Arizona republican., 1904-09-22

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 History abundantly shows that the greatest industrial development of the country has occurred during the period when the protective earin has been maintained and thals during this time. labor has received its largest rewards and capital has been most profitably engaged.
 The platform appropriately recog- nizes combinations oe capital ana la bor as the outgrowth of our eooaounfc development, and as entitled 70 The equal protection and subject to the like restrictions of the law
 THE TRUSTS.
 The administration has enfo-cad the sherman antitrust act, which was of republican origin, in cases where com binations have been formed in violation or its provisions. The law. which v;,s regarded as ineffective by a lemocrat- lc administration, has been invoked i,y the president against combinations in restraint Of wholesome. commerce. and It has been upheld by the courts.
 The congress last year enacted ss law 10 expedite the hearing and dtatcrrni- nation of suits arising under the anti trust and interstate commerce acts. so that the ends of justice might not be defeated by delay. It created the department of commerce and Iabor with authority to obtain necessary iu- formation with respect to the creation and operation of corporations engaged In interstate commerce. It also amended the interstate commerce law so as effeotually 10 abolish the perni- ciOus system Of rebates under which large shippers could crush their small CT competitors. These are important. practical steps taken by republican president and a republican congress for the protection of the people against the encroachments of combined capital.
 The democratic party has done noth- ing towards safeguarding legitimate ihte1 ests and restraining combinations effected for eXtortion or other irnprop- CT purposes. It proposes as a princi pal remedy for unjust combinations 10 remove the tarin from trust made goods, thereby inviting the foreign producer to occupy our home market in an attempt to regulate our own ir dustries. IL has assumed that the so called trusts are either created or fos- tered by the. tariff- The assumption is tauacious. Trusts are found in free trade countries and they control com modtties in this country which are up- on the free list
 The republican party is more direct and rational. IL does not strike down the good and bad alike It invoEas inc authority of congress and the power of the courts to deal with specific, we'll defined combinations in rstraiDt of inc rights and interests of the people. II is as insistent Upon the protection or capital employed in wholesome enter prise as in prev entng it's use in con- tEavention Of tie public interests.
 THE PANAMA AFFAIR.
 The presidents course in Panama merits the most generous approval He dealt with a delicate and difficult sit uation. clearly within our national nights. in such 9 way as to make possi- ble the early completion of an isth- milan canal which has long been de- manded in the interest or our com merce and the national defense.
 He concluded the negotiations with Great Britain for the abrogation Of the CiaytCn-Bulwer treaty. He negotiated a treaty with the republic of Colombia Tor ife requisite rights and franchises Tor the construction and operation Of a canal Its ratification was contznlpt- uously refused by the Colombian gov ernmenL Thereupon the people Of Pan anna renounced their allegiance to the parent government and declared their independence. The president. acting within the limits of his executive all- thoTity, and in conformity with well established precedent. promptly recog- nized their independence. He negotiat- cd treaty with Panama. whereby the Tinted States obtained the necessary rights and franchises for building and oGerating the canal.
 
 on the isthmus. the president safe guarded American interests He acted promptly but deliberately: prudertlv. not rashly; firmly. not unIawfully. He Usurped no authority. He only exe~- cised that executive power which is clearly vested in him by the corstitu- tiOn. and which his predecessor. had employed under similar circumstances. 1T he had failed to appreciate our rights. or to act firmly or promptly. blood would have been shed and the rights of American citizens would have been sacrificed. and the construCtfo of the canal would have been iaded- nitely delayed.
 THE PHILIPPINES.
 Our opponents say the Philippine policy does not pay. They should not forget that the United States did not go to war with Spain for dollars and cents. They should remember that when it comes to a matter of duty the United States does not consider the cost. When the history Of our country is written. il will be found that there is no brighter page, or one which will yield more pleasure and satisfaction in it's contemplation than the one which tells Of our discharge of the re- sF-sr ra
 with Spain. The archipelago belongs to the United States. Its title is vest ed in this government by virtue Of the treaty of peace negotiated and ratified according to the requirements Of the constitution. and the responsibility of administration rests upon us. not as a matter Of sentiment. but as dntN in-