THE uni llSSlGE.
It Deals Only with the Taril
' Question.
' TAXBSAAMUST BB REDUCED.
President Cleveland Urges Immediate
Action on the Part of Gong-rem
lo Strongly Advises a Revision of the
Existing Tarlfl Laws. and Des-lam That
l’ulesa Measurea.Arc Taken to Reduce:
the Surplus. the People Must Suffer.
Be Appeals to the Manufacturer- to
alias-rt Themselves in Favor of a Tart.
yctdna ataratsd pranlum to lie-creed
upon. Tha only provision of law from which
such a power could be derived is found in an
appropriation‘bill posed a number of years
ago, and it is subject to the suspicion that it
waa’intended as temporary and limited in its
application, instead of conferring a continu~
lug discretion and authority. No condition
ought to exist which would justify the grant
of power to a single official, upon his judg-
ment of its necessity, to withhold from or
release to the business of the people in an
unusual manner money held in the treasury,
and thus affect, at his will, the financial
altuah‘on of the country; and if it is deemed
wise to lodge in the secretary of the treas-
ury the authority in the pit-sent juncture to
purchase bonds it ' should be plainly vested, ,
considered, so well as the preservation; of
our manufacturers It may be called pro-
taction,or by any other name. but relief
from the hardships and dangers of our pres-
ent tariff laws should be devised with eme-
cial precaution against imperiling the exist
ones of our manufacturing interests But
this existence should not mean a condition
which, without regard to the public welfare
or a national exigency, must always insure
the realisation of immense profits instead of
moderately profitable returns As the vol~
urns and diversity of our national activities
increase, new recruits are added to those
who desire a continuation of the advantages
which they conceive the present system of
tariff taxation directly affords them. Sc
stubbornly have all efforts to reform tbs
present condition been resisted bythose oi
can hardly complain of the suspicion, enter-
our fellow citisens thus engaged that they?
tsined to a certain extent. that there exists 3
an organized combination all along the linc :
and provided as far as possible with such! tomaintaiu their advantage.
checks and limitations as will define this!
oflicial‘s right and discretion and .at thel
“'0 are in the midst of centennial celei-rn- ’
tions, and with becoiring pride we r'ejn im- in ,
manufacturer under the operation of och r
ten-:8 laws. In the meantime the day arrives
when t o farmer fin s it necessary to pur-i
chase woolen goods and material toclothe
himself and family for the winter. When:
he faces the tradesman for that purpose he:
discovers that he is obliged not only to 1-9 l
turn in the way of increased prices his tsrif!’
profit on the wool he sold, and which then
perhaps lies before him in manufacturel ,
form. but that he must add a considerable;
sum thereto to meet a further increase in?
cost caused by a tariff duty on the manufac if
ture. Thus in the end he is aroused to the;
fact that he has paid upon a moderate mm 5
chase, as a result of the tariff scheme, which i
when he sold his wool seemed so profita l8,
an increase in price more than sufilcientwi
sweep away all the tariff profit he received
upon the wool he produced and sold. =
l W hen the number of farmers engaged in
wool raising is compared with all the farm-
era in the country, and'the small proportion
. they bear to our population is considered:
when it is made apparent that, in the case of
a large part of those who own sheep, the
prompt and eflectiva action. 3 th of the
great political parties now repress-ind in the
government have, by repeated and author-lo
tative declarations, condemned the condition
of our laws which permit tbs colloctionfrom
the people of unneccuary revenue. and have,
in the most solemn manner, promised' insects
rectlo‘n,’ and neither as cltiasns nor partisans
amour countrymen in a mood to condom
the deliberate violationof than, P1818.-
no eczema or smalls.
Our progress toward a wise conclusion will
not be improved by dwelling upon the
theories of protection and free trade. This
savers too much of handying eja'theta. It is
acondition which confronts ns-uota theory.
it lief from this condition may involve a
slight reduction of the advantages which We
I award our home productions, but the entire
withdrawal of such advantages should not
be contemplated The question of free trade
is absoluwa irrelevant; and the persistent
l claim in do in certain quarters, that all
efforts to relieve the peepls from unjust and
unnecessary taxationaroschemes of so called
; free traders. is mischievous and far removed
’ 1'“! my gm.
