The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-08-05

has been done in the immediate past.
We ask that sober and sensible men
compare the workings OF the present
tariff law and the conditions which
the preceding tarlr law of 1894 and
the conditions which that tariff or 1924
helped TO bring about.
IS to Reciprocity.
We believe In reciprocity with for
elgn nations on the terms outlined In
President McKinley's last speech.
which urged the extension Of our for
eiIn markets by reciprocal agree
ments whenever they could be made
without injury to American industry
and labor. 1t is a singular fact that
the only great reciprocity treaty re-
Gently adopted-that with Cuba-waS
finally opposed alone by the represen-
tatives of the very party which now
states that IL favOrs reciprocity. And
here again we ask that the worth OF
our words be judged by comparing
their deeds with ours. On THIS Cuban
reciprocity treaty there were at the
outset grave differences of opinion
among ourselves. and the notable
thing in the negotiation and ratthca-
ton of the treaty. and in the ieglsla-
ton which carried IL into effect, was
the highly practically manner in which
without sacrifice OF principle these dit
ferences of opinion were ~reconciled.
There was no rupture of a great party.
but an excellent practical outcome. the
result of the harmonious cooperation
of two successive presidents and two
successive congresses. This IL an IL
luStratiOn of the governing capacity
which entities us To the confidence OF
the people not only in our
but in our practical ability to achieve
those purposes. Judging by the history
of the last twelve years. down TO this
very month. is there justification for
believing tnat under similar circum-
stances and with similar initial differ
ences of opinion. our opponents would
have achieved any practical result?
We AVE already shown in actual
fact that our policy is To do fair and
heed to whether a man Is rich or poor,
paying no heed to his race, his creed.
or his birthplace.
Capital and Labor.
We recognize the organization Of
capital and the organization of labor
as natural outcOmeS of our Industrial
system. Each kind of organization Is
to be favored so long as it acts in u
spirit of justice and of regard for the
rights of others. Each is to be grant
ed the full protection of the law. and
Zach in turn is to be held to a strict
obedience to the law; for no man Is
above 1t and no man below 1t. The
humblest individual is to have his
rights ~safeguarded as scrupulously as
those of the strongest organization.
for each is to receive justice, no more
and no less. The problems with which
we have to deal in our modern indus
trial and social life are manifold; but
the spirit in which it is necessary to
approach their solution is simply the
spirit of honesty, Of courage, and of
common sense.
Irrigation and Canal.
In inaugurating the great work OF
irrigation in the west the administra-
ton has been enabled by congress to
take one of the longest strides ever
taken under our government toward
utilizing our vast national domain for
the settler, the actual home-maker.
Ever since this continent was dis
covered the need of the Isthmian canal
to connect the Pacific and the Atlantic
has been recognized: and ever since
the birth of our nation such Il canal
has been planned. AT last the dream
has become a reality. The lSthmian
canal is now being built by the gov
rnmen of the United States. We
conducted the negotiation for its con-
structiOn with the incest and most
~scrupulOuS honor. and in Il spirit of
the largest generosity toward those
through whose territory it was To-
run. Every sinister effort which could
be devised by the spirit of faction or
the spirit OF self-interest was made
in order to defeat the treaty with PAN
ANA and thereby prevent the cOnSum-
nation of this work. The cOnStruc-
ton of the canal is now an assured
fact; but most certainly 1T is unwiSe
to entruSt the carrying out of 50 mo-
mentous a policy to those who have
e~ndeavored TO defeat the whole under
taking.
our foreign policy has been so con
Quoted that, while not one of our just
claims has been sacrificed, our relations
with all foreign nations are now %
the most peaceful kind: there is not
a cloud on the horizon. The last cause
of irritation between us and any other
nation was removed by the settlement
of the Alaskan boundary.
In the caribbean sea we have MAJ ,
good our promises of independence 10
Cuba, and have proved our assertion
that our mission in the island was
one of justice and not of self-aggran-
dizement; and thereby no less than by
our action in Venezuela and PanamH
we have shown that the Monroe doc
trine is a living reality, designed for
the hurt of no nation but for the pro-
lection of civilization on the western
continent, and for the peace of the
world. Our steady growth in power
ening disposition to use this power
with strict regard for the rights OF
others. and for the cause Of interna-
tional justice and good will.
Desire Friendship of World.
We earnestly desire friendship with
all the nations OF the New and Old
Worlds; and we endeavOr TO place our
relations with them upO a basis OF
reciprocal advantage instead of hos
tility. We hold that the prosperity Of
each nation IS an aid and not a hin
drance TO the prosperity of other ma
tions. We seek International amity for
the same reasons that make US 10
lieve in peace within our own borders.
and we seek this peace not because we
are afraid or unready. but because We
think thai peace is right as well as
advantageous.
American interests in the Pacific
have rapidly grown. American enter
prise has laid d cable across this, the
greatest of oceans. We have proved
in effective fashion that We wish the
Chinese empire well and desire its in
tegrity and independence.
Our foothold in the Philippines
greatly strengthens Our position in the
competition for the trade of the east,
but we are governing the Philippines
in the interest OF the Philippine people
themselves. We have already given
them q large share in their govern
ment. and our purpose is to increase
this share as rapidly as they give evil
dence Of increasing fitness for the
task. The great majority of the Off
Gals of the islands. where elective or
appOintive. are already native Fill
pinOs. We are now providing for Il
legislative assembly. This is the first
step to be taken in the future. and
it would be eminently unwise to de-
clare what our next step will be until
this first step has been taken and tn.
results are manifest. To have gone
faster than we have already gone in
giving the islanders q constantly in
creasing measure of self-SOvernment
would have been disastrous. At the
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