The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-19

uE. WILSON'S SIErCH.
Mr Wiis9a said thaifno great question "a
hcen 81 sEorougaly trouShi Qua hefora IN
Am rsaa people as TOE question Of iarig re-
form Tor sefs7 successive s0n-rcsssS ID Ia,
been the chisi matter " CONTROVERSY Ia bot
houses Tor a.-tlSt as long q perioi II hal
been the chief matter OF Controversy in IN
pr pi ne cornfry, IN every congressional
district. M Inc srhoo'house a-t ~ the conn
trs store Thus thoroughly discussed. 10Th ..
a. general principles ana a. % its practica
workings. ths people h4t finally rea thei
cennite Judgment aal eivea 20 This admiais
tratioa u .nlff INSTRUCTIONS
With thc house - the hmm diais representa-
tive ofthr people eoaly part OF our fedora
government resting directly upon popular snf
fraSe = the Constitutional authority TO oriSI
mate bills imposing taxes The bin about q
he considered presents scheme OF tariff 70
form prepared ~ the appropriate committee
OF the h0l-c which II now for the house 10
consider ana 20 deal with In IL OWE deliberat,
JUDGMENT
EFery ufli covering 50 wide Q field OF legisla.
lion and dealing with many sut jects must
necessarily represent In its details some com
promise ~ orinon among those iEtrusted with
thr rretaratlon ~ il. ANY bin pissed BY Con
Ere>s Under prs~cnt conditions al least mus
necessarily represent such compromise
DfFslcvLrrzs ENcorSrERED
He td no. believe that The country woula
AtAAANAEat@ tAt AAllt confronting those Wn0
now attempted 10 revise and reform our tariff
system. Amonz these dirncUl,ics were the
dropping away ~ friends Who's zeal for reform
was n proportion 70 tha distance from their
owe localities and their own industries and
Other friends who differed in Judgment as 10
tn pa t.ol now 10 pursued
80 also the great commercial distress which
hn- inieeent moa,hs come unoa the country
p1ralfzias ~ many Industries and throw
M 20 many ont ~ employment, made the
ta~i- a reform more dffi,rit while it
mai iue necessity FOR reform more i'm.
rfrAt-ve than ever. At what time could
taxes te 4tsscnei with greater Justice ana
Fr after hrmIait7 than e. a time when thou.
saflIis are struggling Tor the afe accessories OF
A.a, aui wilson could we with greater tineliness .
an benefit strike SOM ~ the letters from
PRO t-.iina and trade than when production i~
onprtssfi IS burdens aud trade hamperel
~ rs restrictions
a tAlrl a.asuiy IA the way o. reform now
vas iAe emptiness ~ the treasury We are
cal urCn a. reduce taxes az a time when xov-
err;uett revenues re rrnainr 50 low that they
fail 20 meet daily expca.iitarts He believes
~ could not better CONSUME thr time OF the
house in opening this debate than ~ gNnr
ihe story % our lex irte'i treasury ana placing
~ T-poasi ailiiy i0- Us present straits where
th1t responsibility Justly belonged
rLvNcED f,sro BANKKrPrcY
Darlag ihe fonr years d tn last administers
tiou va had plunged hea.lon- from an over
rorlHg treasury 10 bankrupt treasury and
thai. zoo. without any lessen tng Of the burdens
~ t11liiol uroa the people hut rather Nv a I
mos. substantial ana oppressive Increase Of
the taxes -hc las, report " Secretary Fair.
child estimated the surplus revenue for The Z
year l-'9 at sioivonu) Ths nrst report of I
Secretary Windon acklowlcired "a sgrnlus 4
revenue for that vrar q. sl0s IojnD When the 4
Cle~eland administration went out os Office on \
0f "A "a.
ctstor~ an available cash balance amounting
- tlNAVOfrN During Harrison admin /
istratlpn The form o. treasury state |
m"ntS was twice changca-drst by Mr.
