The Springfield herald., 1904-10-14
FARMERS BENEFITED
PROTECTIVE TARIFF FURNISHES
THEM PAYING HOME MARKET.
This Continued Property Depends
Largely OIL the Success of the Repub-
licau Ticket-Piatform 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 demand for his prolucts at
good prices, and both have prevailed dur
ing the period named. The raising OF
abundant crops depends in n measure
upon conditions over which he has no
control, but 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 UrON THE DO
MESTIC or HOME DEMAND. With
factories idle, industries pnralyzed, 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 IA benefit to
the farmer, experience has proven. and
n 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 II cardinal policy OF the
Republican party. The measure OF protcc.
ference In the cost Of production at home
and abroad. We insist upon the main.
tenance of the principle of. protection, and,
tusted only when conditions have so
MANDs THEIR ALTERATIoN. but this
hands than those Of the Republican party.
TO INVITE DISASTER. Whether, as in
protective tarin unconst ltutionni. or wheth-
er 1t demands tariff reform or tarin revi.
fGR pGsrHucTioN IL TIC So}1S' SF TIE II fE6TEcrrvE
fff ThE fni,posE IS rliE SANE, "A pEM:
n
FOLLOWED BY BUSINESS ADvERSlTY:
a Republican tariff by BUSINESS PROS
PERITY. To "A Republican Congress md
a Republican President this great question
can be snfely Intrustcd. When the only
free trade country among the grent nations
(EnHlRnd) Agltates IA return to protection,
the chief protective country should not
faltcr In maintaining 1t.
1--WE 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
erected consistent with the principles Of
protection AND WITHOUT INJURY TO
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. American
labor, or my American industry"
This is plain, truthful statement of
facts, supported by experience and his
tory, a declaration of principles in Ian
guage not to be mistaken or misunder-
stood, and subject to but one interprcta-
ton.
The Democratic party is hopelessy
divided on the tariff question, admitted
ly 80 by its candidates and leaders. The
Republican party stands, us it always
has, for the principles of protection. No
class receives greater benefit, no other
class is more vitally interested in main
tanning the protective policy, than the
farmer.