Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-07-29

I'VE have enacted tarin law under
which during the last few years the
country has attained height Of ma
terial well-being never before reached.
That whenever the need arises there
if schedules Is undoubted; but such
changes can with safety be made only
by those whose devotion to the prn-
ciple Of protective tariff is beyond
question: for otherwise the changes
would amount not to REIMBURSEMENT
but to repeal. The REIMBURSEMENT
when made must maintain and not
destroy the protective principle. To
the farmer. the merchant the manu-
facturer this is vital; but perhaps no
ether man Is so much interested as
the wage-worker in the maintenance
Of our present economic system. both
as regards the finances and the tariff.
The standard Of living of our wage.
workers is higher than that Of any
other country, and 1t cannot so re-
main unless we have a protective tar
in which shall always keep as a mini
mum rate Of duty sufficient to cover
the difference between the labor cost
here and abroad.
I'VE believe in reciprocity with for.
eign nations on the terms outlined in
President McKinley's last speech,
which urged the extension of our for
eign markets by reciprocal agreements
whenever they could be made with.
out injury to American industry and
labor.
eve recognize the organization Of
capital and the organization of labor
ss natural outcomes of our industrial
system. Each kind Of organization
is to be favored SO long as it acts
in spirit of justice and of regard
for the rights of others. Each is
to be granted the full protection of
held to strict obedience to the law;
for no man is above it and no man
below it.
"Ir inaugurating the great work OF
irrigation in the west the administra-
ton has been enabled by congress
to take one Of the longest strides ever
taken under our government toward
utilizing our vast national domain for
The settler, the actual homemaker.
Ever since this continent was dis
covered the need Of an isthmian
canal to connect the Pacific and the
Atlantic has. been recognized; and
ever since the birth OF our nation such
a canal has been planned. The 18TH
milan canal is now being built by the
government Of the United States. We
conducted the negotiation for its con-
struction with the incest and most
scrupulous honor. and in a spirit Of
the largest generosity toward those
through whose territory it was to run.
"Our foreign policy has been so
conducted that, while not one Of our
just claims has been sacrificed, our
relations with all foreign nations are
now of the most peaceful kind; there
is not a cloud on the horizon. The
last cause of irritation between US
the settlement of the Alaskan bound
airy.
in. the Caribbean sea we have
made good our promises of independ-
ence to Cuba and have proved our as
sertion that our mission in the island
was one of justice and not Of self
sggrandizement; and thereby no less
than by our action in Venezuela and
Panama we have shown that the Mon
roe doctrine is living reality, design
ed for the hurt of no nation, but for
the protection of civilization on the
western continent and for the peace
Of the world. Our steady growth in
r'ower has gone hand in hand with
Strengthening disposition to use this
power with strict regard for the rights
of others and for the cause of inter-
rational justice and good will.
"Our foothold in the Philippines
greatly strengthens our position in
the competition for the trade of the
east; but we are governing the Philip
pines in the interest Of the Philippine
given them large share in their
government, and our purpose IS to in
crease this share as rapidly as they
give evidence of increasing fitness for
the task. To have gone faster than
we have already gone In giving the
islanders constantly increasing
measure of self-government would
have been disastrous. We have estab-
lished in the islands government by
Americans assisted by Filipinos. We
are steadily striving to transform this
by the Filipinos as.
sisted by Americans.
During the seven years that have
just passed there is no duty, domestic
or foreign, which we have shirkeG;
no necessary task which we have fear
ed to undertake, or which We have
not performed with reasonable effici-
ercy. We face the future with our
past and our present as guarantors OF
our promises, and we are content to
stand or to fall by the record which
we have made and are making"
Ansfeur'e Njolin Weli Made