The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-05
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MlLLERs' PLATFORM
70 tia electors Of thsss condC Con
gressional district Of MinneaotA:
Iahave fled o. q Repubaican Dan
lidate for congress in this 'diatrict
and will be candidate for thiS Of
flee at the next primary election.
I deem it proper for one who
seeks this ONCE to state fIr wAat he
stands, what he favors and what he
opposes concerning the chief tissue
in this contest, 70 that those who
vote may do SO intelligently.
+ list. I stand squarely upon, the
platform adopted by the last Repub-
lican National convention. .ss.' $:
End. 1believe in the '.R oosevelt
idea,' incorporated in the tariff
plank of our national platform,
enunciated by him in two messages
to congress and reiterated il his
speech of April, 1903, in Minneapo-
lis, that the true measure Of pro-.
lection is determined by ample
recognition of the difference u the
cost of production, here and
abroad. Protection sufficient to
give American industries an equal
show with foreign competitors on
the basis of sufficient profit to safe-
guard investment and to give 70 all
the factors in. production such
means of living and such opportun-
tiles for Improvement as are neces-
sary to the development Of people
fit to be American citizens, mOst be
maintained. Tariff in excess "a that
is ultra protection and ultra p1otec-
ton is unjust and unwise.
3rd. I hold that while the princi-
pie of protection is sacred tariff
rates are not infallible, and that
these rates should be changed as
often as existing conditions, iwhetn-
or growing out of the formation of
trusts or otherwise, render the
further continuance of the present
duty on any article unnecessary or
harmful or Inconsistent with the
true measure of protection % defin-
ed by President Roosevelt il our
D latform. When such conditions
arise then such duties are outside
the principles on which the Repub-
lien doctrine of protection stands.
Fidelity to and maintenance Of ex-
,sting schedules are not necessarily |
a part of Rebuplican doctrine. i
4th. believe that the time refer
red to in our National PLATFORM has
come when conditions have so
changed that the public interest de-
mands the alteration Of certainsrates
Of duty, not upward but downward. /
Our present congressman has chos-
en- deliberately to. stand with those
who would make on reduction OF
tariff duties, and has advanced on
them by declaring in his last tariff
speech that the next revision may
need to be upward not downward
and THAT revision upward can al
ways be undertaken safely The
issue thus formed I submit to the
Republican voters Of this district
for their thoughtful consideration
and decision. v-"
5th. The present tariff on lumber
is unnecessary and harmful and iss
inconsistent with the fundamental,
principle of protection. It serves.
only to strengthen com bination.
which is today putting burden on;
the home builder, retarding devel-
opment and Improvement, and
throwing mechanics out Of employ
ment, by exacting righteous pro-
fits on lumber, besides injuring and
endangering our agricultural inter
ests by depicting our forests.
9Th It follows from these prem
ises that favor the entire removal
Of the tariff on lumber and reduc-
ton of the duties on Commodities
such "a machinery. indictments and