The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-09
ECONOMY in public espend!,uro il a duty isn,

can not innoccntiy be neglected by those in
trusted with the control OF money drawn from
the people for public uses. Itmust be confessed
that our apparently endless resources, the ia.
miliarity OF our people with immense accumu.
lations OF wealth, the growing sentiment among
them that the expenditure OF public money
should In some manner bo to their immediate
ana personal advantage the indirect and almost
stealthy manner in which o large part OF our
taxes are exactod, and. degenerated sense Of
onical accountability, have led to q growing
extravaganza in governmental appropriations.
AT this timc when depleted public treasury
oonfronts us, when many Of our people are en-.
gagged In hard struggle for the necessaries Of
life, and when forced economy is pressing upon
the great mass OF our countrymen 1 desire 10
urge with all the earncstness at my command,
that congressional legislation be 30
limited by strict economy - 10 ex-
OF the treasury and . sympathy with
the Strengthened circumstances OF our fellow.
citizens. The duty OF public economy Is also Of
immense Importance in It's intimate and neces-
sary relation to the task now in hand Of provid.
Ing revenue to meet government expenditures
and yet reducing the peoples burdens of federal
taxation
After hard struggle tarif reform 10 directly
before us. Nothing so important olaims our At
tention and nothing so clearly presents itself
- both an opportunity and duty-an oppor.
tunfty to deserve the gratitude Of our fellow.
citizens and o duty imposed upon US by our Oft
repeated professions and by the emphatic man.
date Of the people. After full discussion our
countrymen have spoken In favor Of this re-
form and they have conhded tho work Of its 30
complishment to the hands OF those who arc
solemnly pledged to IL
While we should staunohly adhere to the
principle that only the necessity OF revenue
1ustifes the imposition OF tarir duties and other
federal taxation and that they should be
limited by strict economy, we can not close our
hay IN
among US which in justice and fairness call for
discriminating care in the distribution OF such
duties and taxation tho emergency OF our
government actually demand.
Manifesty, II we are to aid the people direct
ly through tariff reform, ono Of its most obvious
| features should be q reduction in present tarii
| charges upon the necessaries OF life. The bene-
| fits OF such o reduction should be palpable and
| substantial. seen and felt by thousands, who
| would be better fed, and better clothed, and
better sheltered. These gifts would be tho
| willing benefactions Of government whose
highest function Is the promotion OF the welfare
OF the people No less closely related to our peo.
| ples prosperity and well being is the removal
| OF restrictions upon the Importation OF the raw
materials necessary to our manufactures. Tho
world should be open to our national ingenuity
| and enterprise
| This can not be while federal legisla tion,
| through the imposition OF high .arin forbids to
American manufacturers as cheap materials
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obvious that the enhancement OF the price OF
| our manufactured products resulting from this
policy not only confines the market for these
| products within our borders, TO the direct dis
| advantage Of our manufacturers, but also in.
| creases their cost to our citizens. The inter.
eats of labor are certainly though indirectly in.
| volved in this feature Of our tariff system Tho
sharp competition and active struggle among
our manufacturers to supply the limited demand
for their goods, soon fill the narrow market "a
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sion Of work in mills and factories o discharge
OF employees, and distress IN the homes Of our
worlxingmen Even II tho often disproved IS.
| sertion could be made good that o lower rate Of
wages would result from FREQ raw materials and
| low tariff duties, the intelligence OF our work.
| ingmen leads thom quickly to discover that
| their steady employment, permitted by FREQ
| raw materials, is the most important factor In
| their relation to tariff legislation.
Ameasure has been prepared by the appro-
pirate congressional committee embodying tar
| IN reform on the lines herein suggested, which
| will be promptly submitted for legislative 90
| tion. 1t is the result Of much prtriotic and
selfish work, and believe it deals with Its sub.
| ject consistently and as thoroughly as existing
conditions permit. am satisfied that the re (.
duced tariff provided for in the proposed legis-
lation, added TO existing internal revenue taxa
| ton, will, in the near future, though perhaps
| not Immediately, produce sufficient revenue to
meet the needs OF the government.
The committee, after full consideration, and
to provide against q temporary deficiency
which may exist before the business Of tho
| country adjusts itself to the new tariff sched.
| ules have wisely embraced in their plan a few
additional internal revenue taxes, including q
small tax upon incomes derived from certain
| corporate investments.
| These new assessments are not only absolutely
| just and easily borne but they have tho further
merit Of being such as can be remitted without
| unfavorable business disturbance whenever the
| necessity Of their imposition no longer exists.
In my great desire for the success Of this
measure can not restrain the suggestion that
its success can only be attained by means of
| unselfsh counsel on the part Of the friends of
| tariff reform, and as q result OF their willing.
ness to subordinate personal desires and am.
bitions to the general good. The local interests
| affected by the proposed reform are so numer.
Gus and so varied that il all are insisted upon
the legislation embodying the reform must in.
evitably fall
In conclusion, my intense feeling of response
biiity impels me to invoke for the manifold in.
| terests Of o generous and coniding people the
most scrupulous care and to pledge my most
willing support to every legislative effort for
| the advancement OF the greatness and pros.
perity OF our beloved country
| GsovER CLEVELAND.