Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
THEREPUBLICANPLATF !

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
lpriety OF the honest cooperation of
capital to meet our new business con-
ditions and especially to extend our
rapidly increasing foreign trade, but
we condemn all conspiracies and COM
binations intended to restrict business,
to create monopolies, to limit produc-
ton or to control prices, and favor
such legislation as will effectually re-
strain and prevent all such abuses,
protect and promote competition and
secure the rights Of producers, labor
Lers and all who are engaged in indus
try and commerce.
Reciprocity to Aid Labor.
4 We renew our faith in the policy OF
| protection to American, labor. In that
1 policy our industries have been estab-
4 lished, diversified and maintained. BY
protecting the home market the com
4 petition has been stimulated and pro-
duction cheapened. Opportunity to
i the inventive genius of our people has
1 been secured and wages in every
department of labor maintained
4 az HiShSi tIdteS, IuSAeT HOW
/ than ever before, always dis.
tinguishing our working people in
4 their better conditions of life from
those of any competing country. En-
joying the blessings OF American COM
mon schools, secure in the right of self
government and protected in the. occu-
pancy OF their own markets, their con-
Istantly increasing knowledge and skill
Ihave enabled them finally to enter the
i markets of the world
i We favor the associated policy of re-
Iciprocity SO directed as to open our
markets on favorable terms for what
we do not ourselves produce in return
for free foreign markets.
| Immigration and Convict Labor.
i In the further interest Of
American workmen, we favor q
more effective restriction oil
the immigration of cheap labor from
foreign lands, the extension of oppor-
Itunities of education for working chill
dren, the raising of the age limit for
'lchild labor, the protection of free labor
as against contract convict labor, and
an effective system of labor insurance.
II FOf AmAflCa0 commences $3.50 t
! Our present dependency upon foreign
shipping for nine-tenths of our for
eign carrying is a great loss to the
industry of this country. It is also a
serious danger to our trade for its sud-
den withdrawal in the event OF Euro
pean war would seriously cripple our
expanding foreign commerce. The ma
tional defense and naval efficiency of
this country, moreover supply COM
polling reason for legislation which
will enable us to recover our former
place among the trade carrying fleets
of the world.
! The Pension Laws
\ The nation owes debt Of profound
gratitude to the soldiers and sailors
who have fought its battles, and it is
the governments duty to provide for
the survivors and for the widows and
orphans of those who have fallen in
the country's wars. The pension laws,
founded on this just sentiment, should
be liberal and should be literally ad.
. ministered and preference should be
given wherever practicable with re-
Espect to employment in the public ser
vice to soldiers and sailors and to their
!, widows and orphans.
Civil Service in the Islands.
i We commend the policy of the re-
publican party in maintaining the eff
= cheney of the civil service. The ad.
ministration has acted wisely in its eff.
j fort to secure for public servicein Cuba
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine
islands by employing only those whose
fitness has been determined by training
and experience. We believe that en-
tployment in the public service in these
territories should be confined as far as
practicable to their inhabitants.
No Race DISCRIMINATION.
Il It was the plain purpose Of the if
teenth amendment to the constitution
to prevent discrimination on account
of race or color in regulating the cleo.
Z, tive franchise. Devices of state gov
ernments, whether by statutory or con-
stitutional enactment, to avoid the pur-
pose of this amendment are revolution
airy and should be condemned.
@ Good Roads.
\ Public movements looking to a
4peTmanenD improvement OF the roads
and highways of the country meet will
our cordial approval and we, recon-
mend this subject to the earnest con-
sideration of the people and Of the leg
islatures of the several states.
/ Rural Free Delivery.
We favor the extension Of
the rural free delivery service
wherever its extension may be
4 justified. In further pursuance
iof the constant policy of the re.
publican party to provide free homes
,on the public domain, we rec.
commend adequate national legis
|lation to reclaim the arid
lands of the United States, preserving
control of the distribution Of waite
for irrigation to the respective states
and territories
!, We favor home rule for, and til,
early admission to statehood OF the ter
ritories of New Mexico, Arizona ant
Oklahoma.
war Faxes to be Reduced.