The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-14
cEGUCE FAT SkLSR:sS.
Dr.. sGckes IN nead Earnest ard Receives
Many EreonrHE.ng Letters

4 special Washington dispatch to
:he Colpm6ia Regi51er says: Repre-
sentative Stokes tilI tcreauce GOV eru-
njenL expens: by reducing s4laries to
CORE spcnd with the increased pUr
c9&s.ug p0~er cf money IS attracting
considerable attention.
When the Representative Of The Reg
ister mentioned this fact to DR.. Sexes
that gentleman appeared 10 De much
gT&tiG-d ard entered into ac interest
ing explanation cfthe obj c: and scope
Of the bill He sad:
The baneticia-ies OF the naticna?
Treasury naturally view my bill with
hostile eye, but The people wh pay
the taxes into the Treasusy view II
with favoring eye.
L have he'd large number OF let
ters commepding my bill il the strong
est terms. Oue. who, By tee way,
signs hirDs:lf Mckinley Republican,
says tie party that Incorporates my
scheme in lis platform IN 1890 will
elect the President. Among the ap-
proving letters that have cone 20 me
none has given ne more graCi3calioc
than one from wide awaks Farmers
Alliance in New jersey, urging re IT,
press the bill.
The comments OF the press, as far
as have observed, have been favora
ole to the purposrs Of the bill; gu:
many seem doubtful OF its passage.
To ell such doubling Tnonases let me
say that am in desd earnest. Ii they
will Step blowing hot and c2ld in the
same nresth, aud lend cheerful haad
the biil will pass. Itthey will ope
their columns and invite pQbii2 ex
preston, the way viii open. l; ali
who patbiZa sincerely with the
purposes OF the bill viii seeak Gu, l
guarantee that Congress will hear.
II. as has been suggested oy more than
one, al synpathizars will sign peti
tiers 70 Congress for the passa;e OF
sone Sucl bill, they viii get nhat
they peLition for.
II the F.rm2rs Alliances al cz5r
TIE land we're as vide wake IS tha.
III New Jersey. and would speak Oh!
as promptly and as strongly, there is
40 reason wh5 the needed reform
should not be had IA the Eek: Con
gress.
There is ab:o!ute ju5!icn 10 tns
proposition. The general rage OF
values, as show4 by the Aidric4 re
port, have declined 33 i.3 psr ceat,
since the cusr-nt scale Of comp nsa
ton to the beneiciaries OF taxa:iou
8ere fixed. Toe CON o=nsation i:seli
has in the meantime increased, S
shown By 6guIes heretofore give4 ol!,
nearly 80 ger ceng. Thirty -:bree aad
oue third per cent. plus 3 per cent.
eq1aIs 50 3 per cent.-a totSl diver
e1uce within Ine periods compared o.
So 8 per cent. in favor OF the Tax eat
ers and against the taxpayers.
The g .estion for all latcisiic nan
to conSluer is, How loug will the tax
payers endure this state Of AFT 4ics?
How long ought taey to endure l;2
There IS absolutely no reason way
the bene6ciaries oi taxation sho I'D bs
heGged about il a iaapcial boom
proof. There is every reason way
they should share the veal or wee Of
the peopls. AL other lines Of basl
ness regulate compensation by Gnau
ciai conditions. Why should those
who axe AID break financial coud.-
tions be exempt2" Surely any scheme
that bases on absolute j lstice aud
would save more than sixty million
dollars year 10 the Treasury sa0u:d
challenge serious Consideration