JOIIN 11. rentals,
WMIndBctsllDoalCilallHMDd‘
GOAL All] W001]
Brick. Lime. Cement,
Blue Stone. Etc.
Lehigh, Lsehawanna, Locust
Mountain. Franklin. and
Wilkesbarre Coals.
but for RUBBER PAINT
Yards foot of Washington and Mar-
shall streets. Branch ofice at Stilsm
”rm: Store
“13‘s., '\
ti same time relieve him from undue response American skill and ingenuity, in American ‘ benefit of the present taria on wool is illu.
Beds“- on.
\l'asmxorox, Dec. 7,—The president's
annual mmge, read before congress, is as
follows:
To the Congran of the United States:
You are confronted at the threshold of
your legislative duties with a condition of
the national fluancvs which imperatively de
mands immediate and careful consideration. ’
The amount of money annually exacted,
through the operation of present laws, from
the inch-tries and necessities of the {ample
lonely exceeds the sum necessary to meet
the expenses of the gonrument.
"I Pl‘Bl—IC TREASURY A BOARDIXG PLACE
“'hen we consider that. the theory of our
institutions guarantees to every citizen the
fullenjoyiaent of all the from of his in—i
dustry‘and enterprise, with only such deduc- 5
tion as may lac his share toward the careful -
and economical niaiiiteliance u! the guvern~ :
bility.
rm: otxsriox or rt‘ni‘iusisa BONDS.
In considering the question of purchasing
bonds as a means of restoring lo circulation
the surplus money accumulating in the treas-
ury, it should be borne in mind that. pic,
miums must of course be paid upon such‘
, purchase, that there may be a large part of
these bonds held as investments which can- ‘
not be purchascd at any price, and that com-
‘ ' ‘ll‘ . . .
binauons among holders whom-e \vi mg to! lug care that can be ‘wrung from f ode-raw
all may unreasonably enhance the cost 0
such bonds to the government. '
It has been suggested that the pre ent'
bonded debt might be refunded at a less rate :
of interest, and the difference between the‘
old and new security paid in cash, thus find-
ing on for the surplus in the treasury. The
succem of this plan, it is apparent, must do
pend upon the volition of the holders of the
present bonds; and it is not entirely certain
natural advantages and resources developed ceded that the increase of the cost of living
by a century's national growth. Yet when ; caused by such tarifl becomes a burden upon
Q an attempt is made to justify a scheme l those with moderate means and the poor,
which permits a tax to be laid upon every- the employed and unemployed, the sick and
consumer in the land for the benefit of our ' well and the young and old, and that it con-
3
energy and enterprise, and in the wood-rial ' sory; and, above all, when it must be con- ,
ment which prutwts him, it is plain that the f “181 the inducement which must be offered ’
exaction of more than this is indefensible them would result in more financial benefit
«Wu. and a culpable betrayal of Amr.‘ to the government than the purchase of
lean fairness and justice. This wrong m- ' bonds, while the latter prupnslllun would re
flictcd upon thaw who bear the burden of 5 d0“! the lirmL‘ipai of the debt by actual pay-
nstional taxation, like other wrongs, niulli— L
a brood of evil consequences The
public :rwasury, which should only exist as ;
a conduit conveying the jieople‘s tribute to
its legitimate objects of expenditure. ht‘
comes a boarding plac - for mom-v neeiloavly l
withdrawn from trade and the people‘s use,
thus crippling our national energies, sul-
pending our country‘s development, pre-
venting investment iii productive enterprise, l
threatening financial disturbance. and in- ;
\‘iting schemes of public plunder.
. "This condition of our treasury is not alto-
gether new; and it has more than one» of.
late been submitted to the people's repre-
aont‘ivel in the congress, who alone can
a a remedy. And yet the situation still
continues, with aggravated incidents, more
than ever pmging financial convulsion and
widespread disaster.
