Evening star., 1896-06-18

Senator Teller.
Every consideration of public safety and
il dividual interest demands that the gov
ernment shall be rescued from the hands
of these who have shown themselves in
capable to conduct it without disaster at
home and dishonor abroad, and shall be
restored to the party which for thirty
years administered 1T with unecualed sue
cess and prosperity, and in this connection
We heartily indorse the wisdom, patriotism
and the success of the administration of
President Harrison.
Tariff.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance
to the policy of protection as the bulwark
Of American Industrial independence and
the foundation IF American development
and prosperity. This true American policy
taxes foreign products and encourages
home industry; 1t puts the burden of reve e.
Hue on foreign goods; it secures the Ameri-
can market for the American producer: 1t
upholds the American standard of wages
for the American workingnan; it puts the
factory by the side Of the farm and makes
the American farmer less 6ependent on
foreign demand and price; it dlffuses gen.
eral thrift and founds the strength of all
on the strength of each In its reasona BILE
application 1t IS just, fair and impartial
equally opposed to foreign control and do
mestic monopoly, to sectional discrimina-
ton and individual favoritism
we denounce the present democratic tar
III as sectional, Injurious to the public cred
1t and destructive to business enterprise We
demand such an equitable tariff en- foreign
imports. which come into competition with
American products, will not only furnish
adequate revenue for the necessary ex-
penses of the government, but will protec.
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
time and of production; the ruling and un-
compromising principle is the protection
and development of American labor and
industry. The country demands a right
settlement and then it wants rest
Reciprocity.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last re-
publican administration was national ca
lamIty and We demand their renewal and
extension en- such terms as will euualiZe
our trade with other nations, remove the
restrictions which row obstruct the sale
of American products in the ports of other
countries and secure enlarged markets for
the products of our farms. forests AMI fac
tories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin
measures of republican policy and go hand
IN hand. Democratic rule has recklessly
struck down both, and both must be re-
established.
Protection for what VIC produce: free adj
mission
we DO not produce; reciprocity agreements
OF mutual interests which gain open mar
kets for us in return for our open market
to others. Protection builds up domestic
industry and trade and secures our own
market for ouI selves; reciprocity builds nm
foreign trade and finds an outlet for our
surplus.
We condemn the present administra tion
Tor not keeping faith with the sugar pro-
oucers OF this country. The republican
party rave RS such protection as will lead
10 the production on American soil of all
the sugar which the American people use
ana Tor which they pay other countries
more than $1OOOOO,OOO annually.
Wool and WOOlens.
10 all market products-to those of the
mine and the field. as we'll as to those of
the shop and the factory-to hemp to wool.
the product of the great industry of sheen
husbandry, as we'll as to the finished WOOL
ems OF the mill-we promise the most ample
protection.
Merchant Marine.
we favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the up-
building Of our merchant marine and the
protection OF our shipping in the foreign
carrying trade, so that American ships-the
product of American labor, employed in
American ship yards, sailing under the
stars and stripes, and manned, officered
and owned by Americans-may regain the
carrying of our foreign commerce.
Money.
Ihe republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. 1t caused the enactment of
the law providing for the resumption of
specie payments in 1870: since then every
dollar has been as good as gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit of our country. We
are therefore opposed to the free coinage
of silver. except by international agree
ment with the leading commercial nations
OF the world, which we pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement can be
oo'aiheo' 'he eAisths soid STANDARD must
be preserved. All our silver and paper
currency must be maintained at parity
with gold, and we favor all measures de-
signed to maintain inviclably the obliga-
tions of the United States and all our mon
ey, whether coin or paper at the present
standard, the standard-of the most enlight-
ened nations of the earth.
Pensions.
The veterans of the Union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gen.
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