The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-29

that We may again have the prosper
lty which blessed us for ten years. The
identity of the interests of the CAPT
talist, the farmer, the business man
and the wage Garner In the security
ana profit OF investments cannot be
100 greatly emphasized. | submit to
those interested, to wage earners, To
farmers and to business men, whether
the introduction into power OF the
Democratic party. with Mr.. Bryan at
is head. and with the business de.
,truction that it openly advocates as
/ remedy for present evils. will bring
bout the needed confidence for the
'estoration of prosperity.
Republican Doctrine of Protection.
The Republican doctrine OF protec-
ion az definitely announced by the
| Republican convention of this year
md by previous conventions, is that
ariff shall be imposed on all import
ID products, whether of the factory,
arm or mine, sufficiently great to
'qual the difference between the cost
+ production abroad and at home.
md that this difference should, of
curse. include the difference between
he higher wages paid in this country
ma the wages paid abroad and EN-
Drace a reasonable profit to the Amer
can producer. A system of protection
hus adopted and put in force has lei
the establishment of a rate oi
wages here that has greatly enhanced
he standard of living OF the laboring
nan. 1t is the policy of the Repubi-
an party permanently To continue
hat standard of living In 1897 the
3ingley Tariff Bill was passed under
which we have had. as already said.
)eriod of enormous prosperity.
Necessity for Revision of Tariff.
The consequent material develop
uent has greatly changed the condi,
icribed by the schedules of the tariff
ire now produced The tariff in a
| lumber of the schedules exceeds the
Inference between the cost of prOduc-
rome. including a reasonable profit 20
he American producer The excess
lyer that difference serves no useful
purpose, but offers a temptation 10
hose who would monoplize the pro
| Iuction and the sale Of such articles
II this country. to profit by the eXces-
( 5iye rates On the other hand. there
are some few other schedules in
which the tariff is not sufficiently high
0 give the measure Of protection
which they should receive upon Re
publican principles, and as 10 those
! he tariff should be raised A revis-
! ION of the tariff undertaken upon this
! principle which is at the basis of our
| present business system, began
promptly upon the incoming of the
Jew administration. and considered at
special session with the prelimin-
Try Investigations already begun by
The appropriate committees of the
rouse and senate will make the dis
urbance Of business incident to suca
change as little as possible,
Democratic Tariff Plan.
The Democratic party in its plat.
| 'orm has not had the courage OF It's
previous convictions on the subject of
he tariff, denounced by it in 1904 as
/ system of the robbery of the many
leclare its intention to change the
aiT with view to reaching a rev
| nue. basis and thus to depart from the
protective system The Introduction
nto power of a party with this avowed
purpose cannot but halt the gradual
.ecoYery from our recent financial de.
preston and produce business disas,
tster compared with which our recent
,anic and depression will seem small
indeed.
Farmers and Republican Party.
As the Republican platform says,
he welfare of the farmer is vital to
hat of the whole country One of the
strongest hopes of returning prospe,
'ty is based on the business which his
rops are to afford He is vitality in
terested in the restraining of eXceS
iiye and unduly discriminating rail
Dad rates. in the enforcement of the
pure food laws, in the promotion of
scientific agriculture, and in increas
In gthe comforts of country life. as BY
he the extension OF free Rural De
livery The policies of the present al
ninistration which have most indus.
triously promoted all these objects,
cannot fail to commend themselves
to his approval; and it is difficult to
see how with his intelligent apreciq-
ton of the threat of business pros
lperity involved in Democratic success
At the polls he can do otherwise than
give his full and hearty support to the
continuation of the policies of the
present administration under Republi-
can auspices.
Labor and Republican Party.
We come now to the question of
labor, one important phase of the
policies fthe present administration
base been an anxiety to secure for
the wage Garner an equality OF Oh
lportuity and such positive statutory