The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-26

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NlLLCRs' PLATFORM
TO thu slectozs o. the sscsnA Co.
gressional district Of Aipna1ota:
l have Alsd . : Republican Go
didassifor congress j. thu dieq
a.d win b : candidate for this ~
kce atlths next primary electicn
y / deem it proper for one 100
seeks This ONCE to STATE FIR what -
stands what he favors,and what ~
opposd Conforming the chief $50
IN this contest, 10 thar those 40
vot4 may doso intelhgently sss
list. ! stand squarely upon The
platform adopted by the last Repuh
lican National convention.
End. l believe in the Roosevelt
idea," incorporated in the tariff
plank of our national platform,
enunciated by him in two messages
to congress and reiterated "a his
speech Of April 1908, in Minneapo-
Lis, that the true measure Of pro
lection is determined by ample
recognition Of the difference in the
cost of production, here and
abroad" Protection sufficient 70
give American industries an equal
show with foreign competitors on
the basis Of sufficient profits safe-
guard investment and to give to gil
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, must BE
maintained. Tariff in excess 10 that
is ultra-protection and ultra-protec-
ton is unjust and unwise.
3rd. hold that while the prinG-
pie of protection is sacred tarlH
rates are not infallible, and TINT
these rates should be changed as
often as existing conditions, whetn-
or growing out of the formation ct
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 as defn-
ed by President Roosevelt in our
platform. When such conditions
arise then such duties are outside
the principles on which tho Repnb-
lien doctrine of protection stands.
Fidelity to and maintenance Of sex-
listing schedules are not necessarily
a part of Rebuplican doctrine.
4th. l believe that the timerefer-
red to in our National platform has
come when conditions have 90
changed that the public interest d.
mands the alteration of certain rates
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 shat revision upward can al-s
ways be undertaken safely The
issue thus formed ], submit to the.
Republican voters of this district
for their thoughtful consideration
and decision. Il
5th. The present tariff on lumber.
is unnecessary and harmful and is.
inconsistent with the fundamental
principle Of protection. It serves
only to strengthen a combination
which is today putting burden on
the home builder, retarding devel<
opment and Improvement, and
throwing mechanics out OF employ
ment, by exacting unrighteous pro-
fits on lumber, besides injuring and
endangering our agricultural inter-.
ests by depicting our forests. 4
9th. It follows from these prem.
ises that 1 favor the entire removal
of the tariff on lumber and a reduc-
ton of the duties on commodities
such as machinery, implements and
other hardware, which are now sold.
for export to foreign markets for
less than they are at home. U
9TH. I believe in Reciprocity as
defined and advocated by Blaine.
and Mckinley. The declaration of
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