Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

M MI Services law and the increasing sp-
proval by the people of it's Operation are
! LII gratifying. The recent extension of its
| NJ f and regulations to the EMPLOYEES
| a. delivery postoff1ces which has been
! oorarty ana promptly accomplished by the
the PISTON n, with the hearty cooperation of
! ne'-. ostnaster General. is an immensely i'm
| tenn Al n0 uooAuAneso VI Tue sys-
III; am, II possible. more than ever con-
| b, gu OF OF the 1ncalculable benefits conferred
nnnr, Ci'li Service law, not only in its effect
o In the public service, but also. what is
in. more important, in its effect in elevat-
. 'Ao tone OF political life generally.
| NEED OF PUBLIC ECONOMY
,b' tt5ohomy In public expenditure is a duty
~ cannot inpocently be neglected By
VS. lntrusted with the control of
H. Ii. 10y Drawn from the people for pub
nc uses. 1t must be confessed that our
apparently endless resources. the famiI-
10y" '"iny OF our people with immense ac-
mutations of wealth, the growing
tInlilneht among them that the expendi-
| III t@i9 oi pubiIc money should in some manner
70 ~ tnelr Immediate and personal advan-
IS the lhdlrect and almost stealthy man
ueI IN which large part of our taxes are ex-
"C'0I' anu degenerated sense of official ac-
ountaplllty have led to growing extrava-
7'.'se III governmental appropriations.
AZ thls time, when depleted public treas
~
are engaged in a hard struggle for the neces-
7arles OF life, and when enforced economy is
pressing upon the great mass of our cOun-
- in@h, desire to urge with all the earnest
i heS9 AT my command that congressional
legislation be 50 limited by strict economy as
~ EXHIBIT an appreciation of the condition
- the treasury and Il sympathy with the
| liens
The duty of public economy is also of i'm
! m nor ton i&,;
74fy relation to the task now in hand of pro-
Ffding revenue to meet Government expendi-
| lures and yet reducing the peoples burden
| Of Federal taxation.
TARIFF CHANGES.
alter hard struggle, tariff reform is d.
our ATTENTION, and nothing SO Gle ,rly presents
ItselI as both an opportunity and a duty-an
opportunity to deserve the gratitude of our
dtlIow citizens and duty imposed upon us by
| our oft-repeated professions and by the EN-
giiiaue mandate of the people. After a full
| favor of this reform and they have confided
we work Of its accomplishment to the hands
0i II f4 nose who are solemnly pledged to it.
II Chere IS anything in the theory of a rep
L9sehCatlon IN public places of the people and
tnelf desires, if public officers are really the
servants of the people, and if political prom
| lses and professions have any binding force
our failure to give the relief so long awaited
VIII De sheer recreancy. Nothing shoul4inter-
Vehe 10 distract our effort until this reform is
accomplished by wise and careful legislation
While we should Staunchly adhere to the
! principle that only the necessity of revenue
JuStlheS the imposition of tariff duties and
0thef Federal taxation and that they should
ne limited by strict economy, we cannot close
our eyes to the fact that cOnd .tiOns have
grown up among which in justice and fair
ness call for discriminating care in the distri-
| button of such duties and taxation as the
emergencies of our Government actually de-
mand.
Manifestly. if we are to aid the people di-
rectiy through tariff reform, one Of its most
| obvious features should be reduction in
present tariff charges upon the necessaries of
lite. The benefits of such reduction would
ne palpahle 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 Gov
eminent 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 re-
strlctiOns upon the importation of the raw
materials necessary to our manufactures.
The world should be open to our national in
gPnuity and enterprise. This cannot be while
Federal legislation. through the imposition of
high tariff, fOrbids to American manutactur-
erS as cheap materials as those used by their
competitors.
It is quite obvious that the enhancement of
the price OF our manufactured products r.
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 thelr cOSt
to our citizens.
The interests of labor are certainly, though
indrectJv involved in this feature of our tar
if system. The sharp competition and ac-
tive struggle among our manufacturers 10
supply the limited demand for their goods.
soon fill tie narrow market to which they are
consigned. Then follows a suspension of work
in mills and factories, a discharge OF en-
plcyes.and distress in the homes our working
men.
Even if the often disproved assertion could
ha made good that a lower rate of wages
would result from free raw materials and low
tariff duties. the intelligence of our working
men leads them quickly to discover that their
steady employment, permitted by free raw
ate ial jC 20 m,
their relation to tariff legislation
measure has been prepared by the appro-
pirate Congressional committee embOdylng
arf reforms on the lines herein suggested,
which will be promptly submitted for legIsla-
tive action 1t is the result OF mHc5 patrnG it
its subject consistently and as thoroughly as
existing conditions permit.
am satisfied that the reduced tarlH duties
provided for in the proposed legislation, added
to existing internal revenue taxation VIII, IN
the near future, though perhaps not immedi-
ateIy. produce sufficient revenue to meet the
ne Ids of the Government.
The committee. after full consideration, and
TO provide against a temporary denclency
which NAV exist before the business OF the
country adjusts itself to the new tariff sched-
ules. have wisely embraced in their plan rev
additional internal revenue taxes, including
small tax upon incomes derived from certain
corporate 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.
measure | cannot restrain the suggestion that
its success can only be attained by means OF
unselffsh counsel on the part of the frlends or
tariff reform and as result of their willing
ness to subordinate personal desires and am
billions to the public good. The local interests
affected by the proposed reform are SO numer-
Gus and so varied that if all are insisted upon
the legislation embodying the reform must
inevitably fail.
In conclusion, my intense feeling of respon-
sibility impels mo to invoke for the manifold
interests of Il generous and cOnt1ding people
the most scrupu Gus care, and to pledge my
willing support to every legislative effort for
the advancement of the greatness and pros
perity OF our beloved country.
GROVER CLEVELAND.