The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-06-30

tegrity of China.

of American craftsmanship is no W
an accomplished fact. The great
work of connecting the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans by canal has at
last begun, and it is due to the Re
publican party.
We have passed laws which will
bring the arid lands of the United
States within the area of cultiva-
ton,
We have reorganized the army and
put it in the highest state of effic-
lei cy;
We have passed laws for the i'm
provement and support of the militia,
We have pushed forward the build
ing of the navy. the defense and the
protection of our honor and our il :
terests,
Our administration of the great
departments of the government has
been honest and efficient and when
ever wrong doing.has been discover
ed, the republican administration
has not hesitated to probe the evil
and bring offenders to justice with
out regard to party or political ties.
Laws enacted by the republican
party which the democratic party
failed to enforce and which were in
tendedf,or the protection of the public
against the unjust discrimination of
the illegal encroachment of vast
aggregations of capital have been
fearlessly enforced by republican
president and new laws ensuring
reasonable publicity as to the opera
tions of great corporations ard pro-
vioing additional remedies for the
prevention of discrimination in
freight rates, have been passed by a
republican Congress.
In this record of achievement ur-
ing the past eight years may be
ready the pledges which the republi-
con party has fulfilled. We propose
to continue those policies and we de-
clare our constant adherence to the
following principles:
Protection, which guards and
develops our industries. is cardin.
al policy of the republican party.
The measure of protection should
al ways at least equal the difference
in the cost of production at home
and abroad. We insist upon the
maintenance of the principles Of pro-
lection, and therefore rates OF duty
should be readjusted only when con-
ditions have so changed, that the
public interest demands their altera-t
ton. but this work cannot safely be-
committed to any other hands than
those of the republican party. To
entrust it to the democratic party
is 10 invite disaster Whether, as
in 1892, the democratic party declar-
ed the protective tariff unconstitu-
tional, or whether it demands tariff
reform or tariff revision, it's real
object is always the destruction of
the protective system. However
precious the name, the purpose is
ever the same. A democratic tariff
has always been followed by bust
ness adversely; a republican tariff,
business prosperity. To republi-
can congress and a republican
president this great question can be
safely entrusted. When the only
free trade country among the great
agitates return to protec-
ton, the chief protective country
should not falter it maintaining it.
We have extended widely our
foreign markets and we believe in
the adoption of all practicable
methods for their further extension,
commercial reciprocity
wherever reciprocal arrangements
can be effected consistent with the
principles of protection and without
injury to American labor or any
industry.
We believe it to be the duty of the
party to uphold the gold
standard and the integrity and value
of our national currency. The
maintenance of the gold standard,
establis he'd by the republican party.
cannot safely be committed to the
democratic party, which resisted it's
adoption and has never given any
proof since that time of belief in it
or fidelity to it.
While every other industry has
under the fostering aid of |
legislation, American
engaged in foreign trade in !