioea in the
constantly increasing pride Of our people
In American citizenship and in the glory
Of our national achievements and prog
Fess, . sentiment prevails that the 1edinR
strings useful to q nation in its infancy,
may well. to q great extent, be discarded
In the present stage Of American in
Renuity, courage and fearless self re-
lance, and for the privilege OF INDUCING
In this seahment with true American en-
thueiAsm, our citizens are quite 60 forego
an idle surplus in the 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 con-
sumption, It is actually more than
was imposed by the HEieVous burden,
willingly brn at the time, when the gov
eminent needed millions to maintain by
war the safety and integrity Of the Uuited
States. It has been the policy Of the
government 70 collect the principal part
~ AkaAV hERA e. To-
and no change In this policy Is desirable.
But the present condition Of affairs con-
strains our people to demand shat by .
revision Of our revenue laws the receipt
OF the government shall be reduced to
the necessary expense OF Its econ
0mical administration. and this demand
ahould be recognized land obeyed by
the peoples representative in the leRis.
lAttve branch OF tia eOVeEnmenE, In read.
iusting the burdens Of federal taxation.
a sound public policy requires that such
Of our citizens q have bHllt up large and
important industries under present coh4
ditions, sho9l6 not be suddenly, and 70
them injuHiOu6lY, deprived Of Advanta-
ges to which they have adopted their bus
iness, but II the public good required they
shoulo be content with such conditions as
shall deal fairly a1d cautiously with their
interests, while the just demand Of the
people for relief from needless taxation
is honestly answered, . reasonable
and timely submission to
such demand, should certainly be pos
sible without . disastrous shock to A1y
interest, and Q cheerful concession some
times evsrts abrups and needless action,
often the outgrowth Of tmpatienCe and
delayed justice. Due regard should
also b accorded In any proposed read
justment TO the interest Of American
lsbOrers, 30 far a. they are involved.
We Congratulate ourselves that there Is
among us no lAboriDg GLASS fixed within
unyielding bounds and doomed under
all conditions 70 the InexOrable fsSs Of
daily toll. We recognize IN labor .
chief factor In the wealth Of the repuh-
lic, and we treat those who have It
In their keeping as citizens entitled 70
the most careful regard and thoughtful
attention. This regard and attention should
be awarded them not only because labor
is the capital OF our WofkaHgmen, Justly
entitled % tn share Of government favor,
buf fog the further and NOS less impOf.
tant reason that the laboring man, sur
rounded by his humble home e 9 COn-
Gumer, is vitality Interested In AL that re.
ducee the cost Of living AID enables TO
bring within has domestic circles addi-
t1onal Comforta and. advantages.
This relation Of the ,Workingman 70
the revenue laws Of = the country
and the manner in which it probably
influences tie question Of wages should
not be forgotten in sthe justinAble
prominence gfvee 70 the proper main
tenance OF the supply and protection Of
Well-paid labor, as,d the considerations
suggest such an arrangement Of gov
eminent revenues as shall reduce the ex-
pense Of living, while Is does not curtail
/ the opportunity for work, nor reduce
| the compensation Of effect on American
labor, and injure IS conditions and the
digniAed place Is holds In the estimation
Of Cur people. But our farmers and
| aSriculturisfs-&h0se who from the sol
produced the things consumed by all
are perhaps more directly and plainly
cnnCerned than any other Of our ctfixeGI
In Just and careful system Of fedora
taxation. These actually engaged and
| more remotely connected with this kind
OF work number nearly one-half Of on
/ population; none labor harder or NOR
continuously than they; no enactment
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