The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-12-08

This caunot be while federal legislation,
through the imposition of high tariff, forbids
10 American manufacturers as cheap ma
terials as thoss used by their competitors. 1t
Is quite obvionA that the enhan cement of the
price OF our manufactured products resulting
from this policy, not c-iiy confines the
market Tor Use products wthin our own
borders, to the direct disadvantage Of our
manufacturers, but also increases their cost
TO our citizens.
Tie interests OF labor are certainly, though
Indirectly, involved in this feature of our
tariff system. The sharp competition and
active struggle among our manufacturers to
supply the limited demand for their goods
soon fill the narrow market to which they are
confined. Then follows a suspension of work
In mills and factories, a discharge Of en-
ployes and distress In the homes of our work.
ingmen.
Even If the often disproved assertion could
be Z lie god, that a lower rate of wages
woull result from free raw materials and low
tarii Iuties, the intelligence of our working
men leads them quickly to discover that
their steady employment, permitted by free
raw materials, is the most lmportan; factor
in their relation to tariff legislation.
A measure has been prepared by The con-
gressional committee embodying tarih reform
on the lines herein suggested, which will be
promptly submitted for legislative action. 1t
work, and l belle it deals with its subject
consistently and as thoroughly as existing
conditions permit.
am satisfied that the reduced tariff duties
provided for in the proposed legislation, added
10 existing internal revenue taxation, WILL in
the near future, though perhaps not immedi-
ately, produce sufficient revenue to meet tie
needs Of the government
The committee, after full consideration, and
to provide against a temporary deficiency
which may exist before the business Of the
country djusls itself to the new tariff sched-
ule, have wisely embraced in their plan a. few
additional internal revenue taxes including a
small tax upon incomes derived from certain
corporate Investments.
These new assessments are not only absO-
lutely just and easily borne, but they have the
further merit Of being such rs can be RENTED
without unfavorable bu 3nes5 disturb Ince
whenever the necessity of their imposition no
longer exists.
In my great desire for the success of this
measure cannot restrain the sug Iestion that
its success can only be attained by means of
unselhsh counsel on the part of the frien of
tariff reform Gnd as result Of their ling
ness to subordinate personal desires and am
billions 10 the general good.
The local interests affected by the proposed
reform are so numerous and so varied that If
all are insisted upon the l gisation emooiy-
ing the reform must newt .bly fail.
In conclusion, my intense feeling Of respnn-
sibility impel5 me to invoke for the manifold
interests of generous and cOntid ng people
the most scrupulous care, and to pledge my
willing support to every legislative effort for
the advancement of the greatness and pros
perity of our beloved country.
GROVER CLEVELAND,
Executive Mansion,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4, 1888.