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more than the great majority ofhis party
and the majority would raise the pre-.
sumption, even if the facts were not
known, that the secretary was egOtistic-
ally mistaken. But whether he is or
not there is no question at all that the
great majority of the American people
d. not agree with Mr.. Manning in his
financial policy, and it would be their
unquestioned right to have matters as
they wish them, whether they are right
or wrong.
The secretary says that our present
tariff laws are a needless oppression.
Granting, for the sake of argument, that
that is literally true. has Mr.. Manning
been doing all that he might have done
to lessen the oppression? IF he has not
done so, we give our old advice that is
always better to clean IF our own door
step before we rush out to sweep off our
neighbor's. Mr.. Manning has been
handling very large amount ofrevenue
which has come from the operation Of
the tariff laws, and what has he been
doing with it? Nothing except to hoard
it. He says that taking this money from
the people is an oppresson. but while
the laws exist it must be taken. Now
why has he not used this money to re.
duce expenses in some other directions.
and thus lessen the peoples burdens?
WHY bas he not reduced our interest
bearing debt? Month after month he
reports sum of money in the public
treasury that almost staggers the mind
to contemplate, but the never resting
interest machine keeps on grinding and
the secretary keeps on grumbling about
oppression. We are not going to dis
cuss the merits or dement's of the tariff
laws at this time, but we will state the
fact that this people have never felt
greater burden than the compulsion to
pay out their hard earned money for
interest while there are millions of dol.
lars in the treasury with which the
burden might be lightened, if it was ju.
diciously used.
chaos. Here, again, his views come in
conflict with the will of majority of
the people, who are satisfied with our
currency and who demand that our pub
lie officials shall let it alone. at least to
the extent Of not attempting to force
contraction. He afirms that partly in
consequence of our system Of currency
the burdened industries of the country
are plunging along miry road to for
seen danger. 1t is the verdict of the
people, and the verdict is strictly in ac-
cordance with good common sense, that
nothing has done more to cripple our
industries than the wretched policy of
curtaiIing our currency, which has been
pursued and insisted upon by the Treas
ury department. That policy has lock-
ed up our silver and degraded it when
ever it was possible to do SO; it has in
suited the will and common sense Of the
people; it has called in notes of small
denominations, and prevented the issu-
ing of other bills to take their place.
contrary to the expressed provisions of
law and in defiance of the popular wish,
and it has made the United States
Treasury as completely subservient to
the leeches and gamblers of Wall street
as it was possible to make it. The re-
suit is that there is not enough money
in circulation to pay debts or sustain
commerce. Western Rural.