It will not do to neglect this situation be. '
muss ibdangers are not now palpably im-
minent and apparent. They exist none the
is. certainly. and await the units-«siren and l
unexpected occasion when suddenly they
will he precipitated upon us.
On the 80th day of June, 1355, the excess
of revs-inns ave-public
iremonbof
as m not set. wm smegma;
dos-”mg Shayna-“dad June so, 1386, such
exce- smounted’to "9,405,545.30; and dur~ .
in tha year ended June a), 1582'. it reached
the sum of 355.567.3m5t
rnx amuse scan.
The annual contributions to the sinkiq
fund during the three years above specified,
amounting in the aggregate to "3mg
MQI, and deducted from the surplus a
stated. were made by calling in for
mm3parceuk boudsof the
government During thesis months prior
to June a. tour, the surplus revenue had
grown so large by repeated accumulations,
and it was feared the withdrawal of this,
‘ nrccnl necessny.
incnt, inslead of ext-chilling ll.
nlroslflxu lossv IN nasxs as nmsc‘rlox.
The lirupua‘ilrnm to deposit the mum-y llt‘ld
by the guvrrmnent in banks throughout the .
country, for use by the people, is. it seems to .
me, exceedingly objectionable in principle,
as establishing too close a relationship be»
tween the operations of the government
treasury and the business of the country, and
too extensive a coliiniingling of their mom-y,
thus {metering an unnatural reliance in pri- ‘
rate business upon public funds If this
scheme should be adopted it should only b.-
done as a lrmporary expedient to meet on
Legislative and executive
rfl'urt should generally be in the opposite di-
n-ction, and should have a tendency to di-
vorce, as much and as fast as can safely be
done, the treasury department fruin private
enterprise. '2
Uf mum; it is not expected that unncces-
aary and extravagant appropriations will la
made for the purpose of avoiding the accu~
mulation of an excem of rcw-nuc. Such ex-
penditure. beside the demoraliz‘iliun of all
just conceptions of public duly which it en~
tails, stimulates a habit of reckless llllpl‘UYI-
deuce not is the least continent with the
misdoa of our people or the high and benefi-
cenfpurpossa of our government.
ouvrrr or m emu-ms.
l have deemed it my duty to thus bring to
the knowlcdgc of my countrymen. as well as
to the attention of their representatives
charged with the responsibility of legislative
relief, the gravity of our financial situation.
The failure of the congress heretofore to
provide against the dangers which it mu
quite evident the very nature of the dim-
d‘ulty must nocomarily produce, cans.“ a
condition of financial distrwas and apprehen-
aion since your hm adjournment, which
taxed to the utmost all the authority and
expedients within executive control: and
these appear now to be exhausted. lf dis-
great sum of money needed by the [ample aster mulls from the continued inaellon of
would mafia-t the busines of the country
thastha-m of 8'39,“th of such surphg‘
waaapplini tothc pymaut of the principal ,1
and interests! 0:03 per cent bonds sull-
outslandlng. and which were then payable3
at the option of the government. The pro- ;
(‘m was ovulation of financial affgi‘m among f
lliv imp-0‘ \ll" needing relief. immediataly ;
l Ils-
Mn
Lin-I‘r
fills-~-
ll- 39
day of June, 1687,
oi the 3 per cent.
b i- ~ vu-Amndiug. amounting withl
p ‘u . uni inlets»! to ~ the sum of;
an ~:‘..3 a, “'i-l‘c called in and applied to the l
‘ ... ,- cu-l («mm tion for the current3
- .mi- Suiwifbstanding these m !
tl' ii~ . i-u- 'l ~.~i~urydeparlnienl, repress:-
xa gum of an l'~$\ in business cirelu not oulyf
uni-[mu d but increased, and alumnus peril ;
arenml at band. In these circumstanm the i
contribution to fine ainkim fund for the cur-
rent final yearévas at once (simple-ted by the
expenditure of 827.5%,3‘155 in the purchase ‘
of government bonds not yet due hearing
{and 45' per cent. interest, the premium
paid therrou averaging about 24 per cl at for
, thsfcrmcrandepwaah‘forthalatm. la
~ “that. this the lulu-ad accruhig during
the amt ysar span the (rounding
bonded indebted”. of the government was .
to some extent anticipated, and banks as
looted as depositorisa of public money were
permitted to somewhat increase their de-
prim.
scams asvascsa.
