Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02
NO. ID.

hands. to apply the proper remedy.
l say remedy Being our policies, we
will not willingly subject them to
their enemies for slow starvation on
the one hand or to sudden estruction
on the other.
Since the Republican party was
restored to power. in 1897. under tho
lead OF Mckinley. our country has
prospered In production and In COM
merce as IL has never prospered be-
fore. In wealth We stand first among
all the nations"
Not less plain and positive on tho
subject of vital Importance OF tho
protective tariff as an issue was Pres
idcnt Roosevelt In reply. He did not
hesitate to declare himself In har-
mony with the proposition that pro-
lection IN and must continue to be tho
settled. permanent policy OF the Re-
publican party when he said:
I'VE have enacted tarifr law uu-
der which. during the past few years.
the country has attained a height OF
material well being never before
reached. Wages are higher than ever
before. That whenever the need arises
there should be u readjustmcnt OF the
tarin schedules Is undoubted: but
such changes can with safety be made
only by those whose devotion to tho
principle OF u protective tariff Is be-
ynnd question: for otherwise tho
changes would amount not to read.
justmcnt. but to repeal. The read
justmcnt when made must maintain
and not destroy the protective prin.
clplc. To the farmer. tn. merchant.
the manufacturer. this IL vital: but
perhaps no other man IL 10 much In.
tcrcstcd ms the wag. worker In tho
maintenance Of our present economic
system. both ns regards the finances
and the tariff. The standard Of living
OF our wage workers II higher than
that Of any other country. and Il can
not no remain unlcas We have a pro.
tcctivc tarin which shall always keep
sa \ minimum q rate of duty sum.
eicnt To cover the difference between
tho labor cost here and abroad. Those
who. like our opponents. 'dcnounco
protection m a robbery thereby cx-
piicitiy commit themselves to tho
proposition that II they were tn re-
wise the ,arin no heed would be paid
f.rcnc. between tho standards OF iiv-
Ing for wage workers hero and In
other countries: and therefore on this
poln, their an,asonlssn to our position
In fundamental.
Here again We ask that their
promises and ours he judged by what
has been done in the immcdIat. pa.s.
We ask that sober and sensible men
compare the workings Of tho present
tariff Law. and tho conditions which
obtain under II. with tho workings of
the preceding tariff Law Of 1884 aud
IN. conditions which that tariff Of
iSst helped to bring about
The fundamental difference In tho
attitudes OF the two parties on tho
subject OF protection is horuin stated
with great force. The Republican par
~ stands committed To tho doctrine
that only through the operation Of tho
protective policy is II possible ,o
maintain the American standard Of
living. while she Democratic party.
caring nothing for the American
standard us living. but intent. now a.
always. upon chcapCninE and dcErad.
ing American labor. hraErniy antaso.
nises protection both "a tn principI.
and policy by dsnouncinE it as rob.
berry" Of the many for the benefit Of
tho fcw. No matter u protection docs
maintain high wages and high
standard Of liSiaE. being robbery"
Of course. protection mus; SO. That IL
the Democratic attitude.
Upon the general subject Of reel.
pFocity PTusidpat Roosevelt said:
we believe In reciprocity with for.
ciEn nations on tho terms outlined In
President MeKinluy's last speech.
which urged the extension of our for
eiEa markets by reciprocal agree
msnts whenever they could be made
without injury to American industry
and labor"
by this rule there can he no reci.
pTocity In products which compete
with American Industry and labor. .;
Is safe rule. II il the only Repub-
iicau rule as laid down by the ma.
tionai Republican convention of 1904.
II vas what President Mckinley
meant at Buffalo in 1901. II is what
President Roosevelt means now. II In
also what the Republican party means
all the time.