The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-12-07

tue energenci,s OF our government actually
demand.
Aianifestly if we ara to aid the people di.
rectiy through tariff reform one of it'd most
obvious features should be reduction in the
present tariff charges
Upon the Necessaries of Life.
The benefits of such reduction would be
palpable and substantial, seen and felt BIT
thousands who would be better fed and better
clothed and better sheltered. These gifts
should be the willing benefactions of a gov
eminent whose highest function is the pro-
motion of the welfare of the people Not less
closely related to our peoples prosperity and
elI-belng Is tho removal of restrictions upon
the importation of the raw materials neces-
sary to our manufac turers. The world should
be open to our national ingenuity and enter-
prise. This cannot be while federal legisla.
ton, through the imposition of high tariff.
forblds to American manufacturers as cheap
material as those used by their competitors.
1t is quite OBVIOUS that the enhancement Of
tue price OF our manufactured products re-
sulting from this policy not only confines the
market for these products within our own
borders, to the direct disadvantage of our
manufacturers, but also increases their cost 70
our citizens.
The Interests of Labor
are certainly though Indirectly involved In
this feature of our tariff system Tho shsrp
competition and active struggle among our
manufacturers to supply the limited demand
for their goods soon fills the narrow market
to which they are confined. Then follows A
suspension of work in mills and factories. q
discharge of employees, and distress In tho
homes of our workingmen. Even il tho oftAn
disproved assertion could be made good that q
lower rate of wages would result from fra
raw materials and low tariff, does not the In.
teliigence of our workingmen lead them
quickly to discover that their steady employ.
ment permitted by free raw materials "a Tia
most important factor in their relation "a
tariff legislation?
Wilson Bill Commended.
A measure has been prepared by tho .nn,,-
pirate congressional committee embodytns
tariff reform on the lines herein suaressed
which will be promptly submitted for Ieeisla.
tive action. 1t is the result of much pafriotia
and unselfsh work, and believe 1t deals With
its subject consistently and thoroughly "a az
listing conditions permit. I am satisfied that
the reduced tariff duties provided for I'm H.
proposed legislation, added to existing internal
revenue taxation, will in the near future.
though perhaps not immediately, produces
sufficient revenue to meet the needa of fha
government.
The Tax on Corporations.
The committee, after full consideration and
to provide for temporary deficiency. which
may exist before the business of the countr1
adjusts itself to the new tariff schedule hay
wisely embraced in their plan q NV addi.
tional internal revenue taxes, Including \
small tax upon incomes derived from certain
corporate investments. These new assoc.
ments are not only absolutely Just ana
ca: lily borne, but they have the further merit
of being such as can be RENTED without nm.
favorable disturbance whenever the necessity
OF their i'm position no longer exists.
In my great desire for the success of this
measure cannot restrain the suggestion th.t
its success can only be obtained by means of
unselfsh counsel on the part Of the friends
OF tariff reform and as a result Of
their Willingness to subordinate personal
desires and ambitions to the general good.
The local interests affected by the proposed
reform are SO numerous and 80 varied that Sc
all are insisted upon the legislation embody-
ing the reform must inevitably fail
In Conclusion.
In conclusion, my intense feeling of -,
sponsibility impels me to invoke for tn.
manifold interests of a generous and confldine
people the most scrupulous care, and to PLEDGE
my willing support to every legislative effort
for the advancement of the greatness and
prosperity of our beloved country.
GROVER CLEVELAND,
Executive Mansion, Washington, Dec. 4. 1883.