“'hile the cxpcdiants thin employed to re-
Iaaaato the people the money lying idle in 3
the'treasury served to avert immediate-l
danger, our surplus renum- have continued
to accumulate, the excess for the pnaant
year amounting on the 1st day of December
to “5.358.701.19, and estimated to lunch the
sum of snawomo on them of June next.
atwhich datai‘t is am am tan-an.
addedto prior accumulating will swell the
sarplnsia lhs treasury toCMOJIDflll).
There seems tabsaoassurauea that,wlth
mohawithdrawal from nasof thepscpls‘s
circulating medium. our busineaacommunity
maynotinthenearfntunhasabjsctsdtotho
mmedistre- which wasquito lately produced
from the same muss And whilethefune
dons ofour national treasury should he
fawand simple, andwhllaitsbestcoadition
would ban-cached, I believe. byitsentiro
dwawith “catholics-ism
”whambyaperversioaotitapurpoaes, it
idlyholds money usale-ly subtracted from
the ell-nacho! trails, than Isi- to be
reason for the claimant-(mu legitimate
moanshoaldhadeviasd bythg mt,
to ms is an m; ; via-u
or sstravuance, such money to in place
min-pools
lfmchaaamergaaeyuismfisrenow ax-
“noclaarand undmhtadanacativs pow-r
d ralisf. rflaoto'f‘og the radamptioa of 8
float. beads, w wan payahlaat the
"' or c- 2 mm-
Hg.
porch-sad heath-sham
to
when
ahaady , . mart. 3Q"
Ina ’
a.“ . ,
thummdmufi.
pap-slaw“ “dumb
congress, the responsibility must rest where
it belongs.
Though the situation thus far considered :
is fraught with dang.- which should be fully
r sliced. and though it pnmnta features of
wrong to the people as well as peril tothe
country. it h but a result growing out of a ;
partway palpable and apparent muse, conv
may reproducing the mine alarming clr»
cumstances—a congested national treasury
and a' depleted monetary umdition lathe;
business of the country. it need hardly be
stated that while the pie-ant situation de-
mandsa moody. we can only be saved from 3
a like predhmment in the future by the n~
moval of its cause.
out scams: or raxarios.
Our. scheme of taxation, by means of which
this needless surplus is taken from the peo- .
pleand put into the public treasury, con-
sists of a tarifl or duty levied upon importa-
tions from abroad, and internal revenue
taxes levic-i upon the consunIption of to-
bacco and spirituous and malt liquors It
must be conceded that nonsof the things.
subjected Iotnternal revenue taxation an, '
strictly spa-king, nemh; there a
tubiuojusteomplaiat of um taxatioaby'
the consuni rs of these articles, and there
seems to be nothing so well able to bear the
burden wiih Iut hardship to any portion of
the people.
TAR!" LAWS SEOULD II AKIND‘D.
But our present tarifl' laws, the vicious, in- -
equitable and illogical-cures of un
taxation, ought to be at once revised and
amended. These laws,” their primary and
plain affect, raise the price to consumer-sot
allarticles imported and subject to duty, by
precisdy the sum paid for such duties. Thus
thoamoust of th- duty measures the tax
paid by those who purchase for use these im~
posted articles 'llany of the. things, how-
avc,araraiard or mnufacturod in our own
country, and the duties now levied upon
fm-eign goods and products are called pro-
tection to these homo manufactures, been.
they render it possible for those of our peo-
ple who are manufacturers to make these
taxed articles and sell than: forays-ice equal
to that demanded for the imported goods
that have paid custom duty. suit happen.
that while coinparativelya few use the im-
ported articles millions of our people who
aovar ass and never saw W of the (only:
products purchase and use things of thesama
hind made in this country and pay therefor
nearly or 'quits the mine snhancad prica
which thadutyaddssothalmportsdarticka.
