The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-08
dition. Above all and transcendlng all. let
us never disparage our own government.


We must uphold It, and uphold 1t. too,
| at dll times and under all circumstances,
Notwithstanding we may not be able to
| support the measures and policies OF the
existing administration. The present ma
| tional administration is an unfortunate
one from every standpoint. II has been
| In power now two years. They have been
| long. hard years. The administration has
| neither had wise foreign policy nor u
creditable domestic policy. II has gained
! no laurels In diplomacy: It has achieved
no trumphs in trade or commerce. We
| have more than once been Inundated In
our own eyes and before the astonished
| gaze OF the civilized world, The policy OF
the administration at home has been one
Of distrust and disappointment. II has
| diminished the revenues OF the govern
ment and decreased the occupations of the
people. Under the pretext of reducing the
tariff that 1t might reduce the cost of liv-
Ing 1t has reduced the living itself and
left thousands in II situation Of destitu-
| tion, the like of which they had never be-
fore experienced.
| The chief distinction of the Brice Cor
man-Wilson bill Is Its reduction of duties
| upon articles of luxury consumed by the
| rich. and which furnished two-thirds of
| the whole tariff revenue of the govern
ment The people have suffered in their
| incomes, and the government has suffered
| in Its revenues. and both of them have
been running in debt Everything has
| been pros'rated hut the Republican party:
| and everything has been growing less but
| the public debt. Applause and laughter)
1t would make both government and peo
pie poor 1t has reversed the wise revenue
policy which had existed since the founda-
tx.,, .xf lao, sl,,t
are collecting more money from Internal
| taxes than we are collecting from customs
duties. For the first time since 1864 the
| receipts from internal revenue exceed the
| receipts from customs duties. In 1890
| $225. 900 were collected from customs
duties and $ll2, 100000 from internal rev.
enue. The treasury figures furnished by
| Secretary Carlisle a few weeks ago show
| hat during the year 1891 the government
received Sl550OO,0OO from internal taxes
and sl3l, 100000 from customs duties. In
| other words. we are now collecting sli.
100000 more per annum directly from our
own people. and s94,OOOOOO less from the
| imports of foreign goods seeking a market
| in the United States than we did under
| Republican legislation. Great cheers
The burdens of government, In n time Of
! financial distress. are thus thrown more
ulrecIly upon the people IMAM at any pre-
vious period for thirty years.
The present ADMINISTRATOR mas trans
ferred the burden OF tax from imported
| goods OF 'oTsign countries 70 Inc incomes.
the investments. and the property Of orr
| own people, IL mas gone from system or
indirect taxation to one of direct taxation.
| as shown by the treasury figures. Il system
which was condemned by all the early nd
minis ira tions of the government and no.
| taoly by the great Democratic ahmin''trn-
| tions In the beginning or our history. IN
| less than TWO years hhher me nsca' po"cY
OF the present administration the govern
| ment mas oeen compelled 10 borrow s'h'.-
w"'VVV: OF ssl'9t!Vo LOT every year. s"'"""'
| 'or every mohth ana s-zo wv TOT every gay
| since the INAUGURATION OF fres"ient ''leVs-
Iahd IN 1898. Ine iacK Oh confluence in 'n'
| nnanciai pohcy Oh the government Is no.
| where Hiaue i,'o'e i'aipies' ,ian ~ we
drains which nave peen maze upon me
| treasury Tor the redemption OF the green
| Dacks.
An Embarrassed Administration.
| We resumed specie pavments In 1870
From that time I'D TO March A. 1909 the
yearly average of Creenback notes pre-
| scented for REDEMPTION was eho,,t 81 O1a OOO
| In 1892 the amount of greenhachs n-asented
for redemption was S. 2,s and during
| the same yoar e. ia GOO in ..sas,rv ,n,os
| were presented for redern,jon. In Ioa2
after the change in adr,'ristra,,o,. there
| were presented for redempttop sEb 9,o ".
| in preenbacks and SAC ~, 22o IN ,raas,,ry
| notes or a total of s,Oo ,Oo 2s5 Thus there
| was nresented for redemn.ion IN this ti,st
| year naner money ape~esa,ipp nsariv
| tbree times the volume nf ali that had been
| nrasanted In the nrevjous fourteen vears
| What vyos tho occas sim for tbis sudden dc ,
sira NJ tho ho,ders of greenhocks and
| treasury notes 10 have them redeemed I'm
gold? Was II not n Iack of condolences ?
Was n mot from the known fact ,ha, the
| proposed legislation of the Democr.,,c
| nartv would tend IN destroy our prosncrjtv
| at home and probably result in n failure
| 10 colIect enouph money tn meet the cur
rent exnenses and Obligations or the gov.
| ernmentq
was - moi from the fact that the revo-
nues had fallen short in meeting the OK
nend,tures of the povernment by s1,7 0oo .
| noo and that tho trea.ury had heen rom
ai,aa 20 horron ,hat vas, suno and b.s
| einco been comne,led IN bo-row s62 O0O 0dOO
y,nroo nuring tho nrevious vcars tbe
,'aon,o haa heer en- strong in tbeir faith
y, ,ho ,ov.rnment that tbev were s,,is.
o. a., iii on,, Lind os monoy issucd bv inc
| ,,a,,ornrn.nt rho coyerpment had hoe,
,hIe IN nroduce such a financial enuiIib.
ri,,r, Tho, tho neonIe were utte,Iy jndsrfer.
ON, u,ho,ha, ,bev wore given gold silver
~ ro,or I,von during MIR Cleveland. q
g., ad,,ints,ro,ion confidence was nm.
hnaa,,so ,h.,o woa M D.mocratic
,"an ] ~ a,s,,,rh pon,.h,,car ,og,s,at,on
',e,,,,o, or d,et,,rh IN. sound 0non.
y, 1T, ,',hin, ,yos es,ah,,shed nv tho
n,,,, "a ar,v Thoro Md heon NO
,n h'nuo ~, s,a,,,s ~ rho g,oeph,cts nv
."a"se = ~ .n' 80. ,,,aro bad hoom M
ena ,s, uea'ny ,a,,,a,,o, avnen, th. ,onoa, ~,
u,'ana' a,a,,'' ~, 10 chorr,on oo,
.pe ~ a,..,,, a,an,aaa ,ha hr,,,n. or st,vo,
",.cn s',np's ~, .a s.ve .'o,,a,nr,on, Thoro had
was .nu o"a n.a ,,, 81 ah,.ir,s,,a,,on or
neen s,'npS s,o,,,ant on, n,od.e,
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