The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Text Of Declaration of Princi-
pies Adopted by the Ma
tional Convention.

III A1 ~ AA~ bbA~N y
assembled by their representatives in ma.
tional convention, appealing for the pop.
plar and historical justification of their
claims to the matchless achievements of 80
years of Republican rule, earnestly and
confidently address themselves to the
awakened intelligence, experience and
conscience of their countrymen in the FOL.
lowing declaration of facts and principles;
Calamities Of Democratic Control.
For the first time since the Civil War
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences Of free and an
restricted Democratic control of the gov.
eminent. It has been a record of unpar.
alelled incapacity, dishonor and disaster.
In administrative management it has
ruthlessly sacrificed indispensable reye.
nue., entailed ar unceasing deficit, eked
out ordinary current expenses with Dor
ro&ed money, piled up public debt $780,
OOO,OOO in time of peace, forced an adverse
balance OF trade, kept a perpetual menace
hanging over the redemption fund, ptWned
American credit to alien syndicates and
reversed all the measures and results of
successful Republican rule. In the broad
effect OF its policy it has precipitated pallid,
bllghted industry aud trade with pro.
longed depression, closed factories, fa.
duced 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 de-
mands that the government shall he res.
cued from the hands of those who have
shownt themselves incapable to conduct II
without disaster at home and dishonor
abroad, and shall be restored to the party
which for thirty years administered 1t with
u~nequalled success and prosperity.
Renew Allegiance to Protection.
We renew and emphasize our allegiancH
to the policy Of protection as the bulwark
of American industrial independence and
the foundation of American deyelopment
and prosperity. This true American pol.
icy taxes foreign products and encourages
home industry; 1t puts the burden of
revenue on foreign goods; it secures the
American market for the American pro.
ducer; it upholds the American standard
of wages for the American w~orkingman:
it puts the factory by the side of the farm
and makes The American farmer less de-.
pendent on foreign demand and price; it
general thrift, and POUNDS the
strength OF all on the strength of each,
In its reasonable application, it is lust,
fair and impartial, equally opposed to
foreign control and domestic monopoly, to
sectional discrimination and individual
favoritism.
J We denounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional, injurious to the public
credit and destructive to business enter
prise. We demand such an equitable tariff
on foreign imports which come into com
petition with American products as will
not only furnish adequate revenue for the
necessary expenses Of tho government, but
still protect American labor from degrade
ton to the wage level Of other lands. We
are not pledged to any particular SEIZED.
ules. The question of rates Is u practical
question, to be governed by the conditions
OF the ti!ac and production; the ruling and
unconpromising principle is the protec-
fion and development of American labor
And industry. The country demands a
right settlement and then it wants rest.
Repeal of Reciprocity Wa CaIamitous.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Re
publican administration was n national
calamity, and we demand their renewal
and extension on such terms as will equal.
iZe our trade with other nations, remove
the restrictions which now obstruct the
sale of American products in the ports of
other countries and secure enlarged mar.
kets for the products Of our farms, forests
and factories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin
measures Of Republican policy and go
hand in hand. Democratic rule has reck.
1essly struck down both, and both must
be @ established.
protection for what we produce; free
admission for the necessaries of life which
we do not produce; reciprocal agreements
of mutual interests which gain open mar.
kets for US in return for our open markets
to others. Protection builds up domestic
industry and trade, and secures our own
market for ourselvesI reciprocity builds I'D
foreign trade and finds an outlet for our
surplus,
Protection For Sugar.
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 on American soil of all the
sugar which the American people use, and
which they pay other countries more
than Sloo,00O,00 0 annually.
Wool and woolens.
To all u products-to those of the
mine and the field as well as those of tn,
shop and the factory-to hemp, &c wool
the product Of the great industry of thu
sheep h~usbandry, as well as to the finished
woolens 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