CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-13
FARMERS BENEFITED
PROTECTIVE TARIFF FURNISHES
THEM A PAYING HOME MARKET.
This Continued Property Depends
Largely on the Success of the Repub-
lican Tieket-PIntform on Which
Roosevelt and Fairbanks Stand.

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 4 demand for his products at
good prices, and 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, bat 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
suffice, as the demand for farm products
from foreign countries is limited, and
the prices obtained for exported farm
products DEPEND Ur0N THE DO
MESTIC or HOME DEMAND. With
factories idle, industries paralyzed, and
workmen unemployed, home consumption
is curtailed and prices decline. How
BY voting to maintain the protective
tariff principles OF the Republican party.
That the protective tariff is 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
our Industries Is cardinal policy OF the
Republican party. The measure OF protec-
ference in the cost of production at home
and abroad. We insist upon the main
tsnanee tsaa OF the principle of protection. and.
tusted only when conditions have
changed that the PUBLIC INTEREST De
work cannot safely be committed to other
hands than those of the Republican party.
To intrust It to the Democratic party IS
1892 the Democratic party declares the
protective tariff unconstitutional. or wheth-
er 1t demands tariff reform or tarin revi.
sion. Its real object is ALWAYS THE
DEsTRucTIoN of THE. PROTECTIVE
SYSTEM. However specious the name
TahFs II Ths nas s4ME hHhs
FOLLOWED BY BUSINESS ADyERsITY;
a Republican tarir by BUSINESS PROS
PERITY: To Republican Congress snd
a Republican President this grent question
can be safely intrusted When the only
free trade country among the great nations
England agitntes return TO protection,
the chief protective country should not
falter In maintaining II.
I'VE have extended widely our foreign
markets, and we believe in 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 my American Industry"
This is a plain. truthful statement of
facts. supported by experience and his
tory, declaration of principles In Ian
guage not to be mistaken or misunder-
stood. and subject to but one interpreta-
ton.
The Democratic party is hopelcssly
divided on the tariff question. admitted
ly so by its candidates and leaders. The
Republican party stands. as 1t 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.