The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-08

elected by those intrusted with the control Of
money drawn from the people for pubic uses
1t must be confessed that our apparently end
less resources the familiarity OF our people
with immense accumulations of wealth, the
growing sentiment among them that the ex-
penditure of public money should in some man
ner be 70 their immediate and personal advan-
tage. the indirect and almost steal,hy manner
in which a larger part OF our taxes are exscted.
and q degeneraied sense Of Official accountable
ity have led TO growing extravaganza in gov
ernmen tai appropriations
Tariff Reform.
After hard struggle. tariff reform is di-
rectly before Nothing so important claims
our attention and nothing so clearly presents
itself as both an opportunity and a duty-an
opporl unity to deserve the gratitude Of our fell
low itizeDs and a duty imposed upon us by our
oft repeated professions and by the emphatic
mandate Of the people After full discussion our
couL .fym men have spoken in favor OF this reform
ane they have confided the work OF its accom-
plishment to the hands of those who are sol.
emnlv pledged toit II there is nything in the
theory of representation in public
places OF the people and their
desires, IL public officers are really
servants of the people and if political promises
and professions have any binding force our
failure to give the relief so 10 & awaited will be
sheer recreancy. Nothing should intervene to
til this reform is accomplished by wise and
careful legislation While should staun hly
adhere to the principle that only the necessity
of revenue justifes the imposition of tariff
duties and other federal taxation and that
they should be limite by strict economy. We
cannot close our eyes to the fact that condi-
tions have grown up among us which in jus
Il e and fairness call for discriminating care
in the distribution of such duties and taxation
tha arp{aG Of Our
demand.
Manifestlyi if we are to aid the people directly
through tariff reform one OF its most obvious
features should be q reduc tion in present tariff
charges upon the necessaries OF life The ben
eiits OF such reduction would be palpable ana
substantially seen and felt by thousands who
would be better fed and better clothed and bet
ter sheltered These gifts should be the willing
benefacIions of government whose highest
function is the promotion of the welfare OF the
people Not less closely related to our people 3
prosperity and well being is the rem val OF re-
strictions npon the importation of the raw ma
terlals necessary our manufactures. Tbs
world should be open to our national ingenuity
and enterprise
For their goods soon fill the narro market
to which they are c1ninod Then folio s a
suspension OF work in mills and factories. q
discharge of employees and distress in the
he mes of our workngmen- Even il the often
disproved assertion coul be made good that a
lower rate of ages would result from free raw
materials and low tariff duties, the intelligence
of our workingm IN leads them quickly To dis
cover tn their steady employment permitted
by free raw m terials Is the important
factor in their re alton to tariff egislation
a measure has been prepared by the appropri-
ate congressional committee embod ing tariff
reform on the lines herein suggested. which
will be promptly submitted for legislative
a:tion. 1t Is the result Of much patriotic and
unseltsh work AM believe it deals with 8
subject consistently and as thoroughly as ex-
istinz conditi ms permit 1 am satisfied that
the REDUCED tariff duties provided for in the
proposed legislation. aided to existing internal
revenue taxation will. in the near future,
though perhaps not Immediately produce suf-
ficient revenue TO meet the needs OF the gov
ernment
The committee after full consideration and
TO provide against a temporary deficiency
which NAV exist before the business OF the
country adjusts itself to the new tariff sched-
ules, 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 assess.
ments are not OnlF absolutely just and easily
borne, but they have the further merit OF being
such rs can be remitted without unfavorabie
business disturbance whenever the necessity
of their imposition no longer exists.
In my great desire for the success OF this
measure 1 cannot restrain the suggestion that
its success can only be attained b. means OF
unselfish counsel of the part OF the friends OF
tariff reform and as result of their willingness
to subordinate personal desires and ambitions
to the general good of The local interests affect
ed by the prop Jsed reform are so numerous and
so varied IN II ii all are sued upou the legs-
lation embodying tho reform must inevi tably
fail
In conclusion my intense feeling of res ponsi-
bility impels me 10 invoke for the manifold in.
terests Of generous and cOnfiding people the
most scrupulous care and TO p edge my willing
support TO every legislative effort for the adj
vance ment of the greatness and prosperity OF
our beloved country. GROVER CLEVELAND.