Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-08

to enter at large upon the subject of
taxation. hope in the near future to
submit some observations on this
branch of the case / only desire in
these preliminary remarks to empha-
size the phenomenal success of the re-
publican party in Iowa since it resum-
ed control of the national government.
Not only has our party succeeded in
the management OF public affairs, and
at the polls, but it, has been equally
successful in maintaining harmony
within the ranks. The independent"
press has advertised rupture otter rup-
ture, and nursed and petted every dis
cordant note. 1t has been a tale-bear-
er as well as a tale-teller. If COM
plant could be coached or coaXed
from any republican. it has been
promptly published and featured
This should not be criticised. Unless
our party can be rent there is no hope
of democratic success, an end devout-
ly sought by all those who are not OF
us and with us. Boys who have no
sled of their own can usually be ex-
pected to sprinkle ashes where the
other fellows slide.. But there is no
split in sight 1t is the democratic
party that is divided. The boilers are
| those who come to us. There will be
no boiling republicans this year"
On National Issues.
| On national issues the governor said
in part:
1.-THE republican party, aside from
being the party of liberty and freedom
and equality of rights before the law,
has ever been devoted to the financial
;o1 i-fo 1f hn
try. 1t has believed and taught and
acted in harmony with the principle
that the, American people must have
markets. It has believed that the
farmer is practically hopeless when
compelled to send the bulk of his pro
duce abroad; and it has recognized
that unless labor is employed at
home there will be no one to consume
the product of the farm. 1t has taught
that the importer cannot grow rich
while the artisan remains idle. 1t has
known that the artisan will never
be able to provide Stalled beef, dairy
butter, and five bushels of wheat pei
capita for his family except when
wheels are turning and furnaces are
ablaze. 1t has never been class ere
ator or a. class discerner. 1t has made
no claims of being the special cham
pion of any particular interest except
the interest of the American people as
a whole. Therefore, it has protected
the home market. 1t has said to the
American producer, farmer and arti
san You shall have the advantage ov
err all of earth in supplying the wants
of the American Consumer.
Must Have a Market.
The same end must be pursued IL
the future as in the past. New condi
, lions may require modified policies
but policies, nevertheless, to the SAM
end, to-wit: Markets for American
production. Our people are now no
, only self-supporting, but they are Pre-
? ducing beyond their needs, so, Will
existing markets must not be surren
dered, trade privileges may safely b.
exchanged for similar advantages il
foreign ports. South American cour
, tries, exclusive of the republics wash
, ed by the Gulf of Mexico, have an ar
, nual import trade of $300,000,000, Q
which the United States receives blu
, twelve per cent. Most of our export
to these countries are in foreign bo
E toms, first to Europe, and thence t
i South American ports. The countrie
4 washed by the Pacific ocean have a
). annual import trade of 81 900, 100000,
b of which the United States gets BIT
v five per cent 1t is not a new polio
t upon which we are to enter. 1t is
, policy wholly consistent with the pas
$ and made expedient by existing cond
s. tons.