Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-22
PROTECTION AND REPUBLICAN.

Never has it been necessary for adj
vocates of protection to American in
dustries" to make any excuse for their
beliefs. Neither is the discussion of
this sort of republicanism ever out of
place in republican gathering. Indi-
vidual republicans or republican pa
pers canot be too Jealous in proclaim
ing their doctrines and they never
should let an opportunity for setting
forth their beliefs slip by, fearing that
they might say too much about the pro-
tective tariff
The editor of the Bloomfield News
Republican says that it has been re-
Gently intimated to him that he ought
not to say too much about the protec-
tive tariff in his paper. However, Edi-
tor Rominger is not of this opinion as
is plainly shown in his statement,
which follows:
It has been suggested that at the
present time this paper should not say
too much about the tariff. We want to
say plainly, frankly and unequivocally,
that as long as the News=Republican
is in the hands of the present owners,
it will proclaim the doctrine of PRO
lection to American industries" Plain
old protection if you please. The kind
that has planted work shops all over
this land, and put inside of those shops
honest muscle to earn their bread in
the sweat of their faces, and are today
making every article which is needed
by the American people. The kind of
protection that has placed the consum-
ing community near the producing
classes, that makes America the work
shop of the world. 1t has been the
cardinal doctrine of the republican
party for forty-four years, and we have
been able to outstrip every other ma
tion on Gods footstool. Yes. Protec-
ton, the kind that allows the boys on
our farms to sell their horses, corn.
oats, cattle and hogs and farms at fair
prices. That makes this country the
mecca" Of the downtrodden and op-
pressed of the world. Look at this
country in 1913 years flileu with. homes,
school houses, churches, telephones
and telegraph wires, daily mail to
nearly every farmers door. 1t makes
no difference about the royal blood in
your veins in this country where we
all have an equal chance. Any young
man and woman can by honest toll .ac-
cumulate enough to educate and clothe
themselves, and are accorded a place
in the affairs of men. No, when you
strike down our tariff laws, you strike
at the vital part of our great business
prosperity, which means low prices for
labor, degradation of the manhood and
womanhood of the country and nation
al bankruptcy. We believe in the fu-
ture of our country. Why not hold
the exalted position we do today. Let
no mans ambition lead us into forbid
den paths. Stick to the good old way,
that has made America the greatest,
grandest nation on the globe.
1t is the kind of protection that pro-
tects that Editor Rominger believes in
and with him we would say that too
much discussion it cannot have. The
results of it's adoption as a national
policy have proved of untold benefit
to the people of the United States and
they are ever glad to tell of these ben
efits. No, we cannot have too much
said of the kind of protection for
which Blaine, Harrison, Mckinley,
Dingley, Roosevelt and scores of other
republican leaders have stood. Let this
discussion continue until every Ameri-
can citizen has become thoroughly IA
miliar with it's benefits.