Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-09-22
Republican Reciprocity.

use The result has been an increasing In
terdependence of agriculture and manu-
factureS."
Republican Reciprocity.
On the subject of reciprocity the pres
"Our opponents assert that they believe
in reciprocity. Their action on the most
important reciprocity treaty rcCcEtIy ne
gotiated-that with Cuba-does not bear
out this assertion Moreover, there can be
no reciprocity unless there is substantial
tariff; free trade and reciprocity are not
compatible. We are on record as favorins
arrangements for reciprocal trade rela-
tions with other countries, these arrange
mentS to be on an equitable basis of benefit
to both the contracting parties. The re-
publican party stands pledged to every
wise and consistent method of increasing
the foreign commerce of the country. That
il has kept its pledge is proven by the fact
that while the domestic trade of this coun-
try exceeds in volume the entire export
and import trade of all the nations of the
world, the United States has in addition
secured more than an eighth Of the export
trade of the world standing first among
the nations in this respect
OF the proposition to reduce the size of
the army the president says:
IF our opponents should come into pow
er they could not reduce our army below
it's present size without greatly impairinS
| it's efficiency and abandoning part of the
national duty. In short in this matter, IL
our opponents should come into power they
would either have to treat this particular
promise of the year 1904 as they now treat
the promises they made in 1886 and 1900,
that is, as possessing no binding force; or
else they would have to embark on policy
which would be ludicrous at the moment,
and fraught with grave danger to the ma
tional honor in the future
He reviews the administration Of the gov
ernment finances and rcfutes the charge
that the government is administered eX-
travagantly with facts and figures, ana
says;
do our opponents grudge the $50000,O00
| paid for the Panama canal? Do they in
tend to cut down on the pensions to the
veterans of the civil war? Do they intend
| to put stop to the irrigation policy? or
| to the permanent census bureau? or to
| immigration inspection? Do they intend to
abolish rural free delivery? DO they in
| tend to cut down the navy? or the Alaskan
| telegraph system? DO they intend to dis
| mantle our coast fortilcations? If there
! is to be a real and substantial cutting down
! in national expenditures it must lie IN such
matters as these. The department Of agri-
| culture has done service of incaiCulable
! value to the farmers of this country in
many different lines. DO our opponents
| wish to cut down the money for this serv-
| ice? They can do it only by destroying the
usefulness of the service itsc.f"
Philippine Independence.
| He refers to the promise in the demo-
! cratic platform to give independence to the
| Philippine Islands. and after speaking Of
| the folly of such promise says:
at may well be that our opponents have
! no real intention of putting their promise
| l.
! words, they are insincere in the promise
| they make, it is only necessary to say again
| that ii Is unwise to trust men who are false
| in one thing to deal with anything. The
| mere consciousness of broken faith would
| hamper them in continuing our policy in
| the Islands; and only by continuing un-
| changed this policy can the honor of the
| country be maintained, or the interests Of
| the islands subserved If, on the other
| hand our opponents came into power and
{ attempted to carry out their promises TO the
| Filipinos by giving them independence and
| Withdrawing American control from the
| islands, the result would be frightful
| calamity to the Filipinos themselves, and
| in its larger aspect would amount to an
| International crime. Anarchy would fol-
| low; and the most violent anarchic forces
| would be directed partly against the civil
| government, partly against all forms of
| religious and educational civilization.
| Bloody conflicts would inevitably erSue in
| the archipelago and just as inevitably the
! islands would become the prey of the first
! power which in its own selfish interest
| took up the task we had cravenly aban-
| doned.
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 the ken of civil
| lied man, We have opened before them a
| vista of orderly development in their own
! interest and not a policy Of exploitation.
| Every effort is being made to fit the island
ers for elf-government, and they have
| already In large measure received it, while
| for the first time in their history their per-
/ S0nal rights ana civil llDertleS nave been
| guaranteed They are being educated;
| they have been given schools; they have
! been given libraries; roads are being huilt
! for their use; their health is being cared
! for; they have been given courts in which
| they receive justice as absolute as ii is in
! our power to guarantee. Their individual
| rights to life. liberty and the pursuit OF
| happiness are now by act of congress
| jealousy safeguarGed under the American
| flag; and If the protection of the flag were
! withdrawn their rights would be lost. and
| the islands would be plunged back under
some form of vicious tyranny. We have
! given them more self-government than
! they have ever before had; we are taking
| steps to Increase it still further by pro-
! viding them with an elected legislative
| assembly; and surely we had better await
! the result of this experimentation ii is a
| wholly new experiment in Asa-before we
! make promises which as a nation might
| be forced to break, or which they might
| interpret one way and we in another. 1t
/ may be asserted without fear of success
| ful contradiction that nowhere else in re-
| cent years has there been as fire an exam
| pie Of constructive craftsmanship and wise
| and upright administration as has been
/ given by the civil authorities, aided by the
| army, in the Philippine Islands. We have
| administered them in the interest of their
| own people; and the FilipinoS themselves
| have profted most by our presence In the
! islands; but they have also been Of very
! great advantage to us as nation"
Conclusion.
! In conclusion the president SAYS:
"Our appeal is made to all good citizens
! who hold the honor and the interest Of The
! nation close to their hearts. The great is
| sues which are at stake and upon which [
| have touched, are more than mere partisan
! issues, for they involve much that comes
/ home to the individual pride and Individual
as they actually are, good &mercGns 95tGiLions
| should refuse, for the sake Of the welfare
| Of the nation, to change the national poll
| icy. We, who are responsible for tie ad-
| ministration and legislation under which
| this country, during the last seven years,
| has grown so greatly in weil-beng at home
| tiors OF the earth abroad do not stand
| inerty upon this record, do rot use his
| record as an excuse for failure of effort
| TO meet new conditions. On the contrary
we treat the record of what we have done
I in the past as Indictment to 90 even better
/ in the future. We believe that the prC ,ess
| that we have made may be taken as a
measure Of the progress we shall continue
I to make If the people again entrust the
+ government Of the nation to our hands