Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-01-13

TlEY'RE K \ BADB
,,,r THREE WAYS Open
es DEMOCRACY. {
How the Administration Can insa, %ses
Revenue aud Ward on 49, u De"
Monetary conterencc-Bri''sh
u.,udiatc Free Trade

A Problem for Democra's 5fSS9z isS 81
rsree ways of increasing = ~
enue and of wardins oil "1i Il j.
omen onsu to the Democracy. w.. q
Jpav d,ty can he placed on sugar M
a"ds a"d ,c,: c,' secondly, an income ln|I'
anu an cr"sted: .r", and thirdly, da sou.
manufactured goods anu o. ~, ~
materials of manufacture GUY No.
hmcsd, , The first plan woul all aeld
from $40. O.cOO.OO0 to seV'uvY lsgtI
revenue. AS much or more ! nod,
irw ON the rate and scope vi
..",ld ~, d. bcuaircd bythc second elne.
Th"rc is much uncertainty asS how
.," l',c,l t,;ra ~ scheme would oles and
tie tie amount of revenue it Won h{tnR
IN in saws the Globe-Democratsss cnt
l,t' sM,ies sasi s' 10 what is vaguely ndcr.
=. ..oaa "I' rs the revenue rate sonld
iuopc iu',rass e i'm Importation sati1k 4 klsntiy
N'N :" materially enlarge thd cNs.
tom house receipts, pu The
ne,nocmts i would not dare Sko :
n,v''I ~, If that sort. The utmo rain
). perhaps in the revenues from ey rs
duction in duties which coula AVE q
chance of adoption in the ns3s Com
prsss % would be from so, o00s000 to
sao o ana ooo OF course a decIease In
expenditures would lessen tne neces-
sity for an increase in -receipta but
,hs ..economists" of the Democracy.
Judging by their manasement Of at.
fairs in the House in tt!e present
Congress. will hardly go far III this
direction. The natural tendency ia
all growing countries IS toward an
expansion in governmental eKpendi.
lures. and the total in thlp country,
even in the next three or tour years,
is not likely to be brought much be.
low the present figures.
An increase in the reve4uN; there,
fore, TO some degree, aplear4 TO be
Imperative, but any mcth0d which
can be proposed for doing t1l9, lll .hs
sure to encounter oppostE Eie 1fSn
some quarters. The pl9etS 0s 4
Outy on sugar, COllec, d.1k eygs9}sN9Nlg
be an exceeding annopuld liIi III f6l
it would bring about al Dist
increase in the price Of kH CON
modities, aud harmfuiiy y Ahect al
classes of people. AS they ar,
articles of general necessity, nobod
could escape the burden, and the bur
den wnud he as heavy ahAnlufnlv M
the poor as ON the rich. In this re
spcct it would be far more Ojection
able than the income tax. ID nlthcor,
the income tax is ideally Just. i
compels men to pay to the state IL
proportion TO the means which tn
state has enabled them t,
acquire and which III defend
them in maintaining. In practice
however, it has been found to- be un
equal and unjust 1t Is necessaril,
inquisitorial to an Offensive degree
and 1T puts a bounty olt.trickery an,
a penalty on honesty by permitting
the dishonest to cvade much OF thei
Obligations and TO thus increase tb,
burdens of their honest, neighbors
A reduction of duties on the raw ma
terials of manufacture would encoun
Ter the hostility of the domestic pre-
duccrs, and a cut in tho finished prod
ucts would call out the opposition
OF manufacturers and lead to tn
lobbying which in the past was SO dc
to lawmakers and dis
graceful to the country. IL, as no,
appears probable, the Treasury in tn
coming fiscal year will find itself ur
able to meet its current obligations
task calling for the highest Qualitie
u craftsmanship will confront tn
Democracy.