Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-30
PARKER'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.

tcnueu lney SnOulu nave and to which |
they have no moral right.
Even now the arguments most fire. |
quently urged in behalf of the Dingley
tariff and against tariff reform generally
as the necessity of caring for our infant
industries. Many of these industries,
AFTER 100 years of lusty growth, are
looming up as industrial giants. In their
case, at least, the Dingley tariff invites
combination and monopoly and gives JUS
LITIGATION to the expression that the tariff
is the mother of trusts
For the aforementioned reasons.
among many others, the people demand
reform of these abuses and such reform
demands and should receive immediate
attention. The people demand reform Of
existing conditions. Since the last Dem
ocratic administration the cost of living
has grievousy increased. Those having
fixed incomes have suffered keenly; those
living on wages, if there has been any
increase, know that such increase has
not kept pace with the advance in the
cost of living, including rent and the
necessaries of life. Many to-day are out
of work, unable to secure any wages at
all. To alleviate these conditions, in 50
far as is in our power, should be our
| earnest endeavor
| pointed out in my earlier response
the remedy which, in my Judgment, can
| eHectually be applied against monopolies,
| and the assurance was then given that if
existing laws, including both statute and
common law, proved inadequate, con-
trary to my expectations, l favor such
further legislation, within constitutional
limitations, as will best promote and
safeguard the interests of all the people.
Reciprocity.
In my address to the Notification Com
mittee l said that tariff reform sis de-
manded by the best interests Of both manu-
| facturer and consumer" With equal truth
it can be said that the benefits Of recipro-
cal trade treaties would inure to both. That
| the consumer would be helped Is unQues-
tionable. That the manufacturer would
receive great benefit by extending his mar
kets abroad hardly needs demonstration.
| Our martyred President, William McKin-
ley, appreciated this situation. He pointed
| out in his last address to the people that
we must make sensible trade arrangements
| if 1--WE shall extend the outlets for our in
creasing surplus" The last words Of this
! President-who had won the affection of
| his cOuntrymen-ought to be studied by ey-
cry man who has any doubt Of the neces-
sity Of a reduction in tariff rates in the
interest of the manufacturer. They pre-
sent with clearness situation and pro-
posed remedy that prompted the provision
| favor liberal trade arrangements with Can
ada and with peoples of other countries
where they can be entered into with bene-
| tit to American agriculture, manufactures,
| mining or commerce.
independence for Filipinos.
am. in hearty accord with that plank
in platform that favors doing for the
| Filipinos what we have already done for
the Cubans, and l favor making the prom
ise to them now that we shall take such
action as soon as they are reasonably pre-
pared for it. In independence, such as the
Cubans enjoy, cannot be prudently granted
to the Filipinos at, this time the promise
ttrs=vss,.,,se,. than hinder their Development
late rath tsnouid be done not only In JUS
tice to the Filipinos, but to preserve our
own rights. for free people cannot with
hold freedom from another people and
themselves remain free.
Panama Canal.
An isthmian canal has long been the hope
| of our statesmen, and the avowed aim of
the two great parties, as their platforms
in the past show. The Panama route hav-
ing been selected, the building of the canal
| should be pressed to completion with all
reasonable expedition.
The methods by which the executive ac-
| CURED the Panama canal route and rights
| are source of regret to many. To them
the statement that thereby a great public
| work was assured to the profit Of our peO-
pie is not sufficient answer to the charge
| of violation of national good faith They
| appreciate that the principles and healthy
| convictions which in their working out have
made us free and great, stand firmly
| against the argument suggestion that we
| shall be blind to the nature of the means
| employed 10 promote our welfare. They
hold that adherence to principle. whether
! it works for our good or Ill, VIII have
more beneScent influence on our future
| destiny that all our material upbuilding,
and that we should ever remember that the
| idea of doing a wrong 20 a smaller, weaker
| nation than we, or even all mankind, may
| have resultant good is repugnant to the
! principles upon which our government was
| founded
| American Shipping.
Our commerce in American bottoms
| amounts to but 8 per cent of our total eX-
! ports and imports. For forty years prior
| to 1861 when the Republican party came
| into power our merchant marine carried
| an average Of so per cent of our foreign
| commerce. BY 1877 1t had dwindled to u
| per cent. Now carry but a contempt
| bly, small fraction of our exports and i'm
American shipping in the foreign trade
| was greater by almost 100000 tons In 1910
| nearly 100 years ago-than it was last
! year. In the face of the continuous decline
| in the record of American shipping during
| the last forty three years, the promise Of
| the Republican party to restore 1t is with
| out encouragement. The record of the
| Democratic party gives assurance that the
| task can be wisely intrusted to it.
1t is an arduous task to undo the effect
of forty years of decadence, and requires
the study and investigation of those best
fitted by experience to find the remedy
which surely does not lie III the SEalltiHS
Of subsidies wrung from the pockets of all
the taxpayers.
Investigation of Departments.
Recent disclosures coupled with the rap
Id augmentation of government expendl.
lures. show a need of an investigation of
every department of the government Inc
Democrats In Congress demanded IT, me
Republican majority refused the demand.
The people can determine by their vote III
November whether they wish an honest
and thorough investigation: Democratic
Congress and Executive. will assure IT,
Soldiers and Sailors Pensions.
The National Democracy favors Liberal
pensions to the surviving soldiers and sail,
ors and their dependents, on the ground
that they deserve liberal treatment. II
hedges by its platform adequate leglsia-
ton to that end. But it denies the right