Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-10
CAMPAIGN TEXTBOOK,
The Volume Presents Many Eloquent
Arguments for the G. 0. p.

Washington, Sept. 9.-The Republic
can PARTY, its achievements for half Il
century. and particularly its record in
Tie present Congress, are commended
| 70 the voters Of the country in the
campaign text book given out today by
the Republican Congressional comit-
tee. Every statement made and all
figures presented are declared in the
torcWard Of the book to be official or
authoritative and the foreWorl con-
cludcs:
The truth is the highest cycmplif-
catin Of Republican doctrines and poll
cles ana party record the best plea that
can be made for continuance in power
IN discussing the campaign issues of
500, the book calls attention to the
idcl that since the termination Of the
'3rd Congress in 1895. the House of
Representatives has been Republican
ma adds that There is every reason
0 expect that substantial working
Republican majority will be elected
next November"
There will be thousands and him.
ircds of thousands. the book saws
who were mere children when the
democrats last had a majority in the
house of Representatives, and they do
lot all remember the awful times and
conditions brought on the country by
that Congress-
IN 1888, the Democrats had the
Presidency as well as both Senate and
House of Representatives ANA the work
II that single 53rd Democratic Congress
ost tn" industries and people of the
ountry many billions of dollars and
ncalcuabl" suffering These facts
mould be weighed with the record of
ne Republican party before ana since
'Iia "SprclailY the record Of the present
onsr"SS be studied. for though its
Folk IS not finished, more has been al
oaHE don" in one session than by au-
reFlouS Congress since the War of tbn
rebellion"
only Democratic power, it is docIar-
d. can prevent the giving to the pco-
lie of the country new records in every
hase Of our industrial life.
ne industrial situation is claimed
De Unparalleled in the annals Of na
ions.
our Volum" Of employment" thr
tatemcnt continues. Our rewards of
4bor, our cnjoymrnts Of Hf. wore
ever bcfor" cQuallod, and. best Of all
mere IS no sign of abatement or SIGNAL
4 retreat. There is prospect of stilI
Freater and grander results and only
ne crank and the pessimiSt can 500 q
loud on our national material bori-
ION"
because OF the various financial and
arm measures, which the Republican
'artI, the book says. has brought
bout. it is declared that home mar
ct has been built up in this country
or such magnitude THAT for severa
ears we have given full employment to
abnr at wages about double those roid
When tn" Republican party came into
'nWor. In some cases wages arc treble
nd quadruplc what they We're in
1866"
The keynote Of the discussion Of tho
aritf question is sounded in the fol- |
owing statement:
"ProtectioniStS are content to let the
resent law stand without change or
mendnent 50 long as present condi- |
ions prevail"
Slight reduction in many of our
chcdulcs." says the campaign book.
would result in the dumping into our
markets of perhaps billion dollars |
worth of manufactures annually more
han we now import. That would |
mean n resort to one of two things:
We would have to close our mills or re-
luce wages. There is possibly no other |
"Protcctionists do not claim that |
chedules are sacred and never to be |
tered They do claim. however. that |
he so-called American system of pro- |
ection as cXemplified by the operation |
# the DinGley law for nine years is |
acred apd must be maintained. We |
10 not have to theoriZe in the least de- |
rec. We have tried and tried thor |
'ughly both high and low tariffs and |
We have experienced one example to I
-uide US in reaching truth.
we need so back no further in our
history than decade to learn that a |
Ow tariff means insufficient revenue.
losing of our manufactures, idleness !
or millions of laborers and low wages |
or other millions and Improbable |
'rices for our farmers.
"A mere handful. however, of the |
Republican party have been asking
Ipon certain materials entering into the .
PRODUCTS Of their own locality 1t is /
'elicyed that this demand is made more |,
or political than for economical re- !
ults" :
After quoting the letter of President