The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-17


..h,e +,,eir people to sell for prices which dis
euAD' American farmer. AS every patriotic
SreSs Syrioices in the constantly increasing
cl W. ~ oHr people in American citizenship and
IN the glory of our national acnlevelnents ana
LoaToss a sentiment prevails that the leading
PtUJnGs useful to q nation in its infancy may
- to q great extent, be discarded in the pres
emit stage of American lnGenuitS' courage
= love of indulging this sentiment with true
tPrnoriran enthusiasm our cltlZens are quite VIII
i % 70 forego an idle surplus IN the public treas
u and all the people know that the average
WS, ~ federal taxation upon imports Is to-day,
"a S Slime "of peace but little less, while upon
80 articles Of necessary IL Is
som o more. than was imposed by the grievous
S|rden willingly borne at d time when The gov
ornmnnt needed millions TO maintain Dy war the
e 80 and integrity of the United States. 1t
has been the policy OF the g~oVernIhent 70 correct
t n Trincipal part of it's revenues by a tax upon
49,. ~ and no change in the policy Is desira-
III Rut the present condition OF affeirs con-
strains our people to demand that by a revision
~ q onT revenue laws the receipts OF the govern
- shall be reduced TO the necessary expense
~ its economical administration, and this de-
m,nd should be recognized and obeyed by the
nnnnIss' reDreseutatives in the legislative
peoaPrnb' of the government. In readjusting the
" BURDENS OF E TAXATIoN
oornd public policy requires that such OF our
"iffizens as have built up large and important
EEINJ%sIries under the present condition should
not he suddenly and TO their injury deprived OF
aSvanfages to which they have adapted their
L,sinasSs but If the PUBIC EOOQ requires III,
tSey should be content with such consideration
ss sbaII deal fairly and cautiously with their
;nterests. While the just demand OF the people
Tor relief from needless taxation is homes ly
answered. q reasonable and timely submission
90 snct : demand should certainly be possible
without a disastrous shock TO any interest; and
q. cheerful concession sometimes ayerts abrupt
and needless action often the outgrowth or I'M
Datience and delayed justice. Due regard
shonld be also accorded in any proposed read
;nstment to the interests OF American labor SO
for as they are involved We congratulate our
selves that there is among us no laboring class
6yed within unyielding bounds and doomed
nnder all conditions to the inexorable fate
Of daily toll We recognize eSssph In a.. labor
nubIic and we treat those who have 1t
Tor their keeping as citizens entitled to the most
careful regard and thoughtful attention. This
regard and attention should be awarded them,
not only because labor is the capital Of our
workingman, justly entitled 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 home,
asa consumer is vitality interested in all that
cbeapens the cost of living and enables him TO
bring within his domiciie additional comforts
and advantages. This relation of the working
man TO the revenue laws OF the country and the
manner in which it palpably influences the
question of wages should not be forgotten in the
iustifable prominence given to the proper main
tenance of the supply and protection OF well
paid labor. And these considerations suggest
such an arrangement Of government revenues as
shall CuTLall ILG COSU vi VII AAlC ~ uOI "
curtail the opportunity fer work, nor reduce the
compensation of American labor and injuriously
affect its condition and the dignitied place
it holds in the estimation of our people. But
our
FARMERS AND A~GRIcULTURIsTs,
those who from the soil produce the things con-
sumed by all are perhaps more directly and
plainly concerned than any other of our citizens
I'M lust and careful system of federal 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
limit their hours of toll, and no interposition of
the government enhances to any great extent
the value Cf their products, and yet. for many of
the necessaries and comforts 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 a price
largely increased by an unnatural profit which,
by the action Of the government, Is given to the
more favored manufacturer. / recommend that
keeping in view ali these considerations, the in
Creasing and unnecessary surplus OF national In
come annually accnmulatlng be released TO the
people by an amendment OF our revenue laws
which shall sharpen the price OF necessaries of
life and give freer entrance 10 such imported
materials as by American labor may be manu-
featured into marketable commodities. Nothing
can be accomplished, however. in the direction
otthis much-needed reform unless the subject
u approached in q patriotic spirit of devotion to
the interests of the entire country and with a
Willingness to yield something for the public
good.
TIE PUBLIC DEBT.
The sum paid upon the public debt during the
fs al year ended June 80, 1886, was $44,551,-
04336. During the twelve months ended Oct.
81, 1886, 3 Der cent bonds were called for re-
demption amounting to $127,2S3 100, OF which
So0643, 200 was so called TO answer the re-
qulrements of law relating TO the sinking fund
and S466, 1893 for the purpose of reducing the
ptaollc debt by application of a part of the sur
plns, IN the treasury to that object. OF the
bonds thus called $I02.2 $780, 5o became subject
under such calls to redemption prior TO
Nov i 1886. The remainder, amounting to
S29,Ol3,65O, matured under the calls after
tnat date in addition TO the amount sub
ectt 70 payment and cancellation prior to Nov.
There were also paid before that day certain
ponds amounting. to SIS, 072, $50 which were an
enecIpated IA to the maturity, Gf which $2.6G4,-
SOo had been called prior to the lst OF Noyem-
uel 1856, to the extinguishment of our bonded
and mterest-bearing debt, leaving on that day
ana stu outstanding ST, 153,443. lie. or this
amount $S6,S48, 700 were still represented by 3
RI cent bonds. They. however, have been since
SSOg. ", or wlli at once be, further reduced by
Sz1,oVo, $50, being bonds which have been
csneu, as already stated, but not redeemed and
Sanceied be. lore the latter date.