The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-12
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70 TIA electors d ths sseona Con /.
gressional district o. Ainnesote I
I.have filed Is . Republicanca
didate for oongress II this district
and will be ! candidate for this. Of
Tee at the next primary electirn.
j. deem it proper Tor one who
seeks this office to state fur what he
stands, what he favors and what he
opposes concerning the chief issue
in this contest, 20 that those who,
vote may do 50 intelligently.
1st. / stand squarely upon the
platform adopted BY the Last Repub-
lican National conventionl
Il End. Hbelivve il the Roosevelt
idea,'' incorporated in the \ tariff
plank Of our national platform,
Enumerated by him in two messages
to congress and reiterated III his
speech of April, 1908, in Minneapo-
lis, that the true measure Of pro-
lection is determined BY sample
recognition of the difference il the
cost of production, here and
abroad. - Protection sufficient to
give American industries an equal
show with foreign competitors on
the basis of sufficient profit Co safe
guard investment and to give TO all
the factors in production such
means of living and such opportun-
titles for Improvement as are neces-
sary to the development Of people
fit to be American citizens, must be
maintained. Tariff in excess g that
is ultra protection and ultra-protec-
ton is unjust and unwiae
srd. hold that while the, princi-
pie of protection is sacred \ tariff
rates are not infalible, and; that
these rates should be changed as
often as existing conditions, whetn-
or growing out of the formation of
trusts or otherwise, render the
further continuance Of the present,
duty on any article unnecessary or,
harmful or inconsistent with the
true measure of protection as defin-
ed by President Roosevelt "a our
platform. When such conditions
arise then. such duties are outside
the principles on which the Repub=
lien doctrine of protection stands.
Fidelity to and maintenance sof ex-
listing schedules are not necessarily
a part Of Rebuplican doctrine
4th. I believe that the time refer
red to in our National PLATFORM has
come when conditions have so
changed that the public interest De-
mands the alteration of certain rates
Of duty, not upward but downward.
Our present congressman has chos-
en- deliberately to. stand with those
who would make on reduction of
tariff duties, and has advanced on
them by declaring in his laSt tariff
speech that the t'next revision may
need to be'upward not downward'' !.
and ''that revision upward can al
ways be undertaken safely. - Thea
issue thus formed / submit to- the
Republican voters Of this district.
for their thoughtful consideration.
and decision. - 4Z.s.: !, ,s:s:
5th. The present tariff on lumber
is unnecessar = and harmful and is
inconsistent with the fundamental
principle Of protection. It serves
only to strengthen: a combination,
which is today putting a burden on
the home builder, retarding devel-.
opment and Improvement; and
throwing mechanics out Of emf loy-
ment, by e3actfng unrighteouis pro
fits on lumb Der, besides injuring and
endangering our agricultural inter
ests by depicting pur forests.
9Th. It follows from these prem !,
ises that favor the entire removal
OF the tariff on lumber and a reduc..
tion of the duties on commod itiess
such as machinery, Implements and
other hardware, which are nowsold
for export to foreign markets Tor
less than they are at home.
! 9TH. I believe in Reciprocity az
defined and advocated by Blaine
and Mckinley. y he declaration Of
President Mckinley that 1.-THE ox-