'l'hoaswhobuyhaportapayfliadu charged
thereon into the polite Mtfbuttha
great majorityof carcitimns who buy do-
mesticarticlssofthemma cla- psyasam
uuammdbfihhdatyb
thahome manufacture 'l‘hhnferaaeato
thaoparationof onrwiillawaisaotmada
hywaydimtrucdmbutinoidarthaw
maybeondpntlyramindadof thsmannar
iaéwhich . , a”.
l the fact that the sheep owners themselves
and their households must wear chthiug and 5
from the ,
~ manufacturers. quits beyond a reasonable
! demand for governmental regard, it suits the
purposes of advocacy to call our manufac-
est and greatest degree of favor and foster-
; legislation.
' run LABOR QUISTION.
I present iarilf is necessary in order that
higher wages may be paid to our working ‘
1 men employed in nianufactories. than an-
paid for what is called the pauper labor of
Europe. All will acknowledge the fares of
an argument which involves the welfare and
American Citizen: and as it lies at the foun-
dation of our development and progress, it is _
i entitled, without afleetation or hypocrisy, to
the utmost regard. The standard of our la-
borers‘ life should notbe measured by that of ,
any other country less favored, a
entitled to lht‘ll‘ full share of all
bagels.
By the last census it is made toappear that
. of the issuers of our pipulatlnn engagei
in all kinds of industries 7,070,412! are cm-
p‘oycd in agriculture, 4,074,238 in protege
aioual and personal service (‘3,lk'ilfi7flnf whom
are doiumtic servants and laborers), while
. 1,810,233 are employed in trade and trans-
lbey are
advam
portalmn. and 3,&i?,ll2.are classed as em-
plovv-d in manufacturing and mining.
For present purposes, hun‘cvvr, tho last
number given should be considerably N“
duced. Without attempting to enumerate
all, It will to conceded that there should be
deducted from those which ll includes 875,)“
carpenteis and jOlllPl‘s, L‘RhAfll
dremmalters and seanistresses, "2.395 black.
smiths, 133,731} tailors and tailoremes,’ 102,473 ‘
masons. 7&2." butchers, 41,309 bakers, “JARS
pllfik‘rc" an] 4,531 engaged in niaiiufiictui-~
lug agricultural implements, amounting in 1
the aggregate toilfllifi‘ll, leaving 2,!1‘33Jlstl
persons t niployad in such manufacturing in-
duslri a as are claimed to be benefited by n "
high tarifl.
To these the appeal is made to save their
employment and maintain their wages by
resisting a change. There should bone dis
position to answer such suggestion- by the
allegation that they are in a minnrityamong
those who labor, and therefore should forage
an advantage in the interest of low jrices for
the majority; their compensation, as it -may
be affected by theoperation of tariff lawg
should at‘ all times he Krupulously kept in
view, and yet with slight reflection they will
not overlook the fact that they are con-‘
miners with the rest; that they, too, have;
their own wants and those of their families
to supply from thcir earnings and that the .
price of the aces-aria of life as well as the
amount of their wages will regulate the
measure of their welfare and comfort.
But the mluction of taxation demanded
should be so measured as not to necessitate
or justify either the loss of employment by
the Working man nor the lessening of his
wages; and the profits still remaining to the
manufacturer. after a necessary readjust-
ment, should furnish no excuse, for the sacri- '
the of lhe interests of his employs either in
their opportunity to work or in the diminu- ,
tins of their compensation Nor can the
worker in nianufacturu fail to understand '
that while a high tarit is claimed to be
noes-wary to allow the payment of remun-
large increase in the price of nearly all
sorts of nunufaclures, which. in almost
countless forms, he needs for the use of
himself and his family. He n-ceivva at the
i dash of his employer his wages, and r-
haps before he reaches his hone in ohli;
3 in a purchase for family use of an articlp
l which embraces his own labor, to return
tin the payment of the increase of price
which the tariff permits, the hard sarnsd
compensation of many days of toll.
