The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-11

, The highest function of government is
| to protect all interests according to their
need. That individual interests have been
sought out. from time to time. by all
nations, and made the reel pient OF special
favors, no one questions, nor doubts the
wisdom of. To say that in many cases
this favor mas oeen unworthily bestowed
is unquest iona BILE. But to say that the
policy shall be abolished for this reason
is not only unjust but cowardly. The
intricate problems o! legislation all Re-
quire the application of discerning in
sight, and each must be determined upon
its merits. One interest, II deserving,
should not be n elected because another
has had more ns.deratlon than 1t was
Justly entitled to.
. Every nation has three great affairs
whiuh should be the subject of its ardent
and constant solcitude. Firss, liberty ;
its greatness nexi. and. finally. its ma
tional prosperity, which consists in draw
I ing from its own SOL and the genius of
its Inhabitants the greatest amount of
, prosperity."-M. Theirs.
The Importance of a decision such as
the com ptroller of the treasury has pre-
sumed to make in this case. then, is very
great. Its dsterm in alton is one of those
wisely been entrusted TO the judiciary.
That a mere clerk, with no more than
quasi judicial authority. and that within
the circum scribed functions of his office,
should presu ne to take such course,
seems inexplicable. He 10 only creature
tion of Jealous party feaity. In this
use he assumes to be greater than con-
eress and the president combined. and to
stand before the supreme court in the
right of passing upon constitutional
questions. AS Senator Caffery said, such
arbitrary authority assumed by subor-
dinate officer is more subversive OF gov
ern ment than rebellion itself. 1t is as
Stunning to do that which the president
himself, who gave him his appointment.
cannot do. Can his authority rise
highei than its source? Even conceding
the sugar bounty law to be unconstitu-
tional in fact, 1t is not so in law until 80
decided by a court of competent jurisdic
ton. Laws are presumed to be constitu-
tional. and are Therefore binding upon
subordinate officers until otherwise de-
termined.
THEORETICAL OPPOSITION TO THE
BOUNTY.
The development emit of the sugar interests
of this country has been much impeded
by the fulsome theorizing regarding it
which has been bestowed by class OF
men incapable OF oomprehending the pos
sibilities which await it and by writers
who have no knowledge of tha progress
already made. Few men are so wall in
formed upon the subject as Mr.. Henry 7.
Oxnard, who for many years has been
actively engaged in sugar making upon
a large scale. both in this state and in Ne
braska. In a letter dated at Grand Island,
Neb., October 81, 1898, he contributes to
the literature of this important industry
staten enc of facts which are OF intense
interest, from the standpoint OF BUSH
ness man whose knowledge OF the subject
10 not theoretical, but practical. Speak
ing of the history of beet su ar he says:
ut IS only within the last fifteen years
that the beet sugar industry has become
factor in the production of sugar in the
world. Tremendous 'ubsidles given in
Europe and the science and intelligence
Of France, Germany and Austria have
made 1t possible within the past few
years for the beet to surpass the cane.
In 1875 Germany exported only $1,000
tons of sugar. whereas, in 1880 tie ex-
portations of that country alone reached
the enormous figure OF 744.00O IONS. Up
to this time 1t had been impossible to in
troduce beet sugar making in any country,
owing to the fact that cane sugar could
then be made much cheaper. In 1890 the
conditions were exactly reversed and
every year since that the sugar beet has