Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-06-29


States within the area of cultivation.
we have reorgonized the army and
put it in the highest state of efficiency
We have passed laws for the i'm.
provement and support of the militia
I'VE have pushed forward the build.
ing of the navy, the defence and pro.
lection OF our honor and our interests
Our administration OF the great de.
partmentS OF the government has beer
honest and ficient, and wherever
wrong-doing has been discovered, the
Republican administration has not hes.
itated to probe the evil and bring OF.
tenders to justice, without regard tc
party or political ties.
Trust Regulation.
Laws enacted by the Republican
party, which the Democratic party fail.
ed to enforce, and which were intended
for the protection of the public against
the unjust discrimination or the illegal
encroachment of vast aggregations ol
capital. have been fearleSSly enforced
by Republican President: and new
laws, insuring reasonable publicity as
TO the operations OF great corporations
and providing additional remedies for
the prevention OF discrimination in
freight rates, have been passed by o
Republican Congress.
In this record OF achievement dur
ing the past eight years may be read
the pledges which the Republican party
has fulfilled. We promise to continue
these policies, and we declare our con-
stant adherence to the following prin-
ciples
Principles Declared.
Protection, which guards and de-
velops our industries. is cardinal
policy of the Republican party. The
measure OF protection should always
at least equal the difference in the cost
OF production at home and abroad
We insist upon the maintenance of the
principles of protection. and. therefore.
rates of duty should be readjusted only
when conditions have so changed that
the public interest demands their al
teration. hut this work cannot safely
be committed to any other hands than
those OF the Republican party. To en-
trust it to the Democratic party is to
invite disaster. Whether. as in 1892
the Democratic party declared the pro
tective tariff unconstitutional, or
whether it demands tariff reform or
tariff revision, its real object is always
the destruction OF the protective sys-
tenn. However speciOus the name. the
purpose is ever the same. Democratic
tariff has always been followed by bust
ness adversely; Republican tariff.
by business prosperity. To a Republi-
can Congress aud Republican Presi-
dent this great question can be safely
intrustcd. When the only free trade
country among the great nations agi-
tates Il return to protection. the chief
protective country should not fater
in maintaining it,
'Wc have extended widely our for
eign markets. and we believe in the
adoption of all practicable methods for
their further extension. including COM
mercial reciprocity wherever reciprocal
arrangements can be effected con
sistent with the principles of protec-
tion and without injury to American
agriculture, American labor or any
American industry.
The Gold Standard.
eve believe it to be the duty Of tho
Republican party TO uphold the gold
standard and the integrity and value
OF our national currency. The main
tenance OF the gold standard. estab-
lished by the Republican party. can
not be safely committed to the Demo
cratic party, which resisted its
adoption. and has never given any
proof since that time OF belief in ii or
fidelity to it,
While every other industry has
prospered under the fostering aid of
Republican legislation, American ship
ping engaged in foreign trade in COM
petition, low wages and heavy subsidies
OF foreign governments. has not for
many years received from the govern
ment of the United States adequate on
couragement OF any kind We. there
fore favor Iepiclatinp uhich will
courage and build up the American
merchant marine. and we cordially ap-
prove the legislation of the last Con-
gress which created the merchant ma
rine commission to investigate and re-
port upon this subject.
Maintaining the Navy.
"a navy powerful enough to defend
the United States against any attach.
to uphold the Monroe doctrine and
to watch over our commerce. is essen
tial to the safety and the welfare OF
the American people. To maintain
such a navy is the fixed policy of the
Republican party
I'VE cordially approve the attitude
of President Roosevelt and Congress
in regard to the exclusion of Chinese
labor. and promise a continuance OF
the Republican policy in that direc
ton.
The civil service law was placed
on the statute books by the Republi-
can party. which has always sustain
ed ii, and we renew our former declar-
ations that it shall be thoroughly and
honestly enforced.
I'VE are always mindful of the
country's debt to tha soldiers and
sailors OF the United States. and we
believe in making ample provision for
them, and in the liberal .administra-
ton of the pension laws.
I'VE favor the peaceful settlement
of international difficulties by arbitra-
ton.
I'VE commend the vigorous efforts
made by the administration to protect