Willmar tribune., 1900-10-20
,ongue,l than the English were of their

immorta genius, hesitated to suggest
Jaws for people with whose habits,
customs and methods Of thonght he
was unfamiliar. And yet the imperi-
alists of today, Intoxicated by taste
of blood, are rash enough TO enter
upon the governments OF fntffef Fi1ipinos,
confident :*,of the nation s, ability to
compel obedience, even. if it. ea1anot
earn gratitude or win affection. Plu--
tarch said that men entertained three
sentiments concerning 1the ancient
gods: They feared them for their
strength, admired them ori>theiE:wis-
dom, ana loved them for their justice,
Jefferson,>taught the doctrine that GOV
ernments should win 1theafoye: of men.
What shall be the ambition Of oue
nation; to, be loved because it is'just
or to be feared because itn ~strengl -
Do We Need 4 Large Standing Army1
= In his annual message sent toicon-
gress December $; 1898, the president
makes the following commend dations
in favor of a permanent increase. in
the standing army: :.~:>-> : 49,. -
"rhe Importance of legislation for
the PERMANENT increase OF the army
is therefore manifest, and the recomn-
mendation of the secretary of war for
that purpose has |mysunqualifed~ ap-
proval. There can be no >auestion
that at this "time, and probably for
some time III the future, :one hundred
thousand men will be none too many
to meet the necessities of the situa-
tion.'' -: 80: ::,'-.
1T is strange that this request for SO
large an increase in the permanent
army should be asked of a peace-lov-
ing: people: just at the time when the
czar Of Russia IS urging the nations
Of the world to join. in the reduction of
military establishments: Buts.,strange
as it may seem, the president not only
requests it, but Republican leaders
in congress seem inclined to grant the
request: - cs:., :*s@t :*s> = =.
!: = Progress in Europe; retrogression
in the United States! ~'~*.fx *'~$>
In. the old world the *'currents:.. :..of
destiny'': Seem to be running in the d.
rection OF relief TO the people: from
military burdens shall they run in an
opposite direction here2i's S7>;, :;
During the recent campaign the peo7
pie were urged to support the party in
power until the fruits sgoft ftsKicterry,,'
could be maae -secure: Is the, first
fruit of victory:to be realized in the
transfer ola large body Of men from
the field and Workshop to the camp
and barracks -from>thes~ ranks of the
wealth producers to theeranks of the
tax consumers? Such a transfer will
lessen the nations wea altl-pr O ducing
power and at the same time exact a
larger annual tribute from those who
toll. '"-i. - e,I-,.v~ -
=, Any unnecessary increase in, the
regular army is open to several objee-
tions, among whieh~>mayp pbe m entioned
the following:
First..1t %inoroases.staxes, and thus
does injustiees 10 those who contribute
|, to the support. efsthsa9goyernment. -:
Second--It tends 'tesplace force above
reason in the structure Of our govern
uOuks ''ftN'T. =
|: ,,ttThird-:t lessons the nations. de-.
pendenee on it's citizen soIdiery- 1.-The
sheet anchor ST republics defense. ):
No one objects to the: maintenance
of a, regular army sufficient: in strength
to. maintain law and order in time Of
peace and to: form the e~nueleus Of. such
n,army as~maytbe required when the
military establishment is placed upon
a war footing; but >the Taxpayers are
justified in entering a: vigorous, pro-
test against excessive appropriations
for military purposes. -. .u%s-.
't11tsis not surprising:4hatsthe protest
is most vigorous from the masses, be-
cause under our system Of, taxation
the bulk of1,our federal revenues is
collected from import duties and in
ternal revenue taxes upon liquors and
tobacco, all of which bear most heay-
lily upon the poor. Import duties are
collected upon, articles used by the
people; and sthe,psople do not use the
articles taxed in proportion to in.
come. s :EFzz ..f Ut s 4. z-stSs zytSs "5 %ss
y. For instance, a man. with an income,
of 800, 900 does not eat, nor wear, nor
use {. g a: hundred timesaas much Of artir
cles:taxed as the average man with an
incomeasnff f; 81, 000, people with
small Incomes; therefore, pay, as IS ). !
rule, larger perce centage of their IN.
comes to suPRort the federal govern
n,ent than: people with large incomes.
The same IS tr,1esof internal revenue;
taxes collected upon 1iq,lor and to-
baccos Men do not use liquor and.
tobacco in propoRt ION 4. q their
comes. Fhns ST will be seen that our
fo1o.a r. "a &c, :, (, :, :, =,