, 1896-09-25

bulwarf Of an American industrial In
dependence and the foundation OF
American Development and prosperity.
This true American policy taxes for
eiSn products and encourages home
industry. and ii puts the burden of
revenue on foreign goods it secures the
American market for the American
producer: 1t upholds the American
Standard Of wages for the American
w~orkingmcn; it puts the factory by the
can farmer less dependent on foreign
demand and price; it diffuses general
thrift, and POUNDS 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-
.rol and domestic monopoly. to section
al discrimination and Individual favor
itiSm.
We ]denounce the present democratic
tariff as sectional, injurious to public
credit and destructive to business en-
terprise. We demand such an cQui-
table tariff IN foreign imports which
come into competition with American
products as will not only furnish ade-
Iulte revenue for the necessary eX-
ncnacs of the government. but will pro-
&c. american labor from degradation
"a The level of other lands. We are not
R1.fw1I -, nny nDr+f,r,l,, .,I,lnln,
Ihe question of rates is a practical
question, to be governed by the con-
Iitions of the time and production; the
ruling and uncompromising principle
is the protection an development of
American labor and industry. The
country demands a right settlement
and then it van rest.
RECIPROCITY.
We believe the repeal of the reel
prOcity arrangements negotiated by
;he last republican administration was
4 national calamity and We demand
their renewal and extension on such
terms as will cqualize our trade with
other nations, remove the restrictions
which now obstruct the sale of Ameri-
can 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 in hand. Democratic rule has
reckiessly struck down both. and both
must be re-cstablished. Protection for
what We produce; free admission for
the necossaries of life which We do not
produce; reciprocity agreements of
mutual interest which gain open mar
kets in return for our open markets to
Protection builds up domestic
and trade. and secures our
" market for ourselves; reciprocity
builds up foreign trade and finds an
for our surplus.
SUGAR.
We condemn the present administra-
lion for not keeping faith with the
producers of this country. The
republican party favors such prOtcc-
ian rs will load to tho ,ro5uo.ior
American soil of all the sugar which
the American people use, and for
which they pay other countries more
than 500. 600, 900 annually.
WOOL AND WOOLENS.
To all our products-to those of the
mine and field as well as those of the
shop and fac.ory-tO hemp. to wool
Ne product Of the great industry of
sheep husbInGary. as well as to the fin
ished WOUlens of the miIl-wc promise
IIe most ample protection.
We favor restoring the early Ameri-
can policy Of discriminating duties for
the unfolding of our merchant marine
and the protection Of our shipping in
in the foreign carrying trade.
50 American ships-the product of
American labor. employed in American
shipyards, 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 unreseryedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re-
sumption of specie payments in 1879;
since then every dollar has been as
good as gold. We are unalterabIy on