Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-18

senator Teller
Every consideration of public safety ana
il dividual interest demands that the gov
eminent shall be rescued from the hands
of these who have shown themselves in
capable to conduct il without disaster at
home a:id dishonor abroad. ami shall lie
restored to the party which for thirty
years administered IL with unecualed SIC
cess and prosperity, and in this connection
We heartily indCrse the wisdom. patriotism
and the success of the administration of
President Harrison.
Tariff.
We renew and emphasize orr allegiance
to the policy of protection the bulwark
of American industrial independence and
the foundation Of American development
md prosperity This true American policy
taxes foreign products and encourages
home industry; it puts the burden of reve-
::ue on foreign goods: ii secures the Ameri-
can market for the American producer; Il
upd"lds the American standard OF wages
for the American workinGn4an: il puts the
factory by the side of the farm and makes
The American farmer less Gependent on
foreign demand and price; it llffGses gem
eral thrift and POUNDS the strength Of ali
on the strength of each. In its reasonable
application 1t is just, fair and impartial
equally opposed to foreign control and do
mestic monopoly, to sectional discrim!na-
ton and Individual favor.t,sIl..
We denounce the present democratic tar
iff as sectional. injurious to the public cred
II and destructive to business enterprise We
demand such an equitable tartr On foreign
Imports, which come into cornpettt on with
American products, will not only furnish
adequate he
rehses Of the government, out viii protect
American labor from degradation TO The
wage level Of other lands. We are not
pie ised To any particular schedules The
Question of rates is 4 rrac;i, al question
to ice governed by the conditions of the
time and of production; the ruling and uu-
compromising principle is the protection
and development of American labor ara
industry. The country demands right
settlement and then it wants rest.
Reciprocity.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last re-
publican administration was a national ca
lamity and demand their renewal and
extension On such terms as Will cqualize
cur trade with other nations remove the
restrictions whch>row obstruct the sale
of American products in the ports of other
countries. and secure enlarged markets for
the products OF car farms, forests AMI fac
tories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin
measures of republican policy and 40 hand
in hand. Democratic rule has recklessly
struck down both, and both must lie re-
established.
Protection for what VIC produce; free adj
N ssian for the neCessar.es of life when
W. do not produce: rcc:pr ocity agree ,neilts
of mutual interests which gain open mar
kets for us in return for our open market
20 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 pro-
ducers of this country. The republican
party favors such protection as will lead
to the production or American SOIL of all
the sugar which the American people use
and for which they pay other counties
more than sloo0ooooo annually
Wool and wooIcns.
To all market proiuo ts-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 sheep
husbandry. as well to the finished wool
ems of the mill-we promise the most ample
pr o;ec ton.
Merchant Marine.
We favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the up-
building of cur merchant marine and the
protection of our shipping i'm 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, Differed
and Owned by Americans-may regain the
carrying of our foreign commerce.
Money.
The republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. 1t caused the enactment of
the law providing for the resumption of
specie payments i'm 1879; since then every
dollar has been good as gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
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 pledge ourselves TO
promote, and until such agreement can be
obtained, the existing gold 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 inviolably the o5iiga-
lions 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