The sun., 1893-12-07

awaited will be sheer recreancy. Nothing
should Interfere to distract our attention or
disturb our effort until this reform Is ac-
complished by wise and careful legislation.
While we should staunchly adhere to the
principle that only the necessity of revenue
Justl1es the imposition Of tariff duties and
other federal taxation, and that they should
be limited by strict economy, we cannot
close our eyes to the fact that conditions
nay nSGe ,rn%I grown up among us In which Justice
the distribution of such duties and taxation
as the emergencies Of our government
aid the people directly through tariff re.
form one OF the most obvious features
should be reduction In present tarirr
charges upon the necessaries of life. The
benefits of such reduction would be pal
pable and substantial, seen and felt by the
thousands who would be better fed and bet
ter clothed and better sheltered These Gifts
should be the willing benefactions of a gov.
ernlnent whose higher function IL the bro.
motion OF the people. Not less closely re-
being Is the removal of the restrictions
upon the importation of the raw materials
necessary 2 to our manufacturers.
The world would be open to our ingenuity
and enterprise This cannot be while fedraI
legislation through the imposition of high
tarln forbids to American manufacturers as
cheap material as those used by their comDe-
ttors. 1t Is quite obvious that the enhance
ment or the price Of our manufactured pro-
ducts resulting from this policy not only
confines the market for these products with
in our own borders to the direct disadvan-
tage of our manufacturers, but also In
creases their cost to our citizens. The inter
ly, involved in this feature Of our tariff
system The sharp competition and active
struggle among our manufacturers to supply
the limited demand for their goods soon fiiI
the narrow market to which they are con-
fined Then follows suspension of work In
mills and factories: discharge Of employees
ana ana distress iS, In H. the homes OF our working
could be made good that lower rate of
wages would result from free raw material
and low tariff, does the intelligence of our
Workingmen lead them quickly to discover
that their steady employment permitted by
free raw material Is the most important
factor in their relation TO tariff legislation.
measure has been prepared by the dp-
propriate congressional committee emObdy-
Ing tariff reform on the lines nereln sug-
gested, which will be promptly submitted
much patriotic and unselfish work, and
believe, 1t deals with Its subject as consist
ly and thoro ighly as existing conditions
iff duty provided for in the proposed legis-
lation added to the existing internal reve-
nue., taxation, will in the near fuure,
sufficient revenue to meet the needs Of tn
government. The committee, after full con-
sideration, and to provide against a tempo
rary deficiency which may exist before the
business Of the country adjusts itself to
the new tariff schedules. have wisely en-
braced in their plan a few additional in
upon incomes derived from certain corpo-
rate investments
The Few assessments are not only abso-
lutely just and easily borne. but they have
the furtherment of being such as can he re-
mitted without unfavorabIe disturbance
whenever the necessity of their imposition
no longer exists. In my great desire for the
success Of this measure I cannot restrain
the suggestion that i success can only be
attained by means Of unselfish counsel on
the part Of the friends Of tariff reform, and
as a result of their Willingness to subordi-
general good. The local interest affected by
the proposed reform are so numerous and
so varied that If all are insisted upon the
legislation embodying the reform must in
evitably fail.
sponsibility impels me to invoke for the
manifold interests of a generous and con-
fding people the most scrupulous care and
to pledge my willing support to every legis-
latfve effort for the advancement OF the
greatness and prosperity of our beloved
country. .
GROVER CLEVELAND,
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. c.,
Dec. 4, 1893.