Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-25

ministered it with unparalleled success and
prosperity. And In this connection We heart
lily indorse the wisdom, the patriotism, and
the success OF the administration OF President
Harrison.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance Ia
the policy OF protection as the bulwark of
American industrial independence and the
foundation CT American development and pros
pcrity This true American policy taxes for
eign products and encourage homes industry; il
puts the burden Of revenue on foreign goods,
II secures the American market for the Ameri-
can producer; 1t upholds the American stand
ard Of wages for the American workingmani
IL puts the factory NY the side OF the farm and
makes the American farmer less dependent
on foreign demand and price II dinuses gen
eral thrift and POUNDS the strength OF all on
the strength Of each. In fits reasonable appli-
cation 1t is just fair and impartial, equally
opposed 10 foreign control and domestic mo-
nopoly, to sectional discrimination and indi-
vidual fsVoTitl~m
We dcuouncr tho present democratic tarin
as scctiousl, injurious to the public credit and
destructive 10 business enterprise. We de-
mand such an equitable tarin on foreign inn
ports " mich come into competition with Amer
lean products as will not only fur
nish adequate revenue FOR the nee
esSary expenses of the government, but will
protect American labor from degradation
to the wage level OF other lands We are moi
pledged to any particular schedules. Tn,
question OF rates is a practical question, 10 b,
governed by the conditions OF the time and o.
production; the ruling and uncompromisins
principle is the protection and development o.
American labor and industry. The country
demands right settlement, and then 1t want
rest
Protection and reciprocity are twin mess
urcs Of republican policy and so hand in hand
Il H. 81 a
both, and both must be re-establishcd. Pro
lection for what we produce; free admission
for the necessaries Of life which we DO no
produce, reciprocal agreements OF mutual In
| terest which gain open markets for US in re
| turn for our open market 10 others Protec
tion builds up domestic industry and trade
and secures our own markets for ourselves
| reciprocity builds up foreign trade and tndi
an outlet Tor our surplus
We condemn the present administration 10
not keeping faith with the sugar producers q
this country. The republican party favor
such protection as will lead TO the production
on American soil OF all tho sugar which tn,
American people use, aud for which they pa!
other countries moro than 500, 100000 an
nually.
To all our products-to those OF the min,
and field as well as TO those OF the shop an,
fActory-to hemp, To wool, the product OF TIT
| great industry 81 sheep husoandry, rs well Al
| 10 the finished woolens of the mill, we promise
the most ample protection.
| We favor restoring the early American pol
| icy OF discriminating duties for the up-build
| ing OF our merchant marine and the protection
| Of our shipping in the foreign carrying trade
| 80 that American ships tho product OF Amer
| lean labor. employed in American shipyards
| sailing under the stars and stripes and man
ned, ofricered and owned by Americans
regain the carrying OF our foreign commerce
L. q,
| sound money. II caused the enactment of tn
| law providing Tor the resumption 'oi spcci
paymeats in 1872, since then every dollar ha
| been as gold.
We are unaltersbly opposed TO every meas
ure calculated TO dehase our currency or im
pair the credit OF our country. We are there
| fore opposed 10 the free coinage Of ser ex
cept by international agreement with tn
| leading commercial ratioLo OF The world
| which HleAg~ lur~rt|.. - promote, an
| until r.r1 ar-r at an be oh
fy-i-svt. ne cNistiay stsnIard must b
| preserved A.. ola 81. - I paper currenc
| must be m utainec at parity with gold an
| we favor al. measures designed TO maintai
| inviolably the obligations Of the United State
and all our money, whether coin or paper, a
| the present standard, the standard Of the mos
| enlightened nations Of the earth
The veterans OF the union armies deserv
| and should receive fair treatment and gener
Gus recognition Whenever practicable the
should be given the preference in the matte
OF employment, and they are entitled to tn
enactment Of such laws as are best calculate
| 10 secure the fulhllment OF the pledges mad
| to them in the dark days OF the country
peril We denounce the practice in the pen
sion bureau. so recklessly and unjustly car
| ried on by the present administration of re
ducing pensions and arbitrarily droppin
names from the rolls. as deserving the &c
verest condemnation OF the American peopl,
Our foreign policy should be at all time
| firm, vigorous and dignifed, and all our inter
ests in the western hemisphere CAREFUL
watched and guarded The Hawaiian island
should be controlled by the United States an
no foreign power should be permitted to inter
fere with them; the Nicaragua canal shout
be built. owned and operated by the Unite
States: and by the purchase OF the Danish is
lands We should secure a proper and niue
needed naval station in the West Indies
The massacres in Armenia have aroused tn
deep sympathy and just Indignation OF IN
American people, and we believe that IN
United States should exercise all the infiu
ence il can properly exert 20 bring thes
| atrocities TO an end In Turkey America
residents have been exposed 10 the graves
dangers and American property destroye
| there, and everywhere American citizens an
American property must be absolutely pre-
tected at all hazards and at any cost.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in it's fu
extent, and we reafnrm the right OF the Unite
States to give the doctrine effect by respond
ing to the appeals OF an American state fo
friendly intervention in case OF European en-
and shall not interfere with 'he exist
- -.uropca. -7yty a
their possessions mu
Il be extended We lou