Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-09-15


themselves to the destruction OF the pro-
eective principle In the tariff using words
which 4 honestly used forbid them from
even the smallest degree
Every class OF our people is benefited
sy the protective tariff. During the last
Few years the merchant has seen the
Export EXPO trade E, Of this country grow faster
manufacturers could not S,sp his factory
running II II were not for the protective
tarin; The wage-worker would do well
TO remember that II protection Is rob
perry. and Is to be punished accordingly,
ne VIII be the first to pay the penalty:
Tor either he will be turned adrift entire
starvation point. As conclusiyeiy shown
py the bulletins of the bureau of labor.
sne purchasing power OF the average
grown faster than the cost Of living. and
this In spite OF the continual shortening
Oh working hours. The accumulated saw
as shown me S w,Smrkingmen OF the country
panks nave Increased by leaps and
bounds. Al no time In the history Of this
OF ore any o.her country has there been an
anke 10 workingman and employer as
during the seven years that have lust
passed 0 '""'
,o In the , forty years ending in 1900 the
twelve and half billions OF dollars. the
FARMER gaining even more during this ne.
ROO ROO nnah me manufacturer. Long ago
oVer-production would have checked the
marvellous development OF our nationai
agriculture, but for the steadily increas.
ing demand Of American manufacturers
TOT iarn products required as raw ma
terials for steadily expanding industri"s
Conditions change and the laws must
be modified from time to time to 1T new
eM,,senSies. Bnt the genuine underlying
prlncipie or protection, as II has been
embodied in all but one OF the American
tarln Jaws Tor the last forty years, has
worked out results so benefcent. so even
alike to farmers and capitalists and work
nNgmen. to commerce and trade OF every
ksna: that the American people. II they
sIoW thelr usual practical business sense
VIII Insist that when these laws orc
modified they shall be modified with the
utmost care and conservatism and by
the friends and not the enemies Of The
protective system. They cannot arrord
TO trust the modification TO those who
treat protection and robbery as synony-
nous terms. - -
~, In closing what I have to say about
try let me add word OF cordial agree
inent with the policy OF In some way in
EEluia lg within it's benefits. by appropriate
rine' lt Is not creditable to us as n ma
non that our great export and import
trade should be well nigh exclusively
IN the hands OF foreigners
our opponents contend that the poyerp
We,it Is now administered eNtrayagantly
ana mat whereas there was "a s,lrnlns
o, so'9S.Wo IN 1900 there Is "a deficit OF
has just closed. ''"'
ms deficit is imaginary, and IL OBJ
tanned by including In the ordinary cur
rem rsh,o, expenses the sum of nifty millions,
Whicn was PAID for tho right OF way OF
the Panama canal out OF the accum,,-
iated surplus In the treasury Compar.
ing me current or ordinary expenditures
FOR the two years. there was n surni,s
or nearly eighty millions for the year
lso9; and Of only little more than eight
millions for the year that has Just
nual surplus was brought about design.
edly ny the abolition OF the war taxes
IN the interval between the two dates
, nme a acts = OF march 2, 1901 and April 49,
10 an amount estimated at one hundred
ana IlVe millions year. In other words
shn redue'lon or taxation has been con-
the annual surplus. Since the close OF
the war, with Spain there has been no
Sunstant,al change in the rate OF annual
cal year ending In June, 1901 for exam
pie, the fiscal year that has lust cIosed
showed relatively small Increase in ex-
penditure Excluding the canal payment
already referred to- while the vear nres
vious showed relatively small decrease.
The expenditures of the nation have
been managed In n spirit OF economy az
, ,hr removed from waste as from niggard-
liness; ana In the future every effort will
be continued to secure an economy as
strict as Is consistent with efficiency.
our opponents promise Independence TO
are CONFRONTED BY the fact that their ir-
reconcilabe differences OF onInInn
among themselves, their proved inability
10 create constructive policy when In
power, and their readiness, for the soko
or momentary political expedlency. fC
abandon the principles upon which they
nave nave insisted as essential consplre to
not Intend In good faith to carry out
this promise II they are given control of
the government.
II our opponents came into power ana
attempted to carry out their promises TO
the Fllpinos by giving them independ-
ence, and Withdrawing American control
from the islands. the result would be
a frightful ca lamity to the FiIIpinos
themselves. and in It's larger aspect would
amount to an International crime. An
n ,ny would follow and the, most VIC.
lent anarchic forces would be directed
partly against the civil government, part
ly against all forms Of religious and edrI-
cational civilization. Bloody conflicts
Woud inevitably ensue In the archipelago.
become the prey Of the first power which
In its own selfish interest took up the
task we had cravenly abandoned.
During the last FIVE years more has
been done for the material and moral
well-being of the Filipinos than ever
before since the islands first came within
ed before them, vista OF orderly devei-
opment In their own interest, and not
a policy of exploitation. Every effort is
being made to TT The islanders, for, self
large measure received It, while for the
first time In their history their personal
rights, and civil liberties have been guar
anteed. They are being educated; they
have been given schools: they have been
given libraries; roads are being built for
their use; their health Is being cared
IN IA IN MI .t-t. d. ~
they receive justice as absolute as II IL
in our power to guarantee. Their In
dividual rights to life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness are now by act OF
congress jealousy safeguarded under the
American flag; and II the protection or
the flag were withdrawn their rights
would be lost. and the islands would b.
plunged back under some form OF vicious
tyranny.
The letter concludes:
Alike as lawmakers and as admins
traitors Of the law we have endeavored
to do our duty In the interest OF the
peal to no class and to no section. but to
all good citizens, in whatever part Of
the land they dwell, and whatever may
be their occupation or worldly condition.
We have striven both for civic right
eousness and for national greatness; and
we have faith to believe that our hands
country and trust in the uplifting Of man
kind. We stand for enforcement OF the
law and for obedience to the law: our
government Is government of orderly
liberty equally alient to tyranny and to
and it's foundation stone Is the
observance OF the law, alike by the peo-
pie and by the public servants. We
hold ever before us as the all-important
end of policy and administration the reign
OF peace at home and throughout the
world of peace, which comes only by
doing justice.
Faithfully yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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