The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

The Republicans of the United States assem-
bled by their representatives in national con-
vention appealing for the popular and histori-
cal justification of their claims to the match
less achievements of thirty years of Republican
rule, earnestly and confidently address them
selves to the awakened intelligence, experience
and conscience OF their countrymen in the fol-
lowing declaration of facts and principles;
For the first time since the civil war the
American people have witnessed the calam-
itous consequences of full and unrestricted
Democratic control Of the government. 1t
has been record of unparalleled incapacity,
dishonor and disaster, In administrative man
| agement it has ruthlessy sacrificed indispen-
| sable revenue. entailed unceasing deficit,
eked out ordinary current expenses with bor-
rowed money, piled up the public debt by
$262 OOO, 900 in time of peace, forced an adverse
balance Of trade, kept perpetual menace
hanging over the redemption fund, pawned
American credit to alien syndicates, and re-
versed all the measures and results of success
full Republican rule.
In the broad effect of the policy it has pre-
cipitated panic, blighted industry and trade
with prolonged depression, closed factories,
| reduced work and wages, halted enterprise
and crippled American production while stim-
ulating foreign production for the American
market. Every consideration of public safety
and individual interest demands that the gov
ertment shall be rescued from the hands of
those who have shown themselves incapable to
honor abroad. and shall be restored to the
party which for thirty years administered it
with unequal success and prosperity, and in
this connection heartily indorse the wis
dom, patriotism and the success of the admin
istration of President Harrison.
Allegiance to Protection Renewed.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance to
the policy of protection the bulwark of
American industrial independence and the
foundation of American development and
prosperity. This true American policy taxes
| foreign products and encourages home indus
| try; it puts the burden of revenue foreign
goods; it secures the American market for the
American producer; it upholds the American
| standard of wages for the American working
men; it puts the factory by the side of the farm
and makes the American farmer less dependent
| on foreign demand and price; it diffuses general
| thrift and POUNDS the strength of all on the
| strength Of each. In its reasonable application
| 1t is just fair and impartial, equally opposed
| to foreign control and domestic monopoly, to
| sectional discrimination and individual favorit-
| ism.
We denounce the present Democratic tariff
as sectional, injurious to the public credit, and
destructive to bus ness enterprise. We de-
mand such an equitable tariff on foreign inn
ports which come into competition with Amer
lean products as Will not only furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses of the
government but wi protect American labor
| from degradation to the wage level of other
| lands. We are not pledged to any particular
schedules. The question OF rates is practical
| question, to be governed by the conditions of
| the times and o. production The ruling and
uncompromising principle is the protection and
development of American labor and industry
The country demands right settlement and
then it wants rest.
Declaration on Reciprocity.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity ar
rangements negotiated by the last Republican
administration national calamity, and
we demand their renewal and extension
such terms will equalize our trade with
other nations, remove the restrictions which
now obstruct the sale o American products in
the ports of other countries and secure en-
| larged markets for the products of our farms,
forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin meas
ures of Republican policy and go hand in hand.
Democratic rule has recklessly struck down
both and both must be re-esta blished. Protection
for what we produce free admission for the
necessaries of life which we do not produce;
reciprocal agreements of mutual interests
which gain open markets for us in return for
our open market to others. Protection builds
up domestic industry and trade and secures
our own market for ourselves; reciprocity
| builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for
our surplus.
We condemn the present administration for
not keeping faith with the sugar producers of
this country. The Republican party favors
such protection a will lead to the production
on American soil OF all the sugar which the
American people use, AMI for which they pay
other countries more than Sl00,0O0,000 an
nually.
To all our pro1ucts-to those Of the mine and
the field well as to those of the shop and the
factory-to hemp, TO wool, the product of the
great industry of sheep husbandry, as well as
to the finished wooens of the mills-we prom
ise the most ample protection.
We favor restoring the early American pol