All APPIAL To 7!: PARK!“
The farmer and the agricultural, who
manufacture nothing, but who my the in-
creased prica which the tarifl iniposu upon
every agiicultural implement, upon all he
wears and upon all he uses and own, except
the increase of his flocks and herds and such
things as his husbandry produces from the
soil, is invited to aid in maintaining the
present situation; and he is told that a high
duty on imported wool is mry
benefit of those who have sheep to shear, in
«sand. They of course are not reminded
that the farmer who has no sheep is by this
and woolen goods, to pay ulbuta to his fol
lowfarmer as walla- to the manufacturer
. and memhaat; nor is any motion made of
use other articles manufactured
wool they sell at tariff prices, and thn as
consumers must return thslr share of this
increased prica to the tradmnaa.
run WOOL ovation.
I think it maybe fairly aaumsd that a
large portion of the sheep owned by the
farmers throughout thacountryare found
in mall flocks numbering from twenty-Ova
turea infant industries, still needing the hidi- '
It is also said that the increase in the price V
of domestic nianufaclurea resulting from tin- 3
liberal compensation of our laboring people. 1
Our labor is honorable in the eyes of every ‘
milllnen, '
«native wages, it certainly nsulh in a very ‘
for the‘
order that the price of their wool may be in- '
scheme obliged. in hispurchasaa of clothing '
,notqiparsut howsuch achaiueoan have
I fofextsndingtblrsahbayond the llln'ib‘of
‘; stitutes a tax which, with relentless grasp,
is fastened upon the clothing of every man,
woman and child in the land, reasons are;
suggested why the removal or reduction of
i this duty should be included in a revision of
our tariff laws.
« iNCRlIasED COST or non: laxvrscrvnss.
Iii speaking of the increased cost to the
ing from a duty laid upon imported articles
of the some description, the fact is not over- 3
looked that competition among our domestic
producers sometimes has the ell‘vct of keep-
. mg the price of their products below the
‘ highest limit allowed by such duty.‘ But it
is notorious that this competition is too often
strangled by combinations quite~ prevalent at
this lime. and frequently called trusts, which
have. lul‘ their object the regulation of the
supply and price of comiiiodiu'cs mods and
, sold by numbers of the culmination. The
people can hardly hope for any considera-
mm in the operation of tlieoeselfish schemes.
if, however, in the absence of such combi-
nation. a. healthy and free competition re
5 due» the price of any particular duliable
article of homo production below the limit
, \\‘l.ll‘ll it might otherwise reach under our
tariff laws, and if, wutn such reduced price,
, its manufacture continues to thrive, it is en-
: tirely evident that one thing has been dis-
covercd which should be carefully scruti-
nized in an effort to reduce taxation.
* the price of any commodity to the tarifl
; point furnishcs proof that some one is will-
ing to accept lower prices for such commo-
3 dily and that such prices are nuiuuerative,
and lower prices produced by competition
prove the some thing. Thus \I here eilher of
thus» conditions exist a case would seem to
be presented for an easy reduction of taxa-
l Hull.
The considerations which have been pre-
cents-d touchingour tariff laws are intended
only to enforce<an earnest recommendation
, that the surplus revenues of the government
be prevented by the reduction of our cus~
toms duties, and, at the same time, to cm.
; phasiae a suggestion that in ammplishing
_5 this purpose, we may discharge a double
, duty to our people by granting to them a
measure of relief from tariff taxation in
quarters “here it is most needed and from
. sources where it can he most fairly and justly
¢ aN‘uniivl.
; Nor can the presentation made of such
. toward our manufacturing interests, or of
, any lack of appreciation of their value and
importance.
IANI‘I'APTURERB vmsn TO (KbOPKRATE.
