The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-10-01
PRAISES RECORD OF PARTY.
Senator Fairbanks, in His Letter OF Acceptance
Highly Ccmmends Action of Republican
Administration.

IN along revenue lines means the in
creased importation of the products
of foreign manufacture which come
into competition with our domestic
production. II means a loss TO the
American wage earners and to Ameri-
can capital"
The senator declares that during
the period when protective tariff was
maintained labor has received its
largest rewards and capital has been
most profitably engaged" He dis
poses OF reciprocity in few para
graphs, asserting that commercial
reciprocity with foreign countries
consistent with the principles of pro-
lection has long been one of the well
recognized policies OF the Republican
party"
He dwells upon the efforts made by
Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt
to negotiate a treaty with'Canada and
of the failure OF the same because OF
the disagreement in the joint high
commission on the Alaskan boundary
matter. OF Cuba he declares:
1.-THE present administration, in the
face of serious Democratic opposition,
secured a treaty of reciprocity with
Cuba which promises to give us con-
troll of large share of the commerce
of that island"
OF trusts and combinations the vice
presidential nominee writes more ex-
tensively. He tells the people the adj
ministration has enforced the Sher-
man antitrust law and that the last
Congress enacted legislation which
aimed TO expedite the hearing and
determination OF antitrust suits: that
Congress also created the Department
of Commerce and Labor and amend
ed the interstate commerce law so
to abolish 1.-THE pernicious system OF
rebates under which large shippers
could crush their smaller competi-
tors"
Senator Fairbanks declares sound
money sis so vital to our welfare, so
important to our industrial develop
ment, that we should let its open enc
mics or negative friends know that
we abate nothing OF our determine
ton TO uphold and defend It." He
alludes to the Democratic view on
this subject somewhat satirically, say
ing:
when Democratic candidates can
not hope to win preferment in q ma
tional convention without Industrious
ly conceallng their monetary views,
and when Democratic national and
state conventions dare not declare
their faith in the virtue OF the gold
standard, the hour has not arrived
when the forces OF sound money
should disband and leave the field"
The senator says the Presidents
course in Panama merits most gener-
al approval A brief history of the
negotiations leading to the Panama
treaty is given and Senator Fairbanks
adds:
when the insurrection occurred
upon the isthmus the President safe
guarded American interests He act
cd promptly but deliberately; pru-
IDENTIFY, not rashly; firmly, not unlaw-
fully. He usurped no authority"
OF the Philippines he declares:
1--WE shall continue as we have be-
gun--to open schools and churches. to
set the courts in operation, TO foster
industry and trade and commerce,
and in every way in our power to
make these people whom Providence
has brought within our jurisdiction
feel that It is their liberty and not
our power, their welfare and not our
gain, we are seeking to enhance. Our
flag never has waved over any com
munity but in blessing"
or irrigation he declares:
THE sum of more than s20,000000,
now available in the reclamation fund.
to which additions are constantly be-
ing made. guarantees under wise adj
minlstration great progregs in the
work OF irrigation and the settlement
OF the arid region within few years"
He holds that the settlement OF
these new regions will open a new
market for the manufacturers OF the
East. Senator Fairbanks says II is
gratifying 20 recall that sectional
differences have disappeared and that
Republican policies neither are sec
tional nor racial.