Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-22

that they are pledged. When our oppo,
nents last obtained power It was on
ana protective PRO- Sttnr tariff
this declaration into practice was one of
the causes Of the general national pros
protective taFIn Is either tRS TO u iSsa
tional' or robbery" then Il is 1ust as
unconstitutional. just as much robbery.
tive, as II would be to enact II. In other
words our opponents have committed
themselves to the destruction of the pro-
teeiiye Pinciple in the tariff, using words
which II honestly used forbid them from
permitting this principle to obtain in
even the smallest degree.
the protsstve tSr '0R psr rs O the Sst
rev years the merchant has seen the
export trade OF this country grow faster
manufacturer could not keep his factory
running Il II were not for the protective
ia tarim; The wage-worker would do we'll
70 remember that II protection Is rob
perry. ana Is to be punished accordingly,
ne VIII be the first to pay the penalty:
Tor either he will be turned adrft entire
~, or ms wages Will be cut down to the
starvation point. As conclusively shown
ny the bulletins OF the bureau OF labor,
wage pI roceIyeds power Yer Of the average
grown faster than the cost of living, and
this In spite of the continual shortening,
or WORKING hours. The accumulated saw
ings of tho workingmen OF the country,
as shown by the deposits in the savings
banks nave increased by leaps and
or any other country has there been an,
era 10 productive of material beneft
alike to workingman and employer, as
passed.
The farmer has benefited quite as much
as the manufactures the merchant and
the wage-worker. The most welcome and
impressive fact established by the last
census iS the wide and even distribution
OF wealth among all classes of our coun-
oh iAf ...,l@
ing this distribution are shown by the
census to be the development of manu-
features. and the application of new in.
Ventions to universal use.
In the forty years ending in 1900 the
total value OF farm property increased
twelve and half billions OF dollars: tho
farmer gaming even more during this pc
ROD than the manufacturer. Long ago
oVer-production would have checked the
marveious development OF our national
agriculture, but for the steadily increas-
ing demand or American manufacturers
TOR iarm products required as raw ma
'eriaIs FOR steadily expanding industries.
ConditIons change and the laws must
be, modified from time to time to ut new
exigencies. But the genuine underlying
principle OF protection, as it has been
embodied In all but one OF the American
tariff laws for the last forty years has
worked out results so beneficent, so even
ly and widely spread so advantageous
alike to farmers and capitalists and work
ingmen, to commerce and trade OF every
Kind: thai, that the American people, IL they
will insist that when these laws are
modified they shall be modified with the
Utmost care and conservatism, and by
the friends and not the enemies OF the
protective system. They cannot AFFORD
to trust the modification to those who
treat protection and robbery as synony-
In closing what have to saw about
,ne system OF promoting American indus
m ng te, line me t add word Of cordial agree
Guiding within its Dement'S, by appropriate
legislation, the American merchant ma
rine' IL Is not creditable to us as a ma
trade should be we'll nigh exclusively
In the hands of foreigners.
,,, Our opponents contend that the govern
ment is now administered extravagantly,
and that whereas there was "a surplus
OF sSeopo 900 in 1907 there is "a defici t'o Of
has i'm man Mo;ooo'Oo0' in the year that
| This deficit ls imaginary, and is OBJ
tanned by including in the ordinary cur
| which was paid for the right of wav Of
| the Panama canal out OF the accrmu-
| iated surplus In the treasury. Compar-
rog the tbe current twp or ordinary expenditures
of nearly eighty millions for the Year
1902 a and Of only little more than eight
closed. But this dlminution of tho an an
nual surplus was brought about design
edly by The abolition of the war taxes
| The acts of March e. 1901 and April 10
| 1902, cut down the Internal revenue n xes
10 IN a., amount estimated at one hundred
the reduction OF taxation has been con-
siderably greater than the reduction in
wnr with ihnr gpan t Snce the close Of
| substantial change in the rate of annual
expenditures, AS. compared with the u.s.
ca ca year th s ending IN June. 1901. for exam
| PIE, the nscal year that has Just closed
| showed relatively small increase in ex-
penditure excluding the canal payment
already AREA y, referred to- while the, year pre-
The expenditures of the nation have
| been managed in spirit of economy as
| far removed from waste as from niggard-
| liness; and in the future every EFFORT win
| be continued to secure an economv as
] strict as Is consistent with efficiency.
the Philippine Islands. Here again we vo
are confronted by the fact that their ir-
reconcilaabIe differences of opinion
| to create n constructive policy when in
| power and their readiness, for the sake
Of MONETARY political expedlency, to
have insisted as essential, consplre 70
puzzle us as to whether they do or do
not intend In. good faith to carry out
this promise if they are given control of
the government -
If our opponents came into power and
a az, TO carry out their promises to
the tllipinos by giving them independ-
ence, and Withdrawing American control
from the islands, the result would be
IllB cdldUllly 10 the EiliplnO3
themselves, and in its larger aspect would
| amount to an International crime. An
archy would follow; and the most vio-
lent anarchic forces would be directed
partly AGAINST the civil government, part
ly against all forms OF religious and edu-
| cational civilization. Bloody conflicts
woud inevitably ensue in the archipelago
| and Just as inevitably the islands would
become the prey of the first power which
| in It's own selfish interest took up the
task we had crayenly abandoned
During the last five years more has
| been done for tho material and moral
| well-beins Of the Ftlipinos than ever
| before since the islands first came within
| the ken OF civilized man. We have open
| ed before them vista OF orderly deye-
| opment In their own interest, and not
a policy OF exploitation. Every effort is
| being made to fit the islanders for self.
| government, and they have already in
| large measure received It, while for the
| first time in their history their personal
rights and civil liberties have been guar
| anteed. They are being educated; they
| have been given schools: they have been
given libraries;, roads are being built for
| their use: their health is being cared
| fori they have been given courts in which
| they receive justice as absolute as 1t Is
in to o,,ta koIp Ia,