Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-09-16

| themselves to the destruction Of the Iro-
seStiye principle In The tariff sIlia using sing ds
permitting this principle to obtain H.
even the smallest degree.
Every class OF our people Is beneflte
| ~ the protective tariff. During te last
export trade Of this country grow faster
than ever In our previous history. The
manufacturer could not Issp his factory
tarff. The wage-worker would do well
| to remember that II protection is rob.
| berry" and Is to be punished accordingly,
w she BE he the viii Fs St to Pey hs .n
ly. or his wages will be cut down to the
starvation point As, conclusively- shown
| by the bulletins of the bureau Of labor,
wage received by the wage-worker has
this in. spite Of the continual shortening
ings of tie worEingmen Of the country,
| as shown by the deposits in the savings
banks. have increased by leaps and
| or any other country has there been nm
era so productive Of material benefit
alike to workingman and employer, as
during the seven years that have just
| In the forty years ending In 1900 the
| total value Of farm property increased
| twelve and half billions of dollars: the
farmer gaining even more during this pc
over-production would have checked the
marvellous development Of our national
agriculture. but for the steadily increas-
ing demand of American manufacturers
Tor farm products required as raw ma
terlals for steadily expanding industries
~ Conditions change and the laws must
De modified from time to time to fit new
principle of protection. as 1t has been
embodied in all but one Of the American
tariff laws for the last forty years. has
| 10 ca hcrn
| ~ and widely spread. so advantageous
alike to farmers and capitalists and work
mgmen; to commerce and trade of every
kind. that the American people. il they
show their usual practical business sense,
| Will Insist that when these laws are
m2alilfd the they shall be modified with the
the friends and not the enemies Of the
| protective system. They scannot afford
to trust the modification to those who
treat protection and robbery as synony-
| nous terms.
In closing what have to say about
me system OF promoting American indus
! try let mo add word Of cordial agree
m n1,,,t with the policy Of in some way in
cluding within its benefits, by appropriate
legislation. the American merchant ma
| rine. It is not creditabie to us as a ma
t non 'n sho, our great export and import
In the hands of foreigners.
our opponents contend that the govern
ment Is now administered extravagantly.
of sSoooooco in 1907 there is "a defci TOT Of
more than s4oooo,Goo" in the year that
has just closed.
This deficit ts imaginary, and is OBJ
famed by including in the ordinary cur
rent expenses the sum Of fifty millions.
which was paid for the right of way OF
the Panama canal out Of the accumu-
a as Is surplus riras In the treasury. Compar-
for the two years, there was a surplus
Of nearly eighty millions for the YEAR
i s;9;,a and Of only little more than eight
B9t this hs dnut tnnt Of has rs Just
nual surplus was brought about design
eddy by. the abolition Of the war taxes
IN in, the interval between the two dates
the acts of March 2. 1901, and April 10,
| 1902 cut down the internal revenue taxes
to an amount estimated at one hundred
ana ana I'VE millions year. In other words,
siderably greater than the reduction in
the wal, with Spain there has been no
spnstant'nl ehange in the rate Of annual
ca year ending ii, June, 1901. for exam
PIE. the fiscal year that has just closed
showed showed. relatively small increase in ex-
| penclture excluding the canal payment
already referred to-; while the year pre-
vicus showed relatively small decrease.
The expenditures of the nation have
been managed in a spirit Of economy as
Illness: and in the future every effort will
be continued to secure an economv AZ
strict as Is consistent with efficiency.
the Philippine Islands. Here again gain we We
are confronted by the fact that their ir-
reconcila ape, diiferenees of opinion
eneate hfr 9eS
power, and their readiness, for the sake
of momentary political expectancy, tc
abandon the principles upon which they
puzzle us as to whether they do or do
not intend in good faith. to carry out
this promise if they are given control OF
the government.
If our opponents came into power and
attempted to carry out their promises to
the Filipnos by giving them independ-
ence and withdrawing American control
a frightful calamity to the Tllipinos
themselves, and in its larger aspect would
! amount to an International crime. An
archy would follow: and the most vio-
partly against the civil government. part
cational civilization. Bloody conflicts
and just as inevitably the islands would
in its own selfish interest took up the
task we had cravenly Abandoned
During the last five years more has
been done for the material and moral
well-being OF, the, FIliplnos than ever
before since the islands first came within
|
ed before them vista of orderly devel-
opment in their own interest. and not
a policy Of exploitation Every effort is
government, and they have already in
large measure received it. while for the
first time In their history their personal
anteed They are being educated; they
have been given schools; they have been
given libraries: roads are being built for
Their. use; their health is being cared
| y a OIL IN vxyhi ol>
they receive Justice as absolute as it Is
in our power to guarantee. Their In
dividual rights to life. liberty, and the
congress jealousy safeguarded under the
American flag; and If the protection OF
the flag were withdrawn their rights
would be lost, and the islands would b.
plunged back under some form of vicious
| tyranny.
The letter concludes: -
Alike as lawmakers and as admins
traitors Of the law we have endeavored
to do our duty in the interest Of the
all good citizens, in whatever part OF
the land they dwell. and whatever, may
be their occupation, or worldly condition
eousness and for national greatness; and
we have faith to believe that our hands
will be upheld by all who feel love OF
kind. We stand for enforcement Of the
law and for obedience to the law: our
| government Is government of orderly
liberty equally alient to tyranny and to
anarchy: and it's foundation stone Is the
observance of the law. alike by the peo-
pie and by the public servants. We
hold ever before us as the all-important
end of policy and administration the reign
| of peace at home and throughout the
world: Of peace, which comes only by
doing justice.
| Faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO BID.