The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-19


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III 70 tho electors 81 the second en-
greesional district Of Minnesota
! have filed as a Republican an.
didate for congress in this district
and will be candidate for this Of
ice at tue next primary electicn,s
deem it proper for, one who
seeks this Office to state fur what he
stands, what he favors and what be
opposes concerning the, chief issue
in thus contest, - that those Mo
vote may do SO intelligently. al a.
LIST. I stand squarely Gp6n tie
platform adopted by the last Retdbb-
lican National conventio5nf: : ssss@
End. l believe in the ar oosevelt
idea," incorporated in the tariff
plank of our national platform {,
enu1ciated by him in two messages
to congress and reiterated ia his
speech of April, 1908, in Minneapo-
lis, that the true measure Of pro-
lection is determined by. ample
recognition Of the difference in 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 TO safe
guard investment and to give to all
the factors in production such
means of living and such opportnn-
tiles for Improvement as are 'neces
sary to the development of people
fit to be American citizens, must be
maintained. Tariff in excess to that
is ultra-protection and ultra-protec-
ton is unjust and unwise. %5s4z
3rd. hold that while the princi-
pie of protection is sacred tariff
rates are not infallible, 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 inconsistant with the
true measure of protection as defin-
ed by President Roosevelt in our
p platform. When such conditions
arise then such duties are outside
The principles on VIII ich the Repub-
lien doctrine of protection stands. |
Fidelity to and maintenance Of ex-
lsting schedules are not necessarily
a part Of Rebuplican doctrine. s5f
4th. I believe that the time refer |
red to in our National platform has !
come when conditions have1so |
changed that the public interest de-
mands the alteration of certain rates |
IF duty, not upward but downward. |
Our present congressman has ohps-
ens 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 next revision may |
need to be upward not downward".
md THAT revision upward can al
ways be undertaken Safely The
ISSUE thus formed I submit to the
voters of this district
for their thoughtful considerations
md decision. ~
5th. The present tariff on lumber
8 unnecessary and harmful and is
with the fundamental |
principle Of protection. 1t serves
only to strengthen a combination
which is today putting burden on
The home builder, retarding devel-I
'pment and Improvement, and
throwing mechanics out Of ~employ-
ment, by exacting unrighteous pro-
it's on lumber, besides injuring and
'ndangering our agricultural inter
,sts by depicting our forests. IL
9Th. It follows from these prem
ses that favor the entire removal
# the tariff on lumber and reduc-
ion of the duties on commodities
such as machinery, implements and
'ther hardware, which are now sold
'or export to foreign markets for
less than they are at home. Il
9TH. believe in Reciprocity as
letined and advocated by Blaine'
md Mckinley. The declaration of
President Mckinley that ''The ex-I
,ansion of our trade and commerce