The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 19, 1888, Page 2

CLEVELAND'S LETTER. HeAccepts the Nomination and Indorses the Platform. The Great Issue of Tariti Ketorm Clearly and Forcibly Placed Before the People. The Burden of Unnecessary and Un- just Taxation Must Be Lifted. NO FREE TRADE CRUSADE. Washington, D. C., Sept. 9.—The following is the president's letter of acceptance: Patrick A. Coilins and others, mitteo, ete: Gentlemen—In dressing to you my formal accept- ance of the nomination to the presidency of the United States, my thoughts persistently dwell upon the impressive relation of such action to the American people, whose confidence is thus invited, and t the political party to which I belong, just entering upon a contest for con ad- tinued supremacy. The world does not afford a spec- NaF Press AsS> ©” tacle more sublime than is furnished when millioas of free and intelligent American people select their chief magistrate, and bid of their number tind the highest earthly honor and the full measure of pub- lic duty in ready submission to their will. It follows that a candidate for this high office can never forget that when the turmoil and strife which attend the selection of its incumbent shall be heard no more, there must be in the quiet calm which follows a complete and solemn self-consecra- tion by the people’s chosen president of every faculty and endeavor to the service of a coming and generous nation of freemen. These thoughts are intensified by the light of my experience in the presidential office, which has soberly impressed me with the severe re- sponsibility which it imposes, while it has quickened my love for Ameri- can institutions and taught me the priceless value of the trust of my countrymen. It is of the highest importance that those who administer our gov- ernment should jealously protect and maintain the rights of American citi- one zens at home and abroad, and should | strive to achieve for our country her proper place among the nations of the earth; but there is no people whose home interests are so ereak | and whose numerous objects of | domestic concern deserve so much | watchfulness and care. THINGS OF HIGHEST CONCERN. Among these are the regulation of | sssssiseeesmsasaccicedieiettenanntaatasansniaiacas | died, to the end that while the | pr | ecution of the laws pass | enforcement, thus permitting to our Washington, D. C., Sept.$.—Hon. | Com- RR ES TT ELT re with the a sche mi vantages aaa benefits which people may rightly claim; a generous regard and our surviving soldiers and and for the widows and orphans of such as have re for sailors ap- F of their and sacrifices is quickened,the application of their pension funds to improper causes may be prevented; protection vile immigration, which ation services against a se | injuriously competes with our labor- ing men in the field of toil, and adds | to our population an element igno- rant of our institutions and laws, | impossible of assimilation with our | people and dangerous to our peace and welfare; a strict and steadfast ' adherence to the principles of civil- service reform and a thorough ex ed for their advantages of business methods in the operation of their government; the guaranty to our colored citizens of all their rights of citizenship, and their just recognition and encouragement all things pertaining to that relation; patient und humane Indian policy, so people the in a firm, that in peaceful relations with the | overnment the civilization of the |Indian may be promoted, with re- |sulting quiet and safety to the settlers on our frontiers; and the curtailment of public expense by the introduction of economical methods in every departinent of the govern- ment. THE PLATFORM INDORSED. The pledges contained in the plat- orm adopted by the late couvention | of the national democracy lead tothe advancement of these objects and insure good government—the ) ration of every true American citizen, jand the motive for every patriotic action and effort. In the conscious- ness that much has been done in the direction of good government by the present administration, and submit- ting its record to the fair inspection of my countrymen, I indorse the platform thus presented with the determination that, if I again called to the chief magistracy, there shall be a continuance of devoted endeavor to advance the interests of the entire country. am Our scale of Federal taxation and its consequences largely engross at this tite the attention of our citi- zens, and the people are soberly considering the necessity of measures of relief. Our government is the creation of the people, established to carry out their designs and accomplish their good. It was founded on justice, and was made for a free, intelligent and virtuous people. It is only | useful when within their control, and only serves them well when regulated and guided by their constant touch. It is a free government,, because it guarantees to every American citizen the unrestricted personal use and enjoyment of all the reward of his toil and of all his income, except what may be his fair contribution to necessary public expense. Therefore. it is not only the right, but the duty of a free people, in the enforcement of this guaranty, to insist that such