Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-03-05

work of The highest order and requires
tcrvnI. believe that the amendments
eo bc proposed are just as necessary III
the protection OF Legitimate business as |
In the rlinching of the reforms which.
properly bear the name OF my prede- I
ceSSOr.
Revision Of tho Tsriff.
A matter of most pressing impor-
accordance with the promises Of the
platform upon which I was elected. l |
shnll Gull congress Into extra session,
to meet OH the 10Th day of March. In
order thnt consideration may be at
once given to a bill revising the Ding
Icy net This should secure an nde-
Quntc revenue and adjust the duties in
such a manner as to afford to labor
and to all industries In this country,
whether of the fnrm, mine or factory.
protection by tariff equal to tho differ
cIcc bet wccn tho cost of production
abrond and the cost OF production here
into force. upon executive determine |
t"n "f certain facts. Il higher or maxi
mum tariff against those countries
whose trade policy toward us eQuitably
requires such discrimination. 1t is
Thought that there has been such Il
change In conditions since the enact
mcnt OF tho ninglcy act, drafted on a
oil hN
measure "f the tariff above stated will
permit the reduction of rates IN certain
schedules and will require the nd
vanccmcnt Of few. If any.
The proposal to revise the tariff
made IN such an authoritative way as
to lead the business Nommunity tn
count upon 1t necessarily halts all
those branches vt business directly
affected. and as these arc most i'm.
portant 1t disturbs the whole business
cf the country. 1t is impcrativcly nee
cssary. therefore. that q tariff hill he
drawn III good faith IN accordance
With promises made before the cleo
ton Ivy the party IN power and as
promptly passed as due consideration
will permit.
Inheritance Tax Advocated.
In the making of tariff bill the
prime motive Is taxation and the Sc.
curing thereby of Il rcvcnur. Due
largely tn the business depression
which followed the financial panic Of
1907. the revenue from customs and
other sources has decreased to such
an rxtcnt that the expenditures fol-
the current fiscal year will exceed the
receipts 10y $lGOO0OOOO. 1t Is impera.
| tive that such deficit shall not con
| tiuur. and the trainers of the tariff
| hill must of course have IN mind the
| total revenues likely to hc produced by
/ It and so arrange the duties as to Sc
cure an adequate income. Should 1t I've
impossible to- do so Ivy import duties
new kinds of taxation must he adopt
ed. and among these l recommend y
graduated Inheritance tax as corrc''
in principlr and as certain aud easy ct
collection
Government Economy Urged.
The obligation on tue part of those
responsible for the expenditures made
TO carry OH the government to be as
economical as possible and to make
| the burden OF taxation as light as pos
siblc is plain and should be affirmed i'll
every declaration Of government pol
icy. This is especially true when we
are face to face with a heavy deficit.
| But when the desire to win the popu
lar approval leads to the cutting off OF
expenditures really needed to make
the government effective and 10 ell
able ii to accomplish its proper objects
the result is as much to be condemned
as the waste Of government funds in
unnecessary expenditure.
In the department Of agriculture the
use Of scientific experiments Oh large
scale and the spread Of information
derived from them for the improve
nlent Of general agriculture must SO
on
The importance Of supervising bust.
ness Of great railways and industrial
combinations and the necessary inves
tigation and prosecution Of unlawfui
business methods are another neces
sary tax upon government which did
not exist half a century ago.
Proper Forms Of Expenditure.
The putting into force Of laws which
shall secure the conservation Of our
resources SO far as they may be With
in the jurisdiction Of the federal gov
ornament. including the most important
work Of saving and restoring our for
ests and the great Improvement Of Wa
terways are all proper government
functions which must involve large
expenditure if properly performed.