The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-14
FARMERS BENEFITED
PROTECTIVE TARIFF FURNISHES
THEM A PAVING HOME MARKET.
Thi. Continued Pro.pkrity Depends
LnrEcly on the Success of the Repub.
lican Ticket-Platform on Which
Roosevelt and Fairbanks Stand.

That the farmer has enjoyed great
prosperity during the last seven years
will not be denied. Prosperity 10 the
farmer means the raising of abundant
crops md q demand for his products at
good prices, and both have prevailed dur
ing the period named. The raising of
abundant crops depends in a measure
upon conditions over which he has no
control, but largely upon his ability.
me sale of his crops and the price he
receives can in n large measure n so be
controlled by the farmer. This he can
90 by stimulating the demand and in
cfeasllg the consumption of farm prod
ncts. The farmer may live and have
everything necessary to sustain life. hut.
TO ENJOY prosperity in its fullest sense.
he must be able to sell at profitable prices
what he does not need for consumption.
How can he assist in maintaining this
condition? A foreign demand will not
suilce, as the demand for farm products
from foreign countries is limited, and
the prices obtained for exported farm
products DEPEND urON THE DO
MESTlC or HOME DEMAND. With
factories idle. industries paralyzed, and
workmen unemployed, home consumption
Is curtal!ed and prices decline. How
can the farmer prevent this condition:
by voting to maintain the protective
tariff principles of the Republican party.
mat the protective tariff is Il benefit to
the farmer, experience has proven, and
a continuation of the prosperity hereto
lore enjoyed under the principles of pro-
lection can best be attained by the united
support of Roosevelt and Fairba.. IS by
the Independent. liberty loving. level
headed farmer vote.
Protection Plank.
Following is the protection plank of
tile Republican platform:
protection which guards and develops
hepublican party. The measure of protec-
tlom should always at least equal the diff
terence in the cost of production at home
lenanee of the principle of protection. and,
therefore, rates of duty should be read
1nsted only when conditions have so
snai,ged that the PUBIC INTEREST DE
work cannot safely be committed to other
hands than those of the Republican party.
nc, nc lntrnst It to the Democratic party is
1892 the Democratic party declares the
protective tariff unconstitutional, or wIeth-
er 1t demands tariff reform or tariff revi-
DEsTRucTioNY OF THE TRoTEcT1VE
S9STEM; However spacious the name
THE PURPOSE is THE SAME. A DEM
0CRATIC TARIFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN
FOLLOWED BY BUSINESS ADVERSELY:
Il Republican tariff by BUSINESS PROS
PERlTY. To Il Republican Congress and
& Republican President this great question
can be safely intrusted. When the only
free trade country among the great nations
tEnglandl agitntes a return to protection.
the chief protective country should not
falter in maintaining it.
I'VE have extended widely our foreign
markets, and we believe in the adoption of
all practicable methods for their further
extension, including commercial reciprocity
wherever reciprocal arrangements can be
effected consistent with the principles of
protection AND WITHOUT INJURY TO
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, American
labor, or any American industry"
This is a plain, truthful statement of
facts, supported by experience and his
tory, a. declaration of principles in lam
guage not to be mistaken or misunder-
stood, and subject to but one i~nterpreta-
ton.
The Democratic party is hopelessly
divided on the tariff question. admitted
~ so by its candidates and leaders. The
Republican party stands, as it always
has, for the principles of protection. No
class receives greater benefit. no other
class is more vitality interested in main
tanning the protective policy, than the
farmer