Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

which during the last few years the
country has attained a height Of ma
terial well-being never before reached.
That whenever the need arises there
should be a readjustment of the tar.
in schedules is undoubted; but such
changes can with safety be made only
by those whose devotion to the prin-
ciple Of protective tariff Is beyond
question; for otherwise the changes
would amount not to readjustment
but to repeal. The readjustment
when made must maintain and not
destroy the protective principle. To
the farmer, the merchant, the manu-
facturer this is vital; but perhaps no
other man is so much interested as
the wage-worker in the maintenance
of our present economic system, both
as regards the finances ard the tariff.
The standard of living Of our wage.
workers is higher than that of any
other country, and it cannot so re-
main unless We have a protective tar
iii which shall always keep as mini
mum rate Of duty sufficient to cover
the difference between the labor cost
here and abroad. liz
I'VE believe in reciprocity with for.
cign nations on the terms outlined in
| President McKinley's last speech,
which urged the extension of our for
eign markets by reciprocal agreements
| whenever they could be made with
out injury to American industry and
labor.
1--WE recognize the organization Of
capital and the organization of labor
rs natural Outcomes Of our industrial
system. Each kind of organization
is to be favored so long as 1t acts
in spirit Of justice and of regard
for rthe rights Of others. Each Is
to be granted the full protection of
the law, and each in turn is to be
! held to a strict obedience to the law;
| for no man is above it and no man
below it.
"IE inaugurating the great work Of
irrigation in the west the administra-
| ton has been enabled by congress
to take one of the longest strides ever
| taken under our, government toward
utilizing our vast national domain for
The settler, the actual homemaker.
Ever since this continent was dis
| covered the need of an isthmian
canal to connect the Pacific and the
Atlantic has been recognized; and
| ever since the birth of our nation such
canal has been planned. The 18TH
milan canal is now being built by the
| government of the United States. We
conducted the negotiation for it's con-
struction with the incest and most
| scrupulous honor, and in a spirit Of
the largest generosity toward those
through whose territory it was to run.
"Our foreign policy has been so
conducted that, while not one of our
just claims has been sacrificed, our
relations with all foreign nations are
now of the most peaceful kind; there
is not cloud on the horizon. The
! last cause of irritation between US
and any other nation was removed by
the settlement of the Alaskan bound
airy. .~.sr .'ss. sas "a. ..a.. r Ls.-..
"In the Caribbean sea we have
made good our promises of independ-
ence to Cuba and have proved our as
sertion that our mission in the island
was one of justice and not of self
| EggrandiZement; and thereby no less
than by our action in Venezuela and
| Panama we have shown that the Mon.
roc doctrine is living reality design
ed for the hurt of no nation, but for
the protection of civilization on the
western continent and for the peace
of the world. Our steady growth in
| power has gone hand in hand with a
! strengthening disposition to use this
power with strict regard for the rights
of others and for the cause of inter
rational justice and good will.
"Our foothold in the Philippines
greatly strengthens our position in
the competition for the trade Of the
east; but we are governing the Philip
pines in the interest Of the Philippine
people them selves. We have already
given them large share in their
government, and our purpose IS to in
| crcase this share as rapidly as they
/ give evidence of increasing fitness for
the task. To have gone faster than
we have already gone In giving the
i islanders a constantly increasing
measure of self-government would
have been disastrous. We have estab-
lished in the islands a government by
Americans assisted by Filipinos. We
are steadily striving to transform this
self-government by the Filipinos as
sisted by Americans. . u
During the seven years that have
just passed there is no duty, domestic
or foreign, which we have shirke3;
no necessary task which we have fear
ed to undertake, or which we have
not performed with reasonable eftici-
ercy. We face the future with our
past and our present as guarantors OF
our promises, and we are content to
stand or to fall by the record which
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