Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-11

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duties as to secure an adequate in
come. Should it be impossible to do
SO by import duties, new kinds of
taxation must be adopted, and among
tnese l recommend a graduated in
h~el1tance tax, as correct in principle
and as certain and easy of collec-
ton.
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
bake the burden Of taxation as light
as possible, Isl plain and should be
affirmed In every declaration Of gov
eminent policy. This is especially
true when we are face to face with a
heavy deficit. But when the desire
to win the popular approval leads to
the cutting off Of expenditures
really needed to make the govern
nnent effective, and to enable it to
accomplish its proper objects, the re-
suit is as much to be condemned as
the waste Of government funds in I'M
necessary expenditure. The scope Of
a modern government in what it can
and ought to accomplish for its peo-
pie has widened far beyond the prin-
clples laid down bv the old ~laissez
fairc school Of political writer's, and
this widening has met popular
approval.
In the Department Of Agriculture.
the use cf r"iont;fn o~~c~~o.~
on a large scale, and the spread Of
information derived Ilom lnen tol
The improvement Of general agricul-
ure, must 60 on.
The Importance of supervising
business Of great railways and indus
trial combinations. and the necessary
Investigation and prosecution of
unlawful business methods. are an
other necessary tax upon government
which did not exist half a century
ago.
Conservation Of Our Resources.
The putting into force Of laws
which shall secure the conservation
! Of our resources, SO far as they may
: be within the jurisdiction of the
Federal Government, including the
: most important work of saving anc
: restoring our forests and the great
Improvement Of waterways, are al
{ proper government functions whicl
; must involve large expenditures i
: properly performed. While some O.
u them, like the reclamation Of arit
y lands, are made to pay for them
= selves, others are Of such an indirec
benefit that this cannot be expect
ed Of them. A permanent improve
ment, like the Panama Canal, shoul
- be treated az a distinct enterprise
and should be paid for by the pro
= ceeds of bonds, the issue Of whic'
- will distribute it's cost between TIL
= present and future generations i
- accordance with the benefits derived
- 1t may we'll be submitted to tA
q serious consideration of Congress
whether the deepening and control {
the channel Of a great river system
o. like hat Of the Ohio or Of the Mi
" sissippi. when definite and practic'
W plans for the enterprise have bee
q approved and determined upo,
10 should not be provided for in Il
same way.
If The Army and the Navy.
h Then, too, there are expenditure
ly Of government absolutely necessa1
if u country is to maintain il
proper place among the nations
-, the world, and is to exercise it's pr
T. per influence in defense Of it's ov
trade interests, in the maintenan
~ Of traditional American poll,
~ against the colonization Of Europe,
ae monarchies in this hemisphere, al
in the promotion Of peace and inte
W national morality. / refer to the &C
Ia of maintaining a proper Army,
"A proper Navy and suitable fortifc
% tons upon the mainland Of the I'm
ed States and in its dependencies.
We should have an Army so {
h., gained, and so differed as to be ca
NY able in time Of emergency, in c
~ operation with the National Milit
W. and under the provisions Of a prop
national volunteer law, rapidly to
Nv pand into a force sufficient to res
~, all probable invasion from abro
and to furnish a respectable expe
ro tionary force, if necessary, in t
~ maintenance of our traditional Am
+od lean policy which bears the name
~ President Monroe.
49, Our Notifications are yet in a st;
Of only partial completeness, and
: number Of men to man them is
10 sufficient. In a few years, howev
h. the usual appropriations FOR
coast defenses both on the mainl.
s;d and in the dependencies, will mi
~ them sufficient to resist all dir
one attack, and by that time we m
ra hope that the men to man them y
r;s be provided as a necessary adjul
s. What has been said Of the Ar
e. may be affirmed in even a m,
aan emphatic way Of the Navy. A mod
:.on navv cannot he imnrovisad If m