The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-05
REPUBLICAN, ACTS
VERSUS s
DEMOCRATIC PROMISES
President Roosevelt, in His Notification Speech Re.
. views the Work Of Republican Administra-
tions and Compares 1t With the
Promises of the Democrats

fundamental matter as the enforae-
ment of the law we do not have to de-
pend upon promises; but merely to ask
Of what we shall continue to do.
9 In dealing with the great organiza- :
. tions knows as trusts we do not have =
. to explain why the laws were not =
: actually have been enforced. and :
z that legislation has been enacted to =
4.increase the effectiveness of their
ta we tS DO not have to
= whenever by, diligent Investigation u .
Z public official can be found who has
: ished to the full extent of the law :
q without regard to whether he was q
. appointed under Republican or a
. the efficient way to turn the rascals =
= out and to keep them out, and it =
= has the merit OF sincerity. .
Moreover, the betrayals OF trust in the
In number when compared with the ex-
cent of the public service. Never has
the administration Of the government been
the public work of the nation been dcne
more honestly and efficiently.
Assure: Aa,ssurediy It is unWise to change the
which are now working SO Well. Pros e
perity has. come at home. The national
honor and interest have been upheld
abr na IT,, We have placed the finances Of
have done this with the aid of many
who would neither openly support nor
sound finance; and we have done it
against the convinced and violent OPPOSE
ton OF IT; the mass mass OF our present opponents
opinions which for the moment they think
1t ineXpedient to assert
q We know what we mean when we :
fsnsy x.. We e Hss1 e. e. tins
. to avoid definite and conclusive Q
. committal on the most important is .
! sue which has recently been before :
time in the near future be. before :
: which underlie this issue the convic- :
= tons tons of half Of our number do not =
. So long as the Republican party is .
. In power the gold standard is set .
tied: not as matter of temporary q
. shifting conditions in the production q
Of gold in certain mining centers .
but IN accordance with what we re-
! Of national morality and wisdom. .
. Under the financial legislation which 4
~ We have enacted there is now ample q
f! and every dollar of this circulation =
. is worth a dollar in gold .
We have reduced the intcrest-bearing
debt and in still larger measure the in
imposed during the Spanish war have
been removed with view to relieve the
people and to prevent the accumulation
of an unnecessary surplus. The result is
that hardly ever before have the expen-
ditures and income of the government so
closely correspondent. In the fiscal year
that has just closed the excess of income
over the ordinary expenditures was nine
millions of dollars. This does not take
account of the fifty, millions expended out
chase of the isthmian canal. 1t is an ex-
traordinary proof of the sound financial
condition Of the nation that instead of
tiers and throwing the burden upon pos
terity by an issue of bonds. we were able
to make the payment outright and yet
after x,f # to h hay IN the treasury surplus
to pay this fifty millions of dollars out
of hand without causing the slightest dis
turbance to business conditions.
: W. W. 4 SaS = q sns e. . : tAsrix : Z
the country has attained height Of :
: reached: wages are high higher THAN than :
! arises there should be readjust- :
! ment of the tariff schedules is I'M :
doubted: but such changes can with q
4! safety be made only by those whose !
. devotion to the principle of protec- Z
tive tariff Is beyond question; for =
= otherwise the changes would amount :
1ot Iesa'Sst%e%st : put : tS repeal z 9 :
The readjustment when made must
maintain and not destroy the protective
principle. To the farmer, the merchant,
the manufacturer this is vital. but per-
as the wage-worker in the maintenance
OF our present economic system, both
AS as regards the finances and the .tariff.
workers is higher than that of any other
country, and 1T cannot so remain unless
we nave protective tariff which shall
duty sufficient to cover the difference
between the labor cost here and abroad.
80 . . - = . . . . . . . .
Those who. like; our opponents,
denounce protection as robbery :
ffn nt1a explicitly commit themselves
revise the tarin no heed would be =
paid to the. necessity Of meeting this :
ddineren nee between the standards Of
= living for wage-wOrkers here and In =
otner countries; and therefore ION =
- this point their antagonism to our -
s Pos, : : = = f y g 3 = -
Z Here again we ask that their promises
and ours be Judged by what has been
done In the immediate past. We ask that
sober and sensible men compare the work
ings OF the present tariff law, and the
conditions which obtain under It, with the
workings Of the preceding tarift law Of
1894 and the conditions Which that tariff
of 1894 helped to bring about.
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9 We believe In reciprocity with for- =
. eign nations on the, terms outlined y
q in President McKinley's last speech, =
. which urged the extension OF our .
9 foreign markets by reciprocal agree r.
= ments whenever they could be made =
= without injury ito American indus =
q try and labor. st,sj 4s ri u
reciprocity treaty recently adopted-tha
with Cuba-was finally opposed almost
alone by the REPRESENTATIVES OF the very
party part Which now states that IT favors