Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-12-10
rnE TARIFF QUESTION:.
Suggestions rSaehiax the Present Law
and Ets Operations

desire - recur o. the statements elsewhere
tiAie concerning TIE gug-ruments receipts
upga some susg-stiaus touchinz cur present
tafiT ias aE,i - op.ratloa.
This statute te1S eject on the 18th dAr q
August l-~& Whatever may b. il shcrtepul-
inss A. . coruplete measurr. q tariff rrtorru h.
aust us conc-siesi that u has opened tae say
- treer and greater exchange q cummosif-
Ties eetwcsn the Unlfed States and other
countries. and thus furnished wider marS-t
toT oar products aud manufacturer The onlv
sntire nsrA year during which this iaw has
peen =aforred ended On the nth DAY % June
irs-t In that year our import. Increased over
those q The previous year more than ~ ~. an
~hil- m value % domestic products wr ex-
purted. and which found markets abroad waz
nearly s9es09" more than during the pre-
eesiias year
rnose sao lnsist that the cost TO our people
y ArticArs coming 10 them from abroad Tor
thetr a~eaifal use should only be Increased
toruaSh tartI charges To extent necessary
- meet the expenses u the government a.
SeA A. ,he-e sho claim that tariff charges
may D laid upon such articles beyond the
necessities ofsoverumeut revenue. aud with the
additional purpose q so increasing their rrfc.
N cur markets. as 70 give American manufac-
turer> And producers better and more pruat.-
pie opportunities, must agree that our tAriT
avs are onAT primarily justified a. sources Of
revenue ~ enable the government 70 meet me
neccssary expenses II lts maintenance Con-
sidercd AZ 20 its surieieucy IN this aspect the
present iaS can BY M means fall ander lust
condemnation Daring the only complete
fiscal year q IL uperatfen Il has Welded, near
y tes..s more revenue than was received
trun tari1 duties IA the preceding wear There
was. acverthele>< a dencit between our r.
ceipts sad expenditures q q litfle more than
=. .lssl l0o. This hoWerer vas not uue xp.,.tr,i
IN. situation such In December asst seven
months before the close % the fiscal year. that
The secretary q the treasury f1retnld a der-
cheney OF 81 go 1.a
The great aud Increasing apprehension and
tinidity IN business circles. and the Depression
IN ali activities Intervening siuer that time r--
sultins frum causes perfectly sell Understood
aad entirely disc nn-cte-i vita cur tariff lsw
or its operatinu. seriously checked the mpnrts
- Neuld have otherwise received aad readily
estimate u she secretary and tnr actual
deficiency. well FOR q continued
d-ncit indeesi. u must h- confessed that -
e"Nt1 hArstF have hAd more unfaVerable De
ria-i thsn the l4sf tao years Tor the collection
- ;ari1 revenue We can not reasonably hone
taat eur recuu~rafiun fruul thl~ htsStasxx Sc
preston Eil BE- sulf.frn. tut it has already 1t
IN with a Promise q acr-lefaflon and cuutinu-
Ancr oeilcFe cur gre~eut tariff law. II al
ss-ei ~ = AR opportunity slll. IA the n-ar fu-
sure. yield revenue Nhich- 1ith reasonably
dciencies
Need Net kKcit. or Dt.turbU.
In the meantime M deficit that has oecurr~si
or may occur need excite o. disturb ~ 10
meet Ary such derrtt Tn the treasury IN s.l,fi-
ton 70 a gold reserve of 81 u.tss 80 a surplus
u more than az. lss.a so applicable % The nay-
msut q the expenses q the government and
Nnich must unless expeutlssi for that pgrpss~-
remain useless hoard, Or n net eEtravazsnt-
u wasted must IN any event be perverted from
the purpose 0f IL exActfun from our people
The payment therefore. q any deficiency IN
the revenue from thtS fund = nothing nor.
than IL proper and lesitlmat- use
Matter OF Supreme Importance.
I suppose it stil rot be deuissi that under
the present ias our people obtain the neceS-
saries OF = comfortable c1isteuce at a cheaper
rate than formerly This l. a matter of Suprrr1s.
Importance. since IL - the TkipAhIe duty u
every lust government 70 maze the burdens 4
taAAllvn a. Azht a. Possible The people
should not C required 70 reiinquish this
privilege gf cheaper living except under III.
plainly manifest