Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-10
PROUD IO STAND
ON RECORD MADE
Republicans Announce Their
Doctrine In An Official
Text Book
ADVANCE PROGRESSIVE IDEAS
Will Mature Them Into Positive Per-
formances-Protec Willing to
Allow Present Law to Stand Under
Present conditions--Work is Official
and Authoritative.

Present Conditions-Work 10 OHiciai
and Authoritative.
washington, Sept 1o.-The republic
can party it's achievements for half a
century, particularly its record In the
present congress- is commended to the
voters of the country in the campaign
text book given out by the republican
congressional committee. The book
contains 273 pages, and Is replete with
republican doctrine, embracing practic-
ally every conceivable subject upon
which information may be desired.
Radicalism or conservatism, 1t is de-
clared, are never matters of concern
to republicans, but 1t is stated they
are content with practical and pro-
gressive ideas and the maturing OF
those ideas into positive performance"
Every statement made and all figures
presented are declared to the foreword
of the book to be official or author
ative.
In discussing the campaign issues
OF 1906 the book calls attention to the
fact that since 1895, the house of rep
resentatives has been republican and
adds that there is every reason to
expect that substantial working re-
publican majority will be elected next
November" During those ten years
it is stated, I'VE have made greater
advance as a nation and a people than
was ever made before in a generation
and in many respects greater than
during our whole success if the voters
study carefully the record of the two
parties"
Only democratic success it is de-
clared, can prevent the giving to the
people of the country new records in
every phase Of our industrial lite.
The industrial situation is claimed
to be unparalleled in the annals of the
nations. Our volume of employment"
the statement continues, "our rewards
of labor, our enjoyments of life were
never before equalede and the best Of
all, there is no sign of abatement or
signal of retreat"
because Oh UIle various llHdHCldl
and tariff measures which, the book
says, have brought about competition
in manufactures, it is declared that
a horne market has been built up in
this country, "of such magnitude that
for several years we have given full
at wages about double
those paid when the republican party
came into power. In some cases these
wages are treble and quadruple what
they were in 1862
A list of twenty-t three instances of
important republican legislation fol-
lows, beginning with the homestead
law signed by Lincoln.
Among the measures referred to as
left over for the next session of the
present congress are:
The Santo Domingo, Isle of Pines
and Morocco treaties; immigration re-
striction Gin ccnference); Senator
Shoots right to seat, campaign pub
licity, shipping bill, modification of
Chinese exclusion law, anti-injunction
BILL eight hour law, establishment of
postal savings banks and parcels post,
limiting working hours of railway en-
ployes, Porto Rican citizenship in the
United States, reduction Of tariff on
Philippine products, copyright revision,
navy to have biggest battleship af1oat,
and establishment of Appalachian and
White mountain forest reserves.
Then following extracts from speech.
es, remarks and messages Of President
Roosevelt on various public matters,
various statistics, the railway rate law
in full, and other legislation.
The key note of the discussion Of the
tariff question is sounded in the fol-
lowing statement.
Tho Tariff Question.
"Protectionists are content to let the
present law stand without change or
so long as present condi-
tions prevail.
"Protectionists do not claim that
are sacred and never to be.
altered. They do claim, however that
the so-called American system of pro-
lection as exemplified by the operation
of the Dingley law for nine years is.
sacred and must be maintained. We
do not have to theorize in the least
degree. We have tried and tried thor
oughly both high and low tariffs and
we have experience as an example to
guide US in reaching the truth.
I'VE need 30 back no further in our
history than decade to learn that a
low tariff means insufficient revenue,
closing our manufactures, idleness for
millions of our laborers and low wages
for other millions and Improbable
prices for our farmers.
"a mere handful however, Of the
republican party have been asking that
the duty be removed or reduced upon
certain materials entering into the pro-
ducts of their own locality. 1t is believ
I'd that this demand has been made
more for political than economical
results
After quoting the letter of President
of August IS last to Repre-
Watson of Indiana Analysing
Lhe issues of the coming campaign the
book closes with quotation from
what is given as Speaker Cannon's
new platform"
Put none but homemade cake in
pantry"