Milford chronicle., 1904-10-14
FARMERS BENEFITED
PROTECTIVE TARIFF FURNISHES
THEM A PAYING HOME MARKET.
This Continued Prosperity Depends
Largely on the Success of the Repnb-
iican Tioket-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 a demand for his products at
good prices, and both have prevailed dur
ing the period named. The raising Of
abundant crops depends in a 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 paralyzed, and |
workmen unemployed. home consumption |
is curtailed and prices decline. How /
can the farmer prevent this condition? /
By voting to maintain the protective |
tariff principles Of the Republican party.
That the protective tariff is a benefit to
the farmer, experience has proven, and
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 cardinal policy OF the ! ,
hepubhcan party The measure Of prOtec- |
non should always at least equal the diff /
ference in the cost Of production at home i
ana abroad. We insist upon the main
tenance Of the principle Of protection and,
therefore, rates Of duty should be read I
usted only when conditions have so
hanged that the PUBLIC INTEREST DE-
AANDS THEIR ALTERATION, but this
WORK cannot safely be committed to other
lands than those Of the Republican party.
10 lntrust II to the Democratic party is
70 INVITE DISASTER. Whether. as in
S92, the Democratic party declares the
protective tariff unconstitutional. or wheth- Q
r It demands tariff reform or tariff revi- q
non us real object is ALWAYS THE o
DESTRUCTION OF THE PROTECTIVE (
s4sIEM. However speciOus the name j
VIE PURPOSE is THE SAME DEM n
TARIFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN
'OLLOWED BY BUSINESS ADVERSELY; =
/ Republican tariff by BUSINESS PROS $
'ERITY To a Republican Congress and c
Republican President this great question | N
AN be safely intrusted When the only !
rec trade country among the great nations II
England agitates a return TO protection. | f
he chief protective country should not | l.
alter in maintaining it.
I'VE have extended widely our foreign | S
markets, and we believe in the adoption Of / ''
Ill practicable methods for their further ~
extension, including commercial reciprocity
wherever reciprocal arrangements can be $
Effected consistent with the principles Of II
protection AND WITHOUT INJURY TO | 9
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. American
abor, or any American industry" G
This is a plain, truthful statement Of u
acts, supported by experience and his g
ory, a declaration of principles in Ian IL
uage not TO be mistaken or misunder- e.
TODD, and subject to but one interpreta- L
ion. "
The Democratic party is hopelessly h
ivided on the tariff question, admitted el
: so by its candidates and leaders. The ft
republican party stands, as it always
as. for the principles Of protection No
lass receives greater benefit. no other
lass is more vitally interested in main II
aiming the protective policy, than the Il
armer. fC