Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-24

/ therefore of our business and Industry
nents last o6tained power nf it was was e on
Pi 1ndOt,o eSIarlng protective tariff
TINS declaration into practice one of
the causes Of the general national pros
protective tariff is either .'unconstitu-
5 TionaI,' or -robbery. then it is just as
unconstltutlonal. just as much robbery,
| to revise it down. still leaving it protec-
words yoe as d 1T would be to enact it In other
themselves to the destruction of the pro-
which i honestly used forbid them from
perm1tting this principle to obtain in
y the protective tariff. During the last
trade of this eonntrR Ha grow eeh atee
than ever in our previous history. The
running if it were not for the protective
tariff The wage-worker would do well
berry" and is to be punished accordingly.
ne re VII be the first to pay the penalty:
y, or his wages will be cut down to the
b bX t point AS copclusively shown
W Tne purchasing reaa5Sadg power of the average
grown faster than the cost of living and and
u ms IN spite of the continual shortening
gs of the workingmen Of the eeun nay-
as SHOWN by the deposits in the savings
bounds. At no time in the history of this this
or any other country has there been an
ankle to workingman and employer. as
curing the seven years that have Just
The farmer has benefited quite as much
as the manufa cturer. the merchant and
impressive fact established by the last last
ceensus is the wide and even distribution
81 attn among all classes of our coun-
trymen. The chief agencies in produc-
census to be the development of manu-
Iactures, and the applieatio of new in
ventions to universal use.
In the forty. years. ending in 1900 the
Twelve and q ba ar bq1t property Increased
ROD than the manufacturer. Long ago
marvellous development of our national
agrcplture. but for the steadily increas-
for farm products required as raw ma |
terlals for steadily expanding Industries.
be modified from time to time to fit new
exigencies- But the genuine underlying
embodied in all but one of the american
W VIII avs o. Tor the last forty years. has
~ and widely spread. so advantageou. |
ingmen to commerce and traSe an of YORK YORK
k ha1 Ihat the American people, if they |
will insist that when these laws are
noolIled they shall be modified with the
the friends and not the enemies of rbs
Plot t system They cannot afford |
treat Protection and robbery as synony-
., In closing what have to say about
the system Of promoting American indus
Try let ne add word of cordial agree
Guiding within its BENEFITS, by appropriafe
rige f T, r. the American merchant ma
trade th shon 1dr great export and import
in the hands of forefgner rsn exclusively
our opponents contend that the govern
and II that whereas there was "a surpI,ss
o. sso'ogoOoO in 1907 there is "a deficit OF
more t,, than go 600 Ooo'' in the year thai
. This de, deficit is imaginary. and is OBJ
expenses the sum ' of 3ffana mIl, cnr
winch was paid for the right of way OF
lated Ia surplus in the treasury. compar.
ing ing the current or ordinary expendifpres
Of nearly eighty millions for the Surplus Tea,
I Ig9i,a and Of only a little more than eight
closed But this dfminutio ont of ha tSe just aust
e nHs hV rP Pb brought about design
in in the interval between the two dates
1 rn e aets dawn OF March are 1901 and April z
and az i've ano Millions estimated at one hundred
the reduction of taxation has t' been ~o con
s1derably greater than the reduction ir
the With gpain f Sieee h 5as s sfese
substantial change in the rate of ANNA
cal year ending in June. isoi. for 'e Exams ms
PIE, me hscal year that has just closed
pendi5ure excluding the canal payment
a s,ireaa referred to- while the year pre-
The expenditures of the nation have
peen Ihanag ed IN a spirit of economy as
Tar removed from waste as from niggard.
illness: and in the future every efforf viii
be continued to secure an economy os |
strict as is consistent with efficiency
our opponents promise Independence tc
are confronted by the fact that fbeir fre
reconcilable differences of Opinion
.1ffno o themselves, their proved inability
power. and their readiness for the sal-e
of momentary political expediencv fo !
a bandon the principles upon which they
nave insisted as essential. conspire tc
puzzle US as to whether they do or dc ,
not intend in good faith to carry Out .
THIS promise if they are given control OF
II our opponents came into power and
ATTEMPTED to carry out their promises to
the F1lIpinos by giving them independ-
from the islands. the result would he
a frightful calamity to the Filininos ,
themselves. and in ;ts larger aspect Would
arehy would follow; and the most VIC Z
lent anarchic forces would he Iiracte6
partly against the civil government part
cational civilzati ton 7 Bloody confiicts .
would inevitably ensue in the archipeIa 90 |
and Just as inevitably the islands would I
IN its own selfish interest took mn tbe
TASK We had cravenly Abandoned
During the last five years more hasI
been done for the material and moral
before since the islands first came within =
he ken of civilized man We have open L
"a before them a vista of orderly deveI- 1
'pment in their own interest. and not :
policy of exploitation. Every EFFORT is
oeing made to fit the islanders for self {
government and they have already in :
irst time in their history their PERSONAL G
tights and civil liberties have been guar 4
inteed They are being educated: they
rave been given schools: they have been t
,1ven libraries roads being h11jIf 70, =