The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-12
TAKES UP MATTER j!
OF RECIPROCITY,

Our opponents assert that they believe
IN IN reciprocity. Their action on the most
gotta ted-thae with Cllba-does not bear
out this assertion. Moreover there can
s ne, no reciprocity unless there is a. sub
are not compatible. We are on record
as favoring arrangements for reciprocal
: trade relations with other countries, these.
a al to be on an equitable basis!
81 penemt to both the contracting par
ties. The Republican party stands
pledged to every wise and consistent
method etn OF increasing the foreign com
while the domestic trade of this country,
exceeds in volume the entire export and
import trade of all the nations Of the
world, the United States has in addiSh
ton secured more than an eighth of the.
export trade of the world standing first
among the nations in this respect. The
United States has exported during; the
last seven years nearly ten billions Of
dollars worth Of goods-on an average
nall as much again annually as during
our people Were consuming nothing but
neceSSar1eS, and some of them a Scanty
supply even of these.
Two years ago, in speaking at Logans-.
THE one consideration which must
never be omitted in tariff change is the
imperative need of preserving the Amer
lean standard of living for the American
Workingman The tariff rate must never
fall beloW that which wil protect the
American a. ca Nottingham b4s aAdwing for
the dlfference between the general labor
cost here and abroad, SOFAS at@least to
equalize the conditions arising from the
difference in the standard of, labor here
and abroad-a difference SNgifdh it should;
be our aim to foster in so far as it
represents the needs of better educated,
better paid, better fed, ana Better clothed
workingmen of a higher type than any to
be found in foreign country. At all
hazards. and no matter what else is
sought for or accomplished by changes of
the tariff, the American Workingman
must be protected in his standard of
wages, that is. in his standard of living,
and must be secured thes fullest oppor-
tunlty of employment. Ourslaws should.
IN no event afford Advantage to foreign
They should in no event dc less THAI
equalize the difference In conditions at
home and abroad Y
1t is matter of regret THAT the pro-
tectiye tariff policy which, during the
last forty odd years, has become part of
the very fiber of the country, is not
Surely we have a right to say that it has
passed beyond the domain of theory, and
a right to expect that mot only it's
original advocates, but those who at one
time distrusted it on theoretic grounds,
should now acquiesce in the results that
have been proved over and over again
by actual experience. These forty odd
years this nation alton has ever SEEM more
prosperous years than any other nation
has ever seen. Beyond question this
American people had not possessed the
necessary thrift. energy. and business In
telligence to turn their vast material
resources to account But it is no less
true that it is our economic policy as re-
CARDS the tariff and finance which has
enabled us as a nation to make such good
use OF the individual capacities of our
citizens, and the natural resources of our
country Every class of our people is
benefited by the protective tariff. During
the last few years the merchant has seen
the export trade of this country grow
faster than ever in our previous history.
The manufacturer could not keep his
factory running if it were not for the
protective tariff The wage worker would
do well to- remember that if protection
IS robbery, - and is to- be punished ac-
cordingly, he will be the first to pay the
penalty; for either he will, be turned
adrift entirely, or his wages will be cut
down to the starvation point.