The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-10

graduated Inheritance tax as corrcc'
in principle and rs certain and easy of
collection
Government Economy Urged.
The obligation on the part of those
responsible for the expenditures made
10 carry on The government to be as
economical as possible Hnd to make
the burden of taxation as lght as pos.
sible Is plain and should be affirmed in
every declaration of government pol
icy. This is especially true when we
are face TO face With Il heavy deficit
But when the desire TO win .hc pupu-
lar approval leads to the cutting off Of
expenditures really needed to make
the government effective and to en-
able it to accomplish it's 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 on Il large
scale and the spread OF Informal ion
derived from them for the improve
ment of general agriculture must go
on.
The Importance OF supervising bust
ness of great railways u;,I Industrial
combinations and the necessary invcs
tigaton and prosecution of unlawful
business methods are another neCeS-
sary tax upon government which did
not exist half Il century ago.
Proper Forms of Expenditure.
The putting into force Of laws which
shall secure the conservation Of our
resources so far rs they may bc with
in the jurisdiction Of the federal gov
crnncnt, including the most important
work of saving and restoring our for
cSts, and the great Improvement Of wa
tcrwayS are all proper government
functions which must involve large
expenditure If properly performed
While some Of them. like the rcclalua.
tion of arid lands. are made TO pay
for themselves, others are Of such m
indirect benefit that this cannot he eX-
pcctcd Of them. 4 permanent i'm
provcmcnt. like the Panama canal
should he treated aS distinct enter.
prise and should be paid for hy the
ocecdS OF bonds. the issue Of which
will distribute its cos; between the
IiNSN44N b.li9 4NNAlt EtLtlA A4tLS IN NC
cordancc with the benefits derived II
may well Le submitted 10 the serious
consideration of congress whether the
deepening and control OF the channel
OF n great river system like that OF the
Ohio or OF the Mississippi when def
mite and practical plans for the enter
prise have been approved and deter
mined upon should not be provided for
in the same way.
Then. too. there are expenditures OF
government absolutely necessary II cur
country is to maintain its proper place
among the nations of the world and is
to exercise It's proper influence in de-
tense OF It's own trade interests In the
maintenance Of traditional American
policy against the colonization of Eu-
ropcan monarchies I'm this hemisphere
ana In the promotion OF peace and in
tcrnational morality refer to the
cost of maintaining Il proper army.
proper navy and suitable Qualifications
upon the mainland of the United
NntcS and In its dependencies.
The Army and Navy.
We should have an armv so ORGAN
lied and so Ot!iCcrCd as to be caDablc
in time Of emergency In cu-Opcration
with the national militia and under
the provisions OF proper national
volunteer law rapidly To expand into
force sufficient TO resist AL probable
Invasion from abroad and To furnish
respectable cXpcdItionary force. II nee.
csSary. I'm the maintenance uf our ira.
6itinnnl 4 n1npirp1N T,,li,,. i,l,
tie name of President Monroe.
Our fortiticationS are yet I'm n state
OF only partial completeness. and the
number OF men to man them IL iusutn
cient. In few years however, the
usual annual appropriations for our
coast dcfcnScs. both on the mainland
and in the dependencies, VIII make
them sufficient To resist all direct at
tack, and by that time we may hope
that the men to man them will be pro-
vidcd as necessary adjunct The
distance OF our shores from Europe
and Asia OF course. reduces the ne
ccssity for maintaining under arms II
great army. but II does not take away
the requirement. OF mere prudence.
that we should have an army Sun.
cicntIy large and so constituted rs to
form Il nucleus out Of which a suitable
force can quickly grow.
What has been said Of the army
may he affirmed In even more en-
phatic way Of the navy \ modern
navy cannot he imDroviSCd 1t must
he built and In existence when the
emergency arises which calls FOR its
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