Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-12-13

prise from the United States is pO-
tent factor in assisting development
of the resources of Mexico, and in
building up the prosperity of both
countries.
To assist in the good work, all |
grounds of apprehension for securi
ty of person and property should be
removed, and the president trusts in
the interests of good neighborhood |
that the statutes will be SO modified |
as to eliminate the present possibili-
ties of danger to the peace of the two
countries.
The president recommends placing
the consular service on better foot
ing, and relterates the necessity Of
some mode of inspection and of re-
porting the manner in which the con-
sulates are conducted.
He trusted that international copy
right will receive the attention it de-
serves by congress.
He recommends that provision be
made for the immediate discharge
from custody of persons committed
for extraditlon where the president is
of the opinion that surrender should
not be made, and renews his recon-
mendations of last year, that exist
ing legislation concerning citizenship
and naturalization be revised. We
have, he says, treaties with many
states providing for remuneration of
citizenship by naturalized citizens,
but no statute is found to give effect
to such engagements nor any which
provides needed central bureau for
the registration of naturalized citi-
zens.
| THE TARIFF.
Reaching domestic affairs, the first
subject discussed is the tariff, and to
this the president devotes a great
deal of space, arguing that the ne
cessity for a reduction of the tariff is
more urgent than ever.
"The income of the government,
he says, "by its increased volume
and thorough economies in Its collec-
ton is now more than ever in excess
of public necessities. The applica
ton of the surplus to the payment of
such portion of the public debt as is
now at our option subject to extin-
guishment, if continued at the rate
which has lately prevailed, would re-
tire that class of Indebtedness within
less than one year from this date.
Thus a continuation of our present
revenue system would soon result in
the receipt of an annual income much
greater than necessary to meet gov
eminent expenses, with no indebt-
edness upon which it could be applied.
We should then be confronted with
vast quantity of money, the circu-
lating medium of the people, boarded
in the treasury, when it should be in
their hands, or we should be drawn
into wasteful public extravaganza,
with all the corrupting national de-
moralization which follows in its
train.
But it is not the simple existence
of the surplus and its threatened at
tendant evils which furnish the
strongest argument against our pres
ent scale of federal taxation. Its
worst phase is the exaction of such a
surplus through perveroion of the
relations between the people and
their government, and a dangerous
departure from the rules which limit
the right of federal taxation.
Good government, and especially
the government of which every Amer.
leah citizen boasts, has for it's objec
protection of every person within it,
care in the greatest liberty consist
ent with the good order of society
his perfect security in the enjoymen
of his earnings, with the least posi-
BILE diminution for public needs
When more of the peoples substance
is exacted through the form of taxa
ton than is necessary to meet tn
just obligations of the government
and the expense of its economical
administration, such exaction be
e comes ruthless cXtortion and viola
ton of fundamental principles of
1 free government.
: The indirect manner in which thes
: exactments are made have tenden
J, CIV to conceal their truth and their ex
: tent, but we have arrived at stag
II of superhuous revenue which ha
) aroused the people to realization G
e the fact that the amount raised pre-
y fessedly for the support of this GOV
r eminent is paid by them as absolute
e ly if added to the price of the thing
J. which supply their daily wants, as
e it was paid at fixed periods into tt
l. hands of the tax gatherer.
q Those who toll for daily wage
lie are beginning to understand that caI
J. ital, though sometimes Wanting il
J. Importance and clamoring for the prt
II lection and favor Of the government
y is dull and sluggish, till touched b
of the magic hand of labor it spring
into activity, furnishing an occasio
for federal taxation and gaining IL
D, value which enables it to bear i
+ burden. And the laboring man
es thoughtfully inquirlng whether
ut these circumstances, and considerir
OF the tribute which he pays into Il