These interests constitute a leading and
‘ most substantial element of our natiOual
g greatness and furnish the proud proof of out
, country‘s progrem. But if in the emergency ,
i that pm: upon us our manufacturers are
ashul to suirendcr something for the public
, good and to avert disaster, their patriotism, x
, as well as a grateful recognition of advan~1
. taxes already afforded, should lead them toi
willing cooperation. No demand is made;
, that they shall forego all the benefits of gov- ;
ernmental regard, but they cannot fail to be ‘
. admonished of their duty, as well as their;
enlightened self interest and safety, when;
they are reminded of the fact that financial i
, panic and collapse, to which the present coa- ‘
. dillon lends, afford no greater shelter or pre- :
' tection to our manufacturers than to our;
other important enterprises; Opportunity ,
f for safe, careful and deliberate reform is!
! now offered; and none of us should be un- E
i mindful of a time when an abused and irri- ,
i talcd people. headless of than who have re '
; shad timely and reasonable relief. may:
.E insist upon a radical and sweeping rectifica~ I
; tion of their wrongs. ;
; The difficulty attendinga wise and fair
l revision of our tariff laws is not underesti—i
I
mated. It will require an the partof tha"
é coughs. greatlabor and cars. and especially:
iabroadand national contemplation of the}
; subject, and a patriotic disregard of such;
1 local and salllsh claims as are unreasonable ’
and reckleu of the welfare of thconflrr
, country.
; Under our present laws more than4.000
E articles are subjecttoduty. Many of these
‘ do not in any way compote with our own
manufactures, and many are hardly worth
' ntlenlion as subjects of revenue. A consid-
; erablo reduction can be mode in themse-
, gate, by adding them to the free list. The
taxation of luxuriu presents no features of
, hardship; but thenscessarias of life and
F and consumed by all the people, the .duty
: upon which adds to the coatof living in
l every home, should be grsatly cheapoasd.
‘ The radical nduetion of thsdutiss imposed
upon raw'material wed in manufactures, or
its free importation, is, of course, an im-
price of these necessaries: it would not only .
‘ relieve them from the increased cost caused f
j by the tarlfl on such matarial, but the man- 5
: ufaclurcd product halo; thus cheaponad, g
' that p..rt of the tariff now laid upon such j
product, as a compensation to our mnufsc
tutors for thaws priced raw material,
could be accordingly modified. Such rs-
ductiou,.ore fras importation, would asrva
basidatolarxoly .redncs the ravanae. 1th
any injurious enact upon your manufac-
turers 0a the contrary, it would appen- to
givathcnabsttcrchaacsmforeign market
with ma manufacturers of other couah‘lca,
whoshaapan their war. by humans-la].
,‘l‘has'cur people might have the opportunity
‘u I: 7 V » 7‘ ~ ‘ V ‘ ~ a' a.
with} at attain-ransom .m
avoid at} Martinis
consumer of our home manufactures, result~ _
The noel-rainy of combination to maintain I
considerations be, with any degree of fair.
3 mm, regarded as evidence of unfriendlineas '
l remedied by congress, will oven-who
hams consumfiioa~mvlng1hsm fr-o‘iaths .
d ‘ intarruptloniabusinaqaadloas
caaasd hyaclmdom'astie and
. from any consideration for the public good.
' The simple and plain duty which we owe
g the people is to reduce taxation to the neces-
, sary expenses of an economical oparation of
' the government and to restore to the busi-
ness of the country the money which we
3 hold in the treasury through the perversion
3 of governmental powers. These things can
audshould bedone with safety to all our
industries, without danger to the opportu-
nity for remunerativo labor which our
workingmen need, and with be eflt to them
‘ and all our people, by cheapening their means
. of subsistence and increasing the measure of
their comforts.
ALL crass oussrioss LAID asmx.
