The Forrest City times., 1893-12-08


 cultural experiment station has been estat lished. These stations. by their very chararfo. and name, are the proper agencies to experi ment with and test new varieties Of seeds. ana yet this indiscriminate and wasteful distribn ton by Legislation and legislators continues answering no purpose. unless 1t be to rernina constituents that their representatives ara willing to remember them with gratuities a, public cost.
 OUGHT TO BE ABoLIsHED'
 In view of these facts this enormous e, penditure, without legitimate returns ., benefit ought to be abolished. Anticipatins a communication so manifestly in the interest of good legislation, more that sl00 GOO has been stricken from the estimate made to cover this object for the year ending June 30. 1895 and inc secretary recommends that the remaining s2s 00o of estimate be confined strictly to the nnr chase of new and improved varieties of sesd and that these be distributed through experi meni stations.
 THE CTvTI~sERvICE LAW.
 The continued intelligent execution of tb. civilservice law land the increasing approval by the people of Its operation, are most gratify. ing. The recent extension of its Limitations and regulations 10 the employees at free-deIv cry post offices whichihas been honestly ana promptly accomplished by the commission with the hearty cooperation of the postmaster . general Is an immensely important advance Ii, the usefulness of the system am if possihla more than ever convinced of the inealculabls benefits conferred by the civil-seryice law nor only in its effect upon the public service but also what is even more important in its ercc, in elevating the tone of political life generally
 AN INCONSISTENCY
 IL seems to me to he entirely inconsistent with the character of this reform. as well as with it's best enforcement. to oDligc the com missioncrs to rely for clerical assistance upon clerks detailed from other departments. There ought not Co hC SsCs. ss condition in any fenart ment that clerks hired to do work there can he spared 10 habithally' work at another place and it does not accord with sensi. blc view Of ciyiI-servfce reform that persons should be employed on The theory that their labor Is necessary in one de- partment when in point of fact their services are devoted to entirely different work in an. other department. l earnestly urge that the clerks necessary 10 carry on the work Of the commission be regularly put upon it's roster, missioners to rely upon the services Of clerks belonging 10 other departments be dscontin- ued. This ought not to increase the expense to the government, while it would certainly be more consistent and add greatly to the ef- hcicncy Of the commission.
 ThE DUTY OF PUBLIC ECONOMY.
 At this time when depleted public treasury confronts'us. when many of our people are en- gagged in a hard struggle for the necessaries of life and when forced economy Is pressing upon the great mass of our countrymen, I desire to urge. with all the carnestness at my command that congressional legislation will he so limit. ed by strict economy as to exhibit an apprecia- tion of the condition of the treasury, and a sympathy with the strengthened circumstances Of our fellow-citizens The duty of public economy is also of immense importance in it's intimate and necessary relation to the task
 
 ernment expenditures. and yet reducing the people burden of federal taxation
 Tarir Reform.
 After hard struggle. tariff reform IS direct. ly before Nothing so important claims our attention. and nothing so clearly presents it. self as both an opportunity and a dutylan op- portunHy to deserve the gratitude of our fel- low-citizens. and duty imposed upon us by our oftrepeated professions and hy the em- phatic mandate of the people. After full dis- cussion our counirynen have spoken in favor Of this. reform, and they have conhded the work of its accomplishment to the hands of those who are soIemnly pledged to it.
 If there Is anything tn the theory of a repre- sentation in public places of the people and their desires. if public officers are really serv- ants Of the people and if political promises and professions have any binding force, our failure to give the relief long awaited will be sheer reereaney. Nothing should intervene 10 distract our attention or disturb our effort until this reform is accomplished by wise and careful legislation.
 WhUe we should staunchly 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 limited by strict economy, we can not close our eyes to the fact that conditions have grown up among US which, in justice and fairness. call for discriminating care in the distribution of such duties and taxation as the emergencies of our government actually uemand.
 Manifestly. If we are to aid the people d. rectly through tariff reform one of it's most obvious features should be reduction in pres ent tarin charges upon the necessaries of life. The benefits of such reduction would be palpabe and substantial, seen and felt by thousands who would be better fed and better clothed and better sheltered. These gifts should be the willing benefactions of a government whose highest function is the promotion of the welfare of the people Not less closely related 10 our peoples prosperity and well being is the removal of restrictions upon the importation Of the raw ma lures. The world should be open to our national ingenuity and enterprise. hfG la h He fA1n Infs through the imposition of high tsrif ,forbids to American manufacturers as cheap materials as those used by their competitors It is 9ulte obvious that the enhancement of the price of our manufactured products resulting from thls policy not only confines the market for these products within our own bor- ders. to the direct disadvantage of our manu' facturers, but also increases their cost to our citizens The interests Of labor are certainly, though Indirectly. involved in this lea ture of our tariff system. The sharp competition and active struggle among our manufacturers to supply the limited demand Tor tneir goods soon i'll the narrow market 10 which they are confined Then follows a sus- pension Of work in mills and factories, a dis charge of employees, and distress in the homes or our workingmens Even if the often-dis- proved assertion could be made good that lower rate of wages would result from free raw materials and lower tarif duties. the intelli- gence of our workingmen leads them quickly to discover that their steady employment. per mftted by free raw materials is the most i'm portant factor in their relation to tariff legisla- ton.
 MEASURE READY.
 measure has been prepared by the appro- priate congress congressional committee em- bodyln2 tariff reform on the lines herein sug- gestpd which will he promptly submitted for legislative action. It is the result of much patriotic and unselns sh work. and I believe IL deals with its subject consistently and as thoroughly as existing conditions permit. l am satisfied that the reduced tarif duties pro- vlded Tor In the proposed legislation. added 10 existing Internal revenue taxation. will in the llrh rhav.u ftar aHi v. produce sufficient revenue to meet the needs or the government.
 SMALL TAX ON INCOMES
 The committee. after full consideration, ana DrOVilp daTe