The Progress., 1896-06-20

awakened intelligence, experience and
conscience of their cOuntrymen in the
following declaration of facts and prin-
ciples:
For the first time since the civil war
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and I'M
restricted Democratic control OF the gov
eminent. 1t has been record of unpar-
alleled incapacity, dishonor and disaster.
In administrative management it has
ruthlessly sacrificed indispensable reve-
| nue., entailed and unceasing deficit, exec
out ordinary current expenses with Dor
rowed money, piled up the public debt by
| 1852 600, 900 in times Of peace, forced an ad.
| verse balance of trade, kept a perpetual
menace hanging over the redemption
fund, paWned American credit to alien
syndicates and reversed all the measures
and results of successful Republican rule.
! In the broad effect Of its policy it has
! precipitated panic, blighted industry and
trade with prolonged depression, reduced
work and wages, halted enterprise and
crippled American production while stinl-
ulating foreign production for the Amerl-
| can market. Every consideration OF the
public safety and individual interest de-
mands that the government shall be res
| cued from the hands of those who have
shown themselves incapable to conduct 1t
without disaster at home and dishonol
abroad and shall be restored to the party
which for thirty years administered 1t
with unequaled success and prosperity;
| and in this connection we heartily endorse
| the wisdom, patriotism and success Of the
administration Of President Harrison.
| Tariff-We renew and emphasize our al
leRiance to the policy of protection as the
bulwark of American industrial independ.
ence and the foundation Of American de-
velopment and prosperity. This true
| fnraiUn
and encourages home industry; 1t puts
| the burden of revenue on foreign goods
| it secures the American market for the
American products it upholds the Amer.
lean standard Of wages for the American
workingmen: 1t puts the factory by the
side of the farm and makes the American
farmer less dependent on foreign demand
and prices, and it diffuses general tarin
reform and Pounds the strength Of all the
strength Of each. In its reasonable appli
cation it is Just, fair and impartial, equal
ly opposed to foreign control and domestic
monopoly and individual favoritism.
We denounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional, injurious to the public
credit and destructive to business enter
prise. We demand such an equitable tariff
on foreign imports which come into com
petition with American products as will
not only furnish adequate revenue for thu
necessary expenses of the government
but will protect American labor from deg
radiation to the wage level OF other ma
lions. We are not pledged to any partic
ular schedules. The question of rates il
a practical question to be governed by thu
conditions of the time and Of production
the ruling and incorporating pEincip,
is the protection and development o
American labor and industry. The coun
try demands it, right solution and thel
1t wants rest.
the reciprocity arrangements negotiate,
by the last Republican Administered on va
national calamity and We oemand thei
| renewal and extension on such terms .