Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

thaC principle has lifted us as nation
to plane of prosperity above that oc.
cupied by any other people
| especially commend that plank of
our platform which promises an early
revision Of tariff schedules. That.
pledge will be fulfilled in an adjust
ment based In every particular upon
the broad principles of protection for
all American interests; alike for labor,
for capital, for producers and consum-
ers. The Dingley bill, when enacted,
was well adapted to the then existing
conditions. The developments Of in.
dustrial prosperity in decade, which
in volume and degree have surpassed
our most roseate expectations, have
SO altered conditions that In certain
details of schedules they no longer in
every particular mete out justice to
all. In this REIMBURSEMENT the princi-
pie Of protection must and will gov
ern; such duties must and will be i'm
posed as will equalize the cost of pro-
duction at home and abroad and in
sure a reasonable profit to all Ameri-
can interests. The Republican idea Of
such profit embraces not alone the
manufacturer, not alone the capital
invested, but all engaged in American
production, the employer mad en-
ployed, the artisan, the farmer, the
miner and those engaged in transpor
tation and trade; broadly speaking,
those engaged in every pursuit and
calling which our tariff directly or in
directly affects. During a statutory
application Of this principle, prosper
ity has abided with us. When a rev.
enue tariff has been the law, adver-
sity and want have been our portion.
memories Short as Promises"
Our democratic brethren, whose mem
cries are as short as their promises
are frail, and who have always exhib-
tied lack of capacity to profit by
experience, unmindful Of the distress
and destruction that arrived and de-
parted with the last Democratic adj
ministration, declare in their platform
that they favor such immediate re-
vision Of schedules as may be
necessary to restore the tariff to a
revenue basis" A revenue basis" a
free trade"-all have an identical
meaning; that meaning being an as
sault upon American industries, an at
tack upon the American wage scale, a
lessening demand for the products of
American soil and American toll; less
work, less pay, less of the necessaries
of and comforts of life. In the light
of history. what issue of the cam
paign SO vitality affects American cit
liens? Experience, that effective
teacher-effective save with the one
man power now parading under the
title of the Democratic party = has
taught the nation a valuable lesson
and the result of the coming Novem-
Der election will once more prove the
American people to be apt scholars.
What the laborer of the land, skilled
and unskilled. desires Is the oppor-
tunity at all times to exchange his
brain and Drawn for good pay in good
money. A protective tariff and the
gold standard both now the existing
achievements of the Republican party,
in spite of Democratic opposition, give
the laborer that opportunity
Party Believes in Equality of All Men.
The Republican party believes in
the equality of all men before the
law; believes in granting labor's every
request that does not seek to accord
rights to one man denied to another.
Fair-minded labor asks no more, no
less, and approves the record of the
Republican party because of that par
tvs acts.
l have helped to make my party's
record in the enactment of the Eight
Hour Law, the Employers Liability
Act, the statutes to minimize the
hazard of railroad employees, the Child
Labor Law for the District of Column
bia, and other enactments designed
especially to improve the conditions OF
labor. cannot hope to better state my
position on injunctions than by spe-
cific endorsement of Mr.. Taft's Gin
cinnati declaration on the subject
! That endorsement | make.
AS nation our duty compels thai
by every constitutional and reasonable
means the material and educational
condition of the colored race be ad
vanced. This we owe to ourselves as
well as to them. AS the result of a
course Of events that can never be
reversed, they are part of our civil
cation; their prosperity is our prosper.
ity; their debasement would be our
misfortune. The Republican party
therefore, will offer every encourage
ment to the thrift, industry and intel
| ligence that will better their prospect
of higher attainment.
I believe in the maintenance of such
an army, the upbuilding of such a
navy as will be the guarantee of the
protection of American citizens and
American interests everywhere and
an omen Of peace; that at every expos
ed point we may be so fortified that
| no power on earth may be tempted tc
! modest us. I believe in the restoration
of the American merchant marine and
in rendering whatever financial aid
may be necessary to accomplish this
purpose.
approve of the movement for the
conservation of our natural resouces
the fostering of friendly foreign re
| lations; the enforcement of our Civil
Service Law and the enactment Of
/ such statutes as will more securely
and more effectually preserve the
public health.
Our platform, as it should do
pledges adherence to the policies o.
! President Roosevelt; promises to con