The constitution provides that the presi
dent “shall, from time to time, give to the
congress information of the state of the
Union.“ It has been the custom of the ex-
ecutive, in compliance with this provision,
to annually exhibit to the congress, at the
opening of its session, the general condition
of the country, and to detail, with some par-
- ticularity, the operations of the different ex-
. ecutivo departments. 1: would be especially
. agreeable to follow this course at the present
time, and to call attention to the valuable
, accomplishments of these departments dur-
ing the last fiscal year. But I am so much
impressed with the paramount importance
3 of the subject to which this communication
has thus far been devoted, that I shall forego
the addition of any other topic, and only
urge upon your immediate consideration the
“state of the Union” as shown in the present
condition of our treasury and our general ‘
~ fiscal situation, upon which every element
g of our safety sad prosperity depends.
The reports of the heads of departments.
which Will be submitted, contain full and
explicit information touching the transaction
of the businesi intrustcd to them, aud'auch
recommendations relating to legislation in
the public interest as they deem advisable.
I ask for these reports and recommendation
the deliberate examination and action of the
legislative branch of the government.
Tin-re are other subjects not embraced in
the departmental "sports demanding legisla~
tive consideration and which I should be
glad to submit. Sumo of them, however,
have been earnestly presented in previous
messages, and as to them I beg leave to re-
peat prior recommendations. .
As the law makes no provision for any re-
;port from the department of state, a brief
history of the tranmcti‘ons of that important
_ doparmieut, wgether with other matters
which it may lmrealtsr be deemed essential
to commend to the attention of (‘0ng
may furnish the occasion for a fulure com- ‘
’ munication. Gsovxn CstrLAsn.
Washington, Dec. 6, 1887.
At the conclusion of the reading the house,
i at 1:50 p 111., adjourned unt.l Thurslay.
COMMENTLOF 1315 PRESS.
. “‘hat Some of the Leading Journals Say
Regarding the Melange.
Srw You, Nov. 7.—The following are
‘ bl‘lt‘l extracts from the editorial columns of
the morning papers:
The Herald: The message is an able, con-
servanvc and statesmanliks document,
which, unlike many other memages. will be
read by the pea and discussed by them.
Putting aside al other questions and topics,
Mr. Cleveland has confined himself to uni-3
alone, as of supinmo and‘ overshadowing
importance—the question of surplus taxa-
tion,which,aa.ha rightly says, if not uickiy
m the
country in a huge and general financial dis-
tor.
The World: The admirable mcmage of the
president has given to the Democratic party
what it has long lacked—an issue and a limit-r.
The issue is tax inform. The leader is the
ant.
The Sun: It is not a commonplace docu-
ment, for it is simple, intelligible and coher-
ent: and the quality of brevity is chiefly due
to the fact that all othar topics of national
interest are dismissed in a lump or postponed
as in annual in the presence of one
problem of supreme importance—the quea-
tlon of tariff revision.
The Tribune says: It is a most unwelcome
task to speak only in critial aa‘l contro-
vuslaltcrmaofthssnnualmsssagaofa
Evian But in this instance the president
‘ , not speaking for the whole ,
whose oflcial ropresantalivc ha ought to be.
has chosen to speak exclusively for one fac-
tlo‘a of one party. and only on the chief issue
between parties ‘
The Tim's] says: lttamains to lasso: ha
90“ m 0
{meme n a visa! laws-l, baa-d, on
sets that no nos ma deny. and '
a policy
13% Wu“ “° milk»... w“ “‘ "°""
0 a , t must rest
who’re it belongs.” y ' ‘ '
Panorama, 7.-—'l‘ha Titan says
editorially: Tb! dent‘s, . i one
of the mcgt incisive revenue and industrial
dalivsrancss ever made to the country. Tbs
question army-ma! rsveam reduction is an
to congras without positive executive ang.
section.
Lucian . Dee. all—Mr. Wm
says in mnfimlxy lagoon“, ‘ ouraal, : The
two‘m tableau?” ch of:
o w "Is a
amount should ba infinit- in bros
vernal in detail. It on the mm, vary
shut, very much to and tan“.
only one single question of menu [stared
—tnal. is, of course, the tariff. _ ‘
Boston, Dec. “(n—Thalia“! says- Paul
dent Cleveland's. "We is, we think
unique in bring confined to ‘the considers
tionofonetopic. W
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