Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-15

Sro5Sr ,,, aniog lie Which in Justice ana tal
Ness call FOR dIscriminafitg care in the olsrsr o.
h,1tion ar silch duties and tnfaIion 70 a. a.
emetgeteies of our Government ac'uH'"
mand. 49, ooonIe di-
ractiv through tariff reform one or lts Inoss
obvious features should be f;na fEcac.,;nn ~
,,resent tariff charges upon the necessHt tpIjd
life. Tbs benefits of such reouc.lS9n feIt nv
be palpabie ard sphstantial. seen ana IelS Dg
thousands who wot3id bs better fed ana oet.es
clothed and better sheltered 1nese Gd,t' Gllvs
should be the willing benefactions OK uos
ernment whose highest function Is '"' pr
motion of the welfare of the people. ,ro.
MOI less closely related to our people pros
berif1 Aid @eIi-being Is the removal OF re-
strctiorIs tipori TIE importation ol ene e,ss rsw
materials necessary TO- or m ,Ip tiatinnsl in
geniitv and enterprise This csdft0t pe Wnllss
Federal legislation, through the lmpcsisioi., VI
bioh tariff forbjds to American manuIaGLut.
ers as cheap nGterisls as those used oy 'ne"
'GI'p II is ouite obvious that The enlargement Oh
the nrice of our manufactured pfocGctss re-, r.
sulting from this policy not only Gou,,e n,,r own
market for these products taoe Wl.nln o nf our
bSrdeEs. 20 the direct disadvantagg ;, 4r cost "s
bot else increases their cost
70 Tbn Tur interests of coor are csftstly though
indirectly, involved in this ieaIute 81 eS3 ss..
iff system. The sharp competltlon anu a. W
tive struggle among our manutacCurerS ~
Ivo I the limited demand for their goois,
SOON All t:e narrow market 10 whlcu ,nsy o,' all
cehssHed Then f4II3ws tS S9sgusr disebarSa Of en-
bloyes. aid distress in the homes our working
iF Even il tie often dispt9ved assertion could
made gG9Sd Sfo thSt See raw 5VWgr materials @ aud low
ISrss d,it{es. Sc intelligence Of our w0rklng'
nSen ieads them iuicEly to- discover tnat tnelr
Steady employment; pefnttea 9y tscto, ct I'm in
aterisls is the f. %qsS 1egisSPtioS l%P2FSS'' '"''
Measure has been prepares ny one nPp,,W 1Ipl,no
nriate Congressorsl committee emOouylng
tariff reforms on the lftIes herein suggesc51u,
i've action. Il Is the result of mucn Patrlotic
ssS ,tnselfish work and believe IL deais WIN
its subject consistently and as tnorouguiy ID
existing conditions. permit .,e d,,tiec
Lam Satisfied that the reduced tarlu duIie,
o,orided for in the proposed legislation. added
to existing internal revenue taxatlof ,.isSs ~
tbe near future though perhaps not lmmeSi'
afely, produce sufficient reveuue 10 hee' 'n0
neqds of the Government. s
~ Tts committee. after full consideration. ana
TO- provide against temporary s uenctetIbs cf tbs
Witch riay exist before the business ness OF od ede
county adjusts itself TO tpe e. ne% M a,, fe
additional internal refeH1e taxes; fncluolng d
! small tax upon incomes derived 1rom celVai
corporate investments ,,fs ,t,sc
| These new assessments are not Oily npSo ~
iutelv lust and easily borne. but they nave w, !,
firth furt5er merit of being such as can be remitteo
without unfayorable business disturbances
,rhenever the necessity of their imposition no
| 16uEer exists. ...,,s Of ,bi.
edsiife cannot restrain the suggestion ION. snot az
| its s,iocesS Eafi only be attained py means VI
nseIsii SS counsel ofi the part of the friends OF
tariff reform and as festilt, OF tnelr wliilng
hess to subordinate personal desires and am
btios TO the public good the Local 81 interesr nsr
ons and so varied that If all are insisted upon
the the legislation etHbodying the reform mus
inevitably fail. ,,-,.. .s,,or.
In conclusion, my intense feeling E OF resR;Shd, R;0d
sihility Impels me to invoke for the manilOlIo
irts interests sc. Of generous and conhdng people
te' tie most scfupuous care, aud to pledge my my
willing support to every legislative EN- em9rS nroS LS.
peri'y u ou' O''0 GROVER CLEVELAND.