The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17

Of the government. Is dun and sluggish till,
touched by the magical wand Of labor 1t springs
taxation and gaining the value which enables it
to bear It's burden: and the lsboring man ia
thoughtfully inquirinx whether IN these cir
he constantly pays into the public treas
pry as he supplies his daily wants,
There is also a suspicion abroad that the sur sur
plus of our revenues indicates abnormal and eS-
ceptional business profits, which under the sys-
tenn which produces such surplus increase with
ont corresponding
BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE
at large the vast accumulatians of few among
our citizens whose fortunes, riyaling the wealth
OF the most favored In anti-democcatic nations,
are not the natural growth of steady plain
and Industrious republic. Our farmers. too.
and those engaged directly and indirectly in
supplying the products of agriculture. see that
day by day, and as often as the daily wants OF
excessive and needless taxation, whiie their
products struggle in foreign markets with the
competition Of nations which, by allowing q
f.eer exchange Of productions than We permit,
enable their people to sell for prices which dis
tress the American farmer. As every patriotic
citizen rejoices In the constantly increasing
pride of our people in American citizenship and
in the glory of our national achievements and
progress, q sentiment prevails that the leading
strings useful to nation in It's infancy may
we'll, to great extent, be discarded in the pres
ent stage of American ingenuity, courage
and fearless self-reliance; and for the
privilege of indulging this sentiment with true
American enthusiasm our citizens are quite will
ing to forego idle surplus in the public treas
ury, and all the people know that the average
in .time ..of peace but little less, while upon
some articles of necessary consumption 1t Is
actually more, than was imposed by the grievous
burden willingly borne at !. time when the gov
ernment needed millions to maintain by war the
safety and integrity OF the United States Il
has been the policy of the government to collect
the principal part of its revenues by a tax upon
imports, aud no change in the policy is desira-
BILE. But the present condition of affeirs con-
strains our people to demand that by revision
OF our refenue laws the receipts of the govern
ment shall be reduced to the necessary expense
OF its economical administration. and this de-
mand should be recognized and obeyed by the
peoples representatives in the Iegisl tive
branch of the government In readjusting the
BURDENS OF FEDERAL TAXATION
sound public policy requires that such of our
citizens as have built up large and import ant
industries under the present condition should
not be suddenly and'to their injury deprived OF
advantages to which they have adapted their
business; but II the public good requires it,
they should be content with such consideration
as shall deal fairly and cautiously with their
interests. While the just demand of the people
for relief from needless taxation is homes lv
answered, a reasonable and timely submission
to such demand should certainly be possib
without a disastrous shock to any interest; an,
cheerful concession sometimes averts abrupt
and needless action often the outCrowth of i'm
patience and delayed justice. Due regard
should be also accorded in any proposed read
justment to the interests of American labor SO
far as they are involved. We congratulate our
be1NeS lildb bucIe ~ dlAOuS us no l1DOTlDS CiSSS
fixed within unyielding bounds and doomed
under all conditions to the ineXorabe late
of daily toll. We recognize in labor
chief factor in the wealth of the re-
public, and we treat those who have i.
for their keeping as citizens entitled o 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 laboriug man,
surrounded by his family in his humble hons,
as a consumer is yitally interested in all that
cheapens the cost of living and enables him to
bring within his domicie 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
justitiable prominence given to the proper main
tenance of the supply and protection of vel
paid labor And these considerations suggest
such an arrangement of government revenues ~
shall curtall the cost of living while 1t does not
curtail the opportunity for work, nor reduce the
compensation of American labor and injurionslv
affect its condition and the dignitied place
it holds in the estimation of our people. But