The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-12-12

8lOO,OO0 has been strickcR Afpuf ti n o,
mate made TO cover this object IA '. ;
ending June 30, 1926 and the
recommends that the renal
estimate be confined etrlctlN so
chase OF new And improveF H Z. i q 1
seeds, and that thase be distrip N y 4 <1
experiment stations Thus OH W
be tested, and after the test has
pieted by the experiment s0atiof1 3 (3 - ~
pagation of the useful varieties <
lection of the valueless may sal u s.
to the common sense Of the peoI, r. N
Civil Service. g i
The continued intelligent ex 81
i the civil service law and the inc ~ - * 4 +
proval by the people of its oI e| III
most gratifying. The recent 13
it's limitations and regulations ~
ployes at free delivery pDstoif -.
has been honestly and prOmp q Xs* W
plished by the commission, with Il n 4 i1
cooperation of the postmaster : 4 +
an immensely important adyas /
usefulness Of the system. | am,
more than ever convinced OF the ~
Bile benefits conferred by the civ
| law, not ouly in its effect upon
service, bat ALSO what is even {151
portanJ,i IN its effect in eleyatinlot u II
of political life generally. |(3
The course of civil service refo fA V>}& <I
country instructively and intere lE s Il
lustrates how strong a hold q nt&t&
! gains upon our people which has q
ing il a sentiment of Justice and I ~ h ~ 4 =
which at the same time promises b3
ministratiop OF their government ~
Economy in public expenditure 81
/ duty that can not innocently he neg&
4 by those intrusted with the Contf3HE
money drawn from the people for pun
use. 1t must be confessed that 0ur a -
parently endless resources, the fau#ffNi
of our people with immense accumf bi86ion
| of wealth, the growing sentiment among
| them thai the expenditure of public money
should in some manner. be to their im
mediate and personal advantage, tho indi-
rect and almost stealthy manner in which
large part of our taxes are exacted
and degenerated sense OF official
accountability have led to growing ex-
travagance in governmental appropriations
at this time when a depleted public treas
ury confronts us, when many Of our pcqHie
are engaged In hard struggle for the nee
essaries of life and when forced economy Is
pressing upon the great mass of our
countrymen / desire to urge with all the
earnestness at my command that congress
sional legislation be so limited by strict
economy as 30 exhibit an appreciation of
the condition Of the treasury and sym.
pathy with the Strengthened circumstances
of our fellow citizens.
The duty of public economy is also Of
immense Importance in its intimate and
necessary relation to the task now ii&hand
of providing revenue to meet govern
mental expenditures and yet iucfng the
peoples buruen of federal taxati IN.
After hard struggle tariff reform is di-
rectly before us. Nothing so important
claims our attention and nothing so clear L
ly presents itself as both an opportunity
and duty-an opportunity to deserve the a
gratitude of our fellow-citizens aAd aduty A
imposed upon us by our oftrelS%s ed .rr0s \ IN
fessions and by the emphatic has. .1da ate OF 4
the people After full discussion our eiti ~ Y q
trymen have spoken in favor of this rea1.tfrf M
and they have confded the work of its ac-
complishment to the hands Of those who
are solemnly pledged TO it.
If there is anything in the theory OF a
representation in public places of the peo-
pie and their desires, if public. officers are
really the servants OF the peod& and If POI
litical promises and professi8iis have any
binding forces, our failure to give the re-
lief so long awaited viii be sheer recreancy.
Nothing should intervene to distract our
attention or disturb our effort until this
reform is accomplished by wise and careful
legislation.
While we should staunchly adhere to the
principle that only the necessity of revenue.
Justides the imposition of tariff duties and N
other federal taaxtion and that they
should be limited by strict econonYT we
can not close our eyes to the fact thatkeon-
ditions have grown up among us which
IN justice andfairness call for discrnlinat-
ing care in the distribution of such asaties r
and taxation as the emergencies dT our
government actually demand
.
directly through tariff reform one of its
most obvious features should be retlllc-
tion in present tariff charges upon the nee
essaries of life. The benefits of such a re-
ducton would be palpable and substantial,
seen and telt by thousands who would be
better fed and better clothed aud better
sheltered. These gifts should be the will
ing benefactions of government whose B
highest function is the promotion OF the
welfare of the people Not less closely rt.-
lated To npDnle'S ND /"
being is the removal of restrictions upon
the importation OF the raw materials nee
essary to our manufactures. The world
and enterprise.
This can not be while federal legislation.
through the imposition of high tariff. for.
bids 60 American manufacturers as cbeaps
as these used by their conf
Petltors. IL Is quite obvious that the EN-
hancement OF the price of our manufac-
tured products resulting from this policy &
not only confines the market for these pro- III
ducts within our own borders I'd the direct "
OF our rmanufacUurerssh411Rsso sh4 So.
increases their cost to our citizens T$Irin- 81
terests of labor are certainly though indi.
rectly, involved in this feature of our tariff
system. The sharp competition and active b
struggle among our manufacturers to snp- h
pdyI ply t9eiplted l inn demand for their gds
are confined. Then follows a slfMensoh Of +
work in mills and factories, a di5charze OF H'
employees and distress in the homes OF onr "A
Even If the often disproyed
assertion could be made good that a lower.
rates of wages would result from free raw
materials and low tariff duties, the intell-
tence OF our workingmen leads them
quickly to discover thGt their steady en-
ployment, permitted by free raw materials.
$ the most important factor in their rela, N
ion to tariff legislation
a measure has been prepared by the ap.
'ropriate congressional committees an
oodying tariff reform on the lines herein VI
which will be promptly sub
nitted fer legislative action. Ii IS thaRr& II
ult Of much patriotic and unselfsh w&oA w
md believe it deals with it's subject Con a
istently and as thoroughly asexsting con W
litions permit. am satisfied that the re- W
luced tariff duties provided for i'll the pro-
'osed legislation, added to existing Maternal
eyenue taxation, will in the near future-
hough perhaps not Immediately, produce A
ufiicient revenue to meet the needs of the
government.
The COMMITTEES, after full cas.slderation
md tO nrnyida aOaipof