The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-08

plain and tn0ugtriOus republic.
'.Our farmers and those engaged directly
and indirectly In supplying the products Of
agriculture see that, day by day as oft-n as
the daily wants OF their households recur.
they are forced tn pay excessive and need
less taxation, while their products struggle
in for, ign markets with the competition Of
nations which by allowing II f-rer exchange
OF productions than We permit, email their
people to sell for prices which distress the
American farmer.
"And every patriotic citizen rejoice, IN the
constantly increasing pride Of our pepple IN
American citizenship and In the glory vi
our national achieve mrnts and progress, IA
sentiment prevails that leading strngs use
full 10 nation in its infancy may well be
to great extent discarded III the present
state Of American ingenuity courage and
fearless self-reliance. And for the privilege
of INDUCING this sentiment with true
American enthusiasm, our citizens ar quit
Willing to forego an idle surplus in the pub
lie trt asury.
"And all the y ople know that tn. aver
age rat of federal taxation upon imports
Is to-day, in time of peace, but little less
while upon some articles of nee, ssary con
sumption 1t is actually more, than was i'm
posed by the grievous burden willingly
borne at a time when tn government need
ed millions OF dollars to mainlain By war
the safety OF tie Union.
at has been the policy of the govern
ment to collect the principal part of It's rev
enue by a tax upon imports, ana no change
in this policy is desirable if the present con
diton of affairs constraiIs our people to
demand that by revision of our revenue
laws the receipts of the government shall
be reduced to the necessary expense Of its
economical administration; and this de
mand should be recognized and oheyed by
the peoples representatives in the legisla-
tive branch of the government.
lin read justing the burdens Of federal
taxation, sound public policy re4uir
that such of our citizens as have built up
large and important indu9tri und r pres
ent conditions should not be suddenly, and
to their injury, deprived of advantages to
which they have adapted their business, but
if the public good requires it, they should
be content with such consideration as shall
deal fairly and cautiously with these inter
ests, while the just demand o, the people
for relief from needless taxation is hon silly
answered.
IA reasonable and timely submission to
such demand should certainly he possible
without disastrous shock to any interest,
and cheerful concession SOMETIMES averts
abrupt action, often tn out5rowth of i'm
patienct and d.,ay, d justice.
REVENUE AND LABOR
"Due regard should be also ACCORDED in
ANY nropos4d readiustment to ths intares
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We congratulate ourselves that there is
among Us 10 laboring class fixed within
unyielding bounds and doomed under all
,on AZ -, l,i. f co.,.
in the wealth Of the republic and we treat
those who have it in tn, il keeping as
citizens ehtltleu 10 'he most careful reeard
'hari, ~, ay,r,,od t, ,nt oI,I
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sa'paoiS i,nuc'iceS ,ne ques'.oh VI wages
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prominence given u, VI proper iilaih'en,
paid lahnr hnj tho nonsidarotions s,,o,
gest such an arrangement of government
revenues as shall reduce the expense of liv-
S M IL US noS 'u, '''', Wv oitoi ...'io,
American ,ahor anil ininrionslv affect its
condition and the digniGed place it holds in
the estimation of our people
REVENUE Ann AGpICurTtpr
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those who, from the soil, produce things
consumed by all-are perhaps more plainly
concerned than env ~. or of onr ,itizens in
a just a,i'i oale.ui sysVFih VI ieheia, IaAa-
ion "O9o az ''','y ."S"6 y" III, a,'' "'oi
re'ho'eiy coiiheco'o WIN 'ni' N'lu VI WORK.
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mem enhances .'ie Fat'e Vi V'ie'' p'o'ue's;
comforts If lifo Which tho most srrnnrlous
economy enables them to bring into their
homes, and for their implements of nus
paii'',s' eney uie ol''seu " pay u piiCe
which nv the PyactiOn of the poVerunaut
is given to the more favored manufacturer
prcovurvnArtnvs
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considerations, the increasing surplus OF ma
tional income annually accommodating lie
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tons of tha sacr.t,rv of the treasurv tom IL
ing the simpi.icaton of the laws touching
the collecting oil revenues
THE SILVER DOLLAR
Less space is devoted to the silver ques-
ton this year than last, but his opposition