Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-12-07

statute book more from TO- Yea fear si G sna
popular sentiment existing in its favor
itself on the part OF legislators: and it has live
and grown and fourished la spite of the covert
as well az open hos tility Of spoilsmen and not.
Withstandng the querulous impracticability OF
many self.constituted guardians Beneath all
the vagaries and sublimat ted theories which are
attracted to 1t there underlies this reform q
sturdy cOmmon-sense principle not only suited
10 THIS mundane sphere but whose application
our people are more and more recognizing to be
absolutely essential to the most successful op.
era ton OF their government, If not to its per
petuity.
An Inconsistency Pointed Out.
1t seems to me to be entirely inconsistent
with the character of this reform, as well as
mission to rely for clerical assistance upon
clerks detailed from other departments. There
ought not to be such condition IN any depart.
can DE spared to habitually work at another
place. and 1t does not accord with sensible
view OF civil service 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 en-
tirely different work in another department
carry on the work Of the commission be regu.
larly put upon its roster, and that the system
of obliging the commissioners to rely upon the
ments be discontinued. This ought not to in
crease the expense to the government, while il
would certainly be more consistent and add
grGatlyto the efficiency Of the commission.
Economy Is Urged.
Economy in public expenditure Is duty
that cannot innoc .ntly be neglected by those
lntrusted with the control Of money drawn
confessed that our apparently endless re.
BOurces, the familiarity OF our people with i'm.
mense accommodations of wealth the growing
sentiment among them that the expenditures
to their immediate and personal advantage, the
Indirect and almost steaithy manner in which
generated sense OF official accountability have
led TO growing extravaganza In government tai
appropriations. At this time when depleted
public treasury confronts us, when many Of our
people are engaged in hard strug lie for the
necessaries or life and when enforced economy is
pressing upon the great mass Of our country.
men, desire to urge, with all the earnestness
at my command. that congressional legisla ton
be so limited by strict economy as to exhibit an
apPrecia ton OF the condition OF the treasury
and sympathy with the strained circum.
stances OF our fellow citizens. The d ty OF
public economy is also OF immense importance
| in Its intimate and necessary relation 10 the
government expenditures and yet reducing the
peoples burden OF federal taxation.
Tariff Reform Be ora Us.
After hard struggle tariff reform Is directly
before us. Nothing so important claims our at.
tenton and nothing clearly presen Is itself as
both IAN opportunity and duty-an oppor.
tunity to deserve the gratitude OF our fellow.
9itlzns and a 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 confided the work Of Its
accomplishment to the hands Of those who are
| solemnly pledged to it.
For Revenue Only.
If there Is anything in the theory Of a repre-.
sentation in public places OF the people and
their DESIRES ii public officers are really the
servants OF the people, and II political promises
and professions have any binding force our
failure to give the relief SO long awaited will be
distract our attention or disturb our efforts
until this reform is &C omplisuei by wise and
careful legisati While we should stanrhly
necessity Of revenue iustihes 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 condi.
| tons nave grown up among US which ia Jus ice
and fairness call for dlscrimna ting care In the
distribution OF such duties and taxation as the
emergencies OF our government actually de-
mand.
Reduction Must Be Substantial.
Manitesly' u we are to aid the people direct.
GUS features should be a reduction in present
tariff charges upon the necessaries OF life The
| benefits Of such q reduction would be palpl.
bic and substantial, seen and felt by thousands
who would be better fed and better clothed ant
better sheltered These gifts should be the will
! ing benefactions OF government whose high
| est junction Is the promotion of the welfare O.
| the people
Not less closely related to our peoples pros
perity and well-being IS the removal of restric
tons upon the importation Of the raw materi
als necessary to our manufactures The worlt
| should be open to our national ingenuity apt
enterprise. This cannot be while federal leg is
!atlon, through the imposition OF high tariff
| forbds to American manufactures as cheal
materials as those used by their competitors
It is quite obvious that the enhancement OF tn
price OF our manufactured products resul1in.
| from ia tno1fN
| for these products within our own borders to tn,
| direct disadvantage OF our manufacturers, bu
also increases their cost to oul citizens.
| LabOr's Interests Involved.
| The interests OF labor are certainly though
Indirectly involved in this feature of our TART
system The sharp competition and activ,
struggle among our manufacturers to suppl,
the limited demand for their goods soon iii tn,
narrow market to which they are confined
Then follows a suspension of work in mills ant
| factories. discharge Of employees and distres!
| In the homes OF our workingmea.
Even ii the often disproved assertion could
be made good that lower rate of wages woult
| result from free raw materials and low tarif
duties the intelligence OF our workingme,
steady employment, permitted by free raw ma
terials, is the most important factor in their re
lation to tariff legislation
The New Measure.
measure has been prepared by the appro
pirate congressional committee embodyinl
| tariff reform on the lines herein suggeS led
which will be promptly submitted for legsla
tive action: It is the result Of much patriotic
and unseIish work, and I believe it deals
with its subjects consistently und thor
oughly "a as !, existing conditions permit
nm satisfied that the reduced tariff dutie.
provided for in the proposed Legislation
added to existing internal revenue taxatio,
Will in the near future. though perhaps not i'm
mediatelv produce sufficient revenue to NEE
the needs OF the government The committee
after full consideration and to provide agains
| temporary deficiency which may exist befor.
the business of the country adjusts itself to the
| new tariff schedules, have wisely embraced i,
| their plan a few additional internal revenu,
| taxes, including small tax upon incomes de
rived from certain corporate investments
Will Not Disturb Business.
! These new assessments are not only abso
lutely just and easily borne, but they have III
| further merit Of being such as can be RENTED
wihou .unflvorable business disturbance when
ever The necessity Of their imposition nj
| longer exists.
Must Subordinate Personal Desires.
In my great desire for the success of thi
measure l cannot restrain the suggestion tina
its success can only be attained BY means o
unselHsh counsel on the part Of the friends o
tariff reform and az a sult of their willingness.
| to subordinate personal desires and ambitie n
| to the neral good The local in terests ahect.;
| by the 70 posed reform are so numerous and 8
| varied that II all are insisted upon the legisa
| ton emtodying the reform must inevitably fai
Conclusion.
In conclusion, my intense feeling OF respo1
Sfbili'y Inn ne 8 to invoke for tss;e manfol
| interests o a snerous and ,nhdine people tn
INST Scr puivus care ana 70 peags my ny ~ll,n
| vAacement of the grea mess and prosperity {
| our beloved country
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, Washington, December
| 1893
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