Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-06-26

ment aud prosperity. Ihls true
American policy taxes foreign
products and encourages home ln'
dustry; it puts the burden of reve-
nue on foreign goods; it secures the
American market for the American
products; 1t upholds the American
standard of wages for the American
working man; it puts the factory by
he side of the farm and makes the
American farmer less dependent
on foreign demand and price; it
diffoses general thrift and founds
the strength of all Oh the strength
of each. In its reasonable app!lca-
tiou it is just, fair and impartial,
equally opposed to rOreigu control
and domestic monopoly, to sec
tional discrimination and indl-
vidual favoritism.
We denounce the present demo.
cratic tariff as sectional inj jurlOus
TO the pubic credit and destruc.
tive to business enterprises. We
demand such an equitable tariff Ou
foreign Import which come Into
competition with American pro-
ducts as Will not only furnish ade-
quate revenue for the necessary
expenses OF the government, but
will protect American labor from
degradation to the wage level of
other lands. We are not pledged
to any particular schedules. I'll Q
question of rates is a practical
question, to be governed by Il @
conditions of the time and of pre-.
duction: the ruling and uncOmpIO.
misIng principle Is the protection
development OF American labor aud
industry. The country demands a
right settlement and then 1t wants
rest.
We believe the repeal of the
reciprocity arrangements negOti-
ated by The last republican ad-
ministratiOn was national cdldm-
ity, and we demand their renewal
aud extension on such terms as
will equalize our trade with other
nations, remove the restrictions
which now obstruct the sale OF
American products in the ports OF
other countries, and secure el'
larged markets for the products OF
our farmers, forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity ar
twin measures of republican policy
and 90 hand in hand. Democratic
rule has recklessly struck down
both, aud both must be re.estab
lished.
Protection for what we produce;
free admission for the necessdrles
OF life which We do not produce;
reciprocal agreements of mutual
interests which gain open markets
tor us in return for our open mar
ket to others. Protection builds
up domestic industry and trade
and secures our own market for
ourselves: reciprocity builds up
foreign trade and 6nds an outlet
for our susplus.
We condemn the present admin
stratlon for not keeping faith With
the sugar producers of this country.
The republican party tavOrs such
protection as Will lead to the pro
ductiOn on American soil Of all the
sugar which the American peop g
use, and for which they pay other
countries more than 100000, 900
annually. =.
To all our products-tO those OF
the mine and the fields as well as
to those of tue shop and the fac.
tory, to hemp, to wool, the product
of the great industry of sheep
husbandry, as we'll as to the finish
ed woOlens of the mlll-we prOmh g
the most ample protection.
We favor restoring the early
American policy Of discriminating
duties TOR the upbuildlng OF our
merchant marine and the protec-
ton of our shipping In the foreign
carrying trade 80 that American
sbips-tbe product of Amerlcun
labor employed in American ship
yards, sailing under the Stars and
Stripes aud manned, officered and
owned by Amerlcdns-may regain
the carry ing of our foreign com
merce.
The republican party Is unreser-
vedly ior sound money. 1t caused
the enactment Of this law provid.
lug for the resumption of specie
pa, ments in 1878; 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 ree coinage of
silver except by International
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