The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WAR SHIPS
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.

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CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WAR SHIPS
in view OF the present depletei con-
dition Of the treasury.
The report of the secretary If the
interior is given much space. 1t
shows, Mr.. Cleveland, says "ol the
3Oth day of June 1898. 976,0l2 pen.
sioners on the roll. in an increase of
36, 944 for the year. He adds although
the law of 1890 permits pensions for
disability not related to military ser
vice. yet rs a requisite to its benefits
disability must exist, incapaciuting
applicants from performance of manu-
al labor to such n degree as to reader
them unable to earn support, thereby
re-sfiirming his well known fGmer
policy.
Treating of the report of the secre-
tary of agriculture, Mr.. Cleveland
says that, while attempts to s=mp
out Texas fever and contagious
pleuro-pneumonia have been success
fui animal tuberculosis a dtease
widespread and more dangerous to
human life than pleu o-pneumoia, is
still prevalent. He endorses the
secretarys recommendation for civil
service examination, inspectors and
assistant inspectors of bureau of ami
NAL industry. Exports of agricu-
tural products from the United
States for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1898, were 615 million dollars,
or 75.1 per cent. of all American
commodities exported. Mr.. Cleve-
land more strongly than ever
RE-AFFIRMs HIS CIVIL Service POLICY,
and strenuously urges economy in
public expenditure on account
of the depleted condition Of
the treasury and Strengthened
circumstances of the citizens of the
United States. Congress is asked to
limit Legislation for public expendi-
lures to the barest necessities Of gov
eminent.
Tariff is the last subject treated of.
He says, "After a hard struggle,
tariff reform is directly before US.
Nothing so important claims our at
tention and nothing 20 clearly pre-
sents itself as both an opportunity
and duty-an opportunity to deserve
the gratitude Of our fellow-citizeDs
and a duty imposed upon us by our
Oft-repeated professions and by the
emphatic mandate Of the pc pie.
Nothing should intervene to distract
our attention or disturb our
effort until this reform is &C.
complished by careful and wise
legislation. While only the necessity
ofrevenue justifies the imposition Of
tariff duties and other federal taxa.
ton, and while they should be limited
by strict economy. we cannot close
our eyes to the fact that conditions
have grown up among us which call
for discriminating care in the distri-
button of such duties and taxation as
the emergencies of our government
actually demand Cont uing, Mr..
Cleveland said, that, in order to aid
the people. reduction in the present
charges on the necessaries Of life
should be made which would better
feed, better clio thes and better shelter
our people.
TIE REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS
upon importations of raw material
necessary to our manufactures
should he effected. Would that il
should be open to our national inge-
nuity and enterprise These desir-
able results cannot be accomplished,
he maintains, until the imposition of
the high tariff, which forbids Ameri-
can manufactures using as cheap ma
terials as those used by competitors, Is
removed. The plan by the committee
of ways and means of a few additional
revenue taxes. including a small tax
upon incomes derived from certain
corporate investments, is approved
in view of the temporary deficiency
which may exist before the business
of the country adjusts itself to new
tariff schedules. He urgently coun-
sels the success of this measure