The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-08

1898.
under the modus vivendi agreed upon with
Great Britain to detail to that service one YES
sci from the fish commission and three from
| the revenue marine
Progress in the construction Of new vessels
has not been as rapid as WAS anticipated There
have been delays in the completion Of unarm-
ored vessels, but for the most part they have
been such as was Constantly occurring even in
countries having the largest experience In naval
ship building The most serious delays, bow.
ever. have been in the work upon srdofed
ships The trouble has been the failure OF con-
tractors to deliver a rmor as agreed The dim
culties seem now, no wever to have been all
overcome and armor Is being delivered with
satisfactory promptness
The method OF employing mechanical labor
at navy wards through boards Of labor, and
making efficiency the sole test by which labor
ers are employe cd and continued, Is producing
| the best results and the secretary Is earnestly
devoting himself to its development Attention
is invited to the statements Of his report IN re-
F., gard TO workings o: the system
The Civil Service.
The continued intelligent execution of the civil
service law and Tho increasing approval by the
people of its operation are most qualifying. The
recent extension Of its limitations and regula-
| tions to the emp'Oves at free delivery post
| ofices which has been honestly and promptly
accomplished by the commission, with the
| hearty cooperation OF the pos ster-generai,
| is an immensely important advance In the use
fulness of the s,stem. I am, If possible, more
than ever convinced Of the incalculable benef s
conferred by the civil service law, not only in
its effect I. on the public service but also what
| is even more important in its effect in elevating
| the tone of political life generally.
To ,hndv nj vii
| found its way to our statute book moro from
fear Of the popular sentiment existing In its IA
vor than from any love for the reform itself on
| the part of Legislators. and 1t has lived and
grown and fourished in spite of the
covert as we'll as open hostility
of spoilsmen and Notwithstanding the
Querulous impracticabiity Of m ny seIf-con-
stituted guardians B meath all the va aries
an sublimated theories which re attracted to
| it there underlies this reform q sturdy, COM
mon sense principle not only suited oto this
mundane sphere but whose application our
people are more and more recognizing to be ab-
solutely essential to the most successful opera
tions of their government, II not to its per-
petuity.
1t seems to me to be entirely inconsistent
with the character of this reform as we'll as
| with its best enforcement, to oblige the com.
mission to rely for clerical assistance upon
clerks detailed from othe departments.
| There ought not to be such q condition in any
|
| can be spared to habftually work at another
| place. and 1t does not accord with o sensible
| view Of civil servic reform that persons should
be employed on the theory that their labor is
| necessary in one department when in point OF
fact their services are devoted to entirely dif.
| ferent work in another department earn
estly urge that the clerks necess ~ to carry on
| the work Of the commission be regularly put
! upon its roster and that the system Of oblig-
| ing the commissioners to rel upon the services
of clerks belonging to other departments be
| discontinued
| This ought not to increase the expense to the
| government, while it would certainly be more
| consistent and adds greatly to the efficiency OF
| the commission. Economy In o public expend.
iture is q duty that cannot innocently be ne
| elected by those intrusted with the control OF
money drawn from the people for public uses.
| 1t must be confessed that our apparently end
| less resources the familiarity Of our people
| with immense Accommodations of wealth, the
growing sentiment among them that the ex.
penditure OF public money should In some man
| ner be to their immediate and personal advan
| tage. the indirect and almost steaithy manner
| in which a larger part OF our taxes are exacted.
| and degenerated sense Of official accountable
| ity have led to growing extravaganza in gov
| ernme q tai appropriations
| Tariff Reform.
| After hard struggle. tariff reform IL df
rectly before U.s. Nothing SO important claims
our attention and nothing SO clearly presents
itself as both an opportunity and duty-ar
oppor, unity to deserve the gratitude Of our fel
low itizens and a duty imposed upon US by oul
oft repeated professions and by the emphatic
| mandate OF the people After full discussion oul
countrymen have spoken In favor Of this reform
ane they have conhded the work Of its accom-
plishment to the hands of those who are sol
emnly pledged oft II there is any thing in th'
places of the people and thei
desires, il public ofhcer, are reall,
servants OF the people and If political promisei
and professions have any binding force ou
failure to give the relief SO 10 awaited will bt
sheer recreancy. Nothing should intervene Il
distract our attention or disturb our effort un
til this reform is accomplished bv wise AM
careful legislation While should staun hll
adhere to the principle that only the necessit,
Of revenue ju.tifies the imposition Of tarif
duties and other federal taxation and tina
they should be limite by strict economy VI
cannot close our eyes to the fact that condi
| tions have grown up among US which in JUS
| II and fairness call for discriminating car
| in the distribution OF such duties and taxation
as the emergencies Of our government actuall.
demand.
Manifestly If we are to aid the people directl
| through tariff reform. one of its most Obviou
features should be reduc tion in present tarif
charges upon the nccessaries of life The ben
| efits of such a reduction would be palpable IN,
substantially seen and felt by thousands VIII
would be better fed and better clothed and BET
ter sheltered These gifts should be the wiilin
benefaciions Of q government whose hfghes
| functio is the promotion Of the welfare Of tn
| people Not less closely related to our people
prosperity and well being is the removal Of re
strictions npon the importation Of the raw ma
terials necessary our manufactures. Tn
world should be open to our national ingenuit
and enterprise.
| For their goods soon fill the narro marke
, to which they are condnod Then folio
suspension of work in mills and factories,
!, discharge Of employees and distress in tn
} homes Of our workngmen. Even II the ofte
disproved assertion could be made good that
lower rate Of ages would result from free ra'
, materials and low tariff duties the intelligenc
; OF our workingm.n leads them quickly to di.
, cover tn t their steady employment permitte
by free raw m,terials is the importan
/ factor in their re alton TO tariff egislatior
a measure has been prepared by the appropr
ate congressional committee embod wing tari
4 reform on the lines herein suggested. whic
will be promptly submitted for legislativ
action. It is the result of much patriotic an
, unselnsh work AMI believe it deals with II
Q subject consis stentiy and as thoroughly as Ell
, listing conditions permit / am satisfied tha
the reduced tariff duties provided for in tn
proposed legislation. added to existing in;erns
revenue taxation will. in the near future
| though perhaps not Immediately. produce su
e fcient revenue to meet the needs Of the 60,
| ernment
3 The committee, after full consideration an
to provide against a temporary dencieac
! which NAV exist before the business Of II
D | country adjusts itself to the new tariff schet
ules, have wisely embraced in their plan a fe
{ additional internal revenue taxes, including
| small tax upon incomes derived from certai
4 | corporate investments These new asses
, ments are not only absolutely just and easil