Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07

vice than by giving the points he makes III
a condensed and concise form. We are as
sured at the outset that America is at peace
with .'all the world"-tO say nothing Of the
.'rest of mankind" France aid the United
States are now closer to each other. the
statue of liberty having been thrust into the
flowing locks of both. after the manner OF
gigantic hairpin. We haven't had quite
as much reciprocity with Spain-especially
in the Antilles-as would have been pleas
ant and convenient but are likely to have
hereafter the usual and an adequate guam
tity. ..-
Legislation 10 strengthen our eNtradition
laws. 50 that orr raScals cannot be afforded
refuge in foreign countries, is very prop
erly recommended to congress. The secre-
tary of state should be armed with authority
To make a reQuisiti0n on foreign states for
the return of embezzlers and scoundrels.
The case OF Cutting Is reviewed, but as
nobody now cares a copper about him, we
will not consume valuable space with the
statement The president very properly
urges that, while We maintain good under
standing with Mexico, We must arrange for
the full protection of our citizens in all
their rights and proper privileges.
The fishery dispute is also reviewed. The
following paragraph on this matter we
quote in full:
The progress of civilization and growth
of population in the British provinces TO
which the fisheries in question are contigu-
Gus. and the expansion of commercial inter
course between them and the United States,
present today a condition Of affairs scarcely
realiIabe at the date Of the negotiations of
ISIS New and vast interests have been
brought into existence; new modes OF inter
course between the respective countries
have been invented and multiplied, the
methods Of conducting the fisheries have
been wholly changed, and all this is nocessar-
ily entitled 10 candid and careful considers-
tion in the adjustment of the terms and
conditions of intercourse and commerce
between the United States and their
neighbOrs along frontier or
over 3, 800 miles. This prOpin-
guilty, community of language and Occu-
patton and similarity of political and social
institutions indicate the practicability and
obvious wisdom of maintaining mutually
beneficial and friendly relations. Whilst |
Sm uufsignedly desirous that such relations
should exist between US and the inhabitants
of Canada, yet the action Of their officials.
during the past season. towards our nsher-
men. has been such as TO seriously threaten
their continuance. Although disappointed
in my efforts 70 secure satisfactory settle
nlent OF the fishery question. negotiations
are still pending with reasonable hope that
before the close OF the present session of
announcement Ia. made
that an acceptable conclusion has been
reached.
Concerning the surplus of revenue which
accumulates annually, the president sug-
geStS that action should be taken 10 relieve
tiIepe0pie of all unnecessary burdens. We
are told that the application of the surplus
TO the payment of such portion Of the pub
lie debt as is now at our option subject TO
extinguisment, If continued at the rate
which has lately prevailed. would retire
that class Of Indebtedness in less than one
year from this date. Thus, the president
continues, continuation of our present
revenue system would soon result in the re-
ceipt of an annual income much greater
than necessary 70 meet government eX-
penses with no Indebtedness upon which it |
could be applied. A vast quantity of
money would. therefore. be boarded in the |
treasury. when if should be in the hands Of
the people. Tie president condemns ''the |
exaction" of this surplus, in the ''lndi- !
rect manner in which it is made, at the eX- |
pense of the people. The president states |
his case concerning this matter as follows: |
Those who toll for daily wages are begin |
ming to understand that capital, though |
sometimes yaunting its importance and |
clamoring for the protection and favor OF |
the government, is dull and sluggish, till, |
touched by the magical hand OF labor, II |
springs into activity. furnishing an occasion !
for federal taxation and gaining the value
which enables it TO bear lis burden. And |
the laboring man is thoughtfully inquiring |
whether. in these circumstances, and cOnsid- |
ering the tribute he constantly pays into the |
public treasury as he supplies his daily |
wants. he receives his fair share OF advant-
ages There is also suspicion abroad. |
that the surplus OF our revenues indicates
abnormal and exceptional business profit.
which under the system which produces
such surplus. increase without correspond
ing benefit Ia people al large and are the |
vast accumulatiOnS of a few among our citi-
zens whose fortunes, rivaling the wealth
of the most favored in anti-demOcratic ma
tons, are not the natural growth of steady,
plain and industrious republic. Our farm
ers, too, and those engaged directly and in
directly in supplying the products Of agri-
culture. see that day by day. and as often
a. the daily wants of their households re-
cur, they are forced TO pay excessive and
needless taxation, while their products
struggle in foreign markets with the cOmpe-
titiOn Of nations, which. by allowing freer
exchange of PRODUCTIONS than we permit,
enable their people 10 sell for prices which
distress the American farmer.
The president next speaks Of the revision
of the revenue laws. No change in the
policy of the government in taxing imports,
j. recommended. But the receipts of the
government through the revenue laws,
should-the president thinks-be reduced to
correspond with the necessary expense in
volved in its economical administration
Due regard in readjustment should be paid
both to capital and labor, 50 that their inter
ests should not be disastrouslY affected. The
president says:
This relation OF the wOrkingman to the
revenue laws of the country and the man
ner in which il palpably influences the
question of wages, should not be forgotten
in the juStifiable prominence given 10 the
proper maintenance of the supply and pro-
tection Of well-paid labor, aud these con-
shierations suggest such an arrangement of
government revenues as shall reduce the
expense of living, while it does not curtail
the opportunity for work nor reduce the
compensation OF American labor and in
iuri0usly affects its condition and the digni-
ned place il holds in the estimation of our
people. But our farmers and agricul- {
turists. those whom from the soil {
produce the things consumed by all, are per- '
hf.ps more directly and plainly concerned {
than any other of our citizens, in just and I
careful system of federal taxation. Those ,
actually engaged in and more remotely con- a