The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-23
THURSDAY. AUGUST %, 1906.
FOR CONGRESS:
George A. Pearre.
"DEATh RATTLE."

IN a recent Issue OF the Baltimore
Sun the following frank editorial adj
mission was made under the caption
"The Republican Party" ''In the half
century of its existence the Republican
party has been party with positive
policies and aggressiveness. Its advo-
cacy of a liberal Interpretation of the
Constitution has in effect worked radi-
cal change in our methods and ideas of
government. I The party, whether its
policies have been right or wrong, has
achieved marvellous results, and the fifty
years of its existence is longer life
than any other political party in this
country has enjoyed, except only the
Democratic party, which has lasted
from the beginning and has seen party
after party disintegrate. Whether it
will outlive the Republican party, as it
outlived the IFederalist, the American
Republican, the Wing, the Know Moth
mains to be SEEM" Without exploiting
the grand and noble achievements of the
Republican party since its first National
convention on the 18th day of June
1856, in Philadelphia, to the present, we
may for the sake of easing any misgiv-
ings our worthy contemporary may
have as to the future stability of the
Republican party, point to the fact that
one of the principal causes of the peo-
pies faith in. the party has been its pol
icy of revenue, or tariff laws, for it is
this policy after all that makes or
breaks political party. The protec-
ton feature of the Republican tariff
laws is their greatest strength. That
this is true it will be found that impor-
tations are greater under protection
than under so-called revenue tariff.
Figures prove this, for importations
during the three years OF Mckinley law,
1894, totaled S2,348, 1913, 006. During
the three years of the Democratic Will
son-Gorman law, 1S94-97, they totaled
$2,276, 425, O51, a falling off in imports
of s73, 372, 955. IF these figures stagger
the Democrats, it may paralyse them to
find on pursuing the inquiry that nearly
every year under the Dingley law has
shown a great increase in the value of
imports over the highest importing year
of the Democratic tariff. The highest
value Of imports under Democratic law
was 1929, 724,6 Three years later,
under theiiDingley law, this was in
creased to $40, 941, 1874, and the in
creases have been steady. In 1902 the
billion mark in imports was passed by
$25, 900, 900, and in 1905 it was passed
by more than $780, 100000. The secret
is, of course, that by retaining and sus-
tanning their own unequaled market,
developing its industrial possibilities
and keeping its money supply in active
circulation by the steady employment OF
labor and investment, of funds, Ameri.
cans are able to buy more largely
abroad, Of materials needed in manu-.
facture of comforts, which under a rev
enue tariff were called Injuries, anc
works OF art. 1t is with gratifying as
surance, therefore, that we say to the
esteemed Sun paper that the congress
sional candidates on the Republican
ticket this fall in Maryland never hac
better cause for election, because the,
stand for the party advocating the tar
if system, which yields the largest rev
enue to the people; which has doubled
our exports and increased our import!
until in the fiscal year just closed, the
total of our foreign commerce reached
the enormous height of SO, O45, 900, 600
an increase over the last year of ''tarif
for revenue only" of 81, 378, 766, 388
This is good showing to 'stand pat
on. There is, no death-rattle abou
these figures or signs of waning in tn,
great Republican party.