The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-02-02
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II las been aeeidet I'll tile house THAT
tile sugar bouilty must 81. Even the
a'mutllated bounty, q Ii was called. re-
ported b iho ways and laeang committee
was sated down ii this connection We
wish to eall Inc attention &c . few recall
eftraat democratic jaaFaals who propose
10 70 ever 10 The republican party ii d
eertaine event. that the republicans Of the
housc voted almost to man to defeat
ilge bounty clanse.
We have said all alnng that the bounty.
mist 20 III amy event, no matter which
political party should De successful III
tho future. We presume The Sugar Bofl
and certain other papers TO whom ave
have reference viii now take notice that
their faith Ia the Republican party was
not wen founded All hope Of bounty
il killed lty the action Of the lower house
Of congress.
There Il, however, mo cause for the dis
enlargement Of the sugar makers of Lon
isiana While opposed to the principle
Of bounty, NE believe that q majority of
the people Of these United States and a
majority Of their representatives in con
gress are willing that sugar should be
protected BIZ reasonable tuty. Such a
duty would be perfectly consistent with
q revenue tariff. In fact sugar is the
chief corner stone upon which to base
snch q tariff.
The one thing the EUae regrets is that
the idea Of q tlnty on sugar should be op-
posed to that Of Il tax on incomes. Such
scenes to be the view taken by our Ieais-
latoFs. Their theory Is that Ii Il duty is
levied ON imported sugar, it will aug
nleslt the ravenue % that extent that an
income tax will not be necessary for the
maintenance Of the government. We do
not see it In this way, and belong to the
number sslo think thata reasonable sur
plus ia the public treasury is no menace
70 the liberties of the people. When nm
der the wise and patriotic administration
of the government adder President Clevo-
land tlS84-S) we had a large surplus rev
eHiie, 1t WAS not wasted or disipated in
an6 way. As far as possible the obliga-
items Of the government were redeemed,
even before maturity in some instances.
american finance was the envy of the
world and the condition of the treasury
Of the Emitted States was viewed with
envy lyevery other civilized government.
The credit of the nation was beyond ques-
tion and we had prosperous times.
Incur opinion n surplus is much prefer
able to 0 deficit and the interests Of the
people will not be ieopardizsd even if q
duty is laid GA sugar of at least one or
one aud half cents per pound, and i'll
comes over 81, 600 are taxed two percent.
There are many ways in which the
amount received from these two .sonrees
conld be jadieiously expended. The i'm
praVemenb of our water ways and our
harhoFs, eur coast tlefenses, and abovsalI
the building Of a navy somewhat CON-
mensnrate with our Importance a.. a ma
tion and cur long coast line, exceeding
that of any other nation upon the globe.
At is argued tliat a surplus is danger-
Gus, but there neetl be no surplus, for the
returns from both the sources we have
mentioned, towit, sugar duty and in
come ta2, can beproiitably and honestly
expended after the sam has been dimin
isaed by the just demands Of q govern
ment honestly sadniinistered.