The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-21

Will never tolerate the chicago pat
form.
We recognize the necessity and pro-
priety of the business cooperation OF
capital to meet new business conditions
and especially to extend our rapidly IN
creasing foreign trade, but we condemn
all conspiracies and combinations in
tended to restrict business, to create
monopolies, to limit production, or to
control prices, and favor such legisla-
ton as will effectively restrain and pre-
vent all such abuses, protect and pro-
mote competition and secure the rights
of producers, laborers, and all who are
engaged in industry and commerce.
We renew our faith in the policy OF
protection to American labor, In that
policy our industries have been estab-
lished, diversified, and maintained. BY
protecting the home market, compe-
tition has been stimulated and produc-
ton cheapened. Opportunity for the IN
ventive genius of our people has been
secured and wages in every department
of labor maintained at high rates, high
er now than ever before and always
distinguishing our working people IN
their better conditions of life from those
of any competing country. Enjoying the
blessings of the American common
school, secure in the right of self-gov-
eminent and protected in the occupan-
cy 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 re-
ciprocity so directed as to open our
markets on favorable terms for what
we do not ourselves produce, in return
| for free foreign markets.
| In the further interest of American
workmen we favor a more effective re-
| striction of the immigration of cheap Ia
| Dor from foreign lands, the extension OF
| opportunities of education for working
| children, the raising of the age limit for
| child labor, the protection Of free labor
| as against contract convict labor, and
an effective system of labor insurance.
| Our present dependence upon foreign
| shipping for nine-tenths of our foreign
| carrying Is great loss to the Industry
| of this country. 1t is also serious
| danger to our trade, for its sudden WITH
| drawal in the event of European war
would seriously cripple our expanding
| foreign commerce. The national de-
fence and naval efficiency of this coun
| try, moreover, supply compelling rea-
| son for legislation which will enable us
| to recover our former place among the
| trade-carrying fleets Of the world.
| The nation owes a debt of profound
gratitude to the soldiers and sailors
| who have fought it's battles and 1t 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 in this just sentiment should
be liberal, and should be literally adj
! ministered and preference should be
| given wherever practicable with respect
| to employment in the public service to
soldiers and sailors and to their widows
and orphans.
| We commend the policy of the republi-
can party in maintaining the efficiency
of the civil service. The administration
| has acted wisely In its effort to secure
for public service in Cuba. Porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippine Islands only
those whose fitness has been determined
| by training and experience We believe
| that employment in the public service
| In these territories should be confined
as far as practicable to their inhabit-
ants.
| 1t was the plain purpose of the fif-
| teenth amendment to the constitution to
prevent discrimination on account of
race or color In regulating the elective
! franchise. Devices of state governments,
whether by statutory or constitutional
enactment, to avoid the purpose of this
amendment are revolutionary, and
should be condemned.
| Public movements looking to a per-
manent improvement of the roads and
highways of the country meet with out
| cordial approval, and we recommend
| this subject to the earnest consideration
of the people and of the legislatures of
| the several states
| We favor the extension of the rural
| free delivery service wherever it's extern
sion may be justified
| In further pursuance of the constant
policy of the republican party to provide
| free homes on the public domain We
recommend adequate national legisla-
| ton to reclaim the arid lands of the
United States, reserving control of the
distribution of water for irrigation to
the respective states and territories.
We favor home rule for and the early
admission to statehood Of the terrific
ries of New Mexico, Arizona and Okla
homa.
The Dingley act, amended to provide
sufficient revenue for the conduct of the
war, has 30 we'll performed its work that
1t has been possible to reduce the war
debt in the sum of $40,000,000. So ample
are the governments revenues and so
great is the public confidence in the in
tegrity of its oblga tons that it's newly
funded 2 per cent. bonds sell at a pre-
MUM The country IS now justified In
expecting, and it will be the policy of
the republican party to bring about a
reduction of the war taxes.
We favor the construction, ownership,
control and protection of an isthmian
canal by the government of the United
States. New markets are necessary for
the increasing surplus Of our farm
products Every effort should be made
TO open and obtain new markets, espec-
ially in the Orient and the administra-
ton is warmly to be commended for its
successful effort to commit all trading
and colonizing nations to the policy of
the open door in China. In the interest
of our expanding commerce, we recon-
mend that congress create department
of commerce and industries in the
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