Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-06-28
promote competition and secure the rights Of
producers, laborers and all who are engaged In

promote competition ana secure the rlRuts on
producers laborers and all who are engaged In
industry and commerce
We renew our faith In the policy of protec-
Industries h ~ nave been % es,ablished % 9yersiSed % @
and maintained. BY protecting the home mar
ket the competition has been stimulated and
production cheapened. Opportunity TO the In
ventiye genius OF our people has been secured
and wages in every department OF labor main
tained ut high rates, higher now than ever be-
fore, always distinguishing our working peo-
pie In their better conditions OF life from those
OF any competing country Enjoying the bless
ings OF American common schools, secure In
the right OF Seif-goyefnment and protected In
the occupancy OF their own markets, their con-
stantly increasing knowledge and skill have
enabled them finally TO enter the markets OF the
world.
We favor the associated policy OF reciprocity
so directed as TO open our markets on favorable
terms TO what We DO not ourselves produce In
return for free foreign markets.
In the further interest of American worknen
we favor more elective restriction OF the i'm
migration Of cheap labor from foreign lands.
the extension OF opportunities OF education for
our children, the raise OF age init for child
labor the protection of free labor as against
contract convict labor, and an effective system
Our present dependence on foreign shipping
for nine-tenths of our foreign carrying is 0
is also serious danger 10 our trade for its SUD
den withdrawal in the event OF European war
would seriously cripple our expanding foreign
commerce. The national defense and naval
eficiency OF this country, moreover, supply q
compelling reason for leRislntisn which Will
enable us 10 recover our former place among
tine trade carrying fleets of the world.
The nation owes debt of gratitude to the
| soldiers and sailors who have fought its bat
| ties and II Is the governments duty 10 pro-
| vide for the survivors and for the widows and
| orphans of those who have fallen in the eoun-
| trys wars The pension laws founded In this
| just sentiment should be liberal
We commend the policy OF the republican
party in maintaining the efficiency OF the civil
| service,
| 1t was the plain purpose OF the fifteenth
! amendment to the constitution to prevent dis
| elimination on account of race or color In reg
| ulating the elective franchise, Devices OF
state governments. whether by statutory or
constitutional enactment TO void the purpose
OF this amendment are revolutionary, and
| should be condemned
Public movements looking to a permanent
/ improvement of the roads and highways OF thu
| country meet with our cordial approval, and VIZ
| recommend this subject 10 the earnest consid-
Grafton of the people and OF the legislatures O
the several states,
We favor the extension OF the rural free dc.
| livery wherever its extension may be justified
/ In further pursuance of the constant policy
| OF the Republican party to provide free homes
| on the public domain, we recommend ade
Quate national legislation to reclaim the arit
/ lands OF the United States, reserving contro
/ OF the distribution OF water for irrigation tc
the respective states and territories.
We favor home rule for, and the early nd
| mission to statehood of the territories OF New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
The Dingley act, amended to provide sumo
| Isn't revenue for the conduct OF the war, has 81
! well perfected its work that II has been posi-
BILE to reduce the war debt IN the sum OF $40,
! 600, ,0U0.
4 We favor the construction, ownership. con
| troll and protection OF an isthmian canal by tn
/ government OF the United States, New mar
| kets are necessary for the increasing surplu
| OF our farm products. Every effort should b.
made TO open and obtain new maj kets, espec
tally In the Orient, and the administration Is :,
be commended for its successful efforts TO com
| NIT all trading and eoontzing nations to tn,
/ policy OF the open door In China,
In the interest Of our expanding commerce
we recommend that congress create @ depart
ment of commerce and industrie S In the charg,
OF u secretary with seat In the cabinet.
| The American government must protect TIL,
! person and property of every citizen wheTeve
| they are wrongfullv violated or placed in peril
| President Mckinley has conducted the for
| eten affairs OF the United States with distin
| guished credit to the American people.
We approve the annexation Of the Hawaiian
| Islands to the United States.
We commend the part taken by our govern
ment In the peace conference at The Hague.
| We assert our steadfast adherence to tn,
| policy announced In the Monroe doctrine.
The provisions OF The Hague conference wer'
| wisely regarded when President Mckinle.