Federal Surplus!

New York: The Reform Club, 1888. Original printed green wrappers; 64 pp. Removed from a bound volume of pamphlets, paper spine mostly chipped away. Carman F. Randolph (1856–1920) addresses the vexing problem of how in the world we should address our Federal government surplus. Should we reduce taxes? Reduce tariffs? Spend less money? “[Let us] rather turn the surplus to honest account, and, in removing it from our budget, revive the principles of low taxation, economical expenditure and equality before the law.” A scrarce booklet; at the time of cataloguing, no other copies for sale.