Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-07

nunber about 2iS,oOO. AIose sf them are 10
sate1 on sixteen reservations containing So
ahoaSl acres OF land ABOUT 1890 Of
eaaa INDIANS have, 20 q large degree,
au"pted civilized customs. Lanus in several.
= hi'e ueeI aioetad to many OF them.
S.ln alntnlents aave been made TO 10000
snnnvidulls during tthe last fiscal year,
muiah government schools open during the
year was I'D, an Increase of IL over the pre-
srv rps year, VI this total n were on res
ana % were day schools. Twenty bxar,iinc
schools and five day schools sunport,.d bv
.ne government were not located ON rec
erysflons. The total number of Indian chit
dren enrolled during the year as attendants
OF al schools WAS y, las, an Increase of
Isl over the n%rollIment for the previous
Inc law providing that, except in special
cases, army officers shall he detailed as In
ulsn agents II Is hopeu Will prove a sue
There Is danger of great abuses creeping
mo me prosecution OF claims for Indian
Expectations, and / recommend that every
possihle safeguard be provided against the
enforcement OF unjust and fictitious claims
or this description.
TariG Reform
Economy In public expenditure Is a duty
that cannot innocently be neglected by
those entrusted with the control of money
Drawn from the people for public uses.
IL must be confessed that our apparently
endless resources, the familiarity of our
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wealth the growing sentiment among them
Cnat the expenditure OF public mcley
should In some manner be 10 their immedi-
ate ana personal advantage: the Indirect
Gnd almost stealthy manner In which d
urge part cf our taxes are exacted, ard
a deselsrated sense of official accountability
pave led TO growing extravaganza In gov
ern!nental appropriations.
duty OF public economy is also of
immense Importance in its intimate and
necessary relation to the task now In hand
| VI providing revenue 10 meet Cover Impnt
expenditure and yet reducing the peoples
ourden or crate taxation. After a hard
struggle tariff reform 10 directly before
US. Nothing SO important claims our atten-
uOn and nothing SO clearly presents itself
az both an opportunity and a duty-an OPP
portunity TO observe the gratitude of our
fellow citizens, a duty imposed upon us by
our oft-repeated professions and by the
emphatic mandate of the people. AI,er full
discussion, our countrymen have spoken in
favor OF this reform, and they have con-
nded the work OF Ifs accomplishment to
10 IL.
II there is anything In the theory of n rep
resentation In public places of the people
ana their desires, If public officers are really
IN" servants of the people, and If political
promises and professions have any binding
force, our failure to give the relief so long
awaited viii be sheer recreancy. Nothing
should Interfere 10 distract our attention or
disturb our effort until this reform Is ac-
complished by wise and careful legislation.
While we should staunchIy adhere to the
lh1iNtHhS Nhuh WHY IL HtttSNllN Oh TGNDiut
~justiies the imposition Of tariff duties and
other federal taxation, and that they should
De limited by strict economy, we cannot
close our eyes TO the fact that conditions
have grown up among us In which Justice
and fairness call for discriminating care In
the distribution of such duties and taxation
actually demand. Manifestly, If we are to
aid the people directly through tariff re-
form one of the most obvious features
should be a reduction In present tariff
charges upon the necessaries OF life. The
benefits OF such a 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
eminent whose higher function Is the pro-
lated to our peoples prosperity and well
being Is the removal OF the restrictions
upon the importation Of the raw materials
necessary 10 our manufacturers.
The world would be open to. our ingenuity
and enterprise. This cannot be while fedriil
legislation through the imposition OF high
tariff forbids to American manufacturers as
cheap material as those used by their compe-
titors. 1t is quite obvious that the enhance
ment Of 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
ests Of labor are certainly, though Indirect
~, involved in this feature of our tariff
system. The sharp competition and active
~ dlutltH Vul II W
the limited demand for their goods, soon fill
the narrow market to which they are con-
fined. Then follows a suspension Of work In
mills and factories; a discharge of employees
and distress In the homes of our working
men. ETea II the often disproved assertion
could be made good, that a lower rate of
wages would result from free raw material
and low tariff, does the intelligence OK our
workingmen lead them quickly to discover
that their steady employment permitted by
free raw material IL the most important
factor In their relation to tariff legislation.
A measure has been prepared by the ap-
proprlnte congressional committee emobdy-
ing tariff reform on the liucs ierein sug-
geStcd. which viii be promptly submitted
for legislative action. II is the result OF
much patriotic and unselfsh work, and |
believe it deals with It's subject as consist
ly and thoro Ighly as existing conditions
permit. I am satisfied that he -edTcd tar
if duty provided for in the proposed legis-
nue. taxation, will in the near fuure,
hough. perhaps. not Immediately, produce
sufficient revenue to meet the needs of tn
government. The committee, after fnll con-
sideration. and to provide against q 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
ternal revenue taxes, including a small tax
upon incomes derived from certain corpo-
rate Investments.
The rev assessments are not only abso
iutelv Just and easily borne, but they have
the furtherment of being such as can he re
mIttpu WITHOUT unliNDTdDle ulSIUTbiHtt
whenever the necessity Of their imposition
no longer exists. In my great desire for the
success of this measure / cannot restrain
the suggestion that IL success can only be
attained nv means of unselfsh counsel on
the part of the friends OF tariff reform. and
as a result of their Willingness TO subordi.
nate personal desires and ambitions to the
general good. The local interest affected by
the proposed reform are 20 numerous and
so varied that II all are insisted upon the
legislation embodying the reform must In
evitably fail.
In conslusjon my intense feeling OF re-
sponsibility impels me to invoke for the
manifold interests of a generous and con-
fding people the most scru3ulous care and
TO pledge my willing support to every legis-
lative effort for the advancement of the
greatness and prosperity of our beloved
country.
Executive Mansion, Washington, D.. c.,
Dec. 4, 1893.
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