Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-07-14
THE IsTHMIAN CANAL.

mian canal, so long the dream OF Amer
lean statesmanship, is now an accom-
plished fact and the great work OF con
Injecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans
BY canal is at last begun.
1t is due TO the republican party tha
We have passed laws which will bring
the arid lands OF the United States
within the area OF cultivation.
We have reorganized the army and
put itin the highest shape OF efficiency
We have passed laws for The Inn
provement and support of the militia
We have pushed forward the building
OF the navy-the defense and protec-
tion OF our honor and interests.
Our administration OF the great de,
partments OF government has been hon.
est and efficient, aud whenever wrong
doing has been discovered the republi-
can administration has not hesitated Ia
probe evil and bring the offenders to
justice. without regard to party or po-
litical ties.
REGULATION OF TRUSTS.
The laws enacted by the republican
party, which the democratic party
failed TO enforce, and which were in-
tended for the protection Of the public
against unjust Discrimination or illegal
encroachment OF vast aggregations of
capital, have been fearlessly enforced
by a republican president, and new
laws, insuring reasonable publicity as
to the operations of great corporations
and providing additional remedies for
the prevention OF discrimination ia
freight rates, have been passed by q
republican congress.
Tn this record OF achievements dur
ing the past eight years may be read
the pledges which the republican
party has fulfilled.
THE PARTY'S PRINCIPLES.
We propose to continue these policies
and we declare our constant adher-
ence to the following principles:
Protection, which guards and devel-
ops our industries. 10 the cardinal poll
Icy OF the republica party The mea-
sure of protection should always at
least equal the difference In the cost of
production at home and abroad. We
insist upon the maintenance OF the
principle OF protection, and therefore
the rates of duty should be readiusted
only when conditions have SO changed
that public interest demands their al
teration, but this work cannot safely
be committed to any other hands than
those of the republican party.
To trust it to the democratic party is
to invite disaster. Whether, as In 1892
when the democratic party declared
the protective tariff unconstitutional,
or whether 1t demands tariff reform or
tariff revision, its real object Is always
the destruction of the protective sys-
tenn However specious the name, its
purpose is ever the same. A demo.
cratic tariff has always been followed by
business adversitV, and to republican
president this great question can be
safely entrusted.
When the only free trade country
among the great nations agitates re-
turn to protection the chief protective
country should not falter in maintain
ing 1t. We have extended widely our
foreign markets, and we believe In the
adoption OF all practical methods Tor
their further extension, including com
mercial reciprocity, wherever recip-
rocal arrangements can be effected
consistent with the principles OF pro-
lection and without injury to Ameri-
can agriculture, American labor or
any American industry
FOR A STRONG NAVY.
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