Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-09-24


development OF industry or the i'm.
provement of commerce, it has taken
the lead and maintained the ascend
ency. Ii has been opposed and OBJ.
structed by the Democratic party and
its achievements have always been in
spite of the assaults and obstructive
tactics OF the Democratic party Only
once in the past fifty years have the
people voted for change from Re-
publican to Democratic rule. They
were misled by the arguments OF the
supporters of Grover Cleveland into
believing that tariff revision which
would lead to ultimate free trade
would be better for the common peo-
pie than the Republican system OF pro.
lection TO American industry
A Painful Experience.
The experience was wretched and
painful one. as the records of the sec.
ond Cleveland administration clearly
demonstrate. From the Cleveland ad.
ministration TO the present ime Re
publican presidents and Republican
policies have been sustained Under
Republicanism thus restored to power,
the country has experienced its great
est progress. 1t has seen the free sill.
yer heresy come and go. 1t has OBJ.
served the cry of anti-imperialism and
of government ownership OF railroads.
These theories were advanced as the
entering wedge for the overthrow Of
Republican success. but they have
been met and countered in each sue
ceeding national election. We are now
approaching an election where new
theories are to be met.
Democratic Experiments.
"One of those is the proposition to
impose upon the government of the
United States the business OF an in
surance company for the protection of
deposits in national banks to the pre-.
judice of the larger deposits of the
farmers and thrifty industrialists OF
the country who have placed their
faith in state banks and savings
funds. We are opposed to the introduc-
tion of this theory as an experiment
in our national life, believing that it is
not government function to protect
the money of the schemer and specu-
lator while the savings of the honest
toiler are to be prejudiced and endan.
gered.
with this new theory advanced as
another eXpedent by the candidate OF
the Democratic party, this convention
has no other concern than to point
out its fallacy and the danger that
would follow its attempted introduc-
ton. We stamp this new thought" of
the versatile dreamer of Democracy
as an insidious and dangerous bit of
demagofuery, no more entitled to the
respect of the people than was his
proposition to sell fifty cents worth of
silver bullion to the government of the
United States for good gold dollar.
Warning to Republicans.
we warn Republicans upon the
farm; in the factory; in the mine; and
in business circles generally, against
the experiments that are being pro
posed by our Democratic opponents;
each and every one of them Is simply
intended to confuse the political sit
nation and to undermine the founda
tiops upon which the prosperity OF
the country has been reared in oroar
to discredit the Republican party and
to place the Democrats in power. We
believe as firmly today in the prOtec.
tive tariff of the Republican party a.
we ever did.
I'VE believe the time has como
when the tariff law may be revised by
its friends in order to regulate sucl
inenna1itiaG may have aricpo or %
correct such abuses as may have crept
in, but we do not waive our devotiQn
to the protective principle, nor do "
yield in the slightest measure our de.
mand that American industry shall he
a safeguard against unfair foreign
competition
I'VE believe the tariff should be so
adjusted, so maintained, that every
imported article that comes into com
petition with domestic manufacture,
shall be made to pay duty represent
ing the difference in cost between the
wages paid abroad and the wages paid
at home, with a reasonable profit IT,
the manufacturer. Our industries have
grown and prospered under this svs-
TEN, and we claim for the Republican
party the credit of having made it
what it is.
The Two Senators.
Our distinguished senator's. the Hon.
Boise Penrose and the Hon. Philander
c.. Knox, are to be congratulated upon
the records they have made at Wash
ington. The long service of Senator
Penrose upon the important commit
tee of postofficcs and postroads, dur
ing which time he has seen the growth
of the postal business OF the country
from eighty millions per annum ~
two hundred and twenty millions per
annum, and during which he has con
tributed largely in the developing of
the free rural delivery service OF the