Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08
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PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
A Mastery Declaration OF Prlnol-
Piles that viii Insure Victory.

lNllbuul NDuNtullblls uIltUllllB lOI lHt |
popular and historical justification of
their claims TO the mntchlcss achieve |
ments of thirty years of Republican rule, |
earnestly and confidently address them |
selves to the awakened intelligence, eX-
perience and conscience of their country
men in the following declaration of facts
and principles:
For the first time since the Civil War
the American people have witnessed the
calnmitous consequences of full and un-
dcstricted Democratic control of the
governments 1t has been Il record of
unparalleled incapacity, dishonor and dis
nster. In administrative management 1t
has ruthlessly sacrificed indispensable
revenue, entailed an unccasing dchcit,
ckcd out ordinary current expenses with
borrowed money, piled up the public debt
by $2G2, ,0000 600 in time of peace, forced
an adverse balance of trade, kept a per-
pctual menace hanging over the redemp-
tion fund, pawned American credit to
alien syndicates and reversed all the
measures and results of successful Re
publican rule. In the broad effect of its
policy it has precipitated panic, blighted
industry and trade with prolonged de-
preston, closed factories, reduced work
and wages, halted enterprise and crippled
American production, while stimulating
foreign production for the American
market. Every consideration of public
safety and individual interest demands
from the hands of those who have shown
themselves incapable TO conduct il with
out disaster at home and dishonor abroad,
and shall be restored to the party which
for thirty years administered it with un-
equalcd success and prosperity, and in
this connection we heartily indorse the
wisdom, patriotism and success of the
administration of President Harrison.
Protection Is Roahirmed.
NTn ,n1 Il oil
nncc to the policy of protection as the
bulwark of American industrial indie
pendencc and the foundation of Ameri-
can development and prosperity. This
true American policy taxes foreign prod
ucts and encourages home industry; it
puts the burden of revenue on foreign
goods: il secures the American market
for the American producer; il upholds
the American standard of wages for the
American workingman; it puts the fac
tory by the side of the farm, and makes
the American farmer less dependent on
foreign demand and price; it diffuses
general thrift and foundS the strength of
all on the strength of each. In its reason
able application it is just, fair and i'm
partial, equally opposed TO foreign con-
troll and domestic monopoly, TO sectional
discrimination and individual favoritism.
We dcnounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional, in furious to the pub
lie credit and destructive TO business en-
tcrprise. We demand such an equitable
tariff on foreign imports which come into
competition with American products as
will not only furnish adequate revenue
for the necessary expenses of the gov
ernment, hut will protect American la
bor from degradation TO the wage level
of other lands. We are not pledged to
any particular schedules. The question
of rates is Il practical question, to he
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 Il right
settlement and then it wants rest
Protection and Reciprocity.
We believe the repeal of the reciproci-
ty arrangements negotiated by the last
Republican administration was n nation
al calamity, and we demand their re-
newal and extension on such terms as
will cqualize our trade with other ma
tions, remove the restrictions which now
obstruct the sale of American products
in the ports of other countries and secure
enlarged markets for the products of our
farms, forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin
measures of Republican policy and go
hand III hand. Democratic rule has rcck-
lessly struck down both, and both must
be re-establishcd. Protection for what
we produce; free admission for the nee
cssaries of life which we do not produce;
.h;pi ruhS;pLoeu, "sreeiiihts ol mutual interests
.' WnicH sn,n open markets ior us III re-
tuat; tuaH ior , ONT open ilarket 10 DINERS. FRO,
tcc,ion puiius UP uomesuc industry ana
ourselves: rcciDrocity builds nm foroign
trade and finds an outlet for our sur
plus.
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sugar A.'''""e e'"'e".
We condemn the Droscnt administro m =
tion for not keeping faith with the sugar
producers Of this country. The Repub-
lcan party iavors such protection as will
lead TO the production on American soil
of all the sugar which the American peo.
pie use, and for which they pay other
countries more than $lOO,OOO,OO0 annual
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American Products Favored.
To all our products-to tboso of tho
mine and the field, MS we'll MS to those of
the shon and tbc factorvNto bamn 70
wool the product of the rreat indpst strv Nv
of ebonr bmshondrr &c I'll ~ i'a"sus ~