The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-09-29


support us and l want you to in
quire which has the better right to
claim you attention, your support
and you suffrage, the Republican
party or our Democratic friends.
The Republican party is party
of principles established for half a
century and more. 1t is founded |
upon principles of truth and of
good government; principles which |
have led us on to victory i'll the
past and it is upon Our past record
and our present platform that we
come before you asking for the con-
tinuation Of the Republican party
in power during the next four
years.
One of the principles which has
been supported and maintained by
the Republican party which has
been a great factor i'll bringing
about our present age of prosperity
is our protective tariff system. We
would not be in our present state Of
prosperity today if it were not for
the fact that our schedule of tariffs
has SO egualized prices and kept up
the wages of the laboring man.
Our Democratic friends say that be-
cause of the tariff prices on goods
they are high. They are bound to be
SO long as our manufacturers pay the
wages they do for their labor. In
no country in the world does the
laborer receive the same compen-
sation for his work as do the Amer
leans, and under the protection Of
our tariff system, American manu-
facturers are enabled to pay the
present high wages for their labor
and still compete with the cheap
labor of foreign countries. If we
were content to have our women
working from ten to twelve hours a
day, if we were satisfied to have
our children wearing their young
lives away in factories and manu-
featuring establishments, we would
not care for protective tariff, fol
we would then be in position tc
compete with the low wages paid il
foreign countries and be able te
put out our manufactured article.
at figure which would not exceed
the cost Of foreign manufactures
But the Republican party has en-
acted laws to protect our womel
and our children. We need on
women in the homes; we want ou
children to be educated in on
schools; we want to preserve tn
ideal American home; to educat
our children SO that they may b
able to assume and bear the respon
sibilities of our government; w
want to preserve and protect tn
best of American brain and Draw,
and to train and perfect them fo
the responsibilities which ever
American citizen feels for the wei
fare Of his country.
TO bring the application littl
nearer home, let us look at tn
sheep industry. During Mr.. Cleve
lands administration sheep ha
gone down in value until they wer
worth from ST.. Is to 81. 25 per hea
and | heard OF one bunch sellin
as low as IS cents head. An
what was wool worth? Durin
that time wool was down as low q
I. 5 cents per pound and from that
6H cents and z cents poun6
o. What has it been worth since
|l Under the protective tariff as rec
- tablishd by the Republican part,
wool has been worth from 10 to
. cts. a pound and ! understand tn;
at at present it is worth from IA cts
|, to l414 per pound. What are yol
er sheep worth today From 81. 90
e. S4. 80 per head or an average {
t. over 800 head more than du
H. ing the administration of NJ
he Cleveland This is one of the ma
av cases where the protective tart
he directly effects and benefits the PEE
81 pie of the state Of Idaho.
y, AS | came up through your bea'
III, tiful valley, | noticed there haN
at been great many improvement
rs since MY last visit. | noticed hel
and there mills ard factories hay
an been erected and general air
its prosperity is everywhere evlden
These mills and factories are pr
ci- pared to handle the farmer S pr
rs duce and to handle it better, chea
In. er and more satisfactorily than ths
ma can handle it for themselves.
he is because they have the necessai
rn- facilities and machinery to do 5
alf and here we see the principle
les diversion OF labor 1t is no long
es- a disputed fact that labor and ca
III ital must 90 hand in hand. Th'
The must work together each Is hel
icb less without the other and the o
ne. keeps check upon the other. b
90 more effectuailN regulate the