Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-02
Joseph G. Cannon.

labor must be national The republic
can party said nay, nay, liberty must
be national Abraham Lincoln was
elected and fought out the situation
along this line.
Lincoln wrote the protection plank
in the republican platform of 1860, the
same plank that has been In the plat
form ever since. 1t was necessary to
obtain money to carry on the civil war.
The treasury was dry and the credit of
the government was gone. rennem-
Der that when the war began we used
old fashioned Austrian muskets, but
after putting a protective tariff law
upon the statute books we made the
best arms the world had ever seen.
During that struggle there was other
progress and at the close of the war
tiveness and American genius had re-
volutionized the methods of warfare.
War Leaves Debt.
eve shot away $1,000, 100000 worth
of property. The government was
deeply in debt at the close of the war.
Since then we have substantially paid
that debt and have paid nearly $4,000
100000 in pensions to the boys who
wore the blue Under the policy Of the
republican party, the $4,000 miles Of
railroads that existed before the war
have now become $4,000 miles, one.
half the railways Of the world. When
the war opened the railroads did not
extend west of the Missouri river but
since that time we have spanned the
continent with six great transcontin-
entail routes. The population has in
creased from 3O,0Oo,Oou to S5,000,000.
When the war opened the wealth of
the people (the savings from labor at
ter labor has been maintained), from
jamestown to 60 was measured by
s16,0O0,0 100000. Since the COS the
wealth of the people is measured by
$3.50, 100000. And that is not all
There were thirty states then; now
there are forty-f1ve sovereign states
And besides this great accumulation Of
1 wealth, school houses are to be seen
on every hill top and in every valley
and following the progress under the
republican party last year $300,00000C
was expended for the common school
system, in order that the coming gen
Grafton may be more competent to per
| petuate the republican party than this
or any other former generation.
More Wonderful Progress.
From being inferior to all othe,
nations except in agricultural products
We have become the first, not only il
manufacturing and similar Industries
but we produce third of the agricul
tural and manufacturing products O.
the world-more than Great Britain
Germany and France combined. We
save the transportation on ninety-foul
per cent across the ocean 1t is con
sumed in our own country. Six pc
cent goes to foreign markets. and b,
the bye, that little six per cent make
us the greatest exporting nation OF
earth. We are great importing
nation and our imports last yea
amounted to S300.000000
"You ask, how was all this done
BY the people, the free people. TIL
sovereign people of the United States
under correct policies. There has bee
no time since Abraham Lincoln frs
came into power, when the republica
party's principles were not on tn
statute books except during the SEE
ond administration Of Grover Clevt
land Do you happen to recollect ho'
Grover Cleveland come to be elected
In the midst of the prosperity wit
> which the country was blessed our d.
mocratic friends went to the farmer
/. who make up thirty-fve per cent of OF
population. They said, Yes you al
doing very well, you are getting goo
t price for your corn and your whef
. and your oats, but you pay too niue
e for what you buy, for your machiner
for your clothing Give us the powt
y and we will give you reciprocity wit
e Canada, with the Argentine. with An
), tralia Then you can BUY goot
8 cheaper
9 Tell Another Story.
: Tile same set of people went
. the labor centers. They talked to tt
:, men in The mills and the factorie
: They said Yes, you are getting got
I wages, but it costs you too much
y live. Your butter costs you too mut
= and your eggs and your clothes, ever
thing you buy is too high. Give us Il
power and we will put the counts
s. on revenue tariff basis. Then the
4 said projection was robbery DO W
l. see? They sang one song to third