Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-12-11

lie debt, 1856. $50, S., l4l.97; 1885, s5l, as6, 1854
For the District OF Columbia. 1886, s2,sl2, 1921. 81 :
1885, So. 449, $50 .95. Miscellaneous expenditures,
including public buildings. lighthouses. and
collecting the revenue, 1885,, ss7, 9SG. 7s3. "a. 1885;
For tho current yeer, to end June 30, 1887. the
such receipts up to October /, 1886, with such
receipts estimated for tho remainder Of the
year. amount to sa5s, 900 1000. The expesn-
Indicated an anticipated surplus at the close Of
tho year Of $780, O0,0O0.
The total value OF tho exports from the United
Sta es to foreign countries during the fiscal year
is stated and compared with the preceding year
June 90. 1856. June 80, 1885.
Domestic merchandise .s665 .694. i29 s7as. 6S2,s 46
Foreign merchandise. 13,560.30l l5.51G,S 500
Silver 29.5ll,2l9 as,75a.ss5
The value OF some Of our leading exports dur
value Of the same for the year immediately pre-.
ceding, is here given and furnishes information
both interesting and suggestive:
Fol the year .:nding June 81, 1885,. June 80, 1896.
Cotton and cotton mau-
ufsctures ;..:....... s2le.ot5,57G s2ls.7 s9. o49
Tobacco and its manu-
~facture ............. 30. 424,aOs 4,767.3 O5
U,G2o,2l6 lOf, 332, 45G
IMPORTS.
ouF imports curing tue last 0acaI year., as
compared with the previous year, were as fol.
lows:
Merchandise. $685., 4sG, 1856 s57o, $50, o54.so
Gold 2o,743,349 e?,69l, GOO. 90
silver l7s5o,3o7 lG,55o,s27.W
REDUCTION OF THE REVENUE.
In my last annual messa:e to tho Congress
attention was directod to the fact that the
revenues of the Government exceed its actual
needs. and 1t was sug !ested that legis-
latiye action should be taken to relieve
tho roOp1o FROM thu >,S~Ion - AA-
alton thus made apparent. In view of the press
ing importance of the subject, Ideem it my duty
to again urge its consideration. The income Of
the Government, with its increased volume and
through economies in its collection, is now more
than ever in excess of public necessities The
application Of the surplus to the payment Of
our option, subject to extinguishment. ii
continued ct the rate which has late
ly prevailed. would retire that class
this date. Thus a continuation Of our present
revenue would soon result in the receipt of an
annual income much greater than necessary to
NEE, meet Government rnin,, t. expenses a19., with no indebted;
thon be confronted with a vast quantity Of
money, the circulating medium Of the people,
boarded in the Treasury, when it should be in
full public extravaganza with all the corrupting
national decentralization which follows in its
train.
But IL IL not the simp.e existence Of this and
its attendant evils which furnish the strongest
argument against our present scale OF federal
such q surplus through y perversion of the rela-
tions between the people and their Government
"a dangerous departure from the rules which
eminent. Of which every American citizen
boasts. has for its objects tho protection Of
e.ery person within its borders: with the great.
81 Of the Ehss''s eou snas''''ni and with his tho pes s I
security in the enjoyment of his
earnings, with the least possible diminution
for public needs. When moro Of the peoples
sustenance is extracted through the form Of
taxation than il necessary to meet tho Just
obligations of the Government and tho expense
becomes ruthless e~xtortion and q violation of
the fundamental! principles Of II FREQ Govern
ment. The indirect munner in which these
exactions are made has II tendency to con-
ceal their true character and their extent.
But We have arrived at a stage OF suporduous
revenue which has aroused the people to .
realization of tho fact that tho amount
raised professedly for the support of the Gov
ernment, is paid by tn m as absolutely. il added
to the price Of the things which supply their dai.
" wants. as il it was paid at fixed periods into
for daily waees are beginning to understand that
capital. though sometimes Wanting its import
ance and clamoring for the protection and f.
touched by the magical hand Of labor, it
springs into activity, furnishing an occs.
t lion for, fed as; taxation, and gaining
III uku HUI ouhDlGH III 10 O6Af
its burden, and tho laboring man is thought
fully inquiring whether, in these circumstin-
ces, and considering the tribute no constantly
pays into the public treasury us he supplies his
daily wants, no receives his fair share of I'D.
vantages.
There is also a suspicion abroad that the sur
optional business profits, which, under tho sys-
TEN which PRODUCES such surplus, increase,
without corresponding benefit to the people at
large, the vast accnmulations of a few
nmnnr nlr nifiZfn1 Whnu0 forfNnao r;wo1;r,~
the wealth of the most favored in anti Demo.
cratic nations. are not tho natural growtn of q
steady, plain, and Industrious republic. Our
farmers, too, and those engaged directly and in.
directly in supplying the products OF ~agrioul-
ture. see that. day by day, and as often as the
daily wants of their households recur. they arc
whilo their products struggle in foreign markets
with the competition of nations which, by a.
lowing a freer oxchang Of production than We
permit. enable their people to soil for prices
which distress the American farmer. As every
patriotic citizen ~rejoices in the constantly
American citizenship, and in the glory
Of our national achievements and progress, q
full to a nation in its infancy may we'll. to =
great extent, be discarded in the present stage
of American ingenuity, courage and fearless
self.reliance: And for the privilege of indulg-
ing this sentiment with true American enthusi.
nsm, our citizens are quite willing to forego an
IDLE surplus in the public treasury. And all
the people know that tho average rate Of
in time of peace, is but little less,
while upon some articles of necessary
consumption it is actually more: than
borne ut II time when the Governm Mt
needed millions to maintain by a war the safety
and integrity Of the United States.
REVISION OF THE REVENUE Law.
1t hns been the policy Of the Government 20
collect TIL. principal part of its revenues ny .
tax upon imports, and no chang. in this policy
affairs eonstrains our people to demand that BY
Il revision of our revenue laws the re-
ccipts Of the Government shall be re.
ssssa ss t asm, nfsssssty expense aps { this Gf dts It's
mand should lie recognized and obeyed by
the peoples representatives in the legislative
branch OF the Government. In readjusting tho
burdens of Federal taxation a sound public
policy requires that such Of our citizens as
have built ", large aud important industries
under present conditions should not he sud
denly, and to their injury, deprived OF advAn-
tages to which they have adapted their business:
but if the public good requires it. they should
be content with snch consideration as shall
deal ia rly ana cautiously with their interests,
while the Just demands of the people for r lief
from needless taxa ion is homes y answered.
A reasonable aud tlnely submission to
without disastrous shock to any interest, and q
cheerful concession sometimes nverts abrupt
and Needless action. often the outgrowth of i'm
patience and delayed ~j"stice.
THE AMERICAN LABoRER.
Due regard should be also accorded in any
proposed reimbursement to the interests
are involved. We congratulate ourselves
that there is amen! US 70 laboring
class, hxod within unyieldius bounds, and DOOM
f.te Of daily toll. We recognize in
laoor q chief factor in tho wealth Of tho
republic; and We treat those who have it
in their keeping az citizens entitled to the most
careful regard and thoughtful attention. This
regard and attention should DO awarded them,
not only because labor is the capital Of our
workinglnan, 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,
is virtually interested in all that cheapens the
cost Of living and enables him to bring within
his domestic circle additional comforts and