The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

receipts by SiO0,O0O.OO0. 1t is impera-
tive that such deficit shall not con
tinue. and the trainers Of the tariff
bin must OF course have in mind the
total revenues likely TO be produced by
Il and so arrange the duties as to Sc
cure an adequate income. Should It be
impossible to do so by import duties
new kinds OF taxation must be adopt
ed. and among these ! recommend q
graduated inheritance tax as correc'
I'm principle and as certain and easy OF
collection.
Government Economy Urged.
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 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 or Of
expenditures really needed TO make
the government effective and TO en-
able IL TO accomplish It's proper objects
the result Is as much to be condemned
rs the waste Of government funds In
unnecessary expenditure.
In the department OF agriculture the
use OF scientific experiments on a large
scale and the spread OF information
derived from them for the improve
ment Of general agriculture must go
on.
The Importance OF supervising busi-
ness Of great railways and Industrial
combinations and the necessary hives
tigation and prosecution Of unlawful
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
eminent, 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 IL properly performed.
While some OF them, like the reclama-
ton OF arid lands. are made to pay
for themselves, others are OF such an
Indirect benefit that this cannot be ex-
pected Of them. A permanent im-
provement. like the Panama canal.
should be treated as a distinct enter
prise and should be paid for by the
proceeds Of bonds. the issue Of which
will distribute its cost between the
present and future generations I'm nc
cordance with the benefits derived. II
may well be submitted 10 the serious
consideration Of congress whether the
deepening aud control OF the channel
Of great river system Ike 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 60 maintain its proper place
among the nations of the world and Is
TO exercise its proper influence in de-
Tense Of its own trade interests I'm the
maintenance OF traditional American
policy against the colonization Of Eu-
ropean monarchles In this hemisphere
and in the promotion of peace and in
ternational morality. l refer TO the
cost OF maintaining a proper army. a
proper navy and suitable Notifications
upon the mainland OF the United
States and In its dependencies.
The Army and Navy.
We should have an army so organ
tied and so differed as to be capable
IN time OF emergency in cooperation
with the national militia and under
the provisions of n proper national
volunteer law rapidly to expand into
"A force sufficient TO resist all probable
Invasion from abroad and TO furnish a
respectable expeditionary force. II nee.
essary. In the maintenance Of our ira
iitional American policy which bears
the name of President Monroe.
Our Notifications are yet I'm n 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 ne
cessity for maintaining under arms a
great army. but II does not take away
the requirement Of mere prudence.
that we should have an army sum-
cIently large and so constituted as to
form nucleus out of which a suitable
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 improvlsed. 1t must
be built and In existence when the
emergency arises which calls for its
use and operation. My distinguished
predecessor has In many speeches and
messages set out with great force and
striking language the necessity for