The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16

therefore OF our business and industry.
that they are pledged. When oar opbl,
nents last obtained power 1t was Oh
platform declaring n protective tafin
',unconstituiional;H and the effort to put
the causes of the gcne--Sf atihnai pos-
tration lasting from ttS,Ie 1S7. If n
protective tariff is either "unconstitu-
unconstitutional. just az much robbery.
to revise IL down. still leaving IL protcC-
tive. as IL would be to enact IT. In other
themselves to the destruction OF the pro-
tective principle in the tariff, using words
which n honestly used forbid them from
even the smallest degree.
Every class OF our people is benefited
~ the protective tariff. During tho last
export trade OF this country grow faster
than ever in our previous history. The
manufacture could not keep his factory
running II II were not for the protective
tariff. Tho wage-worker would do well
TO renember that IL protection is "rob.
berry and Is to be punished accordingly.
for either he will be turned adrirt entire.
~, or his wages will be cut down 10 the
starvation point. As conclusively ehown
by the bulletins Of the bureau OF Labor
the purchasing power OF the average
wage received by the wage-worker has
crown faster than the cost of living. and
or working hours. The accumulated saw
inRs or the workingmen of the country,
hs snown by the deposits in tho savings
bounds. At no time In the history of this
or any other country has there been AN
ern 50 productive OF material benont
nIhc 10 NORTHUMBERLAND and employer, as
passed. 't
The farmer has benefited quite M much
ns the manufacturer. the mercha Mt and
inc wage-worker. The most weloome and
impressive fact established by the last
CELSIUS ~ the wide and even Distribution
Oh NDAlfh Ammo al alA.aA -
ting this distribution are shown nv the
SSensus TO be the development Of manu-
lectures, and the application OF new in
v%c,ntions to universal use.
IN the Forty. years ending in 1870 the
t U,% Va anu Of firm property Increased
Ihrnncr gaining even more during this pc
ROO than the manufacturer Long ago
errproduct would have checked the
marvellous development of our national
ngr'cuiIure, but for the steadily %increas.
ing demand OF American manufacturers
%ter,a Isrm ror products REQUIRED as raw ma
'eria,s tor steadily expanding industries.
conditlons change and the laws must
ne modified from time TO time to nt new
princinIln But the genuine underlying
embodied in all but one OF the apericnm
tarlt laws for the last forty years. has
ly. and widely spread, 20 dvnpt,yeo
alike TO farmers and capitalists and work.
nniinnaa ''n; 10 m and trade Of every
.' 80 Nv StfltT1tan DpCnkn- IN th,Nt
snow their usual practical business sensc
VIII insist that when these avs nrG
mpdIntd they shall be modified with the
ulihos, care n conservatism. and NV
the friends and not the enemies Of ,bss
protective system. They cannot n,,om'i
10 trust the modification to those VIII"
u mnn projection and robbery as synony.
In closing what ! have to say ahou,
tr n I Iet 1nn ot Promoting Americans indus.
mcnt with the policy of in some wav in.
ciuding within its benefits, by appro1riat,
, riG the american merchant ma.
tion that our great export ana Is ~ ma,
trauc should be we'll nigh exclusively
IN the hands of foreigners.
our opponents contend that the covorn.
meiit Is now administered cxtrny;lgpnt
anu mat whereas there was "a snIrnlns
%, seVSHO n laD, there is "a defcit oi
has Just closed. '"' '""'
This deficit is imaginary. and 81 OH.
rent ax Py ,nslu ,hn in the 9(ainayY, cur.
.wnicn was paid for the right OF way of
inc Panama canal ont Of the ,cr,imr'
Ins'd th SURPLUS in the treasury. Compar.
Tor the TWO years. there was n surpIuy
OF nearly eighty millions for tho Yea,
,y%; and o. only a little more than eigh,
closed. But this diminutlon OF the mn'
nual surplus was brought about design.
in The ,n rns : apoi,tion OF the war taxes
The acts OF March 2. 1901. ana AMI, 70
iSp2, cut down the internal revenue tasn,
and five millions n year In other worJ,
the reduction OF taxation has hnen con.
siferably greater than the REDUCTION ir
the war with Spain there b "a SSs nnn "i
substantial change I'm the rate Of ANNA
expenditures; As compared with the lis.
pie. the fiscal year that has inst ciosnI
showed n relatively small increase in OK.
pHnditnrc Excluding the canal payment
Vious showed a relatively small decrease
Inc Expenditures of the nation have
nern manaSed In a spirit of economy ~
iar removed from waste as from nigga,d
illness: and in the future every cGort vii
be continued to secure AN economy a.
site. as ~ consistent with efficiency.
our opponents promise Independence "a
the Philippine Islands. Here again we
are eonSrGnted by the fact that their i.
among themselves. their proved nm. b,iitx
To create "A constructive policy when H.
power. and their readiness. for the sake
abandon the principles upon when ,be%v
hnve insisted as essential, conspjrc r.
puzzle US as to whether they ds or dc
thIs promise If they are given coutroI ot
the government.
II our opponents came into power and
the Filipinos by giving them indrpcnd.
ence. and Withdrawing American contrn,
from tne .iSialGS. the result would bt
"a frightful calamity TO tho FSIfpiuos
themselves. and In it's larger aspect Womb
amount to an International CRIME. An.
archy would follow: and the most Vic.
lent nnarchic forces would he directed
partly against the civil government. mari.
ly against all forms of religious and edr.
cational civilization. Bloody conflicts
woud inevitably cnsuo In the archipciapo
and Just as inevitably the Islands would
become the prey of the first power which
In its W selfish interest took uD IN,
task we had cravenly abandoned.
During the last hive years more ba.
been done for The material and mora
weli-bcing OF the Filipinos than ever
before since tho islands !lrst came within
the ken of civilized man, We have omen.
ed before them a vista of orderly dey.i,
opment in their own interest, and not
n policy OF exploitation. Every eYort il.
being made To 1T the siandcrs for self.
government. and they have already In
large measure, received 1t. while for the
first time in their history their personal
rights and civil liberties have been guar.
anteed. They are being educated; they
have been given schools: they havc bceil
elven libraries, roads are being built for
their use; their health is being cared
for; they have hecn given courts in which
they receive justice as absolute as IL is
In orr Dnulr IN IN ~ ~ Ia srl,nt, O..