expense should be strictly limited to the actual public needs. mentality created and maintained by the people to do their bidding, turns jupon them, and through an utter | perversion of its powers extorts | from their labor and capital tribute | largely in excess of public necessi- | sities, the creature has rebelled against the creator and the masters the | It seems perfectly clear that | | when this government, this instru- | upon such articles permit a corres- ponding increase in price to be laid upon domestic productions of the same kind; which increase, paid by all our people as consumers of home 1 entering every constitutes productions American hom of taxation as certain and as _ inevi- table as though the amount was an- nually paid into the hand of the tax gatherer. a form These results are inseparable from / the plan we have adopted for, the collection of our revenue by} tariff duties. They are not mentioned | to discredit the system, but by way to the every million dollars collected at our |t of preface statement that | custom houses for duties upon im-/| ported articles and paid into the! public treasury represent many lions which, reaching the national are paid by our citizens as the increased | cost of domestic productions result ing from our tariff laws. In these circumstances, view of this necessary effect mil- more though never treasury, and in of the! operation of our plan for raising | revenue, the absolute duty of limit- ing the tariff charges to the | necessities of a frugal and economic- al administration of the government | seems to be perfectly plain. The/| continuance, upon a pretext of meet- ing public expenditure. of such a/ scale of tariff taxation as draws from | the substance of the people a sum rate of largely in excess of public needs is surely sqnething which, government based upon justice, and which tinds its strength and useful- under a | ness in the faith and trust of the pe . ought not to be tolerated. While the heaviest burdens inci- de the necessities of the gover ment ure uncomplainingly borne, light burdens become intol-: when not justified by | Spe i such 1ecess | Unnecessary taxation is unjust | tax ion. 4 CONDITION, NOT A THEORY.” are i yet this is our condition. We | nunually collecting at our custom s and by means of our internal many millions in excess of all legitimate public needs. As a consequence there uow remains hou re venue taxation in the national treasury a surplus of | more than $130,000,000. | No better evidence could be fur- nished that the people are exorbit- antly taxed. The extent of the superfluous burden indicated by this surplus will be better appreciated when it is suggested that such sur- plus alone represents taxation aggre | gating more than $108,000 in a| county containing 50,000 inhabit- ants. Taxation has always been the feature of organized government the | hardest to reconcile with the people's | ideas of freedom and happiness. When presented in a direct form nothing will arouse popular discon- tent more quickly and profoundly | than unjust and unngcessary taxation. Our farmers, mechanics, laborers and } all citizens closely scan the slightest increase in the taxes assessed upon their lands and other property, and demand good reasons for such in- crease’ And yet they seem to be the unnecessary volume of insidious and indirect taxation visited upon them by our present rate of tariff duties with indifference. if not with favor. The surplus revenue now remain- ing in the treasury not only furnish- st: | business and enterprise will | seeing the approach of danger | proyide against it, but it will find and ployment. that imp business and production which bring in their train prosperity to ou z hn every station New ventures, new business and manufacture. struction of and works, and the enlargemer terprises already established. largely upon obtaining mone with and vocatio investments the cc in new easy terms fair Be es of ae Even the harvested gx of the farmer remai without a market unless money is forthcoming pean medium. for its movement and transportation to the seaboard. The first results of a scarcity of | money among the people is the ex-| action of severe terms for its use. } Increasing distrust and timidity is followed by a refusal to loan or ad- yance on any ter Investors re- fuse all risks and decline all securi- ties, and in a general fright the money still in the hands of the peo- | ple is persistently hoarded. It is quite apparent that when this perfectly natural, if nob 2 bl re is reached depression in as a the opportunity for work and employ- and the necessary consequence, lessen ment and reduced salaries wages of labor. Instead. then, from the influence and effect of being exempt of an immense surplus lying idle in the national treasury, our wage-cearners ; and others who rely upon their labor for support, are most of all directly concerned in the situation. Others may those depending upon their daily toii for bread unprepared, helpless and | defenceless. Such a state of affairs does not present a case of idleness resulting from disputes between the laboring man and his employer, but it produces an absolute and enforced stoppage of employment and wages. NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED. In