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the enactment of the Dingley Act
drafted on a similarly protective prin'
ciple, that the measure of the tariff
above stated will permit the reduc'
tion of rates in certain schedules anc
will require the advancement of few
If any.
Fear of Revision Causes Halt.
The proposal to revise the tariff
made In such an authoritative way as
to lead the business community to
count upon It, necessarily halts all
those branches Of business directly
affected, and as these are most i'm
portant, II disturbs the whole business
OF the country. 1t Is imperatively ne
cessary therefore, that a tariff bill
be drawn in good faith in accordance
with promises made before the election
by the party in power, and as prompt
ly as due consideration will permit. 1t
is not that the tariff Is more import
ant in the long run than the perfect
ing OF the reforms in respect to anti.
trust legislation and interstate COM
merce regulation. but the need for
action when the revision of the tariff
has been determined upon Is more
immediate TO avoid embarrassment Of
business. To secure the needed speed
in the passage of the tariff bill, It
would seem wise 10 attempt no other
legislation at the extra session. |
venture this as a suggestion only for
the course TO be taken by congress,
upon the call OF the executive, is Who'll
ly within its discretion.
In the making of tariff bill, the
prime motive Is taxation, and the Sc
curing thereby Of a revenue, Due
largely to the business depression
which followed the financial panic of
1907, the revenue from customs and
other sources has decreased to such an
extent that the expenditures for the
current fiscal year will exceed the re-
ceipts by 800, 600, 900. 1t is impera
tive that such deficit shall not con-
tinue, and the trainers OF the tariff
bill must of course have in mind the
total revenues likely TO be produced
by II. and so arrange the duties as 10
secure an adequate income. Should
II be impossible 10 do so by import
duties, new kinds OF taxation must be
adopted, and among these l recon-
mend a graduated inheritance tax, as
correct In principal and as certain and
easy Of collection.
Condemns Niggariily Policy.
The obligation on the part of those
responsible for the expenditures made
to carry on the government to be as
economical as possible, and TO make
the burden of taxation as light as pos
sible, is plain and should be affirmed
in every declaration of government
policy. This is especially true when
uo are face to face with a heavy de-
Got. But when the desire to win
tho popular approval leads to the cut |
ting off of expenditures really needed
TO make the government effective, and
to enable II to accomplish its proper
objects the results is as much to be
condemned ms the waste of govern
mcnt funds I'm Unnecessary expenditure
The scope of a modern government in
what it can and ought TO accomplish
for its people has been widened far
beyond the principals laid down by the
old laissez faire school of political
writer's, and this widening has met
popular approval
In the department of agriculture,
the use of scientific experiments on