The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-24
Tariff Prospects.

The Republican party believes in the
fullest and fairest protection to every To-
ultimate American industry. 1t believes III
protecting the farm as We'll as me
mill: the raw material as we'll as the mn
isfed product. 1t stands always ior AM
erican interests Us against foreign inter-
ests 1t maintains the obligation OIL
American lawmakers to iegislate hrst o,
all for the welfare of American homes ana
American citizenship. This is cardi"
nal policy of Republicanism which mas
been overwhelmingly indorsed by the peo-
pie. at the polls. l; Is u fundamental ar
ticle in the Republican creed, as unaitcr-
able as the partys loyalty to honest elec-
tions: to sound currency: to the deiense Oh
American rights i'm every quarter OF the
globe; to the honor of the Flag. But pro-
lection is not schedule. II Is a pr,hcl-
pie whose application and manner OF en-
forcement vary with the conditions OF the
times. This country needs TWO
things above all else TO insure its firm
prosperity and its leadership among the
great nations of the world. The first vs.
an absolutely sound and stable currency.
The second is tariff which shall yield
ample revenues and afford adequate pro-
lection to American industries without
oyerstepping the limits of justice ana fair-
| ness. The Republican party is pledged to
accomplish both these results. III can De
trusted to fulfil its pledges.
With this declaration of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, when Is
substantially a rephlasing of the opin-
ions expressed on this point in Major
Mckinley's letter Of acceptance, all
II. puLlicans will agree. In view OF the
| practical certainty that congress VIII
be convened in extra session on March
| 1 next by President Mckinley to take
steps to replenish the revenue. it may
| be nonc too soon to give assurance 70
| the lusil ess interests of the county
that the Republican party will under
take no course Of action calculated 10
further intiame and unsettle business
| conditions. The next congressman
from this district should be man
whose commercial relations are such
| that while inclining him to favor ade-
uuate Protection for our local indus
tries they will at the same time dissu-
ade him from lending his assistance to
violent Or radical measures of tarih'
| revision. should such be proposed.
We do not anticipate that there will
| be any danger from this source. The
Republican leaders and the Republi-
can press are united in urging modera-
| ton and caution in this connection
| nc. because they wish to cast any re-
| fiection whatever upon the Republican
tariff measure of 1890 which more ef-
| fsctively fitted the conditions that
| called it into being than did any prior
or subsequent enactment of its kind;
but because the intervening interval of
| Democratic misgovernment has
| b: ought the country's vital forces TO
| such a low ebb that skillful treatment
must incline to patience. Yet since the
| subject has been mentioned, we feel
| that the Republican intention with
| reference to it should be clearly and
| fully understood. The long suffering
victims Of past political agitation have
a right to feel that in the election of
Mckinley they will at last gain the
| chance to recuperate in peace.