Huntsville gazette., 1893-12-09
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the commission may prescribe.

mary college and that this be supplemented bI
such an examination in veterinary science a.
tne commission may prescribe.
CIVIL SERVICE JNboRsED.
The continued intelligent execution OF the
elvll-service law and the increasing approval
Dy the people of its operation are most crafty
ing. The recent extension OF its limitations
and regulations TO the employees at free-delivery
post offices which has been honestly and prompt
ly accomplished by the commission. with the
hearty cooperation of the postmaster-gene
IS an immensely important advance in
the usefulness of the system. The president IS
more than ever convinced OF the incalculable
benefits conferred by the civil-service law, not
only In its effect upon the public service. but,
also. what is even more important, in its effect
in elesating the tone of political life generally.
PUBLIC ECONOMY.
Economy in public expenditures is duty
.nat can not innocently be neglected by those
Entrusted with the control OF the money drawn
from the people for public uses. 1t must
be confessed that our apparently end
less resources, the familiarity or our
people with immense accumulations OF
wealth. the growing sentiment among them
that the expenditure of public money should be
in some manner to their immediate personal
advantage, the indirect and almost stealthy
manner in which larger part OF our taxes are
exacted and degenerated sense of official ac-
countability have led to growing extravaganza
In governmental appropriations.
AT this time when depleted public treasury
confronts US, when many Of our people are en-
gaged in a hard struggle for the necessaries OF
life and when forced economy is pressing upon
the great mass Of our countrymen, the presi-
dent urges with all the earnestness at his COM
mand that congressional legislation will be so
LIMITED BY STRICT ECONOMY
As ID exhibit an appreciation OF the condl-
tion of the treasury, and sympathy with the
Strengthened circumstances OF our tellow.cln- III
zens. The duty of public economy is also of I'M
mense Importance in its intimate and neces-
sary relation to the task now in hand OF pfc-
v1dlng revenue to meet government expeEoi-
arrd alas
federal axation.
TARIFF REFORM.
After Lard struggle. tariff reform is direct
ly before us. Nothing so important claims our
attention aud nothing so clearly presents IL
self as both an opportunity and duty-an
opportunity to deserve the gratitude OF
our tellow-citiZens and a duty imposed up
on US by our oft-repeated professions and by
the emphatic mandate of the people. AFTER
full discussion our countrymen have spoken IN
favor of this reform, and they have con1ded
the work OF its accomplishment to the hands OF
those who are solemnly pledged to it.
If there is anything in the theory OF repre-
sentation in public places of the people ana
their desires; Ii public officers are really ser
wants of the people, and If political promises
and professions have any binding force, our
failure to give the relief so long awaited Will be
sheer recreancy. Nothing should intervene 10
distract our attention or disturb our eHofI
until this reform is accomplished by wise and
careful legislation.
While we should staunchly adhere to the
principle that only the necessity OF review
JuStthes the imposition of tariff duties ana
other federal taxation, and that they should DC
limited by strict economy, we can not close
our eyes TO the fact that conditions nave
grown up among us which in justice, fairness
call for discriminating care in distribution OF
such duties and taxation as the emergencies OF
our government actually demand.
Manifestly. If we are TO aid the people dl
rectly through tariff reform one OF its most
obvious features should be a reduction in pres
ent tariff charges upon the neceSsaries OF ME-
The benefit of such a reduction would De pal
pable and substantial, seen and 1elt
and better clothed and better sheltered These
gifts should be the willing benefactions OF a
government whose highest function is the pro-
motion of the
WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
Not less closely related to our peoples pros
perity and well-being is the removal OF iresrtlc-
tions upon the importation OF the raw ma
terials necessary to our manufactures. The
world should be open to our national ingenuity
and enterprise.
INTERESTS OF LABOR
This can not be while federal legislation,
through the imposition OF high tariff, forb1ds
to American manufacturers as cheap mate
rials as those used by their competitors. 1t is
quite obvious that the enhancement of the
price of our manufactured products resulting
from the 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 to our citizens
The 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 cOl-
fined. Then follows suspension OF work in
mills and factories, discharge of employees,
and distress in the
HOMES OF OUR woRKINGMEN.
Even if the often disproved assertion corld
be made good that a lower rate of wages
would result from free raw ma
terialS and lower tariff duties, the
quickly to discover that their steady employ
ment permitted by free raw materials, is the
most important factor in their relation to tariff
legislation
THE WILSON BILL.
measure has been prepared by the appro-
pirate congressional committee embodytng
tariff reform on the lines herein suggested,
which will be promptly submitted for legisla-
tive action. 1t is the result of much
patriotic and unselfish work. and L believe
it deals with its subjects consistently
and as thoroughly as existing conditions per-
init. / am satisfied that the reduced tariff du-
added to existing internal revenue taxation
will in the near future. though perhaps not
Immediately, produce sufficient revenue to meet
the needs Of the government.
THE INCOME TAX.
The committee after full consideration, and
may exist before the business OF the country
adjusts itself to the new tariff schedules,
has wisely embraced in their plan few addi-
tional internal revenue taxes. including small
tax upon incomes derived from certain cor
porate investments.
These new assessments are not only abso-
lutely Just and easily borne, but they have the
further merit of being such as can be RENTED
without unfavorable business disturbances
whenever the necessity Of their imposition no
longer exists.
In my great desire for the success Of this
measure, / can not restrain the suggest1o
that its success can only be attained by means
of unselhsh counsel on the part of the friends
OF tariff reform, and as result OF their will
lingness to subordinate personal desires and
ambitions to the general good. The local In
terests affected by the proposed reform are SO
numerous and so varied that If all are insisted
upon the legislation embodying the reform
must inevitably fail "
THE PRESIDENTS PLEDGE.
"In conclusion my intense feeling OF respon.
sibility impels me TO invoke for the manifold
interests of generous and confding people
the most scrupulous care and to pledge my
willing support to every legislative effort for
the advancement of the greatness and prosper
ity of our beloved country
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