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

under a Republican or a Democratic
adminstra ton. This Is the efficient
way to turn the fascals out and to Keep
them out, and II has the merit OF SIN
certify. Moreover the betrayals OF trust
IN the last seven years have been In
significant in number when compared
with the extent of the public service
Never has the administration OF the
government been on a cleaner and high-
er level; never has the public work OF
the nation been done more honestly ana
efficiently.
UNWIsE TO CHANGE POLICIES.
Assuredly II Is unwise 10 change the
policies which have worked so well and
which are now working so well. Pros
perity has come at home, The national
honor and interest have been upheld
abroad We have placed the finances
of the nation upon sound gold basis.
We have done this with the aid Of many
who were formerly our opponents, but
who would neither openly support nor
silently acquiesce in the heresy OF un-
sound finance; and we have done II
against the convinced and violent OPP
position Of the mass Of our present OPP
ponents who still refuse to recant the
unsound opinions which for the moment
they think It ineXpeGient 20 assert, We
know what we mean when we speak Of
an honest and stable currency. We
mean the same thing from year TO year.
We DO not have to avoid definite and
oncusivecOmmlttal on the most i'm
pOrtant issue which has resently been
before the people, and which may at
any time In the near future be before
them again, Upon the principles which
underlie this issue the convictions Of
half of our number do not clash with
those Of the other half SO long as the
Republican party Is in power the gold
standard is settled, not as a matter of
temporary political expediency, not be-
cause Of shifting conditions In the pro-
ductlon Of gold in certain mining CEN
tiers, but IN accordance with what we
regard as the fundamental principles of
national morality and wisdom,
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
Under the financial legislation which
we have enacted there is now ample
circulation for every business need; and
every dollar Of this circulation Is worth
dollar IN gold We have reduced the
interest bearing debt and I'm still larger
of the war taxes imposed during the
Spanish war have been removed with a
view to relieve the people and TO pre-
vent the accumulation OF an unneces-
sary surplus. The result Is that hardly
ever before have the expenditures and
income OF the government so closely
corresponded. In the fiscal year that
has lust closed the excess OF Income
over the ordinary expenditures was
81. 600 600. This does not take account
OF the $50 100000 expended out OF the
accumulated surplus for the pur-
shase OF the Isthmian canal. IL
Is an extraordinary proof of the sound
financial condition Of the nation that
instead OF following the usual course
IN such matters and throwing the bur
den upon posterity by an issue of bonds,
we were able to make the payment
outright and yet after it TO have In the
treasury q surplus OF sl61 100000. Mote-
over, we were able TO pay this $4,000. 900
out Of hand without causing the slight
est disturbance to business conditions.
TARIFF AND PROSPERITY.
We have enacted a tariff law under
which during the past few years the
country has attained height OF ma
terial well-being never before reached,
Wages are higher than ever before.
That whenever the need arises there
should be IA readjustment Of the tariff
schedules is undoubted but such
changes can with safety be made only
by those whose devotion to the princi-
pie Of protective tariff Is beyond ques-
ton; for otherwise the changes would
amount not to REIMBURSEMENT but 10 re-
peal, The readiustment when made
must maintain and not destroy the pro-
tective principle, To the farmer the
merchant, the manufacturer this Is VT
tai, but perhaps no other man Is so
much interested as the wage worker IN
the maintenance OF our present eco
monte system, both as regards the
finances and the tarlff. The standard
OF living OF our wage-workers Is higher
than that OF any other country, and Il
can not so remain unless we have n
protective tariff which shall always
keep as minimum a rate OF duty suf-
nclent TO cover the difference between
the labor cost here and abroad Those
who, like our opponents, "denounce pro-
lection as a robbery thereby explicitly
commit themselves to the proposition
that II they were TO revise the tariff no
heed would be paid TO tho necessity OF
meeting this difference between the
standards OF LIVING for wage-workers
here and In other countries, and there
fore on this point their antagonsm 20
our position is fundamental Here
again we ask that their promises and
ours be judged by what has been done
In the immediate paste We ask that
sober and sensible men compare the