The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-17
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
Toxt Of Declaration OF Prinoi-
pies Adopted by the Ma
tional Convention.

The following is the text Of the plat.
tdrth adopted by the Republican con-
veptiondt St. Louis;
Qhe Republicans Of she United States,
assembled by their representatives In ma
ttopai convention, appealing for the pop
ulaS and HISTORICAL justification of their
,claiins to the matches achievements Of 30
Aiears Of Republican rule, earnestly and
a,nhdently address themselves to the
aNvakened intelligence, experience and
lowing declaration Of facts and principles,
,Calamiiies Of Democratic Control.
Fir the first time since the Civil War
the American people have witnessed the
ealainSfous consequences of free and un-
restricted Democratic control Of the gov
arnlhcpn. It has been a record Of unpar-
eielled fncapacity, dishonor and disaster.
In ad mtnistrative management it has
ruthlessy sacrificed indispensable reve-
nue., en- tailed an unceasing deficit, eked
out ordinary current expenses with Dor.
rowed money, piled up public debt $685.
0QO,0 COO in time of peace, forced an adverse
balance of trade, kept q perpetual menace
hanging over the redemption fund, pawned
American credit to alien syndicates and
reversed ell the measures and results OF
successful Republican rule. In the broad
effect of its policy ii has precipitated pallid,
blighted industry and trade with pro-
longed depr ession, closed factories, re,
duced work and wages, halted enterprise
and crippled American production, while
stimulating Soreign production for the
American market. Every consideration
Of 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 II
without disaster at home and dishonor
abroad, and shall be restored to the party
which for thirty years administered 1t with
u~nequalled success and prosperity.
Renew Allegiance TO Protection.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance
60 the policy of protection as the bulwark
Of American industrial independence and
the foundation Of American development
and prosperity. This true American pol
icy taxes foreign products and encourages
homo industry; it puts the burden Of
revenue on foreign goods; It secures the
American market for the American pro-
Queer; it upholds the American standard
of wages for the American workingman;
Il puts the factory by the side of the farm
and makes the American farmer less de-
pendent on foreign demand and price: it
diffuses general thrift and POUNDS the
strength Of all on the strength Of each
In its reasonable application, it is Just
fair and impartial, equally opposed to
foreign control and domestic monopoly, to
sectional discrimination 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 oom-
petition with American products as will
not only furnish adequate reyenue for the
necessary expenses of the government, but
etill protect American labor from degrade
ton to the wage level Of other lands. We
are not pledged to any particular SEIZED.
ules. The question of rates is o practical
question, to be governed by the conditions
Of the time and production; the ruling and
uncompromising principle Is the protec-
ton and development of American labor
and industry. The country demands a
right settlement and then 1t wants rest.
Repeal of Reciprocity Was Calamitous.
We believe the repeal Of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Re
publican administration was q national
calamity, and we demand their renewal
and extension on such terms as will equal.
lie our trade with other nations, remove
the restrictions which now obstruct the
sale of American products In the ports Of
other countries and secure enlarged mar.
kets for the products Of our farms, forests
and factories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin
measures Of Republican policy and go
hand in hand. Democratic rule has reck.
lessly struck down both, and both must
be re-established.
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 mar
kets for us in return for our open markets
to others. Protection builds up domestic
industry and trade, and secures our own
market for ourselves; reciprocity builds I'D
foreign trade and finds an outlet for our
surplus.
Protection For Sugar.
We condemn the present administration
for not keeping faith with the sugar pro-
ducers Of this country. The Republican
party favors such protection as will lead to
the production on American soil Of all the
sugar which the American people use, and
for which they pay other countries more
than 800, 0O0, 900 annually.