The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN BOOK.
A Synopsis of What it Contains.

synopsis OF What 1t Contains.
The record of the Republican party
and the record of Theodore Roosevelt
are the leading subjects discussed by
the Republican campaign textbook OF
1904. which is just issued. The follow
ing is a synopsis of the book prepared
by the Republican campaign commit
tee:
''The four great facts" which justii-
ed the Republican party in asking the
support of the public in 1900 were first,
that its pledges of 1896 had been re-
deemed; second, that prosperity had
come as a result; third, that develop
ments since 1896 had shown the fallacy
of the principles upon which the De-
mocracy then appealed for public sup
port; and, fourth, the conditions which
had come to other parts of the world
and their people as a result of promises
fulfilled by the Republican party in
the United States. These assertions
made in the text book of 1900 have been
fully justified by the added experiences
of another four years. The pledges of
1896 and those made in 1900 have been
redeemed. The protective tariff has
been restored, the gold standard made
permanent, Cuba freed and given in
! dependence, the Panama canal assured
under the sole ownership and control
of the United States, a Department of
Commerce and Labor established, ru-
| raj free delivery given to millions of
| the agricultural communities, the laws
| for the proper regulation of trusts and
great corporations strengthened and
, enforced, prosperity established, COM
merce developed, labor protected and
given ample employment and reward,
| intelligence, prosperity and good gov
eminent established in distant islands
and the flag of the United States main
| tanned the emblem of honor in every part
| of the world. All Of these great accom-
plishments have been the work of the
Republican party. In each of them it
! has met the encouragement, the oppo-
sition and the hostilities of the Democ-
racy 1t is upon this additional evidence
| of the last four years, evidence that the
| Republican party is the party of prog
ress, and the Democracy the party of
| inaction retardment and fault finding
| that the Republican party again conf
IDENTIFY appeals for public support i'll the
! Presidential and Congressional cleo
| tons of 1904
Following this introduction, the
| book takes up in consecutive order the
tariff, prosperity, trusts industrial com
| binations, labor wages and prices, the
advance in prices, the money question,
| the record of Theodore Roosevelt, the
! Panama Canal, Cuba and Cuban reel
! procity, expansion and its results, the
! record of the Republican party, the
work of the departments under the Nc
| kinney and Roosevelt administrations,
merchant marine, pension and pension
| laws, rural free delivery, irrigation,
public lands and numerous other sub
| jects liable to be discussed during the
! coming campaign.
Following the tariff chapter is a dis
! cussion showing the growth in manu-
| featuring, in wealth, and in general
prosperity, the growth of savings banks
| and general bank deposits, the increas-
ed demand for the articles required in
manufacturing, and enlarged produc-
ton of the articles manufactured, the
increase in agricultural products and in
prices of farm products and the value Of
! the factory to the farmer
The chapter on trusts discusses the
legislation enacted for their regulation,
| the record of the two parties on this
subject, the existence of trusts in
| other countries and especially in those
of trusts to employment wages and
| prices, the enforcement of law for the
proper control and regulation of organ
/ izations of this character during the
| various administrations and especially
! that of President Roosevelt, the inetfi-
! cheney of state legislation, the efficiency
| of the national legislation enacted and
enforced by the Republican party, the
| Northern Securities case, the work OF
i the Department of Labor, and the rela-
| ton of the trusts TO the nomination OF
| the Democratic candidate for Presi-
| dent.
| Every feature of the prospective cam
| paign discussed is considered with
| frankness, and all available information
, bearing upon these subjects presented
| in such condensed form as is necessary
for publication of this character. The
! claim that the protective tariff increas-
es prices is met with facts and figures
from the economic history of the Unit
! ed States and other countries which
fully show the inaccuracy OF the charge,
while the relative prosperity of coun-
tries having low and protective tariffs
respectively is also shown from official
! figures. The chapter on labor, wages and
prices is especially interesting and i'm
portant since it comprises figures from
the recent investigation of the Bureau
of Labor of the Department of Com
MERGE and Labor. 1t shows beyond a
question, as result of thorough official
Investigation, that the advance in wages
during the last decade has been great
er than the advance in the cost Ct liv-
ing, the figures being based upon retail
prices, the prices which the public must
pay for the articles consumed, while it
is shown that the rate of wages now be-
ing paid in the United States is higher
than ever has been paid i'll this or in
any other country.
The book also contains sketch OF the
life and work of President Roosevelt
and of Senator Fairbanks, discussion
of conditions in the island territories OF
the United States, the prosperity which
has come to them under our control, the
growing commerce between those is
lands and the United States, etc, q
discussion on the remarkable success
of our diplomacy in the East" series
of chapters ON the work of each of the
executive departments during the terms
of President Mckinley and Roosevelt
and chapter on the Investigations in
to the postal frauds.
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