Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-04

0IOnB II Inc piOtccItt oy5NVmt ohu
denounce ii as q Islander upon the In.
tegrity and intelligence Of the ciyiliz.
ed nations OF the earth which have
made It the fundamental feature q
their fiscal policy,
Wa admit neither the superior hon.
esty nor greater wisdom Of the free
trader, either Individually or coIlcc.
lively, either theoretically d by a mat
ter Of fact.
J We acknowledge that he Is honest
~ seeking in bis Y way for thespro-
lection OF the nonproducer by free
trade in untaxed articles Of consump-
ton, but we claim that the producer
OF every class. from the tiller Of the
SOIL to the manufacturer Of the highest
product Of human skill, far outnum
bers him, and that not only the great,
est good Of the greatest number. but
the highest good of all, demands that
the home market ehall DO reserved
10 those who by their labor and toll
and self.dcniaI have made II what IL
Is today--the envy Of the world.
We understand az well as he that
the planters Or tho south. with q
hitherto worlds monopoly Of q single
product. still desire and hope 70 have
MI other products bow down to ~.
but cotton Is no longer king. and man.
kind has learned that those nations
only are strong and great and rich
where indnstries are diversified and
all resources are developed to their
fullest extent.
Free trade puts raw material, the
product OF nnskillcd labor. into the
/. worlds market across the seas at
competitiye prices and takes In 70.
turn the finished article. with trans
portation both ways added, ana at
noncompetitive prices, fixed At q trit
butte 10 the highest mechanical skill.
Protection puts the factory beside
The farm. the furnace over the mine,
makes the producer and consumer n
and the same person, and, avoiding all
intermediary charges, gives 70 both
the lowest cost and the highest pro.
I'll possible,
What | am trying to do il 70 find
out what the democratic party now
stands FOR on the tariff question, 30
far as any conclusion q be reach
ed from their appointments on
the committee which has initial action
on that subject,
These averages are, however quite
Instructive.
The republican average population
Ny states Ii 3.232, 292; the democratic
average population ~ states Is 1896.
225.
The republican average OF agrtcul.
tural products BY statcs Is $lS0,5if,-
u MEG
202. the democratic average Of agri
cultural products BY states Is si6l.-
0iG,i9i.
The republican average Oh manufac.
turing products by states Is $si5, 2Og,-
sil the democratic average Of manu-
featuring products by states Is $f95,
1861
Tho republican average of votes
east In the districts In 1902 Ii 34,s57;
the democratic average of votes cast
In the district In 1902 Is 1860.
The republican average Of agricul
tural products by districts Is 81 $780,
6s3; the democratic average DC agri
cultural products by districts Ii So
05o,9Ob.
Tho republican average OF manufac
turing products by districts Is 1855.
GA; the democratic average Of a
ufactlring products By districts IL
s2l, 2S3.17s.
Mr.. Chairman, two years ago / was
10 the city Of Pekin, China, and visit.
ed the scene of the wickedest crime in
all history. Within the compound OF
the British legation, and protected By
a brick and plaster wall perhaps ten
ortwelye feet high and two feet
thick. were huddled the legations OF
the civilized world~-thirtecn hundred
men. women and children-all OF them
In that city under treaty pledges Of
safety and protection. A few hundred
feet away was the wall OF the Forbid.
den city. nifty feet high and sixty
feet thick, a fortress OF stone. Behind
that wall and III perfect safety, the
Boxer mob and Imperial troops had
mounted two Krupp guns. and from
their vantage point poured nc point.
blank range thousands OF shot and
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