reviewing the bad effects of this accumulated surplus and the seale of tariff rates by which it is re- produced, we must not overlook the tendency toward gross and scandal- ous public extravagance, which a congested treasury indulges, in a time of profound peace, substantial- ly the rate of tariff duties imposed in time of war, when the necessities of the government justified the im- positions of the weightiest burdens upon the people. Divers plans have been suggested for the return of this accumulated surplus to the people and the chan- nels of trade. Some of these devices are at variance with all rules of good tinance; some are delusive, some are absurd and some betray by their | reckless extravagance the demoral izing influence of a great surplus of public money upon the judgments of individuals. While such efforts should be made as are consistent with public duty and sanctioned by sound judgment to avoid danger by the useful dispo- sition of the surplus now remaining in the treasury, it is evident that its | distribution were accomplished an- expected, in some quarters, toregard | other accumulation would soon take its place if the constant flow of re- dundant income was not checked at its source by a reform in our present ' tariff laws. We do not propose to deal with those conditions by merely attempt- ing to satisfy the people of the truth es conclusive proof of unjust taxation, | of abstract theories, nor by alone but its existence constitutes a sepa- | urging their assent to political doc- rate and independent menace to the | trine. We present to them the prop- prosperity of the people. ‘ ositions that they are unjustly treat- asound financial system suited to | are robbed by their servants. our needs, thus securing an efficient | agency of national wealth and gen- | NO FREE TRADE HERE. The cost of the government must This vast accumulation of idle |ed in the extent of federal taxation, funds represents that much money | that asa result a condition of ex- drawn from the circulating medium | treme danger exists and that it is for | of the country, which is needed in| them to demand a remedy and that | eral prosperity; the construction and equipment of means of defence to insure our national safety and main- tain the honor beneath which such | continue to be met by tariff duties | collected at our custom houses upon ‘imported goods, and by internal ‘revenue taxes ass: ssed upon spirit- the channels of trade and business. defence and safety promised in the | It is a great mistake to suppose guarantees of their free government. that the consequences which follow | We believe that the same smcae | TONIC Is repared solely forthe | ev a oO] mplaints which arent womankind. It ‘ives tone and strength to Y e organs, and SICKNEs orrect: das at . a nlari- s, ‘eo during preg. rently rlorsemepainscte sree, ||great, donate af ee sa jotes speedy recovery. It as io al for beck’ Message for y make the eritical change fre mailed tree : Times wish pertectsatete Price: @2 Bi Of (x eee PAUREYALE DRTGCISTS: Oe” ay i iGo Re mt : DRC w-S-MERRELL DRUG CO. ScleProp.,3T-LOUIS. eudrugéis:: MFARLAND BROS. Keep the Largest Stock, Atthe Lowest Prices in, arn and Saddlery, SPOONER PAT. COLLAR. QANNOT CHOKE. GENUINE UNL THIS “TRADE MARK~ Spooner Patent Collar! —PREVENTS CHAFING CAN NOT CHOKE AHORSE will hold Hames “in Adjusts itself to any Horse’s Neck, has two rows oct stitching, place better than any other collar. SCHWANER’S II) Prevents braking at end of clip, and loops from tearing out. USED ON ALL OF OUR HARNESS. SOUTH SIDE SQUARE BUTLER MO. WHY NOT iIBCY YOUR Dry Goods BOOTS AND SHOES GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. Where you can get them asrepresented. A large stock to select from. Good quality, low prices, a call will convince you of the fact. the continual withdrawal and hoard- | | which are adopted to relieve the ing by the government of the cur-/ ‘treasury of its present surplus and of the people are not of! prevent its recurrence, should cheap- immediate importance to the mass en to our peeple the cost of supply- of our citizens, only concerns ing their daily wants. Both of these those engaged in large financial trans- objects we seek in part to gain by reducing the present tariff rates up- ov the necessaries of life. national safety reposes; the pro- tection of our national domain, stil] Stretching beyond the needs of a €ontury’s expansion, and its preser- uous and malt liquors, tobacco and oleomargarine. I suppose it is need- less to explain that all these duties and assessments are added to the price of the articles upon which they RESPECT ULLY, J, M. McKIBBEN. rency vation for the settler and the pioneer and of our marvellous growth; a sensible are levied, and thus become a tax upon all those who buy these articles for use and consumption. I suppose, aad sincere recognition of the value actions. of American labor, leading to the CHEAP AND DEAR MONEY CONDITIONS. crupulous care and just appreci- too, it is well understood that the} In the restless enterprises and auon of the interests of our working- effect of this tarif taxation not | activity which — — ee: money portance men; the limitation and checki limited to the consumers of imported such monopolist (articles. but that the duties po