Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-18
POLITICAL STRAWS.
Great Interest 10 Today's Con-
vention in Iowa.
Herrick, Dick and Cox Combination
Control Ohio Situation.
Hearst Carries California by Majority
Of 10 Votes.

Des Moines, May 1:.-With the
stand Pat" element OF the party firm
~ in the saddle. the only problem
which arises before the Republican
State Convention which will meet in
this city, tomorrow, is the nature of
The platform which will be adopted.
1t is certain it will contain a plank
strongly endorsing the protective prin-
ciple. Just what the attitude on re-
ciprocity shall be is still a debatable
question. 1t now seems probable that
the convention will adopt a declaration
referring all matters Of tariff revision
to the National Convention in Chicago.
Particular interest is taken in the
attitude OF the party at this time, as
Iowa is the home of Gov. Cummins,
chief advocate of the Iowa idea, and
because the "stand patters' are now
in complete control Of the State for
the first time in several years. There
now seems little likelihood that the
compromise platform Of the past two
years will be adopted again, tomor-
row.
1t is generally conceded that Sena-
tors Allison and Dolliver, Gov. Cum
Minis and J. w. Blythe will be named
as delegates-at-large to the National
Convention.
Secretary Leslie NJ. Shaw and Con-
gresham w. p. Hepburn and w. I.
Smith addressed the Polk county Re-
publican Club. this evening. Secretary
Shaw spoke in part as follows:
So much is being said just now about
the Importance of the foreign market
that I desire to speak at this time Of
the Importance of the home markt,
and to defend the Republican policy
as the creator if this home market, and
to show the Importance of continuing
the Republican party in power as tn"
protector Of home market.
The productive capacity of the Amer
lean people without counting duplica
tions, is about $11 .OOO. O0O, 600 per annum.
This does not include corn and fat
cattle but does include corn and the
increased value of cattle caused by
feeding. 1t does not include both raw
cotton and manufactured cotton. but
does include raw cotton and the in
creased value thereof produced at the
factory. OF this net product (S1l .GtT0.
ONO, OOO) we export in round numbers
81, SOC, 100000 and we import in round.
numbers 81 1000. 100000. We therefore
consume $10.5G0, 100000 per annum.
There is no other such market on the
earth as that market which has been
built by and is now dependent upon
the protective tariff.
But that Is not all. The last census
gave the output Of the American farm
as 4 little less than $4,000. 100000, and
the cross product of our manufactures
Of $4,000. 00G. 900. Where do these factor
les get their raw material from which
they produce $13, 000 000.0 600 in finished
products? The census shows that they
get eighty per cent of 1t from the
American farm. Where does the Amer
lean farmer sell his $4,000 0O.O 600 OF
farm products? The census shows that
he sells more than one-half OF 1t TO
the American manufaC tErer and In adj
dition he feeds six million operatives
in the factories. Our internal commerce
is estimated at so, 900, 100000. an amount
in excess of the export trade Of every
country on the map plus the import
trade Of the world.
Our Democratic friends. however. &C.
nv the wisdom of developing this homo
market. They have always claimed 1t
was taxing the many in the interest
of the few and therefore inherently
wrong, and they have even gone SO
far as to declare it unconstitutional.
There are reasons for the existence OF
q protective tariff now that did not
exist when freight rates from foreign
countries were four times as high as
ut present and when the time con-
sumed in ocean transit was five times
as great.