The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-12

manufactures. The two industries have
become, under the economic policy OF our
Government, 80 closely interwoven. 30 mu-
tually interdependent, that neither can hope
TO maintain itself at the high-water mark
of progress without the other. What
ever makes to the advantage Of one Is
equally to the advantage OF the other.
BE wary OF Changes.
So Il Is as between the capitalist and the
wage worker. Here and there there may
be an unequal sharing as between the Two
In the benefits that have come ny protecuon'
but benefits have come to both; and re-
yersal in policy would mean damage to both
and while the damage would be heavy 10 an
It would be heaviest, and 1t would fall SOON
est. upon those who are paid in the form OF
wages each week or each month Tor tnat
Conditions change and the laws must be
ciea. But the genuine underlying principle
of protection, as 1t has been emboueo IN
all but one Of the American tarin laws ior
so benefcent, 30 evenly and widely spread.
go advantageous alike to farmers and capl,
talists and workingmen, to commerce ana
trade OF every kind, that the American PEG
Die, IL they show their usual practical pusi-
ness sense. will insist that when these laws
are modified they shall be modified WITH me
utmost care and conservatism, ana py the
Srian%s a nd not the enemies OF the protective
svstem. They cannot afford to trust the
mobilization to those who treat protection
and robbery as synonymous terms.
system of promoting American industry
let me add word OF cordial agreement
with the policy Of In some way lnciuunR
within It's benefits, by appropriate iegis-
lation, the American merchant marine.
1t is not creditable TO US as naaoH tIdd o ha
mi
well nigh exclusively in the hands OF lot
eigners.
Is This Militarism7
II ia difficult to know If our opponents are
reaIlv sincere in their demand for the re-
duction of the army. II inslncere. there
Ia no need for comment, and II sincere, what
shall we say In speaking to rational persons
OF an appeal TO reduce an army OF SIXTY
thousand men which is taking care OF tns
The army ia now relatively smaller than 1t
was in the days OF Washington, when on
the peace establishment there were thirty
six hundred soldiers, while there we're q
little less than four millions OF population:
smaller than 1t was IN the Peaoenui uays oi
soldiers to five million three hundred thous-
and population There Is now one soldier
to every fourteen hundred people In this
than ope-tenth OF one per
cent We cannot be asked seriously 70 argue
as to the amount OF possible tyranny con-
tanned In these figures.
The army as II Is now 10 as small as 1t oan
be and serve It's purpose a. an
effective nucleus for the organisation,
equipment and supply OF volunteer army
before, for aiding in the upbuilding Of the
organized militia OF the country. The War
Department is engaged In systematic
effort to strengthen and develop tho National
Guard in the several States; as witness.
among many other instances, the great
field manpuvres at Manassas which nave
Just closed. II our opponents should come
INTO power they could not reduce our army
below its present size without greatly i'm
pairing It's efficiency and abandoning part
81 the national duty. In short, in this
matter, II our opponents should come
INTO power they would either n have TO treat
Is they now treat the promises they made
N 1895 and 1900, that is, as possessing no
binding force, or else they would have to
,mbark on policywhich would be ludicrous
It the moment, and fraught with grave
LANCER to the national honor In the future.
Economy Has Prevailed.
Our opponents contend that the Govern
pent is now administered extravagantly, |
md that whereas there was "a surplus Of |
40 900 900 In 1900 there Is a deficit Of more
nan III VIC yooa biab yust |
,losed |
This deficit Is imaginary. and Is obtained
,y including In the ordinary current ex-
oenses the sum OF fifty millions, which |
VAS paid for the right Of way Of the Panama |
canal out OF the accumulated surplus In the |
Treasury. Comparing the current or or |
iinary expenditures for the two years,
here was a surplus Of nearly eighty millions |
or the year 1900, and Of only little more |
han eight millions for the year that has |
ust closed. But this diminution Of the |
annual surplus was brought about de- !
.ignedly by the abolition Of the war taxes |
n the interval between the two dates. |
The acts OF March Q, 1901, and April u, 1902, |
,ut down the internal revenue taxes to an |
amount estimated at one hundred and Ave |
millions a year, In other words. the re-
iuction OF taxation has been considerably
greater than the reduction In the annual
surplus. Since the close Of the war with
spain there has been no substantial change |
n the rate OF annual expenditures. Is |
compared with the fiscal year ending IN |
lune,. 1901. for example. the fiscal year
hat has just closed showsd q relatively |
Imau increase In expeuditlrra .iexcaudfne