Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-27

lean policy. Uniting with IL the genius
of American invention. the energy OF
the American employer, and the effici-
ency of the American employee, we have
accomplished what seems to the world
a miracle. We have passed from COM
mercial and industrial obscurity to the
highest station in material growth. Our
production is not only unequaled in its
magnitude, but unsurpassed in its di-
versity. We have not only successfully
held our own markets, but are now in
vading, those of every country in the
world"
Other Expressions Quoted.
When Mr.. Porter was seeking for
and found the speech that delivered be-
fore a republican convention In March,
1905, he closed his eyes to this signii-
I'VE are all profound believers in the
policy OF protection. Notwithstanding
the statement of an eminent republican
recently made, / venture to say that pro-
lection is not only practically sound, but
theoretically sound. 1t is not only vindi-
Gated by the experience OF our people,
but can be defended by the highest pro-
cesses Of abstract reasoning. This policy
has written the brightest and most
glowing pages In the history Of the re-
public. 1t has contributed more to the
honor and renown of the American ma
ton than any other policy known to our
institutions. God made us foremost In
natural resources. Protection has made
uS also foremost IN actudl b production.
1t has enabled us to pay American wages,
award capital with an American profit,
and still keep our own markets. The man
who says that the followers of the Iowa
platform have abated one jot or little
OF their belief in the policy of protec-
ton is the only enemy that protection
has In the ranks of the republican party"
1t cannot but excite surprise that In
made before the Polk County Republican
club last year. my critics fail to find
these paragraphs:
First, we all holland ] am now
speaking of all the members of the re-
publican party-steadfastly to the policy
of protection. There is no issue here.
Second, we all hold-and / am still
speaking of all the members of the party
that to commit the tariff to an organ
ization pledged to reduce Ii 60 a purely
revenue basis would be crime against
the welfare OF our country. There is no
issue here"
Always for Protection.
must not extend this address by
ter. 1t is enough to say that / chal-
lenge any man to discover any speech
that / ever made touching the tariff in
saS s within my Vocablsr Tons snno 5an
my unabated faith in the policy of pro-
lection, which began with Abraham Lin
coin and has continued to the days of
Theodore Roosevelt. What then Is my
offense? Simply this: That ] have be-
lieved and declared that some OF the
protective duties were higher than were
needed for protection, and ought to be
reduced. In so believing and so saying
have not been alone.
Allison On Tariff.
hold in my hand copy of a speech
made by Senator William b. Allison, on
Oct. 10. 1902, at Mason City. IL Is not
only a careful but a luminous exposition
of the doctrine of protection. Speaking
of the platform of 1896. he says:
ing how the policy shall be applied in
making up the tariff schedules. wherein
IL declares that in its reasonable applica-
ton ii is just, fair and impartial equally
opposed to foreign control and domestic
monopoly That is, the rate of duty
shall be just. fair and impartial as re-
spects the application OF the principle:
that 1t shall not be so made as TO give
the control Of the market TO our foreign
competitors, nor shall IL be so made as
to aid the establishment OF a monopoly
in our own country; that in the case OF
the first, duties should be- increased; in
the last they should be reduced
1T further disclaims adherence 10 par
ticular schedules. That the question of
rates is a practical question. to be gov
erned by the conditions OF time and pro-
duction, always maintaining the princi-
ple.' This declaration recognizes that
conditions may change. that a duty ade-
at another, or that IL may be necessary
at one time and more than is necessary
at another or not needed at all On this
platform President Mckinley was elected.
The rates fixed by the Ding
ley law were not arbitrary. or intended
TO be final. but contemplated future
changes with changed conditions. This