Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-15
THE POLITICAL ISSUES
TOPICS OF THE REPUBLICAN CAM.
PAIGN TEXT BOOK.
Reasons Given for Appealing for the
Support Of the Voters OF the
United States.

The leading subjects discussed by the re-
publican campaign text book of 1904 when
is about to be issued, are the tariff, pros
perity, labor wages and prices, trusts, Pam
anna canal, Cuba and Cuban reciprocity,
expansion and it's results, the Investigations
of the postal and land frauds and punish
ment of offenders, rural free delivery, irri-
CATION, the record of the republican party
and the record of Theodore Roosevelt.
1.-The four great facts it says. which
justified the republican party In ASKING the
support of the public in 1900 were: FIRST
that it's pledges of 1896 had been redeemed;
second that prosperity had come as
result; third, that developments since 1895
had shown the fallacy Of the principles
upon which the democracy then appealed
for public support and, fourth, the condi-
tions which had come to other parts OF
the world and their people as result or
promises fulfilled by the republican party IN
in the text book of 1900 have been fully
justified by the added experiences OF
another four years. The pledges OF 1850
and those made in 1900 have been redeemed.
The protective tariff has been restored; the
gold standard made permanent; Cuba freed
and given independence; the Panama canal
assured under the sole ownership and con-
troll of the United States; a Department
OF commerce anu LdUoI eSlduliSHSu, A"ieAA
free delivery given to millions of the agrl-
cultural community; the laws for the prop
er regulation of trusts and great corpora
tons strengthened and enforced; prosperity
established; commerce developed; LABOR
protected and given ample employment
and reward; intelligence, prosperity and
good government established In distant
islands, and the flag of the United States
made the emblem of honor in every part
of the world. All of these great accomplish
ments have been the work of the republican
party. In each Of them it has met the dis
couragement, the opposition. and the nos
tilites of the democracy. 1t is upon this
additional evidence of the past four years,
evidence that the republican party is the
party of progress, and the democracy the
party of inaction, retardment and fault
finding, that the republican party again
confidently appeals for public support In
the presidential and congressional elections
of 1904"
Following this introduction the book
takes up in consecutive order the tariff,
prosperity, trusts and industrial comblna-
tons. labor wages and prices the advance
in prices, the money question, the record
of Theodore Roosevelt, the Panama canal,
Cuba and Cuban reciprocity, expansion and
it's results. the record of the republican
party, the work of the departments undef
the Mckinley and Roosevelt administra-
lions, merchant marine, pension end PEN
sion laws, rural free delivery, irrigation,
public lands, and numerous other subjects
liable to be discussed in The coming cam
paign.
The Country's Prosperity.
Following the tariff chapter is a discus
sion of prosperity, showing the growth in
me- nufacturing, in wealth and in general
prosperity. the growth of savings banks and
general bank deposits, the increased de-
mand for the articles required In manufac-
turing and enlarged production Of the
ticles manufactured. the increase in agrf-
cultural products and in prices of farm
products, and the value of the factory to
the farmer.
The chapter on trusts discusses the legis-
lation enacted for their regulation, the REQ
ord of the two parties on this subject, the
existence of trusts in other countries and
especially in those having no protective
tariff, the relation of trusts to employment
wages and prices, the enforcement of law
for the proper control and regulation of
organizations of this character during the
various administrations and especially that
of President Roosevelt. the inefficiency Of
state legislation, the efficiency Of the ma
uonal legislation enacted and enforced by
the republican party, the Northern Securi
ties case, the work of the Department of
Justice and Of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, and the relation of the trusts
to the nomination Of the democratic candi-
date for President.
Every feature of the prospective COM
paign discussed is considered, and all
available information bearing upon these
subjects presented in such condensed form
DIS Is HtCtSSdiy lOI d puDICdtlOn OF thlS
character. The claim that the protective
tariff increases prices is met with facts
and figures from the economic history of
the United States and other countries, to
show the inaccuracy of the charge while
the relative prosperity of countries having
low and protective tariffs, respectively is
also indicated by official figures.
Wages and Prices.
The chapter on labor, wages and prices
is especially interesting and important
since 1t comprises figures from the recent
investigation of the bureau OF labor of the
Department of Commerce and Labor It
| indicates, as result of thorough official
investigation, that the advance in wages
during the past decade has been greater
| than the advance in the cost of living the
| figures being based upon retail prices the
prices which the public must pay for the
articles consumed while it is also shown
| that the rate of wages now being paid in
| the United States is higher than ever have
| been paid in this or in any other country
| The book also contains a sketch of the
| life and work of President Roosevelt and
| of Senator Fairbanks, discussion of the
| conditions in the island territories of the
| United States, the prosperity which has
| come to them under our control, the grow
| ing commerce between those islands and
4, the United States" etc; discussion on
| in the east a series of chapters on the
work of each of the executive departments
during the terms of Presidents Mckinley
| and Roosevelt and a chapter on the in
| vestigations into the postal frauds