Nild0m. Who succeeded 70 this cash balance !
10 conceal the surplus and latter ~ Mr. Eos 4
ter. - roneHal ihA bankruptcy Of the treasury 4
The tifly-trst congress- dealt with the treas
crs surplus after the true and traditional Il
method ~ protection which was to lesson or \
9 dish those taxes which raSs directly and
rad.MlisAed from The pockets Of the tax
f1yer 70 the public TREASURY ana 10 iucreas.
those taxes which were Intercepted in their
PASSAGE from the pockets OF the tax payer 70
The pgtlic treasury ~ the private toll gather
CT. The Mckinley hin reduced the Internal
revenue tax On manufactured tohacco abolish
inr special taxes pa dealers anu manufacturers
~ tobacco and wiped out the duties Oh raw
sugar whith for years, past had ieen our CHIEF
reycGuep-oaIcing articles on the customs list
Both of laose taxes were ia a inst ana
proper sens revenre taxes ami neither OF
them should have te.n touched 50 long as the
rat " ~ duty unon clothing aud other neccs.
~nry articles ~ consumption were 30 enor.
mo- w opprEs Sive. Tohaeco taxes were reduced
Uliar the theory that totacco had become a
necessity Tor ths poor As we'll as the rich but
new and heavier taxes were lail on the woolsn
cloiAla- ~ the poor man - indis pcnsah!e to
~. ne..ith ana his productive energy sugar
Was GtiaxeA ~ give tn American working
man free freakfaS. table tul new taxes
Eere rlasna hi. cups and sagcers his
riata- ana dishes. his coffee pot, his
knives aud forss, his food AMI his "a.
We cpver I'm word. h. was relieved from
ihe taxes h. paid his government IN order that
he fai-hi Ne fnalc % pay mueh greater taxes to
the Ecneiai1rics OF that tin These released
taxes world have yielded - IN the interval
since their ornis sion more than $4,000 90, anu
would have saved rs from any DANCER OF a
treas lry dcAeit Tho ra-nific surplus
vas tars scattered A large portion OF ii was
used to purchase, ~ high pre- NUNS. bonds
not set due. IN the FIRST seven months Of the
Harrison administration s5UJ)jO)1 OF bonds
we're THIS purchased At premiums ranging
; 70 pr cent on The bonds Of 1904 aud from -
10 - re- cent on the bonds due In 1907 In the
lrst nve months OF the fiscal year begin
rlne July \ is90. over 80 0Oooo were
dIshursad In TIM myment Of tonds
anil IN the prepayment OF interest
not yct dur Bot even this did not
dissipate tAe surplus rnd the Fifty first con.
~ 81 was Obliged 70 nv ia hand upon Il II
rcfun ini the direct tax to the states-a mere
schsme 10 get a. the treasury sur
Plus wAch Mr.. Cleveland had vetoed when
ATTEMPTED tn the previous congress
rrRE cRAruITY
This was pure rratuiy brt IL has taken
our % tho treasury over ili0OOo Next came
the sugar rornty act. under which sums
amounting 10 siT0D.O00 have tcen paid 10
sugar growers. Last % al. a. the chief means
of distributing the surplus. was thu de.
pen lcut pension I'm. under which
our annual pension expenditure has risen
more than ssiOJ1OlO Whatever right or
Justice there might have been In this bin IL IL
ycry certain IL would never IN We become n law
tnt thgt those other pensoners-ihe protected
Industries mi mt have the first pun and The
lar rest profit out ~ the taxes gathered to pay
thc pensioners Neither must II be forgotten
in inis story u depletsl treasury iha: the
Sherman Law tmaei overt, the last admins
trntinn as avaIiaSle cash a trusSfanI o. $751;.
c1l.lOJ deposited ~ national banks to redeem
their notes. nor thar secretary Foster changed
the form Of the treasury stat mat ~ adding
20 " so0)0upl 81 subsidiary and minor