Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-06
Where Fairbanks Stands.

Iu0 AeOpuDllCdu COAFCullOn uOlhlAo
ton for the vice presidency has been
made public. He says in part:
The Hon. Elihu Root, Chairman Of No
tificatiOn Committee. My Dear Sir: In
accordance with the promise made when
you formally notified me of my nomina-
ton for vice president, 1 avail myself of
this opportunity to submit to you, and
| through you to my fellow citizens, some
further views with respect to the ques-
lions in issue before the people.
The principles which are so frankly and
felicitously expressed in the platform
ADOPTED by the Republican national con-
venrion meet with my heartiest APPROX
al. In the main they have been subject
ed to the test of actual experience and
have been found to De well suited to our
industrial and national needs. They
have brought us to a high state of ma
terial development, and have made the
nations name respected among the pow
ers of the earth. The utterances Of po-
litical parties must be interpreted In the
light OF that practical construction which
they have put upon them when instrust-
ed with power. 1t is not alone what
they say, but what they will do, which
should weigh in determining their capac-
ity to administer public affairs.
We have had two administrations In
the last seven years which have been
governed by the same policies. We may
cover when the one ended and the other
began. Both were obliged to make vast
expenditures for much needed public
works. The rapidly expanding needs Of
the government business must be met.
The national equipment must keep pace
with our national growth, yet always
with due regard to the principles of sound
economy in public expenditure. We have
pursued no parsimonious policy on the
one hand, nor INDUCED in extravaganza
H., ,th hay cd hn
public expense by the public necessity.
The convention did well in it's hearty
commentator of the administration of
President Roosevelt. This is sharply
challenged by the opposition. We accept
the issue with confidence. The president
assumed the responsibilities of chief ex-
ecutive with a pledge to carry out the
policy of his beloved and lamented pred
ecessor. He kept the cabinet of Presi-
dent Mckinley composed of statesmen
of eminent ability, in whom the country
placed entire confidence. He carried for
ward the uncompleted work faithfully
and successfully. The pledge has been
kept scrupulously; the promise has been
fulfilled. Peace and good order have
been maintained. Domestic and foreign
trade have increased and relations Of
amity have been preserved with foreign
powers.
The foreign policy of the administration
has been conservative, just and firm, and
has made for the advancement of peace.
Events in the Far East suggest the
wisdom and necessity of continuance
of the present foreign policy.
We favor the adjustment Of interna-
tional disagreements by an appeal to
reason rather than to arms.
Our relations with the world were never
better. We have avoided all entAngling
alliances, and, In the language of the
eminent secretary of state. I'VE are with
out an ally and without an enemy"
The convention wisely declared in IA
vor of protection which guards and
develops our industries" and that the
measure of protection should always at
least equal the difference in the cost OF
production at home and abroad"
The Democratic convention which late
ly assembled at st. Louis denounced
protection as robbery of the many to
enrich the few and favored revision
and gradual reduction of the tariff" The
issue Is thus distinctly made. 1t is by
no means a new one, for while the Re-
publican party has uniformly adhered to
the policy of protection, the Democratic
party has been consistent in its opposi-
ton. 1t has held to the doctrine of a
revenue tariff, and during all the years
of the contest has maintained that the
protective system was opposed to good
morals, in contravention of the constitu-
ton and in violation of sound economics.
The objections which are now urged
which have found utterance for many
years. The difference between the par
ties is radical and fundamental. 1t In
wolves the principle of protection and
not simply the measure of the duties to
be laid. A revision of duties should be
made only when conditions have so
changed that the public interest demands
their alteration, and they should be so
revised as to preserve and not destroy the
protective principle.
A revision and reduction by those who
regard the tariff as a robbery must
awaken serious apprehension among all
whose capital Is employed or who are
engaged at labor in the various enter
prises throughout the country which de-
pend in large measure upon the main
tenance of the protective system.
History abundantly shows that the
greatest Industrial development of the
country has occurred during the period
when the protective tariff has been main
tained, and that during this time labor
has received its largest rewards and cap
ital has been most profltably engaged.
The development of the country dur
ing the last forty-four years Is COM
plete vindlcation Of the virtue and eff
cacy of a protective system.
In 1860 the value of our exports and
manufactures was $4O,345 S92. Twenty
years later 1t was S102, S56,015 and last
year S452, AS, 500. The pretension Of It's
opponents that the protective tariff Is
inconsistent with the extension OF our
| foreign commerce Is thus denied by actu-
al results. In considering the effect Of
the respective tariff policies OF the Re-
| publican and Democratic parties, we are
| fortunately able to consult past expert
ence. What a revenue tariff viii ac-
| complish we know. for we have hitherto
seen how 1t has arrested Industrial de-
velopment and embarrassed enterprise to
| the injury of both labor and capital.
Neither escapes its blighting effects.
Commercial reciprocity with foreign
countries consistent with the principles
OF protection" has long been one or the
we'll recognized policies of the Repub-
lican party. The present administration
in the face of serious Democratic oppo-
sitlon, secured treaty Of reciprocity
with Cuba, which promises to give US
control Of a large share Of the commerce
OF that island
Roth Presidents Mckinley and Roose--
| velt attempted to negotiate treaty or
reciprocity with Canada. That subject;
together with the Alaskan boundary ana
otner matters was submitted 70 JOINT
high commission for consideration, but
the differences which arose between the
American and the British commissioners
with respect to the boundary made II I'M
/ nossible for the commission to agree
upon any Of the remaining subjects SUD-
mitted for its determination.
The American commissioners deslTsu
10 remit the boundary dispute OF the
| two governments and to proceed with the
| consideration OF all other questions, IN
| Guiding reciprocity. but the BRITISH COM
missioners declined to proceed furtner
while the boundary remained undeter-
mined. Subsequently the, boundary com ON.
| line has been settled, but no agreement
has been reached for further consider
| alton OF the remaining questions embrace