Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-27

workings of the present tariff law, and
the conditions which obtain under H.,
with the workings OF the preceding tar
in law OF 1893 and the condition which
that tarlff of 1893 helped to bring about.
BELIEVE IN RECIPROCITY.
We believe in reciprocity with foreign
nations on the terms outlined in Pres
ident McKinley's last speech, which
urBel the extension Of our foreign mar
kets by reciprocal agreements when
ever they could be made without injury
TO American industry and labor. Ii Is
a singular fact that the only great re-
ciprocity treaty adopted--that with
Cuba-was finally opposed almost alone
by the representatives OF the very
party which spw states that It favors
reciprocity. Aud here again We ask
That the worth OF our words be Judged
by comparing their deeds with ours
on this Cuban reciprocity treaty there
We're at the outset grave differences OF
opinion among ourselves; and the nota
Bile thing in the negotiation and rati-
iication OF the treaty, and in tho leg
lslation which carries II in to effect, was
the highly practical manner in which,
without sacrifice OF principle, these diff
Ierences OF opinion were reconclled.
IufIN.
but an excellent practical outcome, the
result Of the harmonious co-operation
OF TWO successive presidents and two
successive Congresses. This is IN H.
iustratipn of the governing capacity
winch entities us to the confidence OF
the people not only in our purposes. but
IN our practical ability to achieve those
purposes. Judging by the history OF
the last IL years, down TO this yery
month Is there justification for be-
lieving that under similar circum-
stances and with similar initial differ
ences or opinion, our opponents would
nave achieved any practical result?
NO RACE PREJUDICE.
We have already shown in actual fact
mat our policy IL to do fair and equal
justice TO all men, paying no heed TO
whether man is rich or poor: paving
no heed to his race, his creed, or his
birthplace.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
We recognize the Organization NJ
capital and the Organization OF labor
as natural outcomes OF our industrial,
system. Each kind Of organization is
TO be favored so long as IL acts In "a
spirit or Justice and OF regard for the
rights OF Others, Each Is 10 be granfod
the ruiz protection OF the law, and eaob
IN turn is TO be held to a strict obedi.
ence 10 the law; for no man Is abovA
IL ana no man below It. The humblest
Individual is TO have HIS right SAFE.
guarded as scrupulously ms those of tbe
strongest organization, FOR each is IN
receive 1ustlce,no more and no less Tho
problems with which we have To deal in
our modern industrial and social
llie are manifold; but the spirit I'm
when II rs necessary to approach their
s0'uuon IL simply the spirit Of honesty
Vi courage ana OF common sense.
IRRIGATION,
In inauguratng the great work NJ
irrigation IN the west the admintstra /.
ton mas been enabled by Congress 10
take one OF the longest strides ever
taken under our government toward
utlllSing our vast national domain for
the settler, the actual home maker
IsTHMIAN CANAL.
Ever since this continent was dlscov
cred the need of an isthmian eannl IN
connect the Pacific and the Atlantic
mas been recognized and ever since tho
birth OF our nation such canal has
peeh Planned. AZ last the dream has
become a reality. The lsthmian canal
Is now being built By the government
OF the United States, We conducted the
negotiation for It's construction with
the incest and most scrupulous honor
and IN spirit Of the largest generosity
toward those through whose territory
II WAS TO run. Every sinister effort
which could be devised by the shirt ~
faction or the spirit Of self-interest wns
made In order TO defeat the treaty with
Panama and thereby prevent the con
summation OF this work. The construc-
ton OF the canal Is now an assured
fact but most certainly II IL urpHlse 10
entrust the carrying out Of so momen.
tous a policy TO those who have endon.
Jored 10 defeat the whole undertaking
FOREIGN POLICY.
Our foreign policy has been so con-
Quoted that, while not one OF our iust
claims has been sacrificed, our relations
with all foreign nations are now Of the
most peaceful kind; there Ia not cloud
on the horizon The last cause OF irri-
tatlon between us and any other nation
was removed by the settlement Of the
Alaskan boundary.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
In the Caribbean sea we have made
good our promises OF independence to
cuba. and have proved our assertion
that our mission In the island was one
OF justice and not OF self-aggrandlze-