The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-16

that adding these increased burdens
thrown upon this congress By the last
one, and which were not borne by il
at its first session, the appropriations
in that session would have reached
the enormous sum of over $554, 900, )
600. The appropriation bills Is they
passed the house at the session just
closed, carried about 1868 733, 033, to
which, if we add the permanent ap-
preparations (sl2l, 1863, $500. would
make s4s5, 596. 913 "a practical cav
ing as compared with the appropris.
tions made in the first session of the
last congress, had the senate agreed to
the house bills, of over s68 000. 900.
EXTRAS BY THE SENATE
The House bi Is, however, were To-
creased by the Senate over s36, OOO,-
900, but in conference these increases
we're reduced until. excluding the
IS, 900 600 for the Worlds fair, the
total sum appropriated was alb ut
1881 900, 900. In this sum it must
be borne 10 mind, is embraced $780,
100000 forced upon this and not
borne by the last Congress at its first
session. Deducting this sum an the
appropriations for the session just
closed would be near 1921 ,O00, 900,
for the same purpose for which the
last Congress appropriated 1862 OOO,-
600 in brief, a saving in expendi
lures BY the first session Of this against
the first session of last Congress of
over $4,000, 900.
The policy pursued by the Demo
cratic Repres natives in the present
Congress on the subject of taxation
d d not fully meet the demands and
expectations of tariff reformers. The
sentiment. especially in the Yves: and
South. favors u more vigorous att 'ck
AID more extensive reduc ions.
Whether this would hsve been the
wiser cours. is beyond demonstration.
Ii was evident even before Congress
met, that no tariff legislation could be
enacted and that whatever measures
were proposed would only more forci-
bly, demonstrate the position of the
Democratic issue.
While the issue is a great national
one-"the greatest good to the gre At
est number" being the ouly slid
foundation of the combined welfare
Of the people one must recognize the
fact that large portion of them have
not yet been sufficiently educated to
s.anI firmly and unhesitatingly upon
this high elevation. Selfshness is
the prime cause of individual effort
and individual action, and to this
strong element of the human charac
ter protectionis.s have made their
appeals and linked their hopes. In
view of the utter hopelessness Of ac-
complaining practical results, it was
certainly not an unwise policy for
the House to present to the senate
specific bills which would arouse q
new interes: in different parts of the
country and bring the people in par
ticular loo alities to realization of the
great truth that if they want relief
from the expressions of others they
must grant to them immunity from
spoilstiOn.
MUST NOT EXPECT MUCH FROM
NOTHING.
The wooden manufacturers should
not ask or expect free raw materials
without granting a corresponding
benefit to their consumers. The iron
and steel makers should not demsnd
free coal and free ore while Calming
the protection of an executive market
for their product. The wheatgrowers
of the Dakotas have probably by this
time learned that to secure free bind
ing Irvine they must send senators to
represent their states who are willing
to aid in the relief of the farmers of
other sections as well as their own.
This great truth has been fOrcibly
brought TO their attention, and, fol-
lowed by vigorous camgaign, will
make lasting impression.
The house passed bills putting wool
on the free list and making correspoD-
ding reductions on manufactures
placing binding Irvine on the free list,
silver and lead ores on the free list
and reducing the duty on tin plates.
Not one of these measures was con-
sidered by the senate. The senate
had ample time to engage in lengthy
debates on resolutions, but no time to
consider and vote upon either one OF
these short bills. The people will
have no trouble in fixing the respsnsi-
bilily for their failure to secure any
relief whatever from the most op.
pressive provisions of the Mckinley
act.
The record of the present house in