The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-05

be impossible TO do so by import du-
ties, new kinds of taxation must be
adopted, and among these recon.
mend graduated inheritance tax, as
correct in principle and as certain and
easy OF collection.
The obligation on the part of those
responsible for the expenditures madeto
carry on the government to be as eco-fI
nomical as possible, and to make the
burden Of taxation as light as possible.
Is plain and should be affirmed in
every declaration of government pol
icy. This is especially true when we
are face to face with 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 to en-
able 1t to accomplish its proper OBJ
jects, the result is as much to be con
demned as the waste of government
funds in unnecessary expenditure. The
scope Of modern government in
what 1t can and ought TO accomplish
for its people has been widened far
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 a
large scale. and the spread Of informa
ton derived from them for the i'm
proyement OF general agriculture, must
go on.
The Importance of supervising bust
ness OF great railways and indus
trial combinations, and the necessary
investigation and prosecution of UNI
lawful business methods are another
necessary tax upon government which
did not exist half century ago.
Necessary Work Calling
for Large 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
eminent including the most impor-
tant work of saving and restoring our
forests, and the general Improvement
OF waterways, are all proper govern
ment functions which must involve
large expenditure if properly per
formed. While some of them, like the
reclamation of arid lands, are made
to pay for themselves, others are OF
such an indirect benefit that this can
not be expected of them. perma
nent improvement, like the Panama
al oh 4 b., IA H..
enterprise and should be paid for be
the proceeds of bonds, the issue of
which will distribute its cost between
the present and future generations In
accordance with the benefits derived.
II may well be submitted to the seri-
Gus consideration of congress whether
the deepening and control of the chan
mel of a great river system, like that
OF the Ohio or OF the Mississippi, when
definite and practical plans for the
enterprise have been approved and
determined upon. should not be pro
ylded for in the same way.
Then, too. there are expenditures
Of government absolutely necessary II
our country is to maintain its proper
place among the nations of the world
and is to exercise it's proper influence
In defense of its own trade interests.
in the maintenance OF traditional
American policy against the colonial
ton of European monarchies in this
hemisphere, and in the promotion OF
peace and International morality. l
refer to the cost of maintaining a
proper army, a proper navy and suit |
able Notifications upon the mainland |
of the United States and In its depend. |
encies.
We should have an army so organ |
lied, and so differed, as 20 be capable |
in time Of emergency, in cooperation |
with the national militia, and under |
the provisions of proper national |
volunteer law, rapidly to expand into |
n force sufficient to resist all probable
invasion from abroad and to furnish |
respectable expeditionary force, II |
necessary, in the maintenance OF our |
traditional American policy which |
bears the name OF President Monroe.
Strong Plea 10 Made for
Adequate Army and Navy,
Our Notifications are yet In a state
Of only partial completeness and the
number of men to man them Is INSULT
Client. In a few years, however, the
usual annual appropriations for our
coast defenses both on the mainland
and IN the dependencies. will 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-
vided as a necessary adjunct. The
distance OF our shores from Europe
and Asia OF course reduces the neces-
sity for maintaining under arms
great army, but IL does not take away
the requirement of mere prudence,
that we should have an army auffi-
GENTLY large and so constituted as to
form a nucleus out of which a suit
able force can quickly grow.
What has been said of the army
may be affirmed In even a more EN-
phatic way of the navy. A modern
navy cannot be improyised. Ii must
be built and in existence when the
emergency arises which calls for its
use and operation. My distinguished