Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-12-05
NO PROMISE OF
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TARIFF CHANGE
VICE PREsIDENT-ELEcT PRAISES
PROTECTION.
WARM FOR CONSERVATISM
Indiana Senator Tells of Great Econo-
mic Prosperity Of United States
Under Republican Administration
and Says Conservatism Will Dem
mate Any Action.

Boston, Dec. 2.-Before an audience
of more than 1900 people, Vice Pres
dent-elect Fairbanks defined the atti-
ttide of the republican administration
on the tariff question, at the annual
banquet of the Home Market club in
mechanics hall last night. Among
other guests were Governor John L..
Bates of Massachusetts, former secre-
tary of the Navy John D. Long, DIR. w.
H. Montague of Toronto, privy coun
cillor of the Dominion of Canada, and
Governor-elect Henry Roberts of Con
necticut. The speakers we're Senator
Fairbanks, Governor Bates, Secretary
Long and DR.. Montague.
Former Congressman Davis of Fall
River, president of the club, as toast
master, made the opening address and
in referring to the principle of the
protective tariff, which is fostered by
the Home Market club, said the lead
ing members Of the national house of
representatives and the senate would
soon confer with the administration on
the subject of tariff revision.
Telegrams of regret at not being
able to be present were received from
President Roosevelt and the Massa-
chusetts senators. Mr. Fairbanks
said in part:
> Home Market First.
''We have sought to build up the
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cured a fair share of the markets
abroad. We have believed that in or
der to command foreign markets we
must have strength enough to control
our own. We have worked from the
center outward, contrary to the policy
of those who antagonize the protec.
tive system.
Marvellous Development.
"The development of our domestic
market since the beginning of Lin
has been so stupendous as to defy
accurate computation. No one can
adequately comprehend it's vast mag
nitude. We have witnessed it's rapid
increase under the stimulating effect
of the protective policy enunciated in
the Chicago platform A years ago.
We have seen the value of all the
manufactures in the United States in.
crease from less than. 81, 000, 000, 900 to
more than 000,000,00O in a period
of 80 years preceding the last national
census. We have observed our total
manufactures rise until it is but little
less than the manufactures of the
United Kingdom, Germany and France
combined. We have witnessed the.
transfer of industries from foreign
countries to our own shores; we have
noted the immigration of countless
thousands from foreign industrial cen
tiers to Industries erected in our =. own
country. We have seen them re-
nounce their allegiance to alien gov
ernments and become American citi-
zens, because our policies opened ito
them new and promising fields of OPP
portunity. With one hand we safe
guard the domestic market-more .es-
sential to us than all others-and with
the other reach out for those which
lie beyond our borders. z
''The expansion of our foreign com
merce under republican, policies and
republican administration is conclus,
i've evidence of the fact that republi-
can policies are not restrictive so far
as our foreign: trade is concerned. In
1860 our exports of manufactured
products to other countries amounted
to only 100000, while last year
they reached the enormous sum, OF
$452 100000.
Favorable Balance of Trade.
"The balance of trade is greatly in
our favor and if we but adhere to the
policies and uphold the administra-
ton which has SO splendidly served us
in the past, golden currents from
all ports of the earth will continue to
flow hither in large if not increas
ing degree. Our foreign trade bal
ance constitutes a record without
parallel in our own history or in the
history of any country of which we