Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-10-14
FARMERS BENEFITED
PROTECTIVE TARIFF FURNISHES
THEM a PAYING HOME MARKET.
This Continued Prosperity Dep-n ds
Largely on the Success Of the Repub-
iican Ticket Platform on Which

That the farmer has enjoyed great
prosperity during the last seven years
will not be denied. Prosperity to the
farmer means the raising Of abundant
crops and demand for his products at
good prices, aud both have prevailed dur
ing the period named The raising OF
abundant crops depends in a measure
upon conditions over which he has no
control, but largely upon his ability.
The sale Of his crops and the price he
receives can in a large measure also be
controlled by the farmer This he can
do by stimulating the demand and in
creasing the consumption Of farm prod
ucts. The farmer may live and have
everything necessary to sustain life, but,
TO enjoy prosperity in its fullest sense,
he must be able to sell at profitable prices
what he does not need for consumption.
How can he assist in maintaining this
condition? A foreign demand will not
suiiice. as the demand for farm products
from foreign countries is limited, and
the prices obtained for exported farm
products DEPEND UrDN THE Do
MESTIC or HOME DEMAND. With
factories idle industries paralyzed, and
workmen unemployed. home consumption
is curtailed and prices decline How
can the farmer prevent this condition?
BY voting to maintain the protective
tariff principles Of the Republican party.
That the protective tariff is a benefit to
the farmer, experience has proven, and
continuation of the prosperity hereto
fore enjoyed under the principles OF pro-
lection can best be attained by the united
support of Roosevelt and Fairbanks by
the independent, liberty loving, level
headed farmer vote
Protection Plank.
Following is the protection plank of
the Republican platform:
Protection which guards and develops
cur Industries Is a cardinal policy Of the
Republican party. The measure OF protec-
lion should always at least equal the diff
ference In the cost of production at home
ana abroud. We Insist upon the main
tenance OF the principle of protection and
therefore. rates OF duty should be read
justed only when conditions have
changed that the PUBLIC INTEREST DE
MANDS THEIR ALTERATION, but this
work cannot safely be committed to other
hands than those OF the Republican party.
TO INVITE DISASTER. Whether. as in
1897, the Democratic party declares the
protective tariff unconstitutional, or wheth-
er 1t demands tariff reform tariff reyi.
w
DESTRUCTION OF THE PROTECTIVE
SYSTEM However specions the name
THE PURPOSE Is THE SAME DEM
OCRATIC TARIFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN
FOLLOWED BY BUSINESS ADVERSELY;
a Republican tariff by BUSINESS PROS
PERITS. To Republican Congress and
Republican President this great question
can be safely Entrusted. When the only
free trade country among the great nations
CEngland) agitates a return to protection
the chief protective country should not
falter In maintaining It,
we have extended widely our foreign
markets, and we believe la the adoption of
all practicable methods for their further
extension, including commercial reciprocity
wherever reciprocal arrangements can be
effected consistent with the principles Of
protection AND WITHOUT INJURY TO
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. American
labor. or any American industry"
This is a plain truthful statement of
facts, supported by experience and his
tory declaration of principles in lam
guage not to be mistaken or misunder-
stood, and subject to but one interpreta-
ton.
The Democratic party is hopelessly
divided on the tariff question, admitted
ly so by its candidates and leaders The
Republican party stands, as it always
has, for the principles of protection. No
class receives greater benefit, no other
class is more vitality interested in main
tanning the protective